The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-08-17

in full, while even then it may be necessary
to suspend Judgment until the question is
tried before that higher tribunal before which
Mr.. Tilton announces he is resolved to bring
it.
The following is from the New York Post:
This, however, is certain. Either Mr..
Beecher is not only weak man, but is also
guilty man-that is to say, guilty, it not OF
adultery, az least OF improprieties inconsistent
with honor, and guilty also Of lying-or Mr.
Tilton and Mr.. Moulton are knaves and con-
spirators for whom hardly any conceivable
punishment is TOO severe. The now admit
ted fact that Mr.. Beecher, after knowing that
he was charged with soliciting Mrs. Tilton to
adultery, wrote or signed the documents
which have been made public,is not suficient-
ly explained away by the allegation that he
yielded to the guidance of Mr.. Moulton, with
out the exposition of more cogent reasons for
such weakness.
Tbs New York World speaks as follows:
Mr.. Beecher has rescued himself from his
only peril He has stated the history of his
relations with the Tiltons and with Moulton,
without reserve. The charges of Tilton have
been supported by no proof. The garbled ex-
tracts from Mr.. Beecher's own letters were,
in our judgment at least, inconsistent with
the truth Of Tilton's charge. But they were
Beecher has made that explanation, sparing
no one, neither Tilton, Mouton, nor him
self. Thus at last proving that he has moth
ing now to conceal Mr.. Beecher dispels the
only shadow of dstrust which may have crept
over his good name among fair-minded and
pure-minded men.
A later issue of the Tribune says Of Mr..
Moulton.
The blackmail feature is the really destruc-
tive matter. 1t scarcely helps Mr.. Beecher,
but it falls like the lightning upon his assail-
ants. 1t shows Mr.. Tllton's attitude in the
business as touching the depth of infamy.
To Mr.. Moulton it Is destruction. Mr.. Car
penter only escapes on the ground that he
knew no better. Unless they can promptly
break the force of this revelation, or destroy
Mr.. Beecher's explicit land, in the exanina-
| ton, detailed) averment, the whole pack OF
his pursuers are placed by it beside Wood
| hull, and need occupy the thoughts of decent
men or women no more forever. There is
| still, as there has been among decent people
| from the beginning, a strained, most anX-
| ious hope to see Mr.. Beecher emerge I'M
| harmed from the furnace. The baser sort
| gloated over the scandal, and made haste to
| proclaim their belief in it, before Mr.. Beeeher
was heard. They hold the same language
| now.
The same paper, in another place says:
| It was never Mr.. Moultons habit to go
| boldly into subject. He always skirted
| around the edges. He had the manner OF
confidence man." and was always intrigu-
| ing to GET the confidence Of any person OF
| whom he wished to make use.
| The N. Y. Times. after expressing the pro-
foundest contempt for Tilton, says:
Nor, as the case now stands, is the attitude
of Mr.. Moulton any more creditable. We do
not like to impugn Mr.. Moultons knowledge
| or application of the scriptures, but it really
| looks as if he had got his beatitudes little
| mixed, and had pursued his tortuous way
under the impression that "Blessed are the
peace-makers, for they shall inherit the
EARTH"
In the light shed upon Moulton's charact-
er by Mr.. Beecher's piercing testimony, we
submit that the word of this co-conspirator
is no better than Iilton's. Mr.. Beecher's al
| most fatal involvement is almost entirely due
to the. confidence he placed in Moulton.
| How he could have trusted him is to us a
psychological puzzle Hartford Courant.
1t has been supposed that Moulton could
say something to the point; but his false and
dishonorable dealing in the matter Of
"Gath's' scandalous letter to the Chicago
Tribune, has killed his influence as witness,
| anu gwen very Striking lNuSlratloH OIL us
"honor. "-[Worcester Spy.
| And Mr.. Moulton-how does he stand in
the light thrown on the case by the Beecher
statement? 1t would seem that friendship
is not his forte. He would perhaps do well
TO accept chrome agency and go West. The
chrome seems singularly well adapted to ex-
| press the inherent nature and value of the
feelings that animated his manly bosom
when he started out on the mission Of peace
maker, and dealer out OF justice between the
accuser and the accused.-[ Albany Journal.
| Frank Moulton begins to seem very much
like a scoundrel, and as we read the pages re-
ferring to his interview with Beecher, pistol
| in hand, this moment received) we do not
| have very much doubt in this regard. Il Roch-
ester Democrat.