New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-11
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No matter how fierce and Orrd the passions vi "c" ~
be: no matter what may be tho tenaen'''' -
their appetites, yet, In man OF ny" o
motor and high culture, fierce rs these Temp
may be- goadng these appetites may De- nero
il nevertheless God given power OF rcsStancc cI "
the force temptation. And Henry ward bccchc
Is assaed by any OF these forms OF consttutioa e
opmcnt or by the overdue strength OF any OF THESE pp
tites give him the same credit claim for myself or
for you or any other gentleman OF being able 10 govern
hnself according to the power and tho grace WHICH
ia given to in the ordinary s't"a'cn'
OF life. say, judge him as you wo"id Juoso
any other and in no Quiet WIS.,
You viii Judge him. you will judge all the characters .'
have been introduced into this case, by proper exanh
ton of their pecuarcs, their characteristics thcr
Tendencies: and when you asked by either sde 10
impute certain motive and to trace certain result from
that motive to take certain consequence anu 'o'
back to the probable motive, you Will look NJ inc
lar people To whom the motive is imputed ana from "no
the act proceeds and with your clear and decisive
edge OF the qualities OF the act ana OIL INC parcS
will form a wise and Just conclusion
MIR. BEECHERS UTTERANCES ABOUT LOVE.
Well. | have been furnished with some quo
tntions from tho writings Of Mr. Bcecher directed W an
expression lis comendablo ideas upon the suect oi
love- do no. any improperly In presenting 'nen
your consideration though for myself do very
strongly from any hypothesis in regard to the speeua
iect He says: "To lovo must have something that
can put my arms around" (Laushterl
Judge Ncson--Wait a moment hlr. Beacn. ueh'io-
men, Is this TO be repcatclf II 1t Is We shall aOurh.
Please to understand that
Mr. Bcach-Now gentlemen, what I think is an i'm
pr0per construction is given to that remark OF MI
Boccbar IL does not seem to bear any vulgar IN
terpretation do not suppose that he meant TO ncu-
cate tho idea that love he must actually embrace the
object Why, he loves his God and his savor' ana nc
embraces Him only in spirit embrace IL Is an iias
naive guratve EXPRESSION expressing the IDEA OF 'ne
coseness Of love- the idea that love seeks TO cherish anu
to fondle and embrace. nothing bad In that;
agree to It, But 1t SHOWS that the man mas a
perfeet idea of the emotion Again. speaking OF the oc-
cupation of chair by man OF eminent ana apos-
toc pety ho saysand 1t is Illustrative OF the INTENSE
and peculiar mode OF expression and feeling belonging 10
the man. 1t would have made my loins tngle 10 nave
sat whore he did" Well, that on extreme expression
Very likely 1t true that it would have done so Ihcre
il an intensity in some natures extravaganza OF sens
bity an outbreak OF feelngphy sical animal feeling
under circumstances which excite tho peculiar character
istics of the man, which are unexpainable 10
those OF a more ordinary and less intense and
expressive temperament And this perhaps expresses the
ia joly companiOnabe nature OF the man, when nc
says: There was timeonorod business, handed down
to us without break from the Garden OF Edcn OF court
ing and kissing, and that one OF its ordinances"
Well he did MT create any break in the habit aughter
Then Mr. Beecher says: "There Is religion without
passon :" and think that IL Look" he says at
the objections which made to our hymnDooxs.
Nearly all of our bcst hymns were thrown out DO
cause they were so amorous." Well, that was a
moor objection to Them for the love was directed to
high obcc it spiritual love and spiritual alteration
"Ono OF the decaces in this world is that when TWO
souls como together and unto with each other no one
has a right to NEEDLE with them They are to be left
alone" WHAT What "When two souls como
together and unite with each other, no one
has a right to NEEDLE with them They are to be
lett alone" That sounds little WOOdhullish.
(Iaughtcrl There is the essence OF free love In
it-free love as it is understood, not by pOpu-
lar acceptation, but free love as 1t Ia taught
by the teachers Of that school FREQ love as Theodore
TitOn understands it, and free lOvo as Theodore
Tton is not ashamed to-day to communicate It, Not
that gross and sensual idea Of free love which teaches
the prOmscuos intercourse Of tho not that free
love- or that system OF marriage and divorce which in
cucatcs the right OF abandonment Of children, and the
separation of holy and the rejection of those
mpcrsabe duties which grow out Of the fact OF parent
age That will talk about hereafter. But, "twO souls
once united to each other, one has right to NEEDLE
with. They to be left alone" Well Mr. Beecher I'M
doubtedly meant it in Its true
Now, gentlemen, you have the nature OF th!3 man,
You have habit Of thought have his tone OF ex-
prcssOn you have his style OF rhetoric you the man
IN his writings you estimate him not by the picture that
the magnatons Of my learned friends draw but by his
own expressions and revelations OF character and with
this In hands and In your minds, You can APP
proach tho examination OF this evidence understanding
that character. and able to judge OF tho probability or
that evidence,