The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-16
MOULTON,S STATEMENTS

NotWltnStanulng the statement Ut the
Troy Iimes-from which we took and
published with due credit an extract there
of, Monday morning that "mn"h ef
nruui,uns statement should never have ap-
peared in any newspaper because Of its
foul and disgraceful language we COM
mence the publication thereof this morn
ing and shall continue the same uutil our
readers have it IN .fuH If this is a oald
objection to the publication of any paper
in which the public are more than ordi-
narily interested, it should have been
thought of by those over fastidious con-
ductors of newspapers at the outset of this
disgraceful scandal. If we could do so in
justice to the public, we would gladly sup
press and keep out of our columns every
word, line or sentence that could, in any
way, offend the most refined and sensitive
taste. But, in order to furnish the nens of
the day, in order to publish that which is
read shy saint and sinner" alike, this can
not be done. We freely admit that Moul-
tons statement contains language, which,
if used in our house or the house of any
gentleman would cause the hasty exit of
the user therefrom, and that some force
would be used to make that exit more expe-
ditious than becoming. 1t is equally true that
hardly morning passes without the tele-
graphic or other columns of every news
paper in the land containing something i'm
proper to be discussed in the house of
gentleman, in the presence of women and
children. But newspaper cannot be con-
Quoted in any other way. The New York
World was started on the other idea and,
after sinking two hundred thousand dol
lars, abandoned it and published the ne,os
such as it was. If this last statement of
Moulton contains "foul and dsgraceful
language, did not the ''trlpartitc agree
ment" contain similar language, and was
not that published by every daily and
weekly newspaper in the country, the rell-
gious press included? Cannot the same
criticism be made on Tilton's sworn state
ment, on Moulton's first statement. on
Mrs. Tilton's testimony, on "Besses" testi-
mony and letters, and, even, on Henry
Ward Beecher's statement and cross.exam-
nation? And yet, there was no hesitancy
Oh the part Of the press to publish one and
all OF these. We believe in fair play. and
so believing we shall give all parties full
opportunity to be heard by that portion of
the public which depend upon us for infor
nation as to the current topics of the dav.
We have not taken Beecher's case "by the
job AS the Springfield RepuJlican SAYS
some papers have; neither have we taken
Tilton's and Moultons case "by the lob"
as the Republican seems to have done; but
we propose to give to the parties full
aud fair hearing. The public, from the
most eminent clergyman down to perhaps,
the worst sinner, await these Statements"
from the parties, who are supposed to
know the exact facts and when they OBJ
tain them, they read them with care and
avidity; and we believe that they are en-
titled to have the statements" gwen them
in full. So believing, we shall do our duty.
as our duty is shown to us, in the premises.
We said, Monday, that we should make
no comments on this statement that we
should reserve anything further we might
have to say until final action by the COURTS,
we still hold to that course, and do not
think that that which follows can be taken
to be deviation from such determine
ton. 1t is noticeable that now, for Tie first
time, the newspapers in New York, Brook
lyn, Boston, and elsewhere, that have held
that Beecher was innocent, are urging that
it is an absolute necessity for him, if he
would sustain himself, to appeal to the
courts. We urged the necessity of such a
course a month ago, We trust that we