The Republican journal., 1874-08-20
The End. it is Honed.

from It's tlrSt WhlSpcunGS. Inc country
has had a pardonable pride in the elo-
quencc and power of the learned preach
er, and has felt, as 4 whole. correspond
ingly humblcd at the horrible scandals
which have been so freely circulated con-
corning his moral lapses. II he had been
able to make his vindication as clear as
sunlight, the public would have rcjoiccd
But this he has not accomplished. He
has compassed the subject roundabout
with a multitude of words, and adorned
his statement with the graces OF his com
position--but many very ugly facts remain
as stubborn as ever
The opinions of the public will differ very
widely as to the effect of Mr.. Reccher's
defence upon the question Of his guilt or
innocence We think those who read il as
thoroughly, carefully and conscientlously
as a iurvman is supposed to revise the
evidence of a cause, will conclude thai he
has not cleared his skirts Of this accuSa-
ton. As il is an Indictment for a crime
perhaps the accused is, by the great Jury
of public opinion, to be acquitted if there
is a reasonable doubt OF his guilt Under
that lpnient rule Mr. Reecher would es-
cape, even though the preponderance OF
evidence be against him. If this is to he
the end of the testimony, as now seems
probable, the public will divide itself into
two very nearly equal portions. one OF
which will declare him Guilty, the
other ''Not Guilty" And thus this re-
markahlp case will 90 doWnto poSterl1y.
There are one or two paragraphs IN
Rcochcrs defence which will serve Tor
pers unon which to hang little philoeo-
phv in this connection He refers in these
10 Great effort on the stump in President
tial clectiopg and of his consequent neg
| lect of other matters. The fact Is that
Plymouth church has always had = coed
deal more Of politics than religion IN it.
\ certain union Of church and state al
way ran through It's organization. Ii has
been with radicals and extremists in all
their schemes The consequence has been
that in This running after strange gods, the
devil. who is always looking for such
chances, crcpt into the church. And IN
this band Of rciglonistS, pledged 10 pure
lives and watchtnlnesS for evil, we find n
leading member accusing his WiiN OF be
inc q wanton. and his pastor of adultery.
The pastor replies To his accuScr. ''you re
another. and charges that vet one other
attendant upon his mniSirationS (Monl-
tony has acted among them the part OF a
black mailer, Can any such state OF things
be pointed utli in any church IN the Lamb,
the pastor of which has attended to the
plain and simple ministrations of the
gospel, following the example OF the
Saviour AMI the Apostles? Mr. Hcrcher
has acclaimed from the stump many bit
Ter things against the people of Tho south,
and Mrs. Hcechcl Stowe, in her famous
l'ncr Toms Cabin has drawn pictures
of Southern society as rpckin@ with moral
corruption; but neither has imagined any
thing so degrading TO morals and insult
inc to religion rs that revealed by this I'M
covering OF the houses of a few members
of Plymouth church. What would follow
4 general unrooling Of Brooklyn, heaven
only knows.
rnr ,rna4}"rs win nqrS1r viii "cm.inf
which we to-day publish, entitled The
Siege of Castnc. from the pen of Hon |
Joseph Williamson. il, undoubtedly, the
most thorough AMI accurate account of
the event that has vet been written, and |
will satisfy the public demand fora better
narration than has heretofore been acces- |
sible of one Of the most interesting of the |
many battles and siegcs that have ragged |
around the historic old peninsula. The |
facts which the chapter embodies We're
by much patient research among |
the archives Of Massachusetts, where the
original papers are preserved.
The caucus in this city lol delegates to
the County Convention was very quiet
affair The faithful met together and fixed
it up. by dividing the delegation accord
INC to the estimated strength Of the fac
tons The Iiamlinites took six delegates, |
and magnanmously gave two to the ants.
As Hamlin has the County overwhelming
", they could afford this. 1t is impossible
TO say who will receive the nominations
for Senators at the Convention next Sat
urtlav Candidates are rather in excess
Of the demand, about every town in the
county furnishing at least one, and they
will como to the front at the gathering of
the clans with all their rctainers. II will |
be very hungry fight for some very small
morsels.
ii was forty years ago on the eleventh |
OF August, since the rr2lllinc Convent, |
in CharlestoWn, Mass, was burned 10 the
ground BY q furious and ianatical mob |
There was no more cause for such an out |
rage than there exists to-day for the burn
ing Of any Christian church in the coun-
try. Not 4 dollar has ever been paid TO
aid in rebuilding the edlicc. and to-day
the blackcncd ruins stand in witness Of IN
act perpetrated ~ the descendants OF
those who came here to establish civil
and religious freedom.
The revolution in Tennessee ha- Witat
cd from the Republicans that citadel of
their strength, Knox county, the home of
Brownlow, and the strongest Republican
county in the state In 1872 ii gave Grant
q majority Of 1869. but in the late clcc-
ton. it cave maiorities for the candidates