St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03

lltlle sore ABOUT WIFI htN. MI Ddcol
had said of him. But whether he would
take to writing letters about it he could
not say"
And vet Mr.. Halliday, according to
Mr. Shearman's testimony above given
had read my letter forty days befor,
thus denying that he had ever seen on
heard of it.
A similar statement TO the above ap-
peaIed in the Brooklyn Eagle ut the
same time (June 2O.) us follows:
.'The trustees of Plymouth church
deny that Theodore TiltOn has address
ed il letter to them offering himself as
a witness, and expressing desire to
answer certain charges against Mr.
Beecher, during the next thirty days.
They say that the whole story is falls"
from beginning to end"
The above are recent specimens
not solitary or uInique-of the manner
in which Mr.. Bcecher's agents have not
hesitated to Use the Brooklyn press. on
numerous occasions, to miSrepresent
and pcrvert my case to the community
in which | reside, and to the public ut
large.
'. Furthermore, ] regret to point
You to the evidence that Plymouth
church, or rather the attorney who now
acts as its clerk is attempting to make
up il false but plausible record con-
corning this case for the purpose of
appealing To it i'll future to my diSad-
vantage. 1t was to this end that Mr..
Shearman ingeni"usly incorporated in
his letter to me, dated Man II, IS7I.
the following words:
I'VE do not understand your letter
as implying that You have ANY charges
to make, but the contrary. If the
committee had so understood it. they
would have readily entertained and
fully investigated them
The manifest object of the above
record is to enable the church to say :;
wear or five Years hence. that if | ever
had any charges to make against Mr.
me an abundant opportunity to make
them. Mr.. Shearnlan Is still more bold
Ill his communication tntlIc independent
dated June II, 1871. lie therein SAYS
of the church
''ltS officers have, in the proper way.
without parade, given every facility for
investigation that could reasonably he
deSiled. even 10y the most captions
critics.
The above statement 10y Mr. Shear
man is made in letter which was put
forth 10y him "StenSihly in my interest.
and which | am already accused of
having inspired. This leads me to dis
;lvow the declaration which have last
quoted aS insinccrc and at varicncc with
the truth.
VI. Not to multiply instances need
lcS>ly, there is one other to which my
cnmpclS me t" alludc with
painful cNpliciticS. In your New Hay
Ell speech ynu characterized Mr.. Beech
RI as the most magnanimous of men.
and Ill the context referred to me aS Il
knaNc and il dog. You left the public
/" infer that | had hrcomr in some
lcspicahlc way the creature of Mr..
'cecher'S magnanimitN. Early in April
asst | called MIR. Bccchcr's attention to
he otlcn>ivencS> and iniuriouSncS> of
tour statement, and Informed him that
should insist ON lis correction either
" him or me. In order to provide
lim with an easy way to correct it. in |
'"lving no humiliation t" his feelings. |
addressed to ynu the following let |
err
BRooKLYN. April 3. ISL.
Rev. Leonard Bacon. ID. d.: MN Dear
'ir have just been reading the !
Irihune'S report of your Yale speech .
III the Brooklyn council. in which "c-
'urs the following paragraph
Another part of my theory :. that