Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-08-07

nifty of so strong and powerful body as
Plymouth Church, and whoever assaults
Beecher does just that. TO Plymouth
Church Beecher is more than a man. he is
a demi-god. They believe in him, in a |
wild way, as The sum total of everything |
that is good and great, and no matter
what the proof may be they propose to
take him through.
If Moulton sides with Tiltou to the ex-
tent Of supporting him by testimony, yials !
of wrath, equal in quantity and quality to |
those uncorked upon TiltOn, will be poured |
over his devoted head, and that Mr.. Moul- |
ton cannot afford. 1t remains to be seen
whether he will have the nerve to do this.
Now that Tilton has been arrested for
| libel and the matter has got into the Courts,
it is possible that Moulton may be compell-
ed to swear. If so. look out for broken
crockery. BY the way,
IT'S A MISTAKE
to put Tilton down as blatherskite, or as
an utterly unreliable man. He is a man
of great genius, a good and true friend and
in most things steady and level-headed.
He has notions that take him out of the
channels in which men float, and his cross
country expeditions have been frequent,
and to him most disastrous. His opera
| tion with the Woodruff hurt him, though
L doubt if there was anything more in it
than what he stated. She is wonderfully
attractive woman~-wonderful in intellect
ual force, wonderful in conversation, and
with peculiar wierd way about her that
could not but catch and hold a dreamy
poet such as Tilton is at times. Then they
| held views to some extent in common on
the questions of love and marriage, and
there was just enough of danger in sup
porting her to make it fascinating to him.
Besides all these there was business con-
siGeration involved which Tilton in his
circumstances could not overlook. Alto
getheer Theodore is q good fellow. He
has his faults-he is indiscreet and impul-
sive, but who of us is perfect? presume
1 am not, at least / am not going to hurl
the first rock at Titon.
1 predict that Mrs. Tilton will come
back to him, and that despite all that has
happened he will take her back. For he
loves her and pities her. She is the mother
of his children, and Theodore T;lton can
no more live separated from her than fly.
When this wretched business is over they
will be reunited, and possibly change
will be wrought in both of them that will
make their lives happier.
BOSS TWEED
has well-nigh gone out of public sight 1t
is astonishing how soon a man is forgotten
in New York politics, when be has nothing
to give. He might as well be dead. 1t is
true he has influence enough to get better
treatment than other convicts, but that is
about the extent of it. The old man went
over to the Island, and that day his star
set. Other aspirants for power administer
ed upon his estate at once.
The veteran old villains political prop
erty was divided just as soon as it was
tolerably certain that he could not get out
for year. Morrissey grabbed a portion,
and the other gin-mill politicians took the
balance, and were Tweed out to-day he
} could hardly reinstate himself; for the
f men who have usurped his place win hold
what they have, and the old man, having
, no places to dispose of, could not organize
new party to stand at his back. They
like him as well as they ever did-that is,
) those who liked him at all-but personal
liking has little to do with such matters.
g The politician anywhere is selfish-the
: New York politician is particularly and
essentially so. He commands respect pre-
: cisely in proportion to his power-once
dead, always dead.
r But am happy to be able to say that
D the old rings will never again have the
: power once welded. Tweed held it all
: in his hands and used it 20 the advantage
of himself and his friends unquestioned
, and unchecked. He was the source q
, power and the fountain of wealth. Who.
ever was useful to him was rewarded mag.
nifceDtly, and whoever was opposed to
him was mercilessly killed. But now that
power is divided. There are dozen able
, and unscrupulous men aspiring to be
: Tweeds, and as they are wavering with
I, each other it is not impossible for the de.
!, cent elements of the city to wrest the pow.
er from them and reform and purify the
government. 1t is fortunate that each Of
: the aspirant leaders had rather see the
power go into the hands of the opposition
than let it be grasped by rival. Let US
hope that these rogues will continue to fal
=. out, till honest men come to their own.
CHILD STEALING.
The kidnapping of children, inaugurated
in Philadelphia, has broken out in New
York, which might have been expected
for know of no soil in which villainly
thrives so well as here. A child of about
five years of age was stolen from 35tt
street, nearly a week age, and the only clue
the parents could get to it was by adver
tising in the Herald. The answer came
promptly-the child had been stolen and
was being held for ransom. In this case,
| however, lne cOlu-OloOueu Elndlus Inaue 4
mistake, for the parents of the child have
: no means and cannot possibly raise tenth
f part of the sum demanded. The fact that
D. they lived in a good house in a fashionable
r quarter of the town, and rode in carriage
S and dressed in purple and fine linen de-
r ceived the operators. They did not know
: that the house was mortgaged, that the
/, carriages were hired, and that the daily
e profits of the head of the house was alb
: sorbed in keeping up the style that indica'
: ted wealth. Hereafter the kidnapping
t fraternity will probably employ lawyer
: to search the records. that they may be
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