The Portland daily press., 1875-06-01

shod over the sins of other people and his Meth
or garments failed first at the knees because OF
the frequency of his attitude of devotion
And all the while he was playing this part IN
the sight of the great congregation, he was Sc
cretIy poisnng the minds of anybody and
everybody whom he could in any way inhu-
ence, in respect to the moral character OF the
spiritual guide through whose ministry lie
sought the way to life eternal Is it any won
der that he found listeners and dupes, and that
process of time the atmosphere of Brooklyn
became infected with his vile calumniesP
Between Bowen and Tilton the contrast Is al
most as striking as between Iago and Othello.
Tilton may have, aye, probably was, laborlng
under a hallucinatiUn in respect to his Wite's
relations with Beecher. She made confess
sion. There is no doubt of that She made it
In a moment of extreme tenderness and with
desire that it should restore harmony to the
estranged household. She confessed that her
pastor had imperceptibly usurped the affection
which belonged exclusively to her husband.
She had but Just begun to realize her fault and
instantly repented of and promised to amend
1t. This is precisely what a soft hearted
woman would be likely to do if she had not
committed the irreparable offense-what she
positively would not do under any crcumstan-
ces if she had.
However Titon brooded over itdwelt upon IL,
magnifed it, and every time he approached tne
subject the Kissing accusation OF Bowen re-
sounded in his ears, and at last he wrougu'
himself into the belief that the worst mignt 10
true. To my mind Tlton's conduct ID tnls
matter seems pardonable in contrast to that u
Bowen. For the latter there is neither paliia-
ton nor excuse. His whole course from pe-
ginning to end seems to have been cohcei'eo
in hatred which had no motive and naig-
nifty for which there was no provocatioh. Auu
the more he squrms and twists and wrlggles
tho more yeno nous of aspect he appears. Fly
mouth church spurns him. The Bacons. father
AMI son. decline association with him land when
his own son, actuated by creditable motives,
no doubt, seeks with fili& eagerness to throw
some ray of light into the pitchy darkness in
which, his sire is involved, he only makes more
perceptible the hideousness OF which furtner
exposure was cruelty.
The Pennsylvania Republicans have good
naturally given assign of recognition to the
third term babble, and there is great rejoicing
thereat among those disnterested journalists
who are in perpetual CONSERVATION lest the
friends of the administration should do any
thing to imperil the ascendency of the party.
1t has been long established rule OF men
skilled in political warfare that it is never best
to do what your opponents ask you too, and
the pertinacity with which the bitterest
adversaries of the party in power nave
urged it to adopt this shibboleth has in
tensiied my distrust of the good policy OF
incorporating any such idle verbiage into
the creed. Happening to know that the Presi-
dent never had the thought of a third term In
his mind, and having failed to discover that
there was single man in the organization, OH :
Ger or private, who favored or believed any BODY
else favored the innovation upon ustom when
such project implied, 1 have regarded and shall
never cease to regard the third term discussion
as one of the puerilities of journalism which 1t
is quite beneath the dignity of intelligent peo-
pie to magnify into consequence by giving IL
serious consideration. Still there are a great
many worthy citizens who have am idea that
the intention of electng any President to the
third term, however excellent he may be, ought
to be distinctly disavowed. never could De
brought to make such concession, to sense
less clamor, but am not disposed to be censo'
rious in respect to those who have less pride or
more patience. If our friends in the keystone
State had seen fit to disclaim monarchlcal ten
denotes or to assert their concurrence in the IN
functions of the ten commandments no harm
could have come of it except laug h at their
expense for saying what every body took Tor
granted. YARMOUTH