, 1874-09-19

u WE, to pe1t ttlin dcnl{s1td Ut her consccnco
- sentence not inconsistent with tho 'oSt osart
trnth. because tho wordH, "togetter ,oiM all Ntat
lis implies" might bo al roniIly taken IN i,ra,
thns t1sl ~ .n s y1eafd g Mr.
tna Is ts 1e so no1a nag rfsc IT, r. storrs ii road
from lin terms that lfrn 1iltun lad not yloIics
70 tslia solicitation, and did nut n,uIccniyn j,,n
I repeat tlnt tho opening Bontouco Of lin lottcr
was ifnmea p m9 expressly TO asry rs iii
OH hor part which Contemplated wIth MIN s, sn1
apprehension, and from which. sought to shoid
hor by tho abovo form of words, I'm c:cnmittae
aro guilty Of little loss thnn Al.ap practice ID
commenting To- on a Phttss9olosy ~ soy have
tlom tho o1aot explanation which hnya, gElYosuu Esu
But nothing Is 80. astounding to N, In A..
!conm!tteo's report as tho following statement
'lIse fulther: faet,." tiiSy say, "t,,as ri,.on
treated thc matter during four yoara as an Of.
Jsnss ,oh1ch could property Be apologt.ed or ard
y,orgtven y wholly Inconsistent with tho chnrgo
IN It's prospnt foru1.' :, .>s'
"if Moalton," say NV "unGaratooa .Tuhas TIM
ela5Ee TO be adultery thon ho is entitled to tho tho
cr; crSn,s o. the Invention or discovery that this
Above " me ssa%e saeest 2a s sR ,oegg a Fiji m
code OF mora)n sud OF, Honor, but II snoms to ~
mo I snst Ohurch Committee Is bound to lold
to !hra,, nu cmo Or wrongdolnE should bo beyond
1t.ia cot1nisted, aud, In particular; TINT tba
crime ln tue prosont Gait, should have rou1indcd
ohurehly tribunal Of tho immprtal maxim of
,t1n THO $40 ~ OF tho wduhn takon In auditory
X. Binco. however, tlo Plymontt, nhrr,.
Committoo abandons tho Christian oodo Sa of my
.ralisI on this Bubjeot. and substituted 4 n,ncs
popular and cruel opitlton-whioh think ninuiS
oe temnercd with Creator loui,J: torhri women
by tho worlds cole Of honor in such ca,c,. n;,
= primo !aT OF condhct among, what ata cnliod
men of tho world" that it man has rocoxod sdoa
ladys e1trcn,o g1ft'he Ii bound to protcot hcr
ropasatlon q and to 1hiold her against any and
Of ths lsW, ia tho just measure Of oblooay vbicb
"nnn Of tho world" according to their ,rn ' ~
quetto Of behavior, should yisit upon III. Reccn.
or c who, stteF having aabluod lady to Ills sex
na. unSa lor period OF more than year, at last,
doppo1nts a committee Of sir men, ,oih Inn nj.
9'1teys, inquire into c facts Of her ouiu in,
gososng Ae,' ,'ehenatdote trposHre and ruinS Ryon
hlr' Beochers rorldiy-mindod champion, Mrs
Kinseia, though guilty Of the same crime Of a.,
tim. " A4' 's''
= raEE LOVE.
!, Al. hlr. Doocher, aftcrhaying given bIs l,ro-
tmo I'm {{aecofdIng to"hls sister, Mra Hookor) to
having surreptitiously practiced fres.loyo in NJ,
own house, in the corruption Of a Christian vifo
and mother; afeer having confessed to Mr.
Monilon and mo moro adnlterous alliances thAn
thnt m onoGsftcr a this. Mr:Doechor goos back
my connection With tho Independent and sneaks
Of mo IN the following terms:
Hls tAr. Iilton's) loose notfoua Of msrrisre
ann mTofco begin to be bhadowcd elitoriaNy."
u. Io thia mado two rop11os,-ono general, ths
In general, say thai hayo never entertained
loose notiouB Of marriage.
