Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-10-24
Beecher's Speech at the
Brooklyn Rink.
CLEVELAND REPLIES TO MRS.
gEECHER's LETTER.
Beeeher Knows the Bitterness OF
Venomous Lies.
A DEMOCRATIC MEETING COMPELLED
TO SUSPEND PROCEEDINGS.
Cook q Co.'S Banking House suspanas
Payment.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
Cleveland to Mrs. H~eecher-Mr
Beecher,s Speech.

Cleveland to Mrs. Beecher-Mr.
Beecher's Speech.
New YORK, Oct. 23.-Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, il the course Of q political speech
in the Rink at Brooklyn last night, said:
The air is murky with stories Of Mr..
Clevelsnd's private life. Lies SO cruel, so
base, so ~atrocious, have never before been
set in motion-cockatrices eggs, brooded
and Matched by rash and credulous clergy
men. They could not go to Mr.. Cleveland
with an honest inquiry, but opened their
ears to the harlot and drunkard sensa-
ton and promulgated q letter to poison
the faith OF holy men and innocent women.
Do timid ministers ever reflect that the
guilt of the vice, or the crime measures
the guilt of him who charges it falsely +?
Cheers. Beecher then paused, aud
stepping to the desk read in trembling
tones. Thus my honored and beloved wife,
quite unknown to me, made clippings
from the newspapers, all of which are in
respect to the life of Gov. Cleveland in
Albany. She sent them TO him in a letter
that will not be published, but which
would be a gem in English literature
if it were published. As quick
as the mail could return she received a
letter from Cleveland, which l have had
between two and three weeks, and which
he meant to be marked private. but such
complexion has the canvass taken that l
~telegrsphed him two nights ago TO
ask if | might use my discretion with
regard TO it. His reply was: Certainly,
if ii is your judgment. Now I will read
Gov. Cleyeland's letter.
My Dear Mrs. Beecher: Your letter, as
you may we'll suppose, has affected me
deeply. What shall l say to one who
writes 30 like my mother? | say like my
mother, but / don't altogether mean that,
for she died in the belief that her son was
true and noble, as she knew he was duti-
full and kind. / am shocked and dumb
founded by the clipping you send me, be-
cause it ~purports to give what 6 man actu-
ally knows, and not mere report, as other
four or five lies do which I nave heard
about my life in Albany. l have never
seen any living woman whom l have any
reason to suspect was in any way
bad. / do not know where any such
wom lives in Albany. / have not been
in any house, except the Executive Man
sion, Executive Chamber, First Orange
Clubhouse. twice at receptions given, and
on one or two other occasions, and the
residences OF perhaps Is or 20 Of the best
citizens to dine. OF course / have been TO
church. There never was q man who has
worked harder or more hours a day.
Almost all my time has been spent in the
Executive Chamber, and | hardly think
there has been 20 nights in 81 months that
I have lived In Albany, unless l was out OF
town, that I have left my work earlier
than midnight, to find my bed at the Man
sion. / am at a loss to know how il is that
such terribly wicked and utterly baseless
lies can be invented. The contemplate
creatures who coin and pass these things
appear to think that the affair which l
have not denied makes me defenseless
against m and all slanderers. As to my
outward life in Buffalo, the manifestation
Of confidence and attachment which was
there rendered me, must be proof that /
have not led a disgraceful life in this city,
and as to my life in Albany, all statements
that lead to show that Ii has been other
than laborious and correct, are utterly
and In every shape untrue.
The Governor then refers to his esteem
for Beecher's good will, and asks that he
may see him while in Brooklyn at the late
demonstration then in prospective. Then
Beecher added: When in the gloomy night
of my own sufferings, in years gone by,
I sounded every depth Of sorrow; I vowed
If God would bring the day star Of hope to
me, I would never suffer brother, friend or
neighbor to go unfriended. Should l, like
a serpent, seek to crush him That oath
/ will regard now, because I know the bit
terness OF venomous lies. I will stand
against infamous lies that seek to sting to
death a man and magistrate worthy of bet
ter fare. The speaker then said his bold
| speech oil the subject was in spite OF
friends, who advised silence, lest he stir
his own sorrow. He concluded thus: ''If
I refuse to expose to shame the swarm OF
liars that muzzle in mud, or sling arrows
at Mr.. Cleveland from ambush, may my
tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,
aud my right hand forgets it cunning"
The Old Story.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-The private
banking house of II. D. Cooke q Co., of
this city. displayed the following notice at
the usual opening hour this morning: