, 1874-08-03

planned bitterly tho other day, Ia tua inter-
esk Of domestic deconcy, Of tho publication OF
Tho Statements and connter-statementa OF
tho parties 10 tho inquiry now pointing in Brook
what tho papers could do oxcept Whist tloy hayo
done. It appeared tolofably plntn, from tho
moment Afr. Tslton published Luis first letter,
that tlIo whole affair would very soon be made
the subject OF IN appeal to the public Tho re-
sul: vas made certain by tue modo in which Hi.
Deocher applied for al investigation. A COM
nlitteo nominated by him, and composed OF uts
own personal f,iopls aud mnmbcls Of his con-
gyogattop, although 1t might satisfy tho
church oyor which he presidee. was sure mol to
inevitable TINT at Roma stage in tho inquiry Til
ton or his friends would. BY hook or by crook
carry their case befo,o tho world outside. and.
tlIs olico done, tue Committee lost all judicial
very dofectlve QUE, for TALKING evidence. No ono
will now caro- what lta finding is, or wlother it
cnnlea to any conclusion or not. Tho trial is
transferred TO diGeront forum. This forum
consists Of tho noN srapsrs and their rcalora
and moro unsatisfactory ono. In aomo reapcctB
Which q man In Mr.. Beechers position must
plead, Buoner or lator, to any charge brought
against him.. From this neither CIVIL nor ec1le-
tiastlcal courts cau save him. When the com-
or it insists on deciding in tito last resort
nbohor its confidence has been misplaced. It
may DO said that this 1a ono Of tho penaltiog Of
iutluouco and celebrity, but It ia also Que Of their
conditions, and ono that lB familiar to everybody
who wields the power given him by enormous
popularity: 1t ls In Bomo respects m nwlul
luode Of trial. Que by which the strongest nerves
might well DO sllnbCn. Tic court has no rules
of svilenco. Before It nothing il frivolous. or
Irrelevant, or uDtruskwortuy. 1t puts rumors,
hinty. tho fdla gossip Of tho sidewalk a.id tie
solemn asseyeratlona OF tile eya-witncBs on about
tho same level. Everything goes 70 Tho Jury In
QUO dreadful jumbo, md goes pecemcal, day by
day, al it comes i'll without arrangement or SUM-
ming up. TLero III not house IN tho country in
week, put Oh his trial, and In ogcry ono Of
them on 'liEoront Indictment mud with
ditforout testimony; and tho rosult lie ueyor
wholly knowB, us the verdict ~ never fornulot-
cd and uttorod. Moreover, 1t would DO Ereat
this tribunal ii animated BY anything shat ean
DO called judicial apiut% It Is impossible not
to be struck BY the tenderness witll which Mr..
Heochor's oasa haa beon approached, by tue
rroluotancs displayed Oh altnoat alt sides to lo-
I'VE i'll OF him, by the eager liopetulncas with
Which his dofens0 has been llatened to, and by
tho height md breadth OF tho favorable pro-
sumptions by which ho has been surrounded.
1t Ia trua taat much Of these ptcsHmptlona
teat on forty yoala Ut unhlemIahcd character.
but mucl'. too. ia supplied by popular induig-
e1lcu for D man whom tho country has greatly
trusted md greatly loved. On tho othor uand.
howovor, a vast amount of tho interest takon IN
tho caae upriuga tsom motive. with Which mother
love Of Ain nor love Of Justice has anything 70
do. ThouHantla ON thousands gleat over the
story simply becauye 1t Ia aoauial0us; thousands
moro because tho STANDARD got up by sucA q man
aa neechor seon,s q constant condemnation OF
tlolr own wAya aud ailua. Tue overthrow OF O
groat moraliht Is always triumph Tor .hoao who
donY TINT thoEs is any morality but what each
nlan manufactures for himself. 1t acts both as
. Justification and encouragement totAena. "a
bad year for tho righteous" as uutlot said, IL o
good year for those wiIo lpako no protenae to
righteousness. It laisca them In their own esll-
nation, puts an end to aonle prlcktugR Of con-
acionco, aud oponsup now tleds of aotis,sy' There
oponly or seoretly hoping th1t noeoher lany not
succeed in oztrlcatlng hilnsolf frum tho not iu
wAicls lle IL now oatsuH!ed. Ana tlon thero are
thousands OF men who afa really not raaeas. anl
paas aa very respectable, to whom Tho downfall
OF anything great or respectable in human soci-
etY ia somehow satisfaction. though they do
not we'll know why, aud are ofsn ashamed ayon
to confess It to themselves. Tho souyao uf this
foellpE is ons Of thoso mysteries Of human No.
tuse On which lpt4ar tho naturalBta nor tho
ths0loRlnus have thrown uunh llRAt, An6 Ii Ia