The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-30
s. G.
Tuesday Morning. June 80, 1874.
Tho Brooklyn Scandal.

l0e BeeOhef-IllSon scandal has
Sssoken out again. It has been sys-
Dramatically hushed up and mufflsd for
tho last three or four years. Even the
Rreoklyn Congregational Council
>sai5ed in the effoT: to bring its secrets
ia light nnd the implicated parties to
q alignment But everybody knew that
.1he fires were smouldering beneath
'St1is thin crust OF ooncealment. Rev.
Leouard Bacon has seen fit to discuss
the proceedings of the council, over
'xhioh he presided, and to 80 allude to
!zae relations OF tho parson of Ply.
ssnouth Church and his former but no
'longer member and friend. Theodore
Elton. as to provoke from the later q
'twe column reply. BE states in it
shat after fifteen years. membership in
plymouth Church, during which he
had become intimate with the pastor,
knowledge came to him in 1870 that
this pastor had committed against
him an offence too grievous to be
usmed. He Immediately and forever
ceased attendance on his ministry,
The pastor sent him an apology, ex-
kqressive of his sense of self-degrada-
1avu, and appealed to him to protect
Ehim from bringing reproaoh to the
cause Of religion. and to spare him
soch exposure as would prevent his
-ne-ascending his pulpit. Passing over
the nnenviable notoriety of publica-
tion in weekly New York journal in
Novamber, 1872, We come to state
!sneHt that "a Mr.. West, in August,
1873. summoned him to answer charges
scf having circulated scandals against
hispaator. At the instance of leading
-@emhe-s end ot the pastc. himself,
with their pre-knowledge and at
khsir urgent DESIRE" he declined. in q
letter. TO neoepsa a copy OF the charges.
AEer this letter, he received next day
the pastors prompt and hearty
fthuJks." He was surprised and indig-
aant to learn afterwards, that what he
had consented to in order to screen the
tpastor and at his particular request,
was represented as lodging the charges
On his part.
Other proceedings, of similar
.double-dealing character, on the part
,sf Beeoher and his friends, particular
ay,Gherman. the clerk Of the church,
'hs~e at last stnng Tilton to the quick.
He has become convinced, he says,
that Beeoher or his legal and other
agents. acting in his interest and by
his consent, have shown themselves
+siiliag to sacrifice his good name for
tthe. maintenance Of the parsons. He
,selemniy avers that the reason why
plymouth Church avoided an investi-
CATION into the scandal with which he
isxss charged, was not because he, bnt
another man. had drought dishonor
dan the Christian name." He takes
Br. Bacon to task for reversing the
1Ga1tlons OF himself and Beecher, and
for attributing to the latter nobility
.4a1 conduct in this matter wholly un.
.AGthcrized.
DIR. Bacon, it appears. in speech
delivered in New Haven. characterized
Beeoher as the most magnanimous OF
.daen, and left it to be inferred that
NfheK, IN some despicable way, had
become the creature of his magma.
>nimity. This he scornfully denies,
mad shows the adroitness and lack oi
,qxinoiple by which this impression
had been propagated.
This paper of Tilton's is written
calmly and not in bad temper. There
ia q great deal said in it, and yet q
,ssudious conoeslment and reticence
.sre among it's characteristics. The
man who let's out this much, has great
deal more that he can say if necessary.
There is show Of boldness and open.
ness, and yet one cannot resist the
conviction that it is the voice of one
.sxho has been under hack and oon.
estraiat. lie snys enough, however, tc
damage Eeecher seriously. Such 6
document. unanswered or disproved
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