The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-15


Congressional Printer, was then publishing po-
liticai newspaper, and ne requested Mr. BeecneI
and horticultural department This was 'a one
o. the nrst columns OF me KIND pup.
sne preacher Was led class reans
has oeen Of the greatest service TO him ;or tue
Nora ngarss ana ancei wn wnsn ne adorn d
negro lived ON whom Mrs. stowe Is said TO have
derived her conception OF
That book was attributed at the time OF It's pub
licauon TO Mr. Beacher and to THIS day some Of
sSy Dr. 0 Ra ey'4 more res saa'
leagues in the ani.siavery WORK. Bailey mad
:hersre talent OF persona.ly eoncliaung the slave.
Mr. Beecner's equal as a host, companion and
teacher. and his superior in real deicacy. /, is
social reIormsrs OF THIS class. Dr. Bailey intro.
duced TO the fuollc IN that one weekly sheet the
stowe and Mrs. scatnwortn Wnen me latter is;
had accomplished ner reputation with Uncle Tom
she TOOK 10 another market her suosequenI story
or 'Dred; or the Dismal swamp" ine Era did
not long survive its founders decease. It's chief
Der o. what IS caiea the washington RING,
and has become wealthy Mrs. Bailey and her
prominent patent attorney at Washington While
the Baieys have thus been distributed back TO
plain commercial society the Becchers are stlll
on the pioneer line OF real or supposed reforms
rightlng every imaginable evil and Crowdlng
human nature up on the infinite.
Henry Ward Beecher has lnsensb,y precprated
the ISSUE when had been slowly gathering lorce
Of pure science vs.. severe orthodox religion. En-.
cULpABILITY IN THIS TRIAL,
the event has hastenea the conflict. He has been
who drew their texts from the scriptures aud
their Illustrations from science. rms divided
eoDssans MS pos
imiTator has grown up on his plan. In Chicago
there are at least two. one OF these, Rev. David
cuted out as some say by his orthodox colleagues.
Another. Rev. Robert Collyer. has just been taken
for advising his congregation TO go TO a beer hall
on sunday afternoons and hear the music. Mr..
rather, religious OPTIMISM to the end OF his days,
ana and IL would not have provoked ., airecs
scandal mas dragged along SO mysIerlousy
and indecslvely that more tnan half the people
facts, and are engaged in overnauling the Brook.
lyn religion. Just at THIS time, TOO, auspiClOusly
Dr. Dpes ew cc Beween
| Science and Religion" While the scandal has
sous M ung urt mas ne b
hereafter religion must take It's own sioe OF tie
street, while science demands the whole OF the
| opposite pavement.
THE POSITIVE, OR coMrE SCHOOL
is dissatisfied with Mr.. BeecheH even more than
retreated into orthodoxy, and has In formal letter
recently resunscrlbed MS adherence to the car
dnal texts oil his former sect. While still obstinate
against revival preaching. human depravity and
future punishment.
There is bele IN Brooklyn that the surround.
ing orthodox churches VIII no longer exchange
members on credentials with Plymouth, but this
cannot be proved until an occasion arises to test
1t. While very many clergymen have attended
the trial, only Edward Beecher, his brother,
s ana n the pastor nave given
| tendant. The production In Court OF the Storrs
Letter has given sort OF legal recognition to the
naf smother ed disputes, or rather GOODNESS. be-
tween Storrs aud Beecher anu their respective
adnerents. More than TINS, lt IS claimed In Brook
| q nlin a vdD rns nvrn
slons OF membership. While proceeding to the
writer encountered one or the humber rectors or
| an Episcopal congregation, and asked him II he
could perceive tnat the scandal trial had any ute
rior religious influence. He replied about as lol-
lows:-
stages very perniclous influence. For some
time 1t seemed that Satan was loose in the word.
immoral lIterauare pills aneca0Ies ana every
But the later effects have been rather encourag-
ing to law and morals. The judicial s;rlctness or
the trial ltSelf has compelled general respect Tor
authority. Tnere is ahope and oenel that VINO.
ever Is The injurer In this contest VIII be punished
WIN rlgor Besides the laxlty OF religious teach
ing, partly arising out OF over liberal politics,
has been corrected. Heads Of aml-
want their religion sIrong and unadulterated.
Alter the triumph OF the Union arms In the war,
ism. women's rights, cnildren's rishIs, even the
| rights oil draught animals, were brought upon the
puOlc into chaos Of experiments, never at
! tempted by any great government sin SO the Revo
churches are attended BY quieter class OF parish.
toner's. Hard times IN business Is also u great cor.
receive o. the looseness OF the long flush times we
TILTON AS A WITNESS.
., Mr.; Tae0aore Iliton WI probably quit the
ssea 10 t the abop S al
! impossible TO come to auy decision as TO whether
he has neiped or nnrs his cause; but ne has been
two ne was out Of spirits, and looked the picture
OF atdcton and sensitveness Then he rallied.
and Tor two or three Gays was rather strong.
generally. At'er that his less attractive qualities
! came lorth. and the interminable cross.eXamina-
! ton he received made MIN something OF bore.
on the Wn0ls ne was In rstner ptlape ssuauon
| settle upon the particular spot where he was
| weak or confused.
THE CROSS ExAM1NArIoN.
Mr.. Evarts as a cross-eXaminer has the same de-.
feet ne showed as an orator. There IS no cOuD
de grace IN his proiix interrogation 1t goes on and
On with great Industry and patience, but there are
no dividing places IN 1t. Everything In The do.
main OF human observation Is taken up and ran.
sacked. some OF the attendant lawyers nave
passed the criticism that Mr.. Beecher's defence
was not well enough dlgested before It began.
few crushing strokes. laying hun open.
! entanging hun, and then directing the jury
Toward the close OF the week singular piece OF
evidence was brough; forward by tue lnstrunlen.
garious mcods, had found nothing better TO do
| tnan write COM ositoD called the 'rrue StOry,n
ana leaving tnlS around Iii PAGES MS vile carried
| OF a part OF II. This Mr.. Evarts produced out
| before he had used IL IN It's efficiency the cold
snap came and the Court adjourned over from
| Thursday TO Monday. TINS KIND OF documen tary
testimony is exceedingly veXatious to spect atOrS
Tor nobOdy knows exactly what reliance Is TO be
placed on such u loauacious set OF people.
| MIR. BEECuER's ANGUISH AND MR.. TILTON'5 RO-
| MANCEs
are all said TO be as fgurailvc as the seven cam
diesticKs and the pale horse III the Book OF Reve-
lation. One effect OF this trial WIN be
| to greatly degrade the emotional school In the
| minds vi sensible persons. Even Flank Moulton
has got some OF the smatter Ol This school, ana to
hear him learnediy refer TO ''the trlpartte cove.
nant' as II 1t were a thing OF high antiquity and
| the common heirloom OF mankind is exceedingly
amusing. That suCh Il sUrewd business man as
| Mr.. Bowen should be lound signing sentimen al
| treaties, sOiemnly sealed ana delivered gives
| great surprise to everybody out OF Brooklyn.
! The HERALD reporter endeavored last week to
| find Mr.. Bowen and ascertain from him whether
| he expected to be called as a witness IN TINS