, 1874-06-28
OH GblfaDn U2ihu1at.
Sunday Morning. June 28, 1874.

{snd it reads like straightforward, Terac'ous
and vithal manly document), it reveals not only
that Mr. Beecner.-the man whom Dr.. Leonard
Bacon describes AZ "a treasure to the Church
Universal, to his country. and his age, has
fallen from his high estate, but also that some
members Of Mr. Beecher's Church have an aptl-
tude for lying not inferior to that Of some men
who have spent more time in the Tombs than in
listening to the e1oquence OF the treasures Of the
Church Universal, Of the country, and the age.
It vas the lying about Mr- Ti]ton that, at last
compelled him to tell what seems very like the
truth, though not the whole truth, as
1ir. Tilton evidently holds some Of his
powder inreserve. Ar. shearman, Clerk OF Ply
mouth Church, has prera1ic2ted- Mr.. Halliday
has prevaricated. It mr. Beecher did not pre-
yaricate himself, he allowed others to do 30 for
him, md thus led Dr. Bacon to put his foot into it
most wretchedly. More than this, there MAS ~
ing not only by individuals, but Ey whole Com
1nttecs OF the Church, and there were lies which
could not be traced to their source we'll IS lies
that could. There has been lying from begin
ming to end, from Alpha to Omega There was
lying by words, and lying by action. Thus, when
Mr. West really wanted to investigate Ar. Beecher
he acted out the deception Of wanting to 1nvest-
gate Mr. Tlton. And when Mr.. Tlton declined
to accept = copy of the charges addressed to him,
on the ground that be Was not member Of the
Plymouth Church, instead Of a report Of his
declnation, the Committee said that he had
been cited 10 appear; that he refused, and was
therefore dropped from the rolls Of the Church!
The fact waa that, instead Of having been re-
quested to answer the charges of having circu-
lated scandals agninst the pastor, Mr. TTton Has
requested not to answer them.
Next comes Mr. shearman, who, in reference
to the Beecher- -Iilton scandal said that Tilton
WIS out Of hls mind, on his balance;
and that. Mrs. Tlton had occasioned
the whole affair while in = half~crazed
condition, in one of her mediumistic fits;
md Jet he afterwards comes forward and denies
Ill this as untrue, thus branding himself d
tiar in the frse instance. And now comes the
Christian Union and takes to lying like the
Church Committee, repeating the very same
falsehoods which the latter had originated, viz.
That Tilton had been cited to answer charges
which he had really been requested not to
answer, although the article in which the mis-
representation Was contained Was written after
Mr. Tilton's correction Of the falsehood. It Was
said Of Er. Ti]ton that specific charges OF a
grossly unch1ietian character we're presented
against him by brother in the Church, which |
chsrges he declined to answer-the very re-
worse Of the truth. Again, on May 4. 1874,
Mr. Tlton addressed a letter to the Rev. Henry |
Ward Beecher, the Rev. s. B. Halliday, and Mr. |
Thomas G. shearman. offering to restore |
had been thrown away, Of vindicating Mr. |
Beechar's character, promising that he would |
appear, il cited by them. at any time within the
next thirty days, before the bar Of Plymouth |
Church Mr. ShearmRu wrote to Tilton, May |
Is. 1874. that his note Of the 4th had been re-
reived, read by Mr.. Halliday, and with his con-
ourrence, submitted to tho Examining Commit
teo. Subsequently Mr. Halliday said that, il such
letter had been written by Mr. Tlton, he |
Ind no knowledge Of it. Later the Brook
}yn Eagle published statement saying that
tha Trustees Of Plymouth Church denied that |
Theodore Tlton had addressed such letter to !
them, and that the story tina. such letter had |
been sent than vas false from beginning to
end.
This eoncatenation Of untrutha is the worst
feature Of the whole affair, and is calculated to
disgust those friends OF llr. Beecher who
would Ike to judge as leniently OF his con-
aucs Is ths facts will enable them to do. 4 lie
Is the most despicable and e1aspe1ating thing in
fhs universe. It is like stone in the cog Of
beautiful and delicate piece of machinery. It
throws everything out Of gear forthwith. We
beg Ill those those who hare not yet lied in
thsse premises to Withdraw from the case when
sver their slds Of the controversy 1eauirea false
hood TO bolster it up.
FANS would be the List city in which to 1oos
for Puritans, and yet one Of them turned IN tina
other day in the Assembly, the Baron de Chan
vAnd1 Who introduced bill for tha ha++.~ .,;.-