The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-31

may say that the whole dFlit OF tue uHAl
has becen to teach society, and especially
the inexperienced, how exceedingly diff
cult and dangerous it is for persons to
ignore the wholesome restraints with
which good morals and good sense hedge
about tho saOrednGss and purity Of do
mestic life,
We arc not advocates Of the idea Ol
publishing Police GaschS,litcraturc in the
columns Of the respectable papers Of the
country. Notify any means, We try tC
guard our own pages against such abOmin-
able stuff. But tho Bccchcr trial Is an
exceptional circumstance, From the very
first, it has assumed the Importance of .
national affair. Littleby little, during a
year Of preliminarics, tho full nature ol
tho scandal has been developing, No one
knew for long time just what i
was likely to be, or whom II was
likely to involve, And so, it has
boon creeping into tho papers by degrees,
until at last It seemed imperative that
wherc 80 much had beon said to the
injury OF one side and the other, the
whole facts should come out in the in
terCst Of their respective regulations aa
well rs In vindicalion Of morality and
religion, We are persuaded from care
full observation Of tho tone Of our sx-
changes that the newspapers Of the
country do not willingly publish the de-
tails Of the great scandal. The mon who
conduct these papers are for the most
part husbands and fathers, and have
wives, sisters and daughters to protect
from all sorts Of evil influences. They
arc Just ~ anxious, although far less pre-
tentious, about conserving the public
morals as Talmagc, They are generally
men Of discernment enough to see through
such shallow and noisy aspirants after
notoriety as hc Is, and hence they are not
given to enlOgles on his clap.trap SER
mons. This Is one reason why Talmage
does not think well Of the newspapers.
They think SO very poorly Of him.
So far as the reverend gentleman's ar
raignmsnto Of the papers for publishing
tile details Of the trial Ia concerned, he
might Just as we'll arraign the inspired
collaton Of the Sacred Books for pub.
liahing the stories Of David and Bath.
sheba, Judah and lamar, sheChem and
Dinah, Amnon and lamar, and other
such like incidents, II these recitals
convey any different or stronger moral
in their outcome than the BeechCr-
Tilton scandal We are not able to
perceive 1t. We arc at loss to
see Why II Is that such a discriminating
critic a. Talmage has never yet lifted his
voice and cried aloud against the Songs Of
Solomon, which arc songs of such n
peculiar nature that Considerate people
do not generally select them for family
reading, unless pCrchancc they arc real'
Ing straight through from lid 10 lid.
Mr.. Talmage should not presume upon
the idca that society can DO kept In ig'
norance Of such revelations as have conc
to light in the IIccchcr trial. 1t would
be boller, II ii was possible, that all Sucl
disclosures should be made thSougl
proper channels, accompanied with proper
comments, but this cannot b.. The next
best thing is to have them come to light
In their present form in the Becchei
scandal, visi through the columns Of re-
spectacle newspapers, accompanied with
proper comments, and with such other
surroundings rs tho questions and com
mena Of the respectable lawyers GIN.
ployed in the case naturally invest them
with. At all events, II Is certain thai
blatant, sensational aud empirical dc
nunciation like thaL in which Talniage
habitdnlly deals, has very little effect Ii
Tie way Of conveying accurate ideas Y
his hearers, either IA to the actual wicked
ness Of the world or as TO the proper
methods Of dealing with II.