, 1874-07-29
the GAUNi' SPECTRE,
tContanuea from ftss Ffrnt Page,
pie imagine vain thing. II you aro truo tho
truth Ia alfeady victor.
Efoin kAk StdnduxI fHuntiatl

bcott ans"ored ty 9ftnf,fo aohtaf, which should
~ 1oaat havo the ef1cot TO ioayo tho apportiou-
mont Of guilt aud 'nnoeonco In thla business
Htill In suspense. Looked at al 1t now stands,
tho Whole affair In a tlssno OF damaging compll-
CATIONS, Affecting all tarttoB concerned, such "a
our columns with the details, but shall ondoayor
When tho end Ia reaohe1. to givc, AZ nearly
az wo can, an accurate summing up. >:
However tho Inquiry now ponding, affecting,
the moral character Of the Plymouth t,astor, may
yoico OF tho Plymouth oracle may still bo heard;
II will ho an oracle no longer. Tho people Of
this country will haye occasion to ask themselves
whpthnr thero d not something better to 10
popularity, and Whother the Kind OF religion
that mon may dare trust must not bo some
thing. moro than o. beautiful aont,ncnt
We shall romemhor tho stAlwart fathers Of
to speak Of God as Sovereign, and Of Ills retri-
buttons as awful rcalltioa who reyereuced In
Christ, not simply the nob|ost human example,
but tho manifested God and the one only Savior;
onomy, nor hesItated, In warning mon, to pro-
nounoo his nano, though IN !" ears" ever 30
"polite." American Christians must fool tho
elnme aud aorIow Of tho eyenta now passing,
md The sad exhibit of human weakncss In quar-
tors whore It vas little suspected ; but there is
one comfort In 1t all 1t indicates tho cloao Of
tho Dceohor dlBponBation.
Prom tha Adra',eS tcbnmtqaaonaD.
Assuming tho ontire ianoconce OF Mr. Beecher,
md nnxiousty hoping TINT it may be proven un-
mlatakabY, it still cannot be deniod that hls do
fonso laa boon managed with distressing laok
would hardly have been expected q liz. Beseher. .
singular "ignosauco OF human nature,"-n
the popular judgment. ."?Iho Doochcrs" do
light tn bcing lay unto themselves. This is
fancy that tho puhlta Gnu suzpcnd all tho COM
mon laws Of impression and Inference when 1t
oomcs to anything affecting thorn. This has
been Mr. Bocohor'a mistake. 1io has accord-
almost utterly public man, tho object Of go1l-
oFa1 pride, honor, and htScction, 10 should lave
taken tho public moro frankly into his oonadouco,
ann explained to them auch facts as would GU
nblo thoto to defond his nasne against unjust
certain point, ho could rotor to his illustriouB
Horvfcos, known to oil, aa answer enough to un-
authenticated asporalons, howorer gross; but.
beyond thnt point, ono'a past reputation for
whioh IL brought into question. Mr.. Dooohert In
his Into lnttor to tho public. adnita - much.
But It WAS an altogother anomnloua proceeding
for him to elect his own rourt Of inquiry, ap-
howovor high their standing In Boolety. are yet
known to bo not only among his closest frionds,
but men who havo. oesidcB, personal and Official
interests at stake In tho result. 1t WAS unwiBo
lOT Afs ISGGtuGF Lu CrHAIG lib OWL CDQfL. IL 01
expected thst the people would ropose In ita vor-
dict as \ flnullty. II an inquiry WAS to bo made
at all, 1t should hnye been ip manner nboYa Tho
possibility Of suspicion that the jury WAS "paok-
cd" by tho accused. Nobody questions his
right to ask those six, Or any other number Of
friends, to examine and 500 for shomselvos
WActher tho truth is hs bad as charged, or the
aocusations utterly baseless md the makers Of
thom objects for universal dotestatton and pity.
But nothing ooaild ho worHa than wonld bo any
Another mistake made by n1r. Boccher has
boon his nooming to ropcl the offices aud ooun-
sels Of bis t1uest friends, and appearing to placo
as cunning 1awyers. a kind of toohnioalitiea
which might DO effective enough In \ great rail-
way controversy in tho courts would, In easc Of
this SORT only damage tic cause. Again, The
people could easily apsre the reports which arc
!" good spirits, y" ooorfu1noss," eto,, aud rosd-
ily excuse him from any forced attompt at
eeeming. unconcorn. For, % 10 himself sug-
gestB ii his recent public staton,ent guilt would
bo quito as likely to wear openly asmooth faco
Of being blameloss, and an assured expectation
Of being proved to bo 90, ia one thing but
ike ono who secs Goals spilled upon tho
lost s' evory hours unnocesaary delay in having
falso aud fonl Buspicions ended may do inoal-
culable harm. Lot ua hnvo dono with tho INIT
tor in the auress ana soonest uay possible.
The pf0lougfSd ds'ispco With + in il.
useless attempts at amotherine lnvsstag ga
tion, hna only resulted in opening
The hood-gates Of Impure surnllso and details In
the public prints, t6at nte filling tho air With
generously with : great man and they will
WITH thom. 1t this stage, nothing is 10. DO
taken for granted: EvoFything must DO Ok
psped 6y proven ac!e Oh q ose ~ taeores that
peoially any thooriea that attempt 10 prove too
much
In "Topics Of the Mmes." tho seme paper
Bays! "Theodoro Tilton'H contradictions Of
himself, aud his manifest nosiyes, would mako
void his humorous counta OF indictment, except
so far Us ha quoted from Daechor's lottora. But
noithor Mrs. Tilton'a nor Mr. Bocchor's reply
Boema to furnish us adequate explanation Of
these quotations. We therefore look .nxious1yy
statement of.hlr. Doeohor, IN which ho may Buf-
1contly account for such expressions Of intenAo
aGnosfs'' ea going even so far n' threatened sui
s1o9. sonRowrpr AND DISCOURAGED.
From the I,.tsr,or {resbytoFtan}.
riiton- -Doachor acaudni. 1Ilton's impeachment
was D fearful dooumont carrying dismay to overy
aud struggle oyer tho horror has become moro
s!ckoning every day, aud, ns we cloBo up our
paper for tho proaa, tho voice Of Susan D. An
thony Is hoard On Tilton's side. AZ the sconiar
papers aro crsmmod with I overy Day. wo feel
uewa, or q condensation OF It, N thoao columns:
We havo hoped Btealfastiy for tho yindication Of
hr. Dceclor, ,---ao not yet wholly 3bandon hope.
But, as tho yulturea Of scandai flock TO tho
scono, wo turn AWAY from It, sick, Borrowful, and
discouraged. w.
ATTEMPTS AT ooMpRom1sR.