, 1874-08-18
EEECHER-- R--TlLTON.
PLANTATION of hts own lottors 8cBr1s to uB, Iii
several casos, weak md unsatisfactory.

! TnT0N's pIAcKMA111Na apgnAr1oNs."
From. the Hrootip,. A+aus.
"To III oes III % oui bos
lies h that tho tallcht polo takes tho pnrsmmon
| hut wo do not distinctly retnombor any instance
! Of n blaclsmaier challenging bis victim to moot
him in d court Of Justice.
! spyLroM MUST MARE toop MS wobua."
fro,n tha C1Aetnnatt Co,nn.etciak
Tho conduct Of h1r. A1outon is n1tugetber In
oxousable. II way can be found to ansoal lin
lips, 1t ought to bo roaortod to. Until
fact that Afr. Townsend did intervlow hfr. Mo,l-
tom aud that tle latter used tile 1ateua1e which
tho former pnta down in his lettor 10 Tue CHI
oAdo TRIBUNE, which was reproduced IN full in
tho Commercial OF Wednesday Inst.
Horo, then, Mr.. Moulton makos known to tho
world
Ifirst-That l1r. nccchor confessed to him his
gnilty intimacy With Mrs. TiltDn.
seeo'1d-fhat ho had liea, sud used habitual
Ihird--That ho had rsed language 90 iulo-
eont, % h'th7, that 1t would not bsaz production
iourth-That ho Ind inlaccptly gossiped
about other women than Mrs. Triton. and who
arc in no way associated with tho Triton case.
Fi5la-An1 in proof Of all This TINT Mr.. Til
ton l.aa discovered, aud ho, Mouton, las IN his
kooping. oiandostine ietteIs Of Mr. Doocllor's to
Mrs. Tltop, revealing deop illicit love for aa-
othor mans wifo-letters blasuhetnous in tho
Scripture phrases employed, and exproysing the
very hyBtorih Of love.
Wc may wolf pause botoso st1ch accusatlona.
They are more aelious IN their meaning and
scope than tloso contained in Mr.. Tittona
sta,emont to tho Committuo. No, Mr.. Mou}ton
cannot tust yet wash hiB llnndn pf thts b1aniuosB
Mc usust deny IN tcto tho atatemnnts In ofr.
Iownaonda letter, or subssantate them by doc
umentary OF othor proof. 10 is no irsosponsi-
blo party In this business. IEo has beeu tho con-
fdotltht friend Of both Doocher and Tlltop. lie
Y MIN Of wealth and socal standing. Ho iB
tho ono wltneas upon whom bpth Tely, eithor to
convict Mr. Baeoter aa an asiultorer OF rilton III
q foul calumpfator. IIo may bafllo church
committee, which Inns 10 power to compel him
to produce hiB documents or open his iipR. but
II ID duty TINT Mr.: HeocAer oVsea to himself, or
hs church .;2' owes e him. to bring Mr. Moulton
him to testify. lio must mako good his wotds,
II lle uttorod thom. AZ hlr. Tnwnsoad aayg he
did. Or stand before the world both eowartl and
calumniator, by comparison With whom Theodore
Yitop III rs Hyperion 70 y satyr.
"srR. pEEcHEn's yEnsAG1tE oEv1us"
from the 4se1p Yoyk :Sttu.
Ono thing will be conceded on oil hapdH, and
TINT il that tho whoio expoHuro ot this scandal
shows trait Of Dir. Hoechor's versatile gonira
novor before, fully app eclated or understood.
We refor to tho distinguished ctesgyman's won-
derfnl intuition III selecting fools aud knnyeB for
h!a friends and contldants. Hold State or eyon
producing trio iKo Tl}ton. Carpenter, and
Mouitoi And AZ to the female line, 1t would
ho Of no uso to think OF going into competition.
Alien, wi:h stsango and unuccountable taste, hayo
~ haa Esttlesnakes Tor peta aomo lave extracted
cages. Mr. Bceohor conceived tile singular idea
OF turning them loose, with all thor natural
venom, in ha honanhotd ana his church. For
a1 this folly ha has boon punished pnough al
rcady. :: Il A1r. Doeoher can DO crushed
BY AIR. and Airs. Tit.on aud +. D, sfoulton, theu
may not auy ctergyn III In this country be ruined
by one bad man aad one weak or wicked woman,
with ono cunning aiad unacrupulouH ally-per-
focsly innocent though he DO j?
