The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-02-20

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Heights whose probable existence
hangs upoa tbe verdict, end who,
therefore, bring 70 Nr. Beecber a
moral supp0s. Gearly irresistible
and Overwhelming 10 '$ls power and
influence. un the other hapd, q
young nan Of brigh intellect aud
promise, whose life began full Of hope.
but upon whose head The curse Of
.Mephistophelcs has fallen, for every
flower that he has touched has With
cred, and be sits in the desoeton OF
o cloudcd home. This young man
stands alone in the witness box. with
few and feeble friends about bin save
the man who held bis secrets so long
and vainly sought to shield him from
the storm, and tells the story Of bis
wrongs, pouring it into the ears of
the woman who has deserted him,
and the man whom he charged with
having wrecked his life. like u
stream of molten lava, with bis eyes
fastened upon those two who dare not
or will not meet his gaze. Has JUS
tice ever looked down on such
scene before, and will justice triumph
at last in this contest which we may
well believe is watched with eager
interest even by the powers Of Good
and Evil ?
The spectator Of this struggle,
whose issues must be SO momentous
to one or the other party, can now
only assume that either Mr.. Tilton is
telling the truth or a ialsehood.
There is no middle course ; no decis.
on which can be arrived at by com
promise no grounds for the possibil,
ty of hallncination. The terrible
narrative, given slowly and delibs
,rately, and with the incest circum-
tantiality in detail, Of the interview
between Beecher and Tilton Of the
'eading of the confession Of Mrs. Til
on giving the details Of the manner
n which her pastor accomplished her
'uin a; of the interview at Moulton's
house the offer of Beecher to 60 out
If public life his violent outbnfst
If poignant grief his statement that
,e was on the edge of hell-all this
black picture is either awfully true
,r awfully false. 1t passes the
pounds of human comprehension to
believe that it is part true and part
alse, or that Theodore Tilton is Ia.
,oring under some dreadful mistake.
f it is true, then never was man
more wronged than Tilton never
vas man more cruelty outraged, and
lever was there such a wolf in
heep's clothing such sleek, con-
ummate hypocrate and arrant knave
IS this silver- haired priestly prowler
n the folds where he has charge.
L it is false, then is Mr.. Beecher
most cruelty. horribly wronged, and
nfamously, witkedly slandered then
N all suffering womanhood there has
never been a victim SO foully injured,