The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-10-30
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Synod of Brooklyn l made no reference
to the affair that could in any way b.
construed to his disadvantage, becaus
think that every man, priest or lay
man, is entitled to fair and impartia
trial without having his case prejudice,
by the press; more especially in th
case of clergyman whose reputation i
his capital, and which being touched
like the camelia, is blasted for all time
Councils may whitewash and cOngrega
| tions forgive; the man may 60 OF
preaching like Downs of Boston, bu
the stain remains, and not all the wa
ters of the sea can eyer wash il out
Mr.. StauntOn was placed on trial 70
conduct unbecoming a christian minis
ter, in abusing his wife and insistin,
on retaining a woman in his hous
whom Mrs. Staunton, in describing he
to friend, characterized by one of tn
strongest Saxon words known to tn
language. 1t is not esteemed polite il
the present age. but it was the languag
of Mrs. Staunton's bible: it is the Ian
guage of Shakespeare; it was just tn
same that old Wyckliff used in hi
translation of Gods word. and NOTHING
better could be found by King James
translators two hundred years after
they could not improve on it, and Their
it stands in the best English version O
the bible to-day. 1t was just the wor,
that an outraged wife would use in de
scribing the woman who had wrecked
her happiness and desolated her home
The trial was dramatic; ] will not ente
into its details, for that is not my pur
pose. | will merely add that notwith
standing the most desperate efforts t,
save him--his defenders being some o
the most eloquent clergymen in Brook
lyn, several of whom had been them
selves in deadly peril-the guilty minis
ter was convicted bya vote of sixteel
TO Ska conviction which reflects homo
on the reverend jury, though the pun
| ishmcnt inflicted on the erring pasto
was so inadequate to his offence tina
Brooklyn is in broad grin at the clos
ing Of the trial, which has turned on
a farce instead Of a tragedy. The de
tense was entrusted to several notable
clergymen, and the Rev. DeIFitt Tai
mage constituted himself the convic,e,
minister's champion. 1 know not i
the New York ll-0ridS report of DR.
Talmage's closing remarks are correct
but if they are, must say that consid
ering all the circumstances, they wcr,
the most savag0ly brutal and bite
| TRADE that have ever known to be ut
tered 10y respectable christian minis
| ter, and of which | am almost sure tn,
tabernacle pastor will feel hearth,
ashamed when he sees his speech il
print. The attack was on the minister
wife; she was not on trial; she haC
done nothing criminal; she had cried
aloud in the agony of her soul when sh,
found that her husband was lost to he
and her hearthstone desolate, and il
characterizing the woman who ha,
brought this ruin upon her, she chos,
one OF the strongest and plainest word
in the language to describe her. Fo
this, Mr.. Talmage in defence of he
husband, made this poor, weak, injured
outraged woman the object of mos
Yirulent and bitter attack. | doubt /
anything like it was ever heard within
the limits of an Ecclesiastical Court be
fore, and | sincerely hope for the chris
tian church and in the name Of ofchristial
charity that it never will again. Mr.
Staunton escapes with a mild sort o
Midshipman Easy apology, but he ha
yet to run the gauntlet of the Courts
and if convicted there, may not he quit
as fortunate as he was before the Crook
lyn Presbytery.
We have now three candidates TO
Mayor such as have not been presente
for our suhrages before in the memor
of the present generation. Tamman
Hall gave US a coup lie et0t in nominal
ing a County Democrat, Abraham
Hewitt, and although a County Demo
crat he is about the very last man il
New York that the County Democrac
would have nominated. They bein
RetormeIs, wanted some thorough.goin
| good fellow who believed that the lahore
was worthy of his hire; they had all th
wires fixed for Grace; but it is a col,
day when Tammany gets left. The
knew that with three years more O
Grace the fires in the Wigwam woul
/ be smOuldcring ashes and the Sachem
would be all dead or scattered. Grac
was dccapilating Tammany men in ever
department OF the city government. s.
I Bourke Cochran, General Spinola and
few more Of the tried and tue said, n
Grace in mine, if you please-I'll take
straight Hewitt. The nomination wa
a delightful surprise to the Count
Democracy, but what could they do
Hewitt was one OF their own clan
Democrat, like Paul, the straightest o
his sect. No taint upon his private o
public life; man Of large experlenc
iE public affairs, who in his long caree
had been like Caesars wife above sua
picion. 1t was rough on the Count
leaders not to have word to say rs L
who the candidate should be for on
highest municipal office, but they en-
dorsed Hewitt with a whoop, and it wa
the best thing they could have done, an,
if elected We shall have an honest Mayor
! Thea lie EepuLAcaus pat 10 Ties