Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-06
BEECHER '.HEDGIvG."

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BEECHER @HEDGING."
Tie claws delay is being ingeni
ously and vigorously invoked to stavC
OFF the suit which has been brought
against Pason Beeoher by Theodore
'rilton until "the day of Judgment =
OF course Bccchcr, his lawyers and
his church know what they are about
but considering that all Of them mad,
so much ado about athc evil effects oI
the Beecher scandal on the rising gen
Grafton" they are making haste rath
er slowly to vindicatc the character o
"thc greatest preacher in the world,
and thus stop the scandal. II, as Mr.
Bcecher's friends persistently assert, II,
is innocent, men who are not lawyers
or parsons are very apt to ask, why
then, this delay? If you believe YOU
pope iniallible, you should accelerat,
rather than retard that speedy trial tc
which every accused person is enti
tied But says MIR. Beccher's par
tsans. 'hc is in the hands of hi,
friends, and will be governed by what
they think best for his interest True
but plain and less sagacious people ar,
very apt to think that the Tweed
tactics resorted to by brother Shear
man is strong as proof OF holy writ o
the guilt of his client, and those sin
cerc friends of Mr. Beecher, who hop,
to soc his innocence clearly establish
ed, must be mortified, for they really
cannot find much over which to re
loice in the ingenuity Of his counsel il
rctarding the final issue of this nn
wholesome case. II wealkons Mr.
Beechcrs assertions very materially
in our opinion. That we do not stan,
alone in this view of the matter, ma,
be seen by the following extract
which we copy from the New Yorl
correspondence Of the Rocky Mountain
Nars
In the Tilon Decchcr ease, from the proceed
ings in the brooklyn City Court, Il is apparcn
every nerve to at once delay this case and hurr,
on the trial Of Moulton, 80 as to have Mr.. Til
tons chief witness in the peniteutlay II posi-
bic, or In the worst possible position Us q wtnes.
before the Tilton suit--the only one that vii
really bring the testimony on the great question
into court--is tried. All the resources Of th
shrowdcst lawyers, the mighty influence Of th
Plymouth people, and the official resources Of th
District Attorney, who is devoted to Mr.. Beech
- a.. ~
filton's counsel, after a vigorous struggle, OBJ
tanned m order for The hearing Of the defen
dant's appeal from the ruling Of their dila,or
motion on Friday next, and for the trial Of IN
case on the Wednesday following The next ei
fort Of the defence will be to have the trial lai
aside until their dilatory motion can DO carrie
to and decided by the Court Of Appeals. Mean
while, Mr.. District Attorney Winsiow, in th
same interest, really pushes the ease Of Moulto
to trial with all haste.
Almost any other man but Bcechc
would have stepped down and out,
when Theodore Tilton published hi
sworn statement until after the trutl
or falsity of the frightiul charge
made in that tstatcmcnt had been passe
upon by a legal tribunal, but Nj
Beecher realizes forty or fifty thou
sand dollars q year from his "prcacl
ings and teachings" and of course
too thrifty to whistle that sum dow
the wind for an indefinite period
"Cheek il through T. has been th
motto of Mr. Beecher and his friend
from the start, and never was mott
more tenaciously stuck TO, "Doul
and be damned r has been hurled b
the vindictive followers of the "vcilc
prophet at every person who did nc
abandon his reasoning faculties at th
dictation of the zcalots, when discul
sing the great scandal he was Dc
nounced as an infdel, an ignoramu
a hater of purity and goodness, u snals
/, in the grass, and n viper, and ha
these domineering gentry the powc
the "holy fires" of Smithfield woul
again burn brightly in Brooklyn, SUI
plying the modern author and artis
with materials for an American boo
: of Martyrs" more disgusting tina
that so beautifully worked up by Fo,
of GLORIOUS, pious and immortal men
ory.n Without knowing or caring fd
Tilton personally, we have felt pr,
found sympathy for him from tn
first. Never was man more bittcrl
assailcd by tongue and pen. The "
cabulary of Billingsgate was dcnude
which was hurled at unfortunate III
ton. "Cuclkold, free-lover, pimp, pal
dcrer, proaigate and lunatic" were
few of the choice and classic epithci
used by Beecher's friends, and eve
the eminent parsm himself was tn
first to unleash these foulmouthe
and baying ours at Titon's heels, an
teach them how most cfiectually I
cast their filthy and cnvcnomcd jaw
Inns where they would wound mo'
i. bitterly. Unable to drown Tilton !
{ the rivers of their slimy Billingsgat'
, these doughty chiefs have now change
r their tactics, and by cunningly d'
= vised law points and dilatory motion
! hope to accomplish by craft whl
they failed to effect by abuse, But
il honest? Is il manly ? Is it th
course that men who are thorough
convinced Of the. innocence of the
client ought, or are apt TO pursue?
il not rather confession of jud,
i ment" in advance ?--tho last resort 4,
= desperate men who are struggling f
"lost cause ?" The bazcn eiironter