New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-19
TWO CLASSES IN TIE COMMUNITY.
WHO AEE APT To BELIEVE THAI Nj. bEhcu@R
To- tn, Editor Of The Tribune.

GULLY.
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: have So far refrancd from comment
ing oh the great trial. but deo 10 rcioi 10 fact
thai h. aIcd your critics, that stands odt pdpaDy
and broadly although lie fuI significance Is moi under
stood this ana similar TRIALS, where great and good
man, and specially minister Is charged Win l"Hl
crime Ito people divide into two great classs One has
for Its expression, hope he is Bnoccnt-i shall at
least not condemn hai and bring UPON human nature
and christianity great an iuilutaCu I'll tIe evidence
and truth demand it," The other Immediately pr'1dges
and condemns and IFS exponen; is: - told you So re-
lcion Is all cant and hypocrisy. These saints are as
great nuers as we only their vices cloakod" In
the first class tho vrtuous, the intelligent, the
resprcfahle the conserSators of society. religion
md morals Temperance men ard reiOr'ners goIl
eray tho u who believe that virtue in men ana women
A. something more tian - myth; who believe III ana
train themselves t. act according 10 the bcheS's 81
consocIce and subordinate mere sensual pleasures I"
the big and nOber impulses and inspirations o reason
and religion who account it little sacrifice to lift their
edrits their aspirations their lives, out OF the grOvenS
domain O seDsuousDcss into the calm Dut gofloh Iad
snce and ri into the realms OF truth ana I'M
mortality The other class includes the vile, the vleio
the frequenters OF sluns gamblers, AID criminals of
every type; and especially and universally those
prov ere domestic pundereIs in whose presence no
UNPROTECTED woman is SAFE ana whose boast is that
10 woinan can withstand or oate Their snaTes
whose saibbOeth Is tl.at all men and women are
without inherent virtue, and are restrained IRON overt
guile Only by want of opportunity or fear OF exposure
and WHO thus unwttiDgly libel and defame their own
mothers wives, daughters and ss,cIs Il Mr. Bceohcr be
declared innocent howl Of rage will go up nom every
den inainy IN the land; While If declared guilty. vice
aud sha,nelc sspaos will hold high carnival In all the
sIums gambling Wells and haunts Of shame and virtue
abaslei will hide her head In sackeoth ana ashes IL
needs Shakespeare TO explain the reason OF This line OF
tachines OF Mr. Tcecher have been like an ark 10 the
.xH. y.alfh n lrlI
io,aiiiy md Christianity thew haye been standing -
tke and menace to al vice. az hb ana an Se,n
and sensual life and Is their fancicd opportuntyjor
hsa'' man who himself awaits only an opportunity
10 ,ob his mel ,lOr Of his wife daughter conceive
u0bcr motives pursuits and mite ready To- be
levc tiat others as base AZ himself " ON OF ne i-
ness 81 the heart the mouth speakeh," and as MN
thnkerh he" Finally. vice is ever conscious OF ~
S,lidy Wien pr,etcrbie II they cs bring MIR Bcecier
down, aud the coloris of Pymcuth Churcn as Well ana
lie able to point very pillars OF the church rs tie
ELECTORS OF their vices why they are to some extent
The distinguished association. Mira. woodhn re!l zcd
somewhat Of this hope. when she persuaded NJ I'?n
Mr. B,echer; Fns, her disappointment spent iisci in
Islander ana libel -, -.
ecem partially 10 have escaped the scrutiny Of Mr.
Evsrt or were not IN my opinion slciciy ei 7, h.
;g. ~ Is Conceded by Mr. Tilton that his wfes a.
lection for himself even the last, unoundeG, as
also apparent in all her letters ana the TESTIMONY
wann en 70 be an led ssS 80 om G as Size
strong undimnishcd affection Ion her husband, ana
Especially Mrs Tfon asoniz,ng In her letters, copverr
tons and prayers list he should fail 70 meet her IN the
spirit land and desta should sound Tie knei oil their
ovcrinasteIing love wOman's marital love ~ her
strongest protecting arn0r and sensible men VIII cherish
ana pr serve this precious and diyne gilt The hnIan
barpcs that prOw around for prey never aSsali virtue
ensfrincd III such heart and fortified IN snc an M
prcgnate fortress II is only when This affection s want
Ing undermined and destroyed, that their base IN
stino; teaches them That she Is vulnerable.
Secondly: We have TIC unprecedented, ara On Tie
theory Of guiit absolutely incredible fact, That al tie
letters between Mr. Betcher and Mrs Triton andc ID
positive terms tie Deity. either In thanhfulness or
Invoking His aid and sympathy. What, paramours
writing TO each Other and beginning, CONTINUING, ana
ending their unholy luss with divine appeals, nvoca
lions, and prayer These letters abound In this Internal
evidence VI their purity. .I.a.9
Thirdly Equally impossible is 1t Of belief thai Mr.
Beeober, guilty would hand over 70 his own we tue
alltstpsst of Mrs Tft0D's troubles, Whatever they
were. This fact alone demcnstses tnat no trouble of
Mr. Beecber with Mrs Tilton ut that time had any exist
cnce Significance Men do select their wives to
adjust matters Of that kind H. Ef
brooklyn, June To- 1875.