The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-04

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cate It's pastor against daniagng imputaion from on'
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for. remonsrances from The nerhboring churches;
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had thrown awaS the opportunity q vndicstins its pas
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pastor This asslaradon emphasicaiiy reDeasa D
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cSmpe e a. me nrd party TO the controversy
One Of these is TO remain IN the on
an 81 o s Snsson n Of aa
offence the more nenoas q.
70 ms sacred The other for me
from my past sxpcrsaes wi sS6lsss sirssh to the
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leaves e me and which are both e9aa Iv
se;oad thereiore give YOU notice thai il pastor
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laments that YOU have thrown away hereby restore
p b. Min 0 as as you hA' never
an me SRn e to the
bar OF Fymolth church for trial charge hereto
nae sc nss
q, he pastor and injurious to the reputation Oi'he
only stipulation concerning the trial Is tina, shan
pSstof III esiet keeay that the Moderaor has
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n Il as " any 70 s y
an opportunity to vndicAis himself Truly yours
Witness then resumed-l first heard Of the ap-
pOiQtlueut OF the Committee OF Plymouth church
from Mrs. Triton at about ten O'Clock on either the
ON, OH or I'm Of July; The correspondence was
ment OF the committee; the correspondence that
called the committee INFO action was published.
believe, on the morning Of Saturday. llth July,
Mr.. Fullerton tren said oner In evidence the
correspondence which forced the appointment OF
that committee
The 5S ss s s
oyer which Lam pnsto to have some proper nyss,ss
8 BY
~ Mr. Mr. sv Be- s
and take The liberty Of asking the following gentlemen
n Sss Ss 40 ea sf1 O he
named Wi consider this 4 had been sePsfatsiy and
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selves By an impartial and shofcash examination ali
Commi.tee or to the church such action as may then
'''A :" you '"A' anu HENRY WARD BEEcHER
witpess-I FIRST saw that letter in print on the
the date saw either That letter or similar let
ter in manuscript the night before In the hands Of
Henry Day, OF cleveland; that was the cause OF
committee being exclusively private body. Its
existence not having been heralded to the public;
days previous; my wife remained under my roof
up to that time: she LETT on the morning after the
poty,nS the e. World Of the APPOINTMENT Of that
committee; believe it was July IL; she lett early
IN the morning-not AGAINST my viii; she was 4, 2
anything against my Will; she had VIII OF her
own aud acted accordingly; 1t was not with my
the same time did not undertake to restrain her;
l never applied any coercion to her IN any way.
that it be- stTlcken out. that Il never applied any
coercion TO her In any way"
The Judge-Yes, that last clause.
Here something Of the old Theodore Triton APP
peared, apparently In his sense Of the sovereignty
each individ ual should have; twinkle Of woman's
rights and freedom OF the wife. rne Judge, who
had New York counsellor on the bench with him.
said something to counsel ana presently ruled
Mrs. TIlton's statements to her husband out.
Judge Fullerton was very anxious to get this in.
but The Judge mildly cut him on.
This by-play OF counsei Is always chirpy and
cheerful. Fulerton's bland persistence, opening
his eyes as II an INJURY had been done inadvert.
emily by the Judge and pausng TOR the correction
Of great horror on justice; Beach, rising mp
with plausibiIity. beginning supposedly ana end.
ing assumptively. drawing breath now and then
very strong and consciously. They have both what
the Irlshman called "Murtherin winnin' ways"
Meantime Pryor is hunting up an authority to give
still further appearance OF eternal justice 10 the
matter. The Judge has q way Of waving such
argument and keeping his opinion BY soft an.
swers which Is rather interesting.
witness con tinued-l prepared two reports for
the committee; the long one IS In evidence pre-
pared the short report under the following crcum-
stances Mrs. Triton came to me one evening aud
informed me-this was the 9th or 8th OF July-that
she mad been down to see o committee OF Plymouth
church. and asked what committee she said the
committee to inquire into my letter 10 DR.. Bacon
to DO away with the scandal, and she said she had
denied everything ana bOtted 1t all out.
Mr.. Evarrs-lf Your Honor please, the occasion
OF ms preparing this report may perhaps be Jnsrl-
that occasion does not give the right to give the
conversation.
Mr.. Beach, think your objection ought 20 have
come little earlier
The Judge-It fixes tie occasion.
NJ FuliertOn-lt would certainly be proper and
important tnat this jury should be informed or the
circumstances which leo to the preparation OF
stood unless the circumstances are understood
Another Is that she had informed him that sne had
's The ludse-We cannot give that conversation.
Mr.. Fullerton-rnat Is the Rlst OF the whole
affair The report was baseo upon the fact. ..
course we donit know what passed between this
gentleman and his wife aiterward.
The judge think not, sir.
Mr.. Evarts-Go no further In respect to the con-
versati0n.
Tne Judge-without he can make his explana-
ton without repeating the conversation.
Mr. Fuert0n-Then IL won't appear to the Jury
that this report was the natural result OF that
which was related TO him at all. The report may
be q nonseQuItur; It may be the natural result OF
the conversation. IL Is certainly proper for rs TO
show the iacts OF the report the Information which
was communicated to MIN. because. II he Is to be
Judged BY the act, then, as matter VI course, II
ought to be In the light OF surrounding circum.
stances.
Mr.. Evarts-The substantive fact that she told
MIN that sue had been before the council and de-
MED the charges; that Is Q sufncent foundation, 1,
seems to me.
Mr. Fulerton-Not by any means. either want
the whole OF the conversation or none OF Il.
The Judqe-The witness cannot detail the con-
versaton any further.
Mr.. Fullerton-Tnen suppose 1t all goes out
The Judge NO, 1t stands wnere It Is. 1t appears
now that she communicated the TACT that she ap-
peared before the committee and denied all the
charges.
MI Fullerton-But I want IN show the reaaon