The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-18

D00Cuer ouGertalnS, moves, sometimes
lnstructs, and often melts his audience.
1Aton begets debate, excites dissent.
now dazzles and now convinces, and gains
at least an oratorical triumph Beecher
gets nearer the masses, for he is more
nlomely IN his diction, while at the same
I'm he Is idiomatic and picturesque.
AilGon stIlkes out more from the heart
OF ms subject, is more sparing of illus
uauons, and leads you on with more
intense d1rectness to the point in view.
Beecher is full of shrewd diversions and
attractive anecdote and description. Til
ton shows more respect for your taste
and your tendency to reason. AS q liter
airy offering Beecher presents you dish
OF various fruits, bad and good. Tilton
selects and gives what seems choice. IF
any are rotton, the fair side is sure to be
uppermost. Beecher and Tilton are
both inconsiderate, but while the former
IN his ardent feeling frequently enun-
clates half-truths with tremendous en-
phasis, which he afterward qualities, the
latter sometimes advocates questionable
doctrine with elaborate augmentation
and persistent enthusiasm. Beecher has
the more devout nature. Tilton the
more inquiring and skeptical one. In
dangerous crises, imperiling his charac-
ter, Beecher gets alarmed, loses conf
dence In himself, and commits his cause
to the care of his friends. Tilton, when
beset, looks out for his own interests.
and is as watchful as hawk of every adj
vantage that is within his reach. Beecher
excludes from his hearsay the disagreea-
bic verdict of men about himself Til
ton opens his ears to listen to what is
reported of him from the four quarters
Of the earth. Beecher is crafty in con-
cealments. Tilton is cunning in dis
closures. Beecher depends upon his
public reputation and rests in the verdict
of the past. Tilton strives to repair
reputation which was badly damaged, by
an explanation of the past that shall re-
verse the judgment that has con-
demned him. Beecher is the more nat
ural character. Tilton is the finer
genius. Beecher has been foolish in the
management of his case, and time will
show whether or not Tilton has been
foolish in giving him case to manage.
Rough on Tracy.
brooklyn telegram
Tilton's testimony to-day contained
one popular sensation, and, as usual, it
was at the expense of Tracy. Fullerton,
| whose devotion to his client includes the
delight of squaring accounts with an old
foe, reserved the further exposure of
Tracy as a professional bonnie bouche
After leading his client through arid
plains of negative testimony, he brought
him to the very doors of the Investigate
ton Committee. There arrived, the de-
Tense, through Evarts, made a renewed
battle to prevent any more exhibition of
| the curious museum which Tracy is
pleased to call his conscience. But Full
| lerton was fierce with the desire to finish
his adversary, and, therefore, after fight
ing with unusual vigor, obtained rule
admitting the grotesque story. Tilton,
upon this, bore witness that Tracy, with
tears in his eyes, while the committee
was sitting, approached him and
told him that his case was a
strong one, and, with many solemn
pledges, assured him that the committee
would accept any charge against Beecher
except one so grave as to make it i'm
possible for him ever thereafter to re-
appear in Plymouth pulpit. This, COM
ing via Tilton from Beecher's recognized
agent, and involving the committee of
Beecher's own creation, first filed the
court with amazement, and then directed
all eyes at that eminent divine. Beecher
did not bear the scrutiny without dis
tress. He ran his fingers through his
hair, and a wave of blood rolled up to
the crown of his head. For some reason
the audience appeared to decline the
hazard of believing that Tracy wept, but
the graver charge that he desired Tilton
to modify his admittedly true statement,
merely to make it possible for Beecher
to remain in Brooklin, struck the towers
of Plymouth with such an earthquake
shock that they reeled. The hour Of re-
cess fairly tingled with the discussion of
this grave statement. Tracy's previous
operations as a confidential agent for
Beecher had been exposed by Moulton
and Woodruff. No hesitation, there
fore, was expressed in the popular &C
ceptance of Tilton's further and more in
| jurieus showing.