Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 29, 1874, Page 2

2 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUN. MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1874. THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW \n “Adams® Number of tho O0ld Quarierly, Brooks Adams on “The Platform of ihe New Party.” Charles Francls Adams, Jr., on ' “The Currency-Debate of 187374, Correspondence of The Chfcano Tribune, iostox, Juno 25, 1874, Tho July number of the North American Re- tiew has tho clomenls of a sonsation, The Adams fmnily {8 ropresonted in It by two arti- tles, both very portinent to our present polities, wnd. botli marked for that onsy superlority of percoption aud judgmont which {8 eo natural to tho Adamses, ‘hoir hends aro lovol, and they toow {t. Thoy have inhoritod the bias of statos- naoship, and, whilo thoy are poor partisans, ihioy are untural politicians,—not slilled in wire- pulling, but trained fu tho study, and familinr with the history, of political fustitutions. MMr. Brooks Adama—~—youngost ot the four sons of Mr. Cuntles Francls Adams—appoars in the Revicw now for the flrat timo ; at lonst bis name has sever boforo figured on its pages, His ar- ticlo in on ‘“TIE PLATFORM OF THE NEW PARTY," which does not rofer at all to the party rumored to Lo in the crestlvo imagluntion of Sonstors Morton and Logan, tosave tho country from tho ruln of spocia-paymonts, Mr, Adama’ “ now par- ty* s the one which will ning out tho Republican and ring in tho honeat ; which will not only pro- fots faith in Civil-Sorvico roform, but will show ite fnith Dby its ‘works. A large portion of his articlo in historical, sbowing tho variations and conflicts of opinfon upon the doctrino of Btato rights and tho theory of a strong Central Gov- ernmont ; and tracing tho growth of power in the Administration by means of its use of patronago, until now the elections of .Btates aro Inrgely manipulated at Washington, and tho con- tralizntion of {ho Federalists is gratted upon the corruption of tho Democrats. The history of ro- construction shows how completely the popular will may be thwarted by the Ceutral Govern- mont: In 163 the peoplo began dimly fo sea_theso things, “TLo demperats ondition of tho. South alarinod thems s they distruatod politiclans of el aorts ; and they turned to il ouo man in whom thoy placed perfect confi- donee,~Gen, Qrant, Never eitico tho fusugnration of Washington hos o Trosident had & more splendid opportumity ; the wholo antlon wns withs him ; 4t would havo supported him in auy nitack o might have made on tho usirpation of the fenate aud tho corrnption among politiciaut, sud Lo must iavo won. _But Gen, Grant falled to compre- Bend tho emorgency, o madaa staud for a timo, in his 0w poouliar fisbion, sgainst membors of Con- gross wizon be dlel(ked—Ho bardy kuow why; but he wasno match for them upou tliclr own ground he #oon fell under thelr_influence, and s alnce proved . himsoif, amoug tho many fesble mon who have flled Lhs oftice of Prevident, the most passtve instrument in furthoriny thoir schenics, The Legal-Yondor act—rtather its history in tho Supieme Court; first pronounced uucenstitntional; theu, aftortwo new Judges hind beon added (o the Court, decidod to be Con- stibntional—ig used; to point out another most dungerouy teudenoy, namoly : tomako tho courts politieal muchinas, instend of fountains of jus. tivo, Fodoral interterence withitheindepondeonce of tho Stutes is illustrated vory effactively by the Xollogg usurpation in Loulsiann, nud by Butlor's Tuids for the Govornorship of Massachusotts, in which ho lins hind every advantago that could’ be given by