Connecticut western news., 1874-08-28
THE REGENERATION CASE.
What the Now York Press have to Say
 on tho Subject,

on the Subject
 The Tr5bune says MT. Beeche1 has spoken. If the statement had beer given to the world within reasonable time after MT. Tilton's charges, the scandal would now be dead. Delay has made the task of killing the poison ous growth 1mrneasurably harder; but we believe that candid readers will still rise from MT. Beecher's nervous recital with the conviction that he has been the victim of 1nonstrous con. spiracy. ,-. .s.s.
 The case against MT. Beecher rested
 First and mainly, on his own letters
 Second, On Mrs. Tilton's comics.
 Third, On Mir. Moulton's private de. clarations that the pastor had con. fessed the crime to him i; and a
 Fourth, On MT. Tilton's claim that he had likewise confessed it to him.
 If the first of these grounds for be- lieving the monstrous charge could be moved, the rest would not support it. The second was worthless because Mrs Hilton had retracted and explained tc most prejudiced against Mir. Beechel could go no further than to hold hel testimony of no weight on either side The third was nearly worthless by tea son of MT. Moulton's extraotdinary conduct and general character but il is now utterly demolished by the pro. duction of one of MT. Mo1lton's letters explicitly admitting that the whole case might be published to the world the next day, and MT. Beecher could stand And the fourth has not from the first been regarded by unprejudiced people as of any value, and after MT. Beecher's exposure will seem contemptible.
 The case then rests solely on MT. Beecher's own letters. Does he explain them? He certainly shows that they have been monstrously garbled. The long letter, that in which he speaks o1 living on the sharp and rugged edge ol anxiety, remorse, fear, and despair, proves. to have been nearly four times as long as the part given by Mr., Hilton, seems thoroughly consistent with MT. Beecher's explanations, and in several points quite inconsistent with the idea of his guilt. The confession itself was never written or read by him, some of the sentences in it were never uttered by him, and it wholly related to his mental distress at finding himself, as he'thought, in some way responsible for MT. Tilton's business and social ruin. For the rest, the dstailed ac- count of his dealings with Hilton and Moulton furnishes a perfectly natural explanation. The fear of apoplexy, es- pecially under mental trouble, accounts for the a1lusions to his probable death, expectation of never preaching another sermon, and the like; and the admis- sion that he has paid seven thousand dollars to Hilton, and only stopped when five thousand more were demand ed (though given with too little detaiD, seems to throw flood of light on some of the motives that have led to this shocking business. S=.'i
 This statement will measurably clear away the clouds that have been dark and thick about MT. Beecher's name. If 1t had come sooner, it would in all probability have ended the scandal.
 The Herald says To fully analyze this long statement would be impossi- ble now; we can but merely indicate it's character. It is strong, and perhaps will be accepted by MT. Beecher's friends as his vindication.r But the pub. lie, while hoping for the best, will not accept it as 8 final disposition of the case. Mir. Moulton's full statement has yet to be made, the committee has yet to report. No one has the right to de- eide upon the innocence of MT. Beecher till the verdict of Plymouth church has been formally rendered and the testi- mony published in full, while even then 1t may be necessary to suspend iudg- ment until the question is tried before that higher tribunal before which MT. Hilton announces he is resolved to bring it.
 The Sun says: The statement covers all the issues of the case, and charges of blackmail, plots, and intrigue are broadly and unequivocally presented. Now at least there is reason to hope that the whole truth of this distressing affair will be brought out; so that no person connected with it, who is in any guilty, can escape the public condemnation which belongs to h1s guilt. ..- .,0--.
 MT. Beecher hows courage and 8 determination to fight for his life. In every point of view this is we'll. If the ship must sink, better let her go down in the explosion of battle, and at noon- day, rather than be scuttled privately ln the twilight.
 The World says Mir. Beecher has rescued himself from his only peril. He has stated the history of his rela- tions with the Tiltons and with Moul- ton without reserve. The charges of Hilton have been supported by no proof. The garbled extracts from MT. Beecher's own letters were, in our judgment at least, inconsistent with the truth of Tilton's charge. But they were such letters as to need explana- tion. MT. Beecher has made that ex- planation, sparing no one, neither Til ton, nor Moulton, nor himself. Thus, at last proving that he has nothing now to conceal, MT. Beecher dispels the only shadow of distrust which may have crept over his good name among fair minded and minded men.
 The Tunes says This is Mir. Beech CTS explanation. We cannot undertake to analyze or to endeavor to point out it's strength and it's weakness. It does not account for his conduct in 8 way that men of the world will generally &C., cept as conclusive. It discloses 8 curi- ous amount of moral cowardice and great deal of irrational behavior. It re- veals MT. Beecher's character as entire ly different from what it has generally been supposed to be. But we believe tue impression will be general that. MT. Beecher's character to be what he paints it, his story is not inconsistent with innocence.
 
 A Horrible Murder.