The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-06-30

ly: Whereas, a copy of tho charges
was put into highlands OF tho said Til.
ton on the l7thSof October, aud a re-
quest made of him that he s.hoald an
swer the Same By the 23d of October"
&c. ! do not know to this day whose
hand Il was that drew tn above re-
port. and therefore | am b apply saved
from an offensive pnrsop atty when
say that the statement which | have
here quoted is diametric ally the oppoe-
lite of the truth T; for ins tead of my hav.
ing been requested to answer the
charges, | had been requested uot to
answer them. After the public read
ing of the above rer ,ort j arose 10 the
meeting and said in Mr.. Beechcrs pre-.
sence that if l ha d slanderod him
would answer fot 1t to his face to
which he replied in an equally public
manner that he had no charge what
ever to make against me.
Next, growing out of the church s
singular proceedings in this case, came
the congregational council, Of which
you were moderator.
You say that have either " mall
icious heart or crazy brain" | know
the fountain-he of this opinion.
While. Tho ~~----h --~~ in eass;o- -.
BrooElyn the following startling para
graph appeared in the Brooklyn u mon
of Saturday, March %, 1874:
MIR. sHEARMAN ON THE SITUATION.
At the close Of the service Union
reporter approached Mr.. Bcccherior the
purpose of getting his views as 10 tho
council, but he declined to be inter
viewed. Mr.. Shearman, the clerk Of
the church however, was communica-
tive. He said he had received no in
timation as yet what course the coun
Gil would pursue. In regard to the
scandal on Mr.. Bcecher, he said so far
as Tilton was CONCERNED he clifton
was out OF his mind, of his balance,
and did not act reasonably. As for
Mrs. Tilton, she had occasioned the
whole trouble while ia half-crazed
condition. She had mediumistic its,
and while under the strange power that
possessed her often spoke of the mos,
incredible things, declared things
possible that we're impossible, aud
among the rest, had slandered Mr.
Beecher. Mr.. Tilton himself had nc
knowled that all the other things she
had told him in her mediumistic trance
we're false and impossible; then why
asked Mr.. Shearman, should the
scandal on Mr.. Beecher be the only
truth In her crazy words?
Shortly after the appearance of Mr.
Shearmans reported interview in the
Union that gentleman sent to me
| through Mr.. +. ID. Moulton, n letter
the substance Of which was that he
(Mr. 81 had referred in the above con
versation not to me or my family, but
to other persons. This letter / declin
ed to receive, and returned it to tn,
writer, with demand upon hin
to retract his untrue and unjust state
ments. Furthermore, | required, rs I
condition of my accepting from Mr.
Sherman any apology Ut all, tnat tiii
apology should be presented to me II
writing IN HE presence of the Rev
Henry Ward Beecher. This wa
promptly done at Mr.. Moulton's hous
in Mr.. Beecher's presence.
The above named calumny whicl
Mr.. I. q. Shearman thus retracted i
but one Of several similar falsehood
against my wife and myselfwhich hav
been fostered by interested parties t
explain the action of Plymouth church
falsehoods which in some instance
have been corrected in the same way
and which in others still await to b
corrected either in this way or in
court of justice.
You ask, when did Mr.. Tiltol
cease to be responsible to the Plymouth
church, / answer that l first cease
my responsibility to that church wheI
l terminated my membership, fou
years ago. Afterward voluntarily re
newed my responsibility to the churcI
on the evening of October 81, 1878, b
appearing in person at one of its pub
lie meetings, and offering to answe
then and there, in the pastor presenc
the charge that | had slandered hin
Loss than two months ago L still fur
Their renewed my responsibility to Ply
mouth church, as will appear by til
following correspondence:
BROOKLYN, May 4, 1874.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Pastor G
of Plymouth church; Rev. S. r. Hall
day, Associate Pastor, and Nj
Thomas q. Sherman, Clerk
! GENTLEMEN--I address, through 20
to the church Of which you are officer,
the following statement. which 70
are at liberty to communicate to III
church through the cxaminin
committee, or in any other mode, pr
vate or public.
The Rav Leonard Bacon, ID. ID. Ii
D., moderator of the recent conpr,
gatIVuai council, has seen q. !,
adjournment of that body, to proclaim
publish and reiterate with signal en-
phasis and with the weight of som,
thing like official authority, n grave d,
claration, which | here quote, namely
at was of the Plymouth church,
he says to vindicate ITS honor again,
damaging imputation from one OF i
members. But with great alacrity-
the pastor himself consenting--it tire
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