the diotation of Fedoral appointments n the State, i3 : THE DASIS OF THE PLATFORM which Mr. Adoms lays down for the uow party is indicatod in this paragraph: No real roforin i, therefore, poesible, which docs Dot cut tho ovil ntthe raot, Demagogles arrive at Dower by means of a fecble ixreutivo, a corrupt Civil Horvico, and tho caueus systom, First, thon, & ntroug Presidont. must bo chosen, who will” cutly the Bonate, conflue Congress to its proper functions, and who wlil Lo ablo to" toncelvo aud 60 exechto s Broad costitutional policy,—ouo whio, abovo all elso, will do Uattle for tho Courts. Sscoud, rotation in office must bostopped by leglalation ; place must in future bo beld during good behovior, and place-men musk Lo forbldden to mingle in politics, Third, something et bo dovo fo fréo mioritica from fheir thralie dum, How tbls shall bo accomplfshed fn of littlo cousequence,—whothier by independent niovements, Hko thut of Goy. Booth #n” Oaliforni, by regular rop: Tesentation us ih England, or by reviving the old cus tom which provuiled tho Bouth dowa to the War, of candldutes ‘presenting themselves to flie peoplo withs out previous nomiuation, Auy or all theso methods are goud, so far us they tend to produce the result, But, bo the remody what it way, some mesns must Lo dovleed of looseuliig tho garrote of tho catous, Thut justitution i pow strangiing the nation Ly per- mitting those—too often unwortly—men who handle party-machinery fo break down opposition, and to drive from the field all who will not 5toop to peddle i their low rts, Mr. Charles Francis Adnms, Jr., Toviews ** TUE QURRENCY-DEBATE OF 1873-'74." FHle hiay peculiar aptitude for this kind of sorvice, ‘When tue Lrie Railrond was run by Jim Tisk, In & submuoly-nudacions stylo which oven Gon, Budler cuuid not surpass, Mr., Adams wrote for the North American ** A Chapter of Erio," which et furth with admimble cloarness tho wholo history und motivo of {hnt remarkable ora of railvoad-management, o is very strong aond Ppithy in statewent, and hasmoro himor than has 1allen to 1ho lot of auy provious Adems, His uorrative of the Curroncy debate, and Lis run- ning comments on it, make a most entertaining atlicle ; though tho subject usually furmshea moro conundrums than ‘entortmnment, It iy neudless to sny that be {inds the seantiost nogsi- Dlo sllowance of wisdom, or capacity for under- stauding the elemonts of financial science, in this well-nigh intorminable debate. Mr. Adums explaing THE UNITY OF TILE SOUTI FOR INFLATION in n puragenph crowded with renson, politeal in- sight, and grim humor: Wo are now beginning to taste the bittor atter-frujta of the lato Civil War, Au the necossary aud {uevitable Tesult of that struggle, wo deatroyed, or freetriovably ehattered, the wholy industrial and political orgunizie Hon of ut loust nfno Statew of the Uplon, From Vir. Finda, ull alony tho Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico to Loulstuna, and north to Arkausas, tho States cmergod €rom tho' War in a condition of oxhaustion, from which they paseod fnto ono of ohaos, Aleauwhile g Natioun) Governwiont thought o créate, ttroub somo patent leglslativa euctiuct, a living poilcal organ. ation Lo roplace that whith had beeu destroyed, Tho broken ploces were gntliored together, strung apon -wires, " and comonted with Cougromsionat glio; and wo we “reconstructod” the Bouth, Tho work. when_compieted, mndo up a rogged and incone eruoun whiolo, iu whicli it wus binrd to tuy whatlor, in o expressivo polltical nomonclature of tho duy, tho Northern W curpet-lagger,” the Soutliorn “ scallawag,” or the enfrauchised Africin, souo tho mors conspige uons