St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-09-04

piSStli all understanding. rest and
abide with Plymouth Church and her
beloved and eminent pastor. 81 much
and so long afflicted.
(Sigmcd 10y all the Cnmmittec.)
Mot LION ATTEMPTS To SPEAK.
At the conclusion of the reading of
the report, Mr.. Blair congratulated the
church and committee ON the lattcr'~
conclusions and called on ANY one pres
cnt Ia say aUght against il or forever
hold their peace. Moultou. who WAS
present i'll the audience. ut once made
Il movement ;IS If to rise, but his friends
restrained him.
Prof. aNmnnd then made some rr-
marks. IN which he said Moultum had
tried t" poison the minds of men against
Brcchcr.
At this Moultnn rn>, and shouted ::
~ cure Il liar, lou'rr Il liar"
Great confusion followed. with cries
m "iut him ont Shame on You -
M"nltnn dared them To put him ont.
and finally resumed his seat
Mr. Raymond continued. rcirrIin" to
The Matchmaking. say inw that 'Titnu did
not know where the money came from.
hut ii WIS evident II came from Moul-
ton. II" concluded 10y saving they
would all stand 10y Bcrchrr
The question WAS then put ON adopt
ing the report and the resolutions. and
IT WAS carried with great enthusiasm.
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Rcs"luti"nS were also adopted thank
ing the counsel of the committee.
Nnnlt,n h.,,.., Il IL.
door. where demonstrations u-Sr, made
against him. but Capt. hrrnc of The po-
lice protected him and sent him hom,
III Il carriage.
The singing OF the doN"lngN followed
and the crowd dispersed.
WHAT MOI LION WuULpUAVE SAID.
Moultnn told Il New York rrportcr:
ilad been permitted To speak. | should
not have referred Ia the intercourse, he
tween lircchcr and Mrs. Tillnn, but |
should certainly have spoken of auuhrr
occasion when Mr.. Brrchcr came to my
house and told me of Il rape he had
committed upon another woman. who
threatened t" expose him. asked him
what kind of Il man he supposed me to
hc that he should come To me with Il
tale like that. He said he wanted my
assistance, and | advised him to obtain
Il rrtllrtion. if possible. from the wu-
man. He succeeded in getting a paper
rN"ncrating him and brought it to me.
That rrtIIctinn have now in my pos
session. did not produce il before the
committee. hut | shall show il To the.
Judge of the supreme court when the
proper time comes.
PRESIDENT PORTER To MIR. EEECIER
My Dear Nh. Bccchcr: | have been
on the point of writing To You foI the
last few weeks. from time to time. to
express my "ndbdtrf conficncc and my
increasing Sympdthy for You in Nnur
great trial, but have refrainrd. know
ing that You were too much occupied
to listen to anything but necessary
advice.
But have just read your statement.
and am more than satisfied with it. Ii
would he II slight thing to SAY that |
believe it to be true do not read il
for myself but for the world at large. |
believe 1t will he accepted us true hv all
except the SONS of Rclial. and those who
nave been committed against Won in
decided partiSanShip.
More than this, think that 1t will
secure N"u the warm sympathy of null
ttndcs whom you have not reached. or
only slightly before this, and that vuu
will he held in higher honor than ever
for integrity of purpose and generosity
of sclf-Sacrifice; and that Your example.
while 1t will teach discretion from your
weakness, will enforce in Il manifold
more impressive way the dignity and
strength of il Willingness to suffer in 81
lcncc that others might br spared.
believe the Lord will make yorrr latter
days better than in the beginning. las
is said of Joh,) and if You are willing to
stop doing twice rs much as any other
mortal should attempt. your pulpit and
pastoral influence will he more blessed
than ever.
Most atfrctionatcly yonr friend,
NOAH PORTER.
Lake IpUciH Y y 1uU III