Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-29

Guilty or innocent. Mr.. Beecher has
certainly exhibited . surprising fund Of
elasticity and animal spirits-dauntlsss-
ness. 10 suppose. il the correct name
for it-all through his trial. It il we'll
known that he 10 Of the editorial corps
of the Christian Union. Lately there
have been some extracts from that paper
sent abroad by telegraph to show that
tho Plymouth parson 10 nerved up to
face it out even il he were declared gull
ty BY the jury Who are trying his case.
We have the article quoted from before
US. 1t reads rs If written by another
hand than his; but that it reflects his
ideas is not to be doubted. Only the
opening paragraph of the article in
question has been quoted-that part in
which the writer says: Tho full and
final verdict upon the defendants char
acter does not rest with the twelve men
in the jury box alone. nor with the city
of Brooklyn. nor with the press of the
country. nor even with the entire people
of the country as they are to-day. 1t
rests with the deliberate judgment Of
the civilized world, rendered in the full,
clear. calm light which time sheds upon
all things" The following are the clos
ing sentences:
Men want justice done instantly. They
long for a revelation of the truth. before
which falsehood shall fall dead and in
nocence shine clear as the MONDAY. But
Gods justice, for the most part, works
more slowly. The Eternal One is patient
and teaches something Of His patience
to our eager hearts. wait on the
Lord says the psalmist; wait. say,
on the Lord And as surely as God is
God, he will in his own time render JUS
tice-perfect. satisfying. ali-compensat-
ing. Whatever the immediate issue of
this case may be. one thing is certain,
the defendant will 60 straight on with
that work to which he has given his life.
and from which he has not turned aside
under the pressure of these last months.
He was compelled by self respect. and
for the sake of interests higher than
those of any single life, to challenge and
confront the SANDER that had doeged
him. Those who blame him for going
so far in his efforts to avert an outbreak
should measure the injury which has
been wrought by this noisome scandal to
the whole community, and then judge
whether in the prospect of such mischief.
or even mischief appro1imating to this.
there was not that which any right
minded man would have suffered and
risked much to avert. But the very in
terests which had bid him be silent babe
him at last speak out. He has chal-
lenged bis accuser and made his defense
and fearlessly awaits the result. What
ever the temporary result may be it
leaves him at liberty once more to turn
his whole strength into that higher work
which he has never interrupted. in which.
throughout, his heart has gone as into
nothing else; in which has been his JOY,
bis strength and his life. There is no
such help and consolation for any man
beaten By the storms OF life Ms in rising
to contemplate the eternal truths of God. |
There is no such refuge for the man
suffering under fierce assaults az in |
giving himself to the service of his suf.
fering brethren. Let all who love Henry |
Ward Beecher speak their love at this |
time by doing whatever helpful and |
Christian deed lies nearest their hand. |
No man ever had truer friends than have |
stood by him all over the land. and their |
friendship never shone SO bright as in |
rhe days of evil report. Whatever may |
be the immediate issue of this trial let |
them speak their friendship l'y service |
in that cause which has bound them and |
him by higher tie than any mere per-
sonal affection. They have loved him
and held to him and suffered or
triumphed with him for this reason first |
of all, because to them his words aud |
life were part of that divine fellowship |
which unites men in faith and hope and |
love. 1t is because they and be have
sought to enter into brother
hood with men and sonship to God that
their hearts have grown to him. Let
them now. as the best expression of
their affection for him. seek ont the
needy. the sorrowing, the SHINING. and
minister unto them. Let them newly
take this to heart NO man iveth to
himself and no man dieth to himself.
We are members one of another, and
living or dying We are the Lords. Ours
10 it to be true to him; his be it. in his
time and way, to judge the cause Of his
own.
CEsAR1sx.- are located on
Ruby Hill. uncle and nephew. bearing
The name of Caesar. who may. perhaps be