and lunst croditablo elémont, But complated tha work wan; und the Bouthern Statos at last staggered to their feet, and stood, galvanized Into 1ifo, liko tho ereation of another Frahkenstcin,—a latly satiro ou the Ropublican form of Governmont, Uulike Franke ousteln, who Hed in Borror from tho hidoons result af haks lalrZ w, Congeress looked upon the orring but rec: sitructed wlsters, and thoy scemed good 1 il ey ko straluhtway the liviug orguutzatious of the o Narth wero wedded to the gulvanized corpses of the roieliious South,—to Alabstn, to Louisiaus, to Arkan. But to Bouths Caroliua, For yours to como thoy mist Temaln n dead welght, Which the boneaty, vigor, aud lfo of the cauntry Luvo Wot to carry, They: hud fo earry it in the fnuuciul dobete, snd if turned the sealo agninst them, And why shioulll the South bo biamed ¢ W'ho political combitntion of barbarism and corruj tion which _our rocoustruction mennures placed. o aesurod control of thos Slates bus roduced themn ale ready to uiter Lpukruploy aud inevitabla vopudistion, Why should the intalllyont clements ~f the South, ome Littered by o ueuse Of outragout crushed ynder neyro leglelution, curs to malutaln those stundarda of vulie which reproseut only rufu 1o themaelves? Must they nat, on the contrary, feel s sweot sonse of elution i Che thought that they sy yob drag us down uto {ho pit we dug for them? Throughout the financhul dubate they wero a unlt, and they 1uade our seate kick tho bepm, TIIE PERSONAL SHETOIES AND NEFERENOES with which Ar. Adatos diversitios bis articlos are, excoedingly pungent, but will hardly eauss hinm to b loved by thouo whoso scalps o takes wo ekilfully. Hovo Ia o tidbit for My, Camoron Cousidering Lle sntécedents, by e Way, the rofa pliyeid by Mr, Camieron throughout this debata way o osecedingly offousive onv. o appeared ae thy whito-linirod fathier," tho © goud old man," of slp,—~tho venorable' polltical Turyoydrop, in fuct, seattering_aboul uuctuous flowors of flatoricat cail, whicly conuidoring tho dotestablo voligal mg. Tulity of tud mun, are odorons in the oxtrewmed YOUI OWN RENATOR LOGAN daos not escape irroverent romurk ; indeod, 3r, Adums seems to flud him gbont the most amusingly-absurd tigure in tho whole busluows ; 3r, Iogan developed in groat porfetion all (ly ehupaoteristics of the voz et protwreu uibil stateeman, Busklow mora thas suy ouo ele, o opined b wiari in tlfa debate with & duliciously na{r elaus far conetd. exution cn the ground thut b Bud formed Lis opinjons ouly sfier dovoting hix wholo leleure tinte ¥ during tho st bwo weeke, Whon not engugod fn the Scnuto,” to (ho - upst patlont atudy of tho melence of Finouco, iucludiny rosearchca in all the Jeadtag sufjutiitleal Untortunntoly, however, to the very enc bo'oviuced A lumgntable uapieity 0 grasp th dis~ tinclion botweon acoumnulnted weat:h nnd a medium of exchinnge, Tu Lis mouth, wealth wan motoy, and no W8 cirrenoy s owrroncy, thorofors, was woalth, 1in accordiugly nlwazs enjoyed tho groat_ advautago ovor: Lifn Rdversarica of anaweving thelr negumontaat groat longh, £nd (o ia own norfoct sstinfaction, without i1 tho remoteat degreo underatanding thom, 'To fur- ther contributed o tho debato soveral vory marked dleplays of oxtromely bad fompor and worse mantiors, aud o few dininnl offorts at tumor, During fin issl #tugew, howovor, this man cither put himself Torward, OF Was put forwacd, an tho recognized Parlinmontary Teader of & majority'of tho Beuuts of tho Unitod States, At ono poriod of tho dabnte, gold fared very Dadly, 1t socmod, to tho imagluation of thoso Behators who shuddorod ot tho idon of spocio. paymonts, tho horrible sourco of all