Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-15

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Very appropriately under the above
heading the Aryonaut Of Saturday IL the
la.ss. to publish that apparently bias
phsmous. sarblsd extract from . recent
discourse Of Henry Ward Bsscher before
Plymouth Church. which was tsle-
arsphsd all over the country. After oil
the other papers ON the Pacific Coast had
Published II tslesrapically and otherwise
the Argonaut walked up and followed suit,
p~rsfacing the same with some editorial
rsmarks isariully s1coriating Bseohsr.
and which will NO noubt make him very
unhappy when he reads the same. The
editorial ''ws" Of the Ar0onduf says
I've told you So" and exults in his
" prophetic sruditiou in the following
language: =.
when that monstrous and immoral
clerical m~ountebank. Henry Ward Beecher.
VA In San Francisco. lecturtng Tor one
dollar Admiration per head. We took occa-
sion 70 criticize him for immortality, by
pocrisy. and want Of real ABILITY. we
charged then. and charge nov. that neither
in his book Of sayings. bis pr.ysrs. his ser
mons his novels. or his writings IN me
CAris6as Union can there b found
original or grand idea. We charged then.
and repeat now. that his trial. which ought
TO have been In secret, but which. at his
desire. VA In public. did more TO debauch
the youth Of this nation than any incl
dent Of the generation that 10 was
dreadful. inexcussble and criminal. We
declare that he Ia not an orator - tested
by rules that define true eloquence. and
that his congregation Of admirers are
neither the best nor the wisest OF Brook
lyn. We believe o. little In the sincerity
Of his religious opinions - We do In the
purity Of his life or the honorable motives
that control him. We quote from one OF
his pulpit Sabbath day uttsrances, . dip
pant blasphemy. and charge that no Chris
iian father or mother. taking to their side
an intelligent child. and having read and
explained u. dare say that IL Was . ht
thing for . Christian divine to utter under
any circumstances.
The Argonautic 1--WE" then goes on
TO quote the dreadful extract Aforesaid.
unnindiul Of the fact that the New York
papers received by mail have already
explained that the language used was
merely In illustration OF the arguments
which the Romans would or might have
used against Christ. and not his own
language by any means. In fact. after
stating the arguments. Bsschsr pro-
cssdsd to dsmolish the same. in . man
nsr Satisfactory TO his hearers. Had the
Argonaut not been so blindly anxious to
vent its salivatsd prejudice against
Bsschsr. and made itself . little batter
posted by reading other papers 1t need
not have fallen into the same blunder
that 90 many Of its contemporaries have.
but. on the contrary. might have made
an excellent point by publishing the OBJ
jsctionable item and its explanation al
one and the same time. The Aryonaui
was either stupidity blind or wilfully
unfair in this matter. and will not b
able to properly explain or apologize
under q week unless II issues an extra
for the purpose. The following from
the San Francisco Daily Exchanges Of Sat.
urday touches OF this Bsechsr matter
about right
Nuow turns out that Q great wrong was
done 10 Beecher in dis~connecting his ap-
psrsntly blasphemous words concerning
Christ and in teleeraphing them over
the country without their context. The
remarks. q appears by . verbatim re-
port Of his sermon. were uttered by him
a. the arguments which the Romans
would have used against Christ; and,
having stated them, Bsechsr turned TO
dsnolish thsm. Still. that will make
little difference 10 Bseohsr. One paper
will give him the benefit Of the correc.
ton ont OF every twenty that published
tbs attack on him. and the majority OF
newspaper readers will retain the i'm
preston made on them BY the frat tele-
gram. This il always the way. II
makes NO difference. for instance. that
Mrs. Langtry disproved in court the
ISLANDERS against her; the papers are still
full Of iings at her reputation. This
indifference to the claims OF mere justice
IL Characteristic Of Q large portion Of the
press today. and IL IL . feature Of jour
nslism that 10 not pleasant to contem.
plate. Give even the devil his due.