The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-06-27

following startling paragraph APPEARED a
the Brooklyn Union Of saturday, March
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M IN 3hnlIit1 SFoi R,iuI4t0Nl ~
"a dc eidlsol lhn ioIsittS y DSloa rcpotte,
approached Nj. Beecher totthe purpose o. gOt
ting bic Views a. 10 the Council, but DO declined
% DO interviewed. Mr.ShOarmAn, the clerk Of
the church, however, was communicative. Id
course the Council would patSue. In iegAfd "a
tbs scandal on M .BeeehH, lhas said 20 fax q
Ttlt0n was eoneerned he lTTlEon) was ont OF NJ
mind, OF his bIlAnees md aid tp tAet i aopkb,
~. A. for Mrs. Tllton, she had oeeasloned TIC
whole trouble while In q hAlf'crh Ged condition,
She had medlumistic Dis, and while uuder the
strange power that possessed her often spoke u
the most inc; edible things, declared thlnta po6
sibl0 that wtre impossible, and among the rest
had tlAndered NJ Beecher. NJ. Tilton hlmSolI
had Sess1oTIedged that gu ne Other thlDgs thAt
false and impossible; th6n why, asked Nj,
5hoarmAn, should the scandal on NJ, Beochof
DO tho only truth in her crazy wordiS
Shortly aftes the appearance Of Mr..
SheAEman's reported intefYieW ihA The
Uni0nt that genlleman sentt me through
Mr.. +. D. Moulton letter, the substance
Of which was that he (Mr. 81 had refer
red In the above conversation not to me
or my family, but 70 other persons This
letter l declined to receive, and returned
It TO the writer, with demand upon him
to retEact bis untrue and unjust state
ments. Furthermore, 1requlred as o con.
dition OF my accepting from Mr.. Shear
man any apology at all that this apology
should be presented TO me In writing In
the presence Of the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher. This was promptly done al
Mr.. Moulton's house I'm Mr.. Beechef's
presence.
The above.named calumny which Mr..
I. g. Shearman thus retracted 10 but one
Of several similar islsehooda against my
wife and myself which have been fostered
by interested parties to explain the action
Of Plymouth Church; falaehooda which
in some instances have been corectedsin
the same way, andgwhich IN others still
await to DO corrected either in this way
or in court Of justice.
You ask, when did Mr.. Tilton cease
to,b responsible to Plymouth Chutehln
IRnARef that ] first ceased my responbis
bility to that church when I terminated
my membership four years ago. ! alter
wards voluntarily renewed my responsi.
bility 10 the church on the evening Of %.
tober 81, 1873, by appearing In, person OF
one Ok itspubllc meetings, and offering 10
answer then and there, IN the PASTORS
presence, the charge that / had Sl6ndered
him. Less than two months ago still
further renewed my responsibility to
plymouth Church, as will appear by The
following correspondence:
BRooKITE, Nay 4, 1874.
Rtu:: Henry Ward BSteAer. PdJt0r Of Plymouth
CAlrehii .Rep. ., b. Halliday, ASsoetatI Pastor,
and Mr. l9hoHadS g. Sherman, CltFk:s ~
V1EATLlnI3-Laddro "A hroush. Won. the,
church OF which 1ou arc onicers. tho following
Statement, VIII oh you are Of iberty b communi.
cate 10 the church through tho Examining Com.
mtttee, or In aEy other mode, private or public.
! The Rev Leonard Bacon, DID. L, L. D., Mod.
orator Of the recent tougtfgati onAl Council hlaI
Eesn NJ aimee ne asteanme1s q that bod
pnAste ana with the weight Of something lGe
SMcial anthoEltyt g grave declaration whishI
Sit vas fCf liz plymouth Church, "shs ,ay,,
pntaeS irom ~, o pss oS , n Damaging I'm
great alAcrlIy-ihe pastor himsslf con. sntIng-
IL r taIew away me Opportunity OF Vlndlcation ~
THIS declaration. 30 emphSttcally repeated By
the chief mouth'piece OF the Council, Rnd put
Councils yiewS cories me a HI tSfsd ~ IaI NV
to,she sOnteoSersy, itoehOoas betWeeRt SoaltOs.
Onsof these isto remain eontentedly In the
atseonorAh'e position famAn ~ho denies 10 his
bfthat paators chatac,er-an Ctfenee fhe rators
heinous becan,e an unsnilied chSSaster1 - snS
reputation aIe reuulRite 10 hIs gaered' 6A1se
| The other Alternative Ia FOR me 10 rrstore IN
his chufcfIheIr lost opportuuity for biSyiHdi.
cation bypFesenIing mysslf yol1piSiijy for the
lame trial 10 which Ina church WnnId 6aye nov.
er 10 Summon ms il were A memhsrH snt' ".
lion which ITn4Sinv frnIn M mat eyne,IencSSl
viii subj ct mo Sifesh @ he unjust fnputS lon
bIcS bISSo m sSSG To,a 1Ss M sapprsSsion o.
berSons. ~ Z y 80 = ~ "''i''
: Botween thesa tyVo ivss ,ybicb nm At,
botb ennSISv SsnnSrSnt 20 M soI1n H "aiT1 arc
SSIrtS ne q rho1e tSe sScopas 9u'y re-
4 authorize you " such be your plessure) to
~ me ~ AZ ybs le tIfty Gays
Tor t,isl on The charge heretoioic made AGA mai
ms. namely, thatdt circulating and promoting
70 me Cafist IN o.
H. sSS Church church SHaa''a 10 Tue reputation Of
Ny only stipslstIon concerning Tho ttIll Is
mat II y SSs not % held With closed dooEs nor
you ID. HS9'NOo O'1'Ao, p1 TTEop,ar T,t[oT y
n tho above commemorative .aoo;..a
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closing . letter addrt ssSa 20 NJ, Beechlrs Nj.
hS IS;H ssd |Jsst: was 6aIy received
wIS wSosS VSSa Il Sas bcen ,nSnllS
10 the Examining Committee, and weaiV deem |
its contents TO present question which should |