The daily gazette., 1875-08-25
Col T0tenttne Baker and the
Rer. Henry Yard Beecher.

four hours, and ended with the convic-
tioa and sentence Of the accused to
pay fae OF $2,500 and 70 be inpris.
oncd for twelve months. The Baker
case was tie talk of all England, The
accused was almost without exception
the most brilliant officer In the British
army tie was friend OF the Prince
ot Wales, and had been appointed to
Ge one Of his suite in hi, Indian tour
socially he vaa at the top Of fashion
and officially he had earned a place Of
me hghe-t honor Nowhe l. in
prison, his powerful rriendshaving no
power 10 aid him IN escaping the pan-
atty OF the Law and he viii come forth
from his cell = twelvemonth from now
cashired from the army, outlawed from
society and in hope and character a
total wreoE The punishment Is bitter
but that Il las been inflicted at all on
one SO exalted, Is 90 added glory to the
admin 1tration Of British Justice
W e had six months trial Of & man
even more conspicuous here than was
baker in Lngland. He was able 10
meet the compact, logical, irresistible
testimony against him-largely made
up out Of his own letters-by nothing
more than his bare denial and oy cT.
plantations that insulted
Yet he escaped by confusing the minds
OF the jury, and instead of looking ont
at the world from a barred vindo " he
ipuys big tent and goes preaching up
IN the White Mountains every Sunday
to three or four thousand gaping sight
5eers
He too had powerful friends, and
their power availed 10 a good purpose.
His counsel boasted that milllonaries
stood around him 4 body guard OF
solid wealth, His church tried TO
browbeat clergymen editors, and ever.
oody who doubted their pastors limo
cence They even 7hadowed with de-
tectivc7 prominent men suspected of
too firm a conviction in Mr. Beecher's
guilt. Ihey siIenccd the grocer. the
shoemaker, the milkman, and butcher
from expressing hostile opinion by
threatening to withdraw or actually
Withdrawing their custom. Whenthe
Jury disagreed, they vilifled the three
Jnryman who voted against Mr. Beecher
as If they were thieves and rutfians,
though in truth they were only brave
and honest men who dared stand out
for their convictions. They hustled
out OF their so-called church the one
time bosom friend bat formal accuser of
their pastor, and made the sacred edi-
hcc rlns with their violent oucries
Ihey took back their stained pastor
with nneNAmpled gushing of affection
and voted him bonus of $50. 900 as Il
sort Of r ward for his scandalous he
hayiot. Nh. Bcecher's friends surely
served him in better stead than Col.
Baker ;, even though among the latter
was The heir to the British throne.
There IS as much difference betW cen
the conduct of the two mena between Il |
the circumstances of their trial Mr..
Beecher'7 defence was abuse OF his
aecuser, and-infamous beyond belief
ABUSE OF the victim of his unholy pas
sion he hadthe impudencc to declare |
that 1t was she who thrust her love on |
him unsought, and to lay on her should. |
er5 such blamo as there WAS in their |
relations, while lie represented himself |
& an uususpecting holy man whose |
thoughts were occupied with heavenly
while hers were filed with earthly
love- He, coward that be was, tried 10
escape the penalty OF the law and Of
public opinion by representing Mrs.
Tilton rs vile, at least In heart, ,sdul-
terois 10 her husband.
Col. Baker subLalued his reputation |
as man Of honor aud bravery by |
making no attempt ut the trial or |
through his exalted friends to throw |
ceproach on the character Of MissDick. |
insop, thereby TO gain for himself q |
tastardly immunity which would have
teen moro scandalous than the outrage
le committed in the railway car. His |
counsel expressly declared 10 the jury |
hat he had received Instructions from
ais client to make 20 attempt to dis
credit Hiss Dickinson, and not & wcrd |
vas uttered to that end
How do these two cases sad IL Sc
.wo men compsrc2 Xet Col. Bak er
Justly loses his liberty, his position
md has character while Henry Ward
Reeoher fsuut5 before the public as
II honest man, devcut soul, a mes-
'enger of heaven, and an exemplar for
is rellow3. Those who believe Ia his
quilt are bad men and deludei parti
ans raasack Brooklyn TO ret I'D 4
/. iunphal reception for him when he
etu-ns Ircn his shameful proceedings |
4 the White Mountains 10 renew hi.
lehanee Of public opinion from Ply.
Mouth pulpit
We think every one viii give al. |
! alentine Bsker the credit OF being
81 more ereditable specimen of the
lumen species than the Rev Henry
v ard Beecher
Every Lody remembers tse followers
t Louis XVIII. who we're more roy.
list than the King Some of the i'm.
'erialists of France at this moment are
ecidly more imperialist thaa the
'rince Imperial. When the crowd at
'hiselhurst hailed the son of the exile
1 Sedan as Napoleon w.. the young
'rince discreetly declined the title
sut Bonopartist journal in France,
he Courier de / frere, has Just got an
hicial box on the ear from the perfect
1 the department OF that name for
an article which maintains
that until the nation shallh have been
directly consulted and shall have