our finan- oinl woou t nud, in tholr viow, tho rospoot shown for it by tho hard-monoy Bonators was certainly madnoss, and very likd idolutry, Ilow majostice ally was it robukod] Thtn folatry of gold on tho part of tho minority finally becamno eo scandulons that Mr, Logau- foib olliged to romind tho Seuate, with great dignily, that Tl pooplo of this country do hot woralitp - gold § thoy worship their God, but thoy do uso gold as u mo~ diuin of oxolaugo IL fa sinoorely to bo boped {hat tlio first llf of thla proposition is more corroct than tho last, but of fta propristy snd elevation of tona thera can be no differonce of opinfon, But, sa Mr, Lo Fayeito Kottlo woild bove mald, the Senator from Illlur‘h! (,u * porhapa as romurkables man se any in our country,” : . Duo pralse is givon to BENATOMS BONURZ AND JONES, and to Roprensentativoe Mitchell, of Wisoonsin. T'he Missourl readers of Tue TRIBUNE are ro- apcetfully roqueeted to road twico the following paragraph: “broughout, thio attitudo of Mr,Behurz was, probae Dy, mora creditable to himaelf individually than that of nuy other man, Outwid of all party lincs, near tha closa of his Soustorol term, coming from s Western Slalo, in which ho was beloved, in tho do- teatublo ~ Congressional Jargon, 10 * antagon- iz0” public “opmjon on tho question ot fs- 8uo, ho yet unhesitatingly flung himmclf into the strugyle, ju obedionce to his couvictions, snd boldly Fiskod Lin poltsost future on o £aih Ity prinoiplos, e tHump‘mully Loro the brunt of. the dabate in the Bouate, nud bis collision with tho fnfiationtst louders wore uot ufroqontly o aharn a8 to infriugo ou tho limta of Purllamentsry courtesy, Ho ropresentod, on hls aldo, the student, tho theorlst, tho accomplishod Tazllumentary dobater; ready, witty, armed at all points, bo was pever found wWanting, was nover dee spoudont, ond bis record will even besr comparison ity that of Canning 1 tho Yuglish dobite on tho Bull- lon Raport, Mr, Adams cstimatos at o rathor low figure THE INFLUENOE OF TilE PRESIDENT. Tnd o osrlior, and through the proper ofiicial channels, caused tho viows contatned 1n his voto mossage, or, yob more, thoso of bis subsoquont ** memoraudum” of June 4, to ho underatood as the viaws of tho Governmeut, the whole courso of evonts would have boon otlier than it was: “ Memoranda " should be communicated (o Heads of Depariimouta at ths commoncoment of a scaslon, 110t t0 canuial visitora at ite close, Turougl four montlis of debate, valueless oxcept for its cryatallizing offool on’" publfa. opluion, 1 101 of ths Gorecsment Jealoualy roscrved hfs opinions, only to mnko them Public when they produced, amid the murky dnrkness which had settled down upon Congress and thie coun~ try, Tather tho effoct of thundertolt than » boaoon, Wit would have been tha fato of our finances in the early daya of the Jopublio had Washingtan first ex- preased i policy in o volo, sud bad Mr, Rehardson ocoupled tho chalr of Mnmilton | T'hese extracta aro enough to indlcate tho oharactor of the articlo, which {8 one of the moat interosting papersjthe North American has ever contnined. And very clarifying, too; for no ouo can rond it without soeing how danse is the agnoranco, and how lolploss 15 the financial conw ceit, of the majority of Qongressmen ; nlso, how simple and inevitable is the true finnncial ays- tem. if people would but look at it in the light of the pininest business common-sense. Prof W. D. Whitoey furnishes o vigorous nr- ticle on ‘' DARWINIGM AND LANGUAGE," which I8 principally devoted to criticism of Max Muocller's lestures on Mr, Darwin's philosophy of Iauguage, Mr. Muoller is noodlosely sgitatod ovor tho