St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-08-28
Worse and Worse.

conclusions the committc have come to.
Worse and Worse.
Mondays Developments were. on the
| Nholc. the worst vet in the Bcechcr-
| lilt0m scandal. First. we have Il report
of what Rev. lH. Patton. editor of thc
| Chicago Advance. and the leading Con
/ gr.~ltiunaiSt writer of the West. l.
/ said !" have told an editor of the Chi
Gag" Tribune about Bccchcr in I-72.
/ that the Plymouth pastor was il ''malI
"t gross immoIaliticS that Mrs. Bow
en- on her dcath-hrd made IL terrible
confession. which inspired her husband
/ with rage against Bccchcr: and that
| Bccchcr had also been involved with
| EdlI Dean Proctor. Then comes Til
/ ton : explanation of the way in which
. ne stopped the mouth al ISahclla Beech
~ iln1I>rr, 10y charging upon her the
same "ilti~, of which She believed l".i
/ hIntllcI guilty. Another letter tu the
/ Chicago Tribune gives an interview
/ with Noultuu. in which hc tells. more
/ clearly than ever before. the manner i'll
/ hich l;rcrlcl confessed his ndultrIA
with Mis-. liltun. and makes more ter
I ri .lc charges against Bccchcr. Susan
! T.. Anthony has been inlrI viewed rs to
Br>Sir'> charge that Giltom used to
hold hen III his lap when she visited at
his h"u>r needless Ia SAY. she denies
If p"iuthl.nk. and SAYS the girl WAS
hall an idiot. and Il constitutional liar.
In commenting om the alleged state
mcnt "i Patton, the Springfield Repub-
lican SAYS:
Henry Ward Bccchcr is either the
worst dcnIucnc" OF ON day. or the vie
tim OF the most INDUSTRIOUS conspiracy.
Either he has been for Years proStItn-
tn" his sacred office to the NilrSt lust.
"I he has been more rilainouSly lihrlcd
than ANY man of modern times. ThcS,
latest charges against liccchcr are not
new charges: they have been circula-
Tin" Tor Years in bruoklyu they have
hc'n long known in the leading news
paper offices at the cuumtr, Thea were.
gradually spreading 10y WoId of mouth
from their birthplace in BrooklNm all
nNrI the land. 1t i time NOW To have
fhi> matter settled. and settled 50 de
cI>i>rll that ii shall never hr Icopcmcd.
"I false: they can hc proved either true
"r false; they must he proved either
true col fIl~,. II Bcrch"r is an innocent
mam. he has already borne these horri-
bile ISLANDERS too long: if he Is guilty. if
Is quite tim" the public SHOULD know it .
Though much of MoIltom'> statement
Is "t little consequence and has. we
think greatly fallen hrioN the cNprcta-
a \ 4.
uugur>tionahlN contain matter which
demands attention. The affair cannot
l"' left III the present state. The evil
dom" to the public mind has reached lis
climax. and il is altogether too great
not To Ice cured 10y the .lSrcrtainmrui
ami diffusion of the enact truth. let it
eat where it may. Why. then. should
not MI. icrchcr take the aggressive ;
From his point ot view he las been
nalIgncd and injured rs no other man
ri tins generation. and il is due not only
{" himself and to others associated in
the scandal with him. hut to the coI;sr
of truth and virtue itself. To vindicntc
his name thoroughly and to utterly
"N"rwhclm his dciamrrS. 81 that sI;,udcr
shall he crippled as long us men rcmrm-
her this c;l>c. How he should procred
VIII depend on circumstances. but he
ought to see to il that the end is reach
ed III some way, and he may well make
II his chief business for the timc.-Bos
ton .Jonrna
Moultnn is beginning to show the cf
feet of his intimacy with Tilton. He
has lost his careful. diplomatic and eau
tlou> ways, and has become reckless
ana violent, like his unhappy friend
In his latest interview with "A New York
reporter, he declared Bcrchcr to he ..n
liar, lihrrtinc. and il sneak :" and TO
others, threatened to crush him. This
Is rather tall language from IA man who
mas himself. several inaccuracies and
mysteries t" clear away. How. for in
stance, docs he reconcile his declara-
ton. orally and in letter. that Mr..
Brrchcr had done nothing that would
not bear the light of day; and his as
Srrti"n i'll his terribly long statement
that Mr.. Hccchrr had confessed his
guilt Ia him. and that this WAS under
stood through all the negotiations of
this singular Mutual Friend p The
quantity of lying in all this business
from first +" last is appalling. - I:osfou
Giobc.
1t seems to he well authenticated
that Mr. l'"ccher's friends in brooklyn
have advised him to begin ii suit i'm
mrdIatcly against Moulton and Tiltnn
Tor conspiracy or for defamation nf
character. The public cannot see onI
reason why he should not do so. Nnni
ION III ms statement specifically charr-
Is Mr.. Becchcr with CONTRASTING to odnI-
terry with Mrs. Tilton. and he i. ,,,
telling Cath" that Mr.. Bcccber cnn
lrSSed to him also other oduIt.,;a,
heSr direct assertions appenr d,v az
ter day, and i'll such II way that thnr
cannot b" ignored by MIR. Brc,.h.r
whatever course the PIl mouth commit,
zee may take : for Mr.. Bcccber il nm
'fl'l before the public to whom the an
peal has been made. There w,miJ
seem I" he II" course open To him Inf
I" hilhG at once an action of liL.J ,,,,I