New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-18
last lifted himself In his majesty and glory
and shook on Che vile accasers and the false faint OF hcr
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MR.. BEECHERs OBSERVANCE or THE
POLICY OF SILENCE.

MIR. BEECFERs OBSERVANCE OF THE
POLICY OF SILENCE.
WHY, thon when everything urged him ~
An investigation when, II his story he true, he had the
consciousness OF iunocence aud the power on demon
strating IT, why he sent' Would 1t have hnrt III
toat wonld It have hurt Mrs. TBton why abe stood
In m equal degrees OF de graduation and mpury with that
which under the eanors OF the worlds gossip. weighed
down Henry Ward Bescher She too would have been re-
doomed The dlshonored fugitive nom her home ""n'
have stood TODAY 10 meath her own roof tree Vr"us
and honorcd matron, purified and redeemed from the
faint OF sin and accusation. No reproaeh could have
fallen upon a human being except Theodore THOR Ana
would he have been harmedi Would he have sufferer
any more than he did snrri Would his condition have
been any worse than il thoni Nay. would IL not
have been modified and improvedf Because, II MI
Beecher the conclusion that his advice was I'M
wise and inuicous in 80 far he could have borne testi-
mony in favor OF Mr.. TitorT and be coud have been
savesi-saved from the controversy with Henry ward
Beec and Plymouth ChuTh not saved nom the con
troversy with the world and society. That salvation
must be worked out by himself and ~ himself alone
II he has wronged his nature and hs great gfs ny
unwise improper association with any scboo or see
propagaag psrniSi0is doctrines; II he has been h"l
Greet in his admiration Of Victoria Woodruff oranypo
else II that false and infamous Winsted story hai the
least color Of foundation against oil these. with re
nature he must work ont his own salvation and WIN
fear and trembling"
Now, what harm would have come from an invesfga-
ton n these things told by Henry Ward Beeehor are
truef Gentlemen, have said 10 yon again ana again
you weigh as fair and UNCONSCIOUS men, THESE
considerations You must reconcile them No matter II
Henry Ward Beecher stand IN the II the course
f justee leads .bt him, IL must not vary one
tot or tttle from truth and right We must
tearlessy examine these arguments aud these con
sideratons aud do the obligations OF our con
sciences and duty 10 God and man require
freely and fearessy execute the justice Of the law D
this minister of the truth advise or oounenance tase
hoodi He says he OF the course Of policy and ac
ton which Tlton and Moul,on pursuing with Vie
toria woodruff He did not discountenance L. He adj
mits that by his testimony. They say he coeasuei
with them and co5per,ted IN their efforts. Did he con
70 suppress Investigation before the Chrch com
mittepl Dad he agree Ia a report vanishing over ana
eoneeang the TRUTH Did he make statement PUTTING
himself upon the ground difference between him
and Mr. Titou and his family had been arranged by a
satisfactory Apology Did he state thar in his letter
WHY gentlemen all this IA not % he denied This record
rife with te proof only Of hs acquescence but of
his active participation In this "pOlicv OF Silence He
says he did. He swears he recommended thar policy
And, gentlemen, IL was not recommendation OF that
policy with reference the supposed injuries he had in
ced upon Mr. Titon alone because there the charge OF
ton Of Elizabeth r. Tton not the one she destroyed but
in the letter DR.. Stores. communicated 70 that pure ana
upright gentleman known NJ all men, Tracy knowing H.
everybody connected In interest or action with
these parties knowing H. and This man was scheming
according 10 his own statement siie any agitation
which would bring IA the surface that accusation, and
lead him. 10y the assertion Of his innocence. 10 re
sst and destroy IT, He was then praccing deception
He was an accompiee IN series Of les and IL was de-
bcrT,teIy done. alone repeat 10 protect Titon OF
Mrs Tflton but to save himself YOn 20 say gentle
men, whether that is consistent with the idea OF purity
aud int gritty claimed for this defendant
It ls s!ngullr how the reflections Of different minds
draw different lessons and applications from the same
words and thoughts Ny learned friends Mr. Evsrs his
Alluded 10 and quoted from thc poem Of Burns addressed
Under the title of an Eistc 70 a YOung Friend" advis
Ing him against improper in,ulgences aud has somehow
made that applicable 70 the VI Mr.. Beech@r ne an
All Inent To prove that this charge against INN IS base
ess and unfounded; and yet, in January 1873, was
favored with a communication from lady in Bingham
ton making the quotation and asking ne 10 read
to the jury. az drawing from it quite different inner
ence from that derived by Mr. EyaIts.
JrpGT BEACH In your Spe ch or summing m VIII ION
please quote introduce burnss celebrated prot
against at particular Sin ~ recorded IN te SKIN stnId
A. young friend against illicit iniul-elc. he says:
T wa ha1, me Of q eomnehiin % tn' '"'
Bat Oh IL hsriens a within:
Which II has surely aud terfuy done in this ease The
recurring acted f.l-eAOOs, ncdlg many ms lnneas
urably worse the reeurrln- verbal fseAoots and
peruies the latter involving only tue INN 81 thc per
cr the former the ruin and the Wtctchcdhess OF Others
reaching far inio TIE futdIe.
Do you notice here the Occurrence OF that WORT per
Jury" And this lady. utterly disconnected with this
transaction, gives the conduct AMI character aud
treatment Of his subject nv Mr. Beecher the same appel
ation that Mrs MOulton bestowed upon r., and which
seemed TO strike learned friend withso much lncon'
Ma should call flls dUuli,ifV
and this continual system Of lying perjury, ant Jet IL
seems that the female nature does noe differ very much
in tner eptious propety Neither Of these ladcs
knew what was the technical definition Of perjury, but
they knew that there moral perjury about lt they
knew that there was tie souls degradation about &c
they knew that the minister OF truth who soud descend
Ia these acted lies fell under the description OF that verse
Of Burnss:
And petrihes the feeling.
Read that letter in 1871 full OF peltence and re-
MORSE written when the shadow OF his great sin and sor
row was thick and black upon him. when the softnes Of
his contrion had melted his nature before the long
course OF conceanen spoken OF by Burns had hardened
all within perihei all the feelings Aud contrast It,
his and his expressions then, with the lofty and
and frivolous manner OF the man upon the
stand who can Joke and Jest and utter his wittcisms
while his fame and character and the honOro OF the Church
and religion are trembling in the balance. When from
tbe suot where he sat he cOuld the deluded
victim OF his lust and in his imagination
can look az that household once happy and hon
ored. which he has unr0Ofed and des0ated
where he could its mistress the wife OF his old friend
and companion and pupil following him about the streets
Of your city and INTO the sacred presence OF this Court
md haant her love and devotion in the face OF this jury
Oh how hardened, petre brutalzed, the heart Of this
man has become ere il could exhibit such change Could
you believe that Henry Ward Beeeher lie appeared to
you upon this stand witness, speaking Of the same
subject dealing with the characters, surrounded
by the same grave interests that that 80 ocund and
gay and wicked, could have written upon the same
nic those words OF an sh and agonyf An did not this