possibility that Darwinism may bo trun, and Prof. Whitnoy easily fiuds vulnorablo poiuta in his arguments,” Tho article is an admirable picee of criticiam, and will attract wido atton- tion, 'The Review has other notoworthy papers, and, on tho wholo, I8 one of tho most pithy, readoblo numnbers ever iassued. Frirz, THE APPROPRIATION BILLS, A Comparative Statement. Washington (June 23) Correspondencs of the New York d'imes, The following is & complote summary of all tho twelve regular aununl Appropriation billg passed by Coungress at this sossion, compnrod with the aggrogate amount of the same bills of lost year. Tho figures ombrace the amount in each bill aa roported to the Houso from tho Ap- propriation Committee, tho amount as the bill passed the House, the amount as iz paesed tho Bonnt'thnd the amount ag it fiually becamo a law, uhercare nlso the aniounts of the samo bitle as thoy wore reportod by the Appropriatiou Commutton lost aeanion, and “the amount of cach bill of Iast scusion as it becamo s luw, The samo focts are also piven concerning the aggrogato amonunts of all the diferont bills, Tho vue fact which the figures show to stand out above all athers, is that Congress bas reduced the approe printions from Jast veor by moro than $24,000,- U in the regular Appropriation bills; ‘Amount as ‘Amount ua reported by C BCESION. vy Awount a8 Vi becamo nw lut scson. ADRMY APPHOPRIATION DILL, Amount as reported to the Houso, Autount as paeacd tho Houso, ‘Amonnt ns passed tho Sent ‘Amount us bill became I 27,768,500,00 8,500,00 16,008,81 FORTIFIGATIONS AFPROPKIATION DIL Amount ns reported to the Uouso 44,000,00 ‘Amaunt as puvsed tho Houso 904,000,00 ‘Amount 0s passcd tao Souate, vene 103,000,00 ‘Amount as blll became Juw.... 904,000,00 Armount s reported by c ‘session, 1,909,000.00 1,659,000.00 LEGISLATIVE, EXXCUTIVE, AND JUDICIAL ATPHONRIA- TION BILL, Amount as. repnr:lad totho Houes,......$ 18,077.525,30 p Amount us passed thy Hous 20,441,620.00 ‘Amonnt us passed tho Sen 21,003,474,80 Amount as bill became lay, 20,613,850,80 Amount as roportod by C seasion. ., 17,041,352.80 20,760,633.60 4,005,488.43 6,005,702,60 883, 850,30 5,090,100,30 5,019,05.03 5,541,415.00 MILITARY ACADEMY AIPROFRIATION BILL, Amount as Teported to tho House, ... ,..§ 851,017,60 $144,817.60 3,207,812,42 ),047.18 session, . DEFIOIENCY APPROPRIATION DILL, Amount s reported Lo thio Houso, ‘Amount as pussed tho Hous Amonut a8 passod the Souato, ‘Awount ea bill bocamo layy,, e Auiount a4 reported by Gomraiitcs tash sesslon ., Amount ss 785, 8,222,828,10 became Inw last scesfon,. 11,78,084.78 TOBT-OFFICE APFPROPRIATION BILL, Amount as reportod o the Lous $ 5,750,301,00 Amount us pussod the Houso, 95,708,391,00 Amount as pased tho Souat Amount as bill beeame law, Amount aa regorted by O GIiEs sk session Lo . Awmount as bill became Inw laat §oauion, CONVULAR AND 85,706,001,00 45,758,091,00 09,503,767,00 4,410,007.00 DIPLOMATIO APPROFIIATION BILL, Amount an roported to tho Hot .$ 4,47,404.00 Amouut ng passed the House, Xt ‘Amount as passed tho Sonato, ,103,401,00 Amount aa bill became luyy 9,405,404,00 Amonnt s roporied by Gotam d BOURION, s aovuerrge cues . 1,10,620,00 Awount s bill becams Iaw Jant season,, 1,111,860,00 PENSION APPUOPKIATION DILL, Amount ag repurted Lo thy Hlougo, +$ 20,080,000,00 veu 49,040,000,00 20,080,000,00 ;20000000 4 + 80,480,000,00 Amoung ae bill beg 10 law last seasion,, 30,480,000,00 Amotut ae pussed tho Hove Amount a pussod the Benat Amount s biil boeamno faw, Auauut reportod by Coun n 01 4iavsatianarssiee - 27,058,837.40 Amiount as bill becaino faw Inst rossion.. 32 0 BIVED AND LARDON APPROPIIATION wiL Amonnt s re ++