The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-04
AN ENGLISH VIEW OF THE BEEOHER
TILTON SCANDAL,

w 1t ID well known" says the Londor
Saturday Ro'ie,c, "that the grot feature O
Mr.. Beecher's preaching is the artistic cult
walton Of that sensationalism whicS hai
already strong hold on American litesoture
and which is simply a scot Of dram 5rinking
and we are now able to estimate the effeSSs Of
this unnatural excitement upon those~ who
are subjected to it. 1t is perhaps significant
Of the nature of the admiration which Mr..
Bsecher excites among his friends, that what
I seems chiefly to strike them in his defense is
its artistic excellence It is pronounced to
| be one of his most brilliant literary efforts
but those who consider the position in which
\ he stands, and the charges hanging over him,
| might perhaps prefer little less OF the
Z parade Of literature on such an occasio,s
Much q it reapslke passages from novegs
90 %ene ebrS. 90 ,ays 9@iike 3 sleep
wa!Sers wnile elou.s We're flying IN the sky.
There had been snow-storno which was
breaking away. Tbs winds were Eut and
whistlins through the leafless treeas but oil
this was peace sompared with my mood
within" Hs gsyee % graphic account Of his
sssit to S1r&D TiltoR afteF heS confessions
90 Wife - marblqe vita eYoseS eyee as ia a
traness ana with heq Han2s apos Has breasts
Sc ssuinSeS Sim q essome sorms carved IN
malebss sHat ~ haS .eees eSoa aonumen.o in
Europe" = Sarge Sars ss she ssasense con.
sfste % 90 anafSsSs % So ss.ses's es,saY
GatrSs0 o
3. ..,.fS S..ss Secs seas s. ssfs. 9seecAos
nag Sess posaela aisss Simply denying she
shargee against him. sn1 mad Pes s. othess
she sna9ysis o. Sic anorS saturqo Sec S.
style Of the sseftase 8 ominently Characteristic
of to epiris whics eeeme 60 Isse enimate,s
'sery one IN THE an9seralse stfaio 9Iese 20 o.
fouls onsssore scandal, as opes qoos Of gore
ruptfone as Mrs. Beechos himself Justly ca':ss IL
ana set everybody seems to bs anxious 50 stjr
10 up snd make IS sauch Of il IS 2ossiI.s.
o o . o ]
The shose cs the correspondence which |
has been published in connection with this
case shows the same morbid tendency to tia.u-
ent and hollow talk In Mr.. and Mrs Tilton
We see couple of weak, commonplace crea-
lures, gifted with diseased literary tluency
md fondness for big words, who are per-
,etually working themselves into state of
phrenzy They exchange hysteri-
al letters, in which they exalt each other III
he most absurd way, and affect to soar above
mere ordinary humanity. Tilton spins long,
cushing sermons about his feelings and aspira-
IN, .tn$o u =, |
esponds in a similar strain.
There is no trace Of simple, unaffected init
macy in the letters. They are ali written in a
ind of falsetto, and in dialect as unlike that
# everyday life as possible. The language
f the affections is wrested for the purposes
f religious communion, AID something akin
> fondling may be detected in the inter
hange Of spiritual endearments. One of .
lrs. Tilton's tavorite themes is "the peculiar {
base Of Christ's character as lover
Altogether, tie impression which one de- i
YES If the mental and moral condition of the 1
itferent persons in this nauseous drama is =
,ything bu. p-epossessins. They seem to Be i
\ more or less infected with q sickly faint y
hich finds expression ~ seeasT cans and v
notional leliriun..% II
After going intoa searcAas 4n.Sy sfe ~ die u
lrioue quesSone s,svolve3 sn chic nasto COZ. 1
oversy. tho s'srs's Rsroe ainde up sy t
ySls that otle circumstance o..S Of which d
10 s,andag 2ne ariserS ans s;se alanns, 10 b
hica ds has saa ereatea 3y the osious pee o
10 Concerned GO extremely 2ewilderines a
e saena So be il Q eorlS Gom which slaiaS S
mmos sense is sansheao ona whees eae ess q
na'v aotoas gsqsseg pe osarse9 ese q
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