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

IHE 'WHEEEINGD
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foWeI almost these identical words. II
says: "The accused person has not beer
retained 70 the church nor commended q
|any Other chuTcli.1 -
DO mol misundaTbtand me, willknoI
say that In my unsuccessful management
OF TINS unhappy scandal I have brought
no "dtahonor on the Christian name" The
one name which oil oil others I most seeh
70 honor. With infinite sorrow / look
bacit through The last few years and acc
lhstanees In Rhlch. by.the fatality Of nv
lalse position, I have brought peculiar
"dlshonor on the Christian name" ali 81
which freely acknowledge and hope vel
to repair. But L solemnly aver, and nd
man shall gainsay me, that the reason
why plymouth Church avoided On inves,
hgalionl tnto the lacandal with which /
was charged was not because I, but an
other man had brought diShonor on Inc
Christian name" And yet this other per.
soma clergyman, permille a his church
10 brand me belore the Council withan
accusation which, had I been In his place
and he In mine, l would have voluntarily
borne for myself instead Of casting on an.
other,l IS
quotation from letter which / had oc-
casion to address to Mr.. Beecher, dated
May l, 1874:
Rtnry Ward Bsseatr.i & Ahlb & gUE IA
sIR: Nj. B y. Carpenter mentions 10 me your
saying 10 him that under certain conditions IN.
money wcad Or coSId Sc iS.eS to S:pd m T%% ZIG; q
ny hmily % Europe Iora term Of years.
The occasion c0mpels ne to state explicitly
th4k 30 ldng % life and self respect continue 10
exist together In my breast shall be debArred
from receiving, either directly or Indirectly, any
peeqnlaty or other fayoE Of your hands.
know 90 well that lBplrS you the statement T
OH Yours truly, THEODORE TtEFoR.,
furthermore, Iregret to point you to
heeyidence that Plymouth Church, or
raiher the attorney who now acts as
clerk, Is attempting 10 makeup o false
but plausible record concerning this case
for the purpose Of appealing to 1t in iu-
tufe TO my disadvantage. Il was to this
end that Mr.. Sherman ineSniou6ly iueof.
poEated 10 his letter 10 me dated May Is,
1874, the following words:
We do not understand your letter 40 implying
mat you have any charges TO make, but the con.
trafy. IL the Committee had 90 understood II.
!!ney would have readily entertained and iuIy
The manifest ebJse. oiithe above t.
cord Is to enable the church to say, q year
or five years hence, that II l ever had
any charges to make against Mr.. Beecher
the church had long ago given me an
abundant opportunity to make them. Mr..
Sherman Is still more bold in his COM
muntcation 10 ythe Independent, dated
June 10, 1874 BE therein says Of The
church; lan1oG
Its oilsers have, IN the proper way, without
parade, given ever facility lor investiga cation
that eopld reasonablyl bs desired, eVea BY the
most captiUas ettues.m
The above statement by Mr.. Sherman
Is made In letter which was put forth
BY him ostensi6ly ID my interest, and
which ] am already accused OF having In.
spired. This leads me 10 disavow the
declaration which / hayeIlaBt quoted as
insincere and atvarianee Withlihe truth!
Not to multiply instances needlessly,
there is one other to which my self respect
compels i1ieito allude with painful ex-
plicltness. In your New Haven speech
you characterized Mr.. Beecher as, the
most .magnanimous Of men, andyinS tie
sontext referred tome as a knave and dbs.
You lett the public to inier that had be-
come in some despicable way the creature
u Mr.. Beecher's magnanimitY, Early, IN
April last Icalled Nj. Beecher's attention
% lthei ottensiveness and injuriousness Of
1our statement, and informed him that l |
Ihould insist on its correction either CbytI
lin or me. In order 10 provide him with
IN easy way to correct 1t, involving no
humiliation TO his feelings, i addressed TO
you the following letter:
= E-g z BlooKLTx, April 5, 1874.
ssU. Ltoadrd BaeOn, D. D.:
ny DEAR sm-Tlh ave last been reading ,he
Irt6uns'S report Of your Yale speech on The
srooklyn Council inWhleh occurs The following
.,'Anoiher part otmy theory is that Mr.. Beech.
rs mAgnanimlty q unSpeakable, IneVe: knew
mAn Ola larger and more genlrons mind. uns
Who was In re1tiUns 70 him the most intimate
possible said to me- III wanted TO secure his
highest love would 20 into a church meeting
md accuse him OF crimes This 10 his splrit.
But think he may carry It too far A man whose
lie 10 treasure 10 the Lhurch Universal 10 lis
:ountrY: 10 his age, has no right to subject The
Aith In It TO such strain. Some ons has aid
hat Plymouth ohurch's dealing with offenders
luxe, Dogberty Q. The comparIsonN waA Apt A
y any one Will moi stand Jet b N 20, nndRRtherl
ne guard and thank God that you arefia of6uehl
tknave 80 ofLanee, who went into The Btotksl
md the ,plllory to ave his dog from execution
or stealing pudGtngs and geese. ~ think he
you'd have done better 70 lot the dog di6, And
think Mr. Bteeher would have done better 10
ave let vengeance come on the heads Of his
lauderer4,mI f,r,S ,ftsvo.rF
setting aside tho patite and mirth, ifthero be
my lucism directed toward mo 10 these wo.ds
sooflety and eatnestpetB, then beg you 10 do |
ne INC following bet Of jnatice:s
Please forward 70 Nj. Beeeher the letter which
an now WI ting and ask him 70 inform You
N DIS worA Of honor, whether have been his |
,lAndefet. whether i have spoken against him |
aleely, whether have SVAded mT lust RESPONSE. |
billy 70 Plymouth Church, whether I have |
reated him other than With the highest polsIble |
Airness, and whether be has not acknowledged
9 tae, IA lafge apd ample terms. that my course
marked By the mIRnanimIty which you appSF. |
nifty Intimate has characterized his toward me |
II you will write ~ Mr.. Beecher as have Ia. |
Heated, j vi ] thank You for line a. to1the |
words or substance OF his reply. 9 With gteat
'espset. am truly yours.
In reply TO the above letter you sent
ne the following. |btfs'siSSi
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