Year: 1875

| demnaiion. Well, mind. Mr.. Tilton.
THE book closed and laid awayl


THE DIFFERENCES CAUSED BY THE CLEVELAND
LETTER.


Q. The next subject to which Mr.. Eyarts called
your attention this political difficulty between yourself and
Mr. Beccher and to the Cleveland letter In what your
protest. you termed it upon your crossexamnaon pub
Iisled-the protest that Cleveland letter A. Published Sir
In The adpnd Immediately after the publication OF the
Cleveland letter


@ Did that lead to any alienation between you two A.
think not Sir


O. After the publication Of the Cleveland letter and your
protest your intercourse friendly ever had been
A. As far as now remember.


@ Now in what respect did you disagree with the sen
expressed the Cleveland letter. which read here
in evidence, A. Do you ask me, Sir tho grounds'
Mr. Bcach-What the point Of diference'


Mr. FulleroD-Yes the point OF difference between you and
Mr. Beecher. A. Why, sir it was very manifest one.


@ State it, you please A. In order to make il plain you
must 90 political in year 1865 is it not
O. Yes Sir. A. Mr. Beecher and were members Of the
Republican party. The bdtpenie Of which was then the
editor II may be allowed to ssy OF the most CON
pcuou and perhaps also Of the most reliable mouthpeces
OF the Republican party bound honor illustrate aud
defend the views Of that party namuch was the custodian
Of OF its great journals Mr.. Beechers Cleveland
letter orcnse against the Republican party, and
that ofTense consisted in this fact He recommended





representation in Congress without the prehxng OF any
conditions liberty Of the negroes by whose aid
conquered the Rebellion For instance the position the
Republican party this had just ended revolution in
which the Free had conquered the Slave States The
question was what shall imposed the conquerer
on conquered The Republican party said: We will ad
nit the Southern certain conditions namcy-they
must blot every ordinance Of secession they must repudac
the rebel debt they must acquiesce in the Constitutional
Amendments aboshng Slavery and they must secure to the
negro the elective franchise The Republican party made all
those conditions Republican party said to the Southern
States Accept conditions and then you may return to
| Congress" Mr.. Beecher, the contrary and the
| fragment OF the party that he represented, said
| No return to Congress first and then settle the
conditions afterwards" The point OF dispute between Mr
Beecher and myself rather may say between Mr. Beecher
and the Republican party at that time was simply this: he
wanted the Southern States to come back without conditions
and we wanted the Southern States back with condi


ons the main central condition being the right OF the ne
| gro to his franchise.


O. Now Mr. Tton won you step down and look at that,
and say whether is your protests You can do that better
than can carry you. Referring to bound volume OF
me Iqispndtntl A. Looking at the article Yes Sir


Mr. Fuerton-I propose read that In evidence readngl:
Mr.. BEEcHER


With profound surprise and grief have read Mr. Beeche
letter to the Cleveland Convention Oar friends will nd in
another column Would God uecded no other commentary
in this journal than ercful sience But Of duty
cOnstrsns to accompany its publication with solemn pro-
against the public which it commits its author
This letter quenches last hope that Mr. Bcecher to
mite with the friends instead OF the enemies OF his country
We and love him we'll No mans motives purer no
aectcnately reveres M native land But under
spell unhappy blindness which has rested his
year past he has done injury TO the American Re
johnson We had secretly cherished the conviction that
Mr.. Beecher, during his last few months OF silence
Se Of hs policy Of the President We could not
believe that in the civil struggles Of the
approaching the minister Of Plymouth Church would
found the side Of Clement L. Valandgham, the pirate
Semmes and the murdeers at New Orleans or course MI





purer strain than the common tone OF Copperhea PoNcs
but humating remains that Mr. Bece deliberately
and officially under his hand and seal has entered INTO league
and with the johnson parity party whose only hope
Of yictory by aeaguc Of traitors against loyal men rms "
Beecher pOol II solemn hour for the nation lie that Is
for uss against u.s. BY Mr. Beecher past record by his
inherent sympathy with universal liberty by his ancient scorn
OF reahey in public men, he ongs to the loyal party from
whom like sefdshonOred leader he has become voluntary
desee Mr. Beechers public attitude at the present moment
the attitude Of who Is putting great reputation 10
fact journal lend through silence seeming acqui
escence implied paliaton, would Justly be held
us speak other alternative than TO choose the
T % G T OF ana or OF our EAcS OWN
feel pain reading this protest let them imagine the greater
pain OF writing it,


O. understand you that that article did not break up
your friendly relations a' No, Sir; not in the least
Mr. Beechef =os and convered
had done before did not occasion any cessation OF our
friendship


O. Were you present any time after the writing OF that
protest in the Academy OF Music when Mr. Beecher addressed
an audience upon subjects embraced in his Cleveland let
ter, A. have an ndsnct recollection Of speech which Mr.
Bcecr made at the Academy Of Music the close Of which
was called make reply but the speech and the reply
hmy before my mind, and ! do not bring them up
readily do know, however, that Mr.. Beecher
made very elaborate Grafton at the Academy OF Music, in
which ne substantially recedcd from the position taken in the
Cleveland letter position 10 which he was pushed by the


uass Of the Republican party, and by the powerful pres
~ in his own church, and by, believe the public prayers in
his behalf Of NJ Scarman the Clerk OF the church Laugh