TILToN AND A4ou].ToN ,tEow ON TRIAL"
from It's csneinuati Gazette.
How stands tho Gaze, now that Moulton has
told what he fhihks hest, and Docoher has given
h's explanation Of aii :? What muss DO tho iuds-
to stand thus; Tilton1 has in all his pusauit Of
beochet's ruin referred to hioulton aa possessed
Of the proofs Of Da ecAer's guilt Moulsen's
conduct las countoual,ced this. Deechcr's etato-
ment inplscatus Aioulton with Tiiton in d co.,
spiraey to hiack1n,il him. Moulton is now &C.
cured. Ho can no longer p!ead his honor ~ a
confdenttat friend. II 10 had Bhrel OF that
honor left-if he .had not forfeited it by letting
20 to tho public what cotlld DO uaea to iniuto
Deecher, while NOW his prosonae of koopiug back
comes IN only when keaplug back will help tho
injury, yet Bcotihor'a inuplieatinG him Ii COLI
Hp'racy, and accusing him Of treaehary as q con-
lsdant would ahsolso hs honor from, secrecy.
mud would compel him to dcfend himself II he
cau.
Deechor has arraigned these trio men,, They
arc now On trial. Illtoh'a statement stands for
nothing III tho presence OF Beochcr'a oxp1ana-
ton Of the extracts from his !ettezs which were
the ouIy things THAT gaYo it color. Ii Noecher'B
statement ie fa!ke. AIouston Inns in bis hands
tho proof Of it. Uuloss be produces auoh proof,
Deecher must at and acquitted. And bis aequit-
tn raeans the .:oNvetien Of both Tlton and
Moulton.
asEouEn "Paoyrcs 70 De ANADu11EnEn AND FALL
8fF*fEH."
FteM tie CInt,nHan EaqNirtr.
we nave had in thta country several notorious
oesss % Of ha h%htognnhnE snal oha5aoter but
that Of tue eo-calted " plymouth Church Invests
eating Committee" No WhitewaBh was over so
thick; no disguieo was over SO thin. Whita-
washing generally decciges somohoay, but in
this case it can haraly n1reo. the Judgment Of
my sane person. However strongly tho CONF
mlttee, named by Beech3r himself has lsborea
to produce Q plausible alow at iunooouce,
it has mot with a disastrous disaappoint-
qesen asse u .'SSf Wy ''fy L e9ff1 tGs l. rru
Mon'ton's statoment-Bimplv. d refusal to nuke u
statement at all--was it withheld frcm publca~ !
ton Tor noarly aweek2 It ID harm'esB. It in
velyes no reputation. Why il. it kept back,
Baechor which is NOT verified BY hia oath Docs ]
it not look aa it the roal Atatenent uaaae by |
dioutton was something worry different from that [
published, and shnt It las been With his consent
k'41stA A1A5 AHGt0IGA AuA AAVA 4oI LIS QEEA-
alon7 Such has been the suppression
Of his evidence that we have not tue leaat euur.
ansco that the brie!. uninlportant paper given by
him was TINT originally laid before tho white
washora. Whatever papers he {Moultonl
may .hayo ot Importance, of which no copies
have been preserved by riltou, tt il quite likely
10 will proceed to destroy. lii this connection
it ~ worthy Of notice that no member OF tho COM
Intsao ever asked him whether the statement OF
Elton was truo that Beccher had confesBed
to him (ktoulton) that he had committed
adultery With Mrs. Ti,tou. Tilton undor
path swoYe to this, but the Commistoo when
hey had tho man hoforo tAom who could sny
shothor 1t was true or not, neglected to put tho
question. AZ to Boechera loug stateMent chi.
1odying douial Of t!,e charges u1ado by Tilton
t ~ Hlgniticant that 1t wns not backed up by an
bath, aH Tilton's was. 1t IL not defense Of him
self from direct or explicit charges. It IT, on tho
sontfSry, al attack unon Tl!ton for proterdou
l"troatment OF hfs wife, whom. in consequence,
10 advised to Separate from hor husband. !.
Reecher has boon exposed. the public judg- |
a9ont has bcen made up. Ho u proven to ba ali
!lnltoror aud falslter No whitewasl can i'm
,rovo lia moral appearance. We take It for
srhnted that tho case will nov he immediately |
to d legal tribunal, where tho baro-
acad attempts ol plymouth Church to conceal
urft tL.a$r ,{utA sr:j1 hnSr /