Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-07-25

ters introduced. Amid their sickeninl
details there is but one gleam of light
that the scandal which has been befOr
the public for two years now draws &
an end, and may soon be buried in tn
past. That one of the loftiest reputa
tions, one of the best-known, and mos
admired men in our country, should b
buried under it, seems inevitable. TIL
shame is felt alike by all lovers Of th'
good and true; the pleasure and rejOic
ing come to the Woodruff and those o
her type. 1t is one of the heaviest blow
that modern years have dealt to our 30
cisl and religious system, and it is neees
sary that both should cut loose from th'
burden.
From the Chattanooga Times.
Not one pretended fact he may nov
give is Of any value, unless corrobOrateG
by more credible testimony. But II
saying these things. it is not our inten
tion to convey the idea that we believe
Beecher wholly innocent. We hays ad'
mired the grim silence of the ma-s anc
the great strength of character, the rare
common sense and GOODNESS, he has dis
| played If all alleged is true, We still
estimate him q thousand times better
truer, and nObler than his assailant
! He has deported himself like man o.
nerve, like a man possessed Of well
balanced moral and intellectual nature
uuder sfribly trying circumstances.
| From the New Orleans Timesl
Mr.. Tilton has at last hurled his long
/ threatened thunderbolt. His affidavit
| plainly sets forth the truth of the black
est aspect of the scandal. If true, il
will, or should annihilate Beecher, while
it leaves Tifton comparatively blame
less, except for his long continued sniv'
| cling and tiresome voluCillty.
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.l
If Mr.. Tilton is crazy, the fact is not
generally known. Being sane, the hOr-
| ribIe story be tells the world this morn
ing carries with It most disheartening
air of truth; for no sane man would al
low himself to tell such a tale, with
malice prepense. The penalty for such
an ohense against all society could
never be fixed at sufficient weight. Ii
it is true, the reader can very readily
understand why Mr.. Beecher " wished
he were dead" and the query will arise
in every mind capable Of approaching
his terrible position, will not that wish
meet speedy fulfillment ?
From the Cincinnati Commercially
While one can not rid himself of the
conviction of the essential truth of Mr..
TtIton's statement, and will be inclined
to agree in Mr.. Tilton's opinion, as eX-
pressed to the reporters of the New York
press, "that it is unanswerable, there
will vet be q readiness to hear what Mr..
Beecher and Mrs. TiltOn have to say in
the statement which they promise to
submit to the committee of inVestiga-
ton. There is no disposition to pre-
Judge the case. From the time the great
scandal made its way into print, the
press has treated il with fOTbearance,
and shown disposition to lessen, rather
than magnify its proportions. 1t Is
through no institution or agency OF the
newspapers that it has at last been
brought to light, nor will there be found
among them any, having due regard to
the moral and social as well az individual
interests that must suffer, to rejoice over
the immeasurable ruin, which 50 great
and gross a scandal brings with it.
From the Indianapolis Sentinell
The ministers may take the credit Of
having driven TiltOn to his first di5clos-
ure. Mr.. Beecher and IiltOn's wife
may assume the responsibility OF COM
pelling his second. Of the temptations
and sin of the greatest preacher OF the
age, the Sentinel has already spoken.
Had that sin been followed by a manly
confession, the Sentinel would have
stood by the eulprit through thick and
thin. But the long course Of do lble-
dealing and hypocrisy that the bswil-
dered public has looked upon is some
thing that deadeDs sympathy and ublit-
crates respect. Taken all in all, the story
Of this mOurnful business Is something
before which the passion and incldentof
fiction lose their attraction. Arts .ieal-
ly considered, this Beecher-Tlton scan
dal is the greatest tragedy which this
generation will ever witness.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.l
Mr.. Beecher's friends appear to be
trying to keep up bold front, and they
will do the best they can for him. Mr.
TiltOn talks strangely, II he is correctly
reported, and the end is not yet. Mr.
Beecher's statement given this morning
is in keeping with the mysterious man
ner in which he and his friends have
heretofore treated the charges against
him.
From the Nashville Bsnner.l
We await the reply of Henry Ward
Beeeher and Mrs. TiltOn to the broad
and unconditional statement Of IheO-
dOre. The whoie affair is too ugly TO be
touched, except for the sake of pointing
such a coral as is easily enough seen
without comment. The majority of
mankind now hold Beecher as one
CONDEMNED already" let his statement
and that OF his alleged in0mOTdt0 be
what they may. We at least indulge
the hope that when their statements
come to us to-day or tomorrow, they
will not send the blush TO the cheek Of
deceney.
From the Nashville Union and Americana
1t may be a mere bit of thoughtless-
ness that Beecher's statement is not
sworn to, as Tilton's was. In either
case, the man capable of such a crime,
or such slander, would not stop at per-
jury. Beecher vindicating Mrs. Tilton,
and the latter vindicating the former,
looks pretty natural to any one that be-
lieves TheodOre's craven tale. But
where is Frank Moulton, the mutual
frieDd?" VIII ne tell the truth or per-
jure himself? And how are we to know
which he does, if he speaks?
From the st. Louis Republican,
1t LTilton's statement] forms an epi-
sode in domestic life which it were bet
ter TO hide entirely from contemplation,
could that be done. It destroys faith in
great regulations. 1t tears off masks of
sham and deceit, and discovers a hide
GUS mass Of foulness and corruption. 1t
shows the most eminent clergyman,
perhaps, Of America to be certainly the
most arrant hypOcrite. 1t exhibits
Henry Ward Beeeher as being, instead
of a pious teacher of Gods religion and
man whose example should be shining
light, a betrayer of his friends conf
dence and a systematic seducer of
woman's hoDor. The story speaks for
itself The proofs are apparently ire
fragible. There is nothing further to be
said.
From the Chicago Times.l
To Mr.. Beecher the story must be a
revelation. To be branded
as q hypocrite, the seducer of the wife Of
] friend, the maligner OF the man he had
injured, and heartless libertine, would
be almost death-blOw to many men,
snd to a man in Mr.. Beecher's exalted
position it must be doubly severe.
Death, as he himself says, would be in
initely preferable to exposure. OF one
hing the public may rest assured: Mr.. |
Beecher dare not again show his head in
he pulpit of Plymouth church. Should I
ne do so, public morality would be out /
aged and the cause he espOused cruelty
ETOnged. The public has a right TO de- |
nand personal purity IN those who set I
naunCalvaa M. a. a,v noup1ara of fba IL !