, 1874-02-12

Ing so for as to ray before fo. hundred people
what he claims certain mombpra Of hs church
avc alsd y. 81; of him privately 11a ho boom more
doceney l1ayo boon brought against him. ovon
though 10 had Expressed tho Same sentiments
Tiat tho speech was unwiBo aud lil-timed,
sS sgsn ADMIT M lt " must y ySw tho tsots as they
a @ a ffose i oscbs IL ys?9sn9y seeses sesss
!mpulaaa. tr1,o iu hia friendships, b,t unrelent-
lug toward his porRooutors,--in eyory Botlso, q
positive nat,lre: EyontH havo proved Tint auch,
In part Mt leaat, is the caap.
Ills people, lo claims, saw fit to instnlatd
what tloy DID not oponly aBsort Ills Influence
wRs being destroyed, Ills reputation nlado to suf.
for, and his na1no reproach among those who
had hitherto boon hia friends. Ihoso things
came to him. FLO callod for explanations, bnt
none oame. InBtead. no was toquoBted 10 ro-
sign.-to 90 out from his pastorato with tho ba1-
ance Of his ycar'a salary Iii his pocket but blot
upon his reputation that would follow him
wherever no wont. What innocent man would
submit to thls2 True to Ills inlpulHive nature,
pulpit What hia people aay Of him In their par-
Iora.
We all know tho reB11t cannot eousclet,-
tiously join in the howl against him, until tho
inIy,ostigation which llo las at least the fnoral
his case, and prove lin what L. claims % 10 Is not.
Until tlis has hoeu done, I beliove 1t to bo
clearly tho duty Of us all to treat Mr. Nc
Carthy precisely aH no should want to DO troatetl
II. through any mistake Of ours, wo ahould find
Notwitllstandfn tho rocont oditoral in tho
Times, I fail to soc by what law Of etbics-stlll
further, Of civil or religious oquity-wo have tho
right to aBsume guilt that may mover hayo OK
iatod but may hayc originated IN malico or mig
take; hence inRist TINT thoro should bo GUS
pcnnton Of public condemnation until tho accused
has been nrraignod before tue ecclesiastical tri-
bunal which suppose will first try the case.
Tho affair las another aspect TINT cannot vol
omit. The distortion that NJ. .McCsrthy is IN
ty that cannot be surpassed, It tells us that a
man, as yet unconyicted Of crime, has boon 80
tortured By tho mental agony which ho hnH en-
anrod At tho hands Of profosscd Christians that
hts mind has at lest yieldod to tho pressure, and
have no personal knowledge Of the merits Of
the case, hayiDg taken tho facts aa tho daily pa
pors l!avo furnished them. From thuBo reports
am forced to tho following conclusion: X the
Union Park Paptist Church had become dissatie,;
dislike, why did It not say 80, pay him, and let
him go2 II, Oh the other hand, the members Of
tho church know anything agairst tho moral
purity Of tho man, they had no right-still less
havo they now-to withhold direct chargca for
the purpose Of aparing tho modoaty Of any, or
shielding others equally guilty.
As the matter rosts it 1s tho most outrageous
caBo Of wanton cruelty and oppression under tho
cloak Of piety, that las ever como under my OBJ
Bervatioi1. What man In active business would
tamely submit to buoh troatmont2 IB Mr. Nc
earthly leas man because ho is a miniater
Did ho forfeit his manhood whom ho put on
clerical robes? Gan wa wonder that ono OF his
exctablo nature, goadod to desperation. mad
doned by injustice, should have boon driven to
an exoeBs Of lndisorotion Which le has doubtless
regretted? In tloao Inter timos, nothing is too
sacred to bo uptirned by tho press and tho
amount OF injury dono people Of q HepHitiye
shrinking nature, rs we'll as those Of Q steruor
typo, is incalculablo, and in this caso tho press
is not gui!tlcsB.
It doos we'll whoni it says 9 good thing Of q
man but It dooB i'll When, without abundant
proof, 1t helps to destroy lis reputation md
peaoo Of mind, and carries sorrow into many
households.
believe there will como, GRO long, a reyolu-
tion Of feeling in Alr. Mc0arthys favor. hope
Ut loast tllat he may have taray Justice.
The American people are swaycd by impress
sonB hastily received and III this casc. as In
most others, thousands arc swept along by tho
current, never once thinking for themselves
The press leads and tho people follow; but tho
people have generous hearts, and, in the end,
things must come right. REVERE,
PERSONALS.