The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-12
Beecher entertains, moves, sometimes

Beecher entertains, moves, sometimes
instructs, and often melts his audience.
Tilton begets debate, excites dissent,
now dazzles and now convinoes, and gains
at least an oratorical triumph. Beecher
gets nearer the masses, for he is more
homely in his diction, while at the same
time he is idiomatic and picturesque.
/ Tilton strikes ont more from the heart
of his subject, is more sparing of illus
/ trations, and leads you on with a more
intense directness TO the point III view.
Beecher is full of shrewd diversions, and
attractive anecdote and description. Til
ton shows more respect for your taste
and your tendency 10 reason. AS liter
airy Offering Beecher presents you dish
III various fruits, bad and good. Tilton
selects and gives what seems choice. III
any are rottOn, the fair side is sure to be
uppermost Beecher and Tilton are
both inconsiderate, but while the former
in his ardent feeling frequently enun-
ciates half-truths with tremendous EN-
phasis, which he afterward qualities, the
latter sometimes advocates questionable
doctrine with elaborate augmentation
and persistent enthusiasm. Beecher has
the more devout nature. Tilton the
more inquiring and skeptical one. In
dangerous crises, imperiling his charac-
ter, Beecher gets alarmed, loses conf
dence in himself, and commits his cause
to the care of his friends. Tilton, when
beset. looks out for his own interests,
and is as watchful as hawk of every adj
vantage that is within his reach Beecher
excludes from his hearsay the disagreea-
BILE verdict of men about himself. Til
ton opens his ears to listen TO what is
reported of him from the four quarters
of the earth. Beecher is crafty in con
cealments. Tilton is cunning i'll dis
closures Beecher depends upon his
public reputation and rests III the verdict
of the rast. TiltOn strives TO repair n
reputation which was badly damaged, by
an explanation of the past that shall re-
verse the Judgment that has con-
demned him. Beecher is the more nat
ural character Tilton is the finer
genius. Beecher has been foolish in the
management of his case, and time will
show whether or not Tilton has been
foolish in giving him case to manage.
Rough on Tracy.
brooklyn Telegram.l
, Tiltons testimony to-day contained
was at the expense of Tracy Fullerton,
whose devotion to his client includes the
delight of squaring accounts with an old
foe, reserved the further exposure of
Tracy as professional bonnie bouche.
After leading his client through arid
, plains OF negative testimony, he brought
him to the very doors of the Investigat-
, ton Committee. There arrived, the de
& Il Il
| battle to prevent any more exhibition OF
, the curious museum which Tracy is
, pleased to call his conscience. But Full
| lerton was fierce with the desire to finish
, his adversary, and, therefore, after fight
t ing with unusual vigor, obtained a rule
! admitting the grotesque story. Tilton,
, upon this, bore witness that Tracy, with
, tears i'll his eyes, while the committee
{ was sitting, approached him and
, told him that his case was a
, strong one, and, with many solemn
! pledges, assured him that the committee
would accept any charge against Beecher
except one so grave as TO make 1t i'm
) possible for him ever thereafter TO re-
? appear in Plymouth pulpit. This, com
/ ing via Tilton from Beecher's recognized
agent, and involving the committee OF
Beechers own creation, first filled the
court with amazement, and then directed
, all eyes at that eminent divine. Beechel
did not bear the scrutiny without dis
tress. He ran his fingers through his
hair, and wave of blood rolled up to
the crown Of his head. For some reason
the audience appeared to decline the
. hazard of believing that Tracy wept, but
the graver charge that he desired Tiltor
+, to modify his admittedly true statement,
merely to make it possible for Beechel
: to remain in Brooklin, struck the towers
of Plymouth with such an earthquake
/; shock that they reeled. The hour of re-
l cess fairly tingled with the discussion OF
this grave statement Tracy's previous
operations as confidential agent fol
Beecher had been exposed by Moultor
) and Woodruff No hesitation, there
fore, was expressed in the popular &c
ceptance of Iilton's further and more in
jurious showing.