~ NOTIONS OF MARRIAGE
arc thoso which ara common tbrnurhouk Chris
tendon, Bat I:rojo!co to Say ttat nv notions OF
divorco are at variance with tho laws OF nv own
state, aud arc expressed in-tilo statutes Of Wis.
consin. I havo a!renuously urged tho .abrorn.
ton OF 'tho'how; York :ooae Of divorce: (Which is
Tor ono cause alono), and haye, asked for tia
enbatitution of tho moro liberal Legislation Of
New England and tho West.
Noxt, ropty, in particular, that tho first ar.
ticle which ! wrote in tho l1dcpcnsleM that ce-
ited any criticism for what Mr.. Beocher now calls
my loose notlo1ia OF snlarraso; md divorce"
was defonao Of Alrs. Richardson III tho Sc.
farland trial. But 1t was wron: in my esti.
mate OF that case. a1r. Dsechcr was far moro
wrong than I for ho went to tho Astor uouse.
and. at
RICHARDSON'S byiSo nEp.
performed marriage ceremony between that
h!codlng ant1ercr and a>1ady who was then the
divorcoa Iur undfvorced) wife Of tho assassin,
alr. Bcechor cannot condemn mo for anything
TINT rald growing out OF that case, without
still moro severely condomning hInsolf. In
proof of this statoment, cito tic testimony OF
AZ. William Q; BARTLETT now ono Of Atr. Dooch.
era lawyers, dofending nlr. ,Deecher for \ far
mora objectionable seduction than that whorcof
Mr. Richardson was accused,
Nh, nAnrLErr
published In tho Now York Sun, on tho day after
Mr. booctor'a performance Of the Astor House
marriage the following biting characterization
OF Mr. Doocller'a conduct On that occasion:
WHAT Nn. 1EEcHERs CHIEF ATTORNEY TIMES OF
r, From The Eee Tark Sun, per. :, 1862.
The Aator House In this city tho scene on Tues.
at defiance all those aentienta fcspcctiuR tbs relation
Of ma;rriags which regard aoa,ything utrn,ealy
snssss rss nnr% e1G b<.eH a ess,t
and eloquent john whppo s.d, who n eerss s s'ass tho
dwelling Of friend, md under the protection Of FRIEND
or daughter by tho common consent Of mankind ought
to M b. b. conatgned to IN immediate E.lous" :. coa:
fathers by what fra and brittlo teuurs your hoiuoa
ara yours II you fail In brtiness-and itis slid that
ntncty-lss out of hundred mon fasl-thon your
bessr s iesay y25 ss e a,a4; ~ e.
asss Nborttne Wt'o will paynot in sGeotian buttn
SVAo Ut NtUcnp&cRa-1ua Ei0o OF hct tfalj chhrTs.
:. ). Ycs, it ts tho pioNs tho p0nl'ar, tlle al.
!nired, tbs reyored Henry Ward Dcechcr, who comes
boldly and even proudly forward hpdIng BY the hnnd
MD lead!ne Lpstto her. triumph oree Re!igion who
can read The narrative anil not wish that Plymouth
Church woro notsunk into Tho ground unll the pax
ot ita gabo ahou1d 10 beneath tho surface OF tho
earth
Tho abo!o VIVA tho Judgment Of hlr. Decchors
prescnt ohiaf-coinacfor touching Mr. Deechos'g
action in tho celebrated c1so concerning which.
TOR some commonts Of Tino in the: I'Rlepen.ltn!,
Mr., ,Doecher has nov tho ctfrnEterJ TO accuse
no OF having. In 1869 "shalowod", U, in my odi-
.orials ''looso notions of marriage and divorce"
MI. llr. Doocher With equal inconsistency,
seoks to becloud ne with tho odiam'wh!ch At
.achea to
MIS-. woopHuLLs
1amc. I an Justly entitled to soyorc-rorhaps
q an unapnr.ng-critiotam, by .lie public. Tor
,aying linlod my nan1o with that woman, and
for heying lont my pom to the ror-
Eayal Of, her life in tho o1sggoratotlA colors in
who'll onco .paintod 1t In biographical akotoh.
}ut among all my critics. who. have stamped
his brochure with their juat onprob ruin, I iave
Icvcr rot found any one who has denounced mo
no for It half 80 scvorc ly as hayo condomnet!my
elt. Nobody ohall have my consent to dotond
L. uf,n n