The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-07-02
InsuIt to the Nation.

long and patient investigation sOunN
the government so corrupt and so
hopelessly bankrupt that they recon-
mended the abolishing of the old and
establishment of a new government
over it. Boss Shepherd was at the
head of the corrupt ring that had been
plundering and robBing the people,
and he had carried on his operations
until from the. condition of poor
mechanic he had become millionaire.
He was to the District of Cslumbia
what Boss Tweed was to the city of
New York Yet no sooner had Con-
gress branded him as 3 public plunder-
er and thief and, to get rid of hiim,
abolished the District Goyernpent..
than President Grant named him as
one of the Commissioners to- succeed
to the administration of the affairs he
had so shameFufFy and Hiekedfy mis-
managed. This was downright I'M,
suit, not only to the PIunderea people
of the Distrietbutof the whole DatiOns5
and flnst have been so regarded by
the members Of the Senate. who BY an,
almost unanF1iImlle nm vote Rejected tlll the
nomination. But notwithstanding
this iIldignity Radical conventions all
over tie country will continue to exo
press their unshaken confidence in the
heHestYs integrity and ability Of the
President9ll 3aeia d1s0B + 5nE
= " - d
CoSeREss adjourned on the 23d Mt /.
aftera long, session without having
donelany w ork aofsnbstantial value to
the people! CURRENCY rt1attelsy thestaf1F
rim, CiyiI rights, Civil seryfce aud, ike
questions, are still unsettled, And
yet the effortis to3he made to hoodp
wink the people intojthei belief that
the party that Mas so long betrayed
the trust rteposed IN # and misc p Yerii-''
ed the country, Isl alone fit TO be trustzJ
ed with power But the people dare
wearying with the promises that have
so long Been repeated to ne ear only
to be broken TO the horse, rse,ls and are
showing uAmistakables eYidenee that
theyiare determinedfto have changes
f0lssl l-l4lI1l--1 L1llso el1lalI1l1 s9Dlz
The Issecher- Hilton scandals s-aIhe EkApos1
rLDAe Aie ure Come at Lust 1uoi Woa
Me- NEW 1 YoRK, June 24.A4Theod6re
TIIton. published in the 6 Go1deif Age
this afternoon a seven column article
touching the Beechef scandal. It is a
defense of TiIton against the charges
of Rev. Leonard Bacon, Moderator of
the late Brooklyn Council, that IIfton
has been d coWardIy sianderer of
Beecher,t whose magnanifnity alone
saved him from disg racefnt exposure.
Having suffered id silence for four
years from these and similar misrep-
RESERVATIONS adroitly put before the
public by the, Plymonth Church, TIL
ton says that neither patience or duty
will permit him longer to conceal the
actual facts from the, public = He then
goes on to say that be has never slam
dered Henry Ward Beecher, but, on
the contrary, has sacrificed his own
reputation to suppress the truth about
him,r and that he neyef has refused to
appear before the Church and answer
all questions regarding the scandal
that might be put to him. !. : is..s..
TiIton gives his reason, for seYering
his connection with the Church as fol-
lows: = ~ -
laAfter / had been for fifteen years
a member of Plymouth Church, and
had become mean y bile an intimate
friend of the pastor, knowledge came
! to me in 1870 that he committed
against me an offense which l forbear
/ to name or characterize. Prompted
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