Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-07-24
BEECHER.

The telegraphic news published yes
terday and to-day, brings Tilton's state
ment, in which he at last leaves the use
of half expressed inuendo, and more or
less ineligible hints, and brings a series
of direct accusations against Beeeher, IN
which he charges the latter with the
crime of criminal intercourse with his
{ Tilton's wife. The statement is
couched in temperate and almost pas
sionless language, and points out the
time, place aud occasion of Beecher's
delinquencIes. Few people will read
Tilton's affidavit without feeling an in
tense disgust for the whole affair and all
concerned in its nasty dirty details. The
livery OF Heaven is rudely stripped from
Beecher, and be stands before the world
a convicted liar, lecherous hypocrite,
libertine and an migrate. As to his VIC
time, Mrs. Tilton, she seems TO be a
sort OF psalm singing free lover, for
whom as little sympathy ought to be ex-
tended as to Mrs. Woodruff, or her
sister Tennie. or Tilton himself. it is
difficult to tell what he is-whether
something more or great deal less than
q man His forebearance is marked
to his erring wife, and he shows won
derful patience in combating what
he calls the decisions of his truant
spouse, who thought it was right and
proper to allow another man to share
the marital privileges Of her husband.
She says with charming naiyete that the
character of Catherine Gaunt in the
novel of Griffith Gaunt convinced her of
her error. and in the future, If her hus-
band wished it, she would be true to
him. Amiable creature What pity
It is, that cold, uucharitable world will
he apt to cast the shadow Of its censure
on such charmingly emotional and i'm
pressible darling. There is one surpris-
ing feature of the affair, and that is
while Beecher and his paramour are in
dulging their appetites, they appear to
quote scripture as glibly as they in
terchange caresses, and constantly
bring the name OF the Deity on
the scene of their unhallowed
revels, sometimes as present protector
and at others as future refuge. This
frightiul impiety aud revolving sacrilege
seems to be INDUCED in by all hands
without the slightest idea Of there being
anything wrong, Beecher commences his
lustful pleasures with prayer and closes
them in the same way. When threatened
with discovery, ho seeks to avoid the
unpleasant disclosure by the same means.
He allows Mrs. Woodruff to be impris-
oned and fined, when he was really
guilty; still the same preaching and pray
ing goes on. He suffers an old and true
friend, whose friendship be has repayed
by dishonoring his friends wife, TO labo
long under false imputatons, and ye
the same system prevails; and we ex
pect that even after this exposure, tina
he will be found affecting to be martyr
and praying to Heaven to forgive his
prosecutors. The fact is, that the whole
affair is nasty, filthy and scandalous in
the extreme, and if the actors therein
had their just dues, they would be driven
in obscurity and retirement by storm
of public indignation. We know human
nature is weak and erring and not toe
much should be expected from any one
but man with the knowledge and relied
upon as Beecher was, christian minis
ter, and husband and father, should
repeatedly and deliberately betray hi
trust and wallow i'll the mire of crimina
sensuality by seducing and making hi
paramour the wife of his intimate friend
shows such depraved heart and dept
OF baseness, that for the honor of hu
mainly, is but rarely TO be met with
The woman herself ought to be sent to
Magdalen Asylum, where she ma
have an opportunity of studying tn
propriety of admitting to her en-
braces other men besides her hui
band. Tilton himself is probably pull
ished for his imbecility sufficient
by being pointed at as the man who hl
not courage to avenge nor yet sem
enough to keep the story of his wronI
to himself. Altogether, the public wi
certainly be surfeited with Beecher nj
his amours, and it is to be hoped tn
he and they will be suffered to sink in
the obscurity that is the usual refuge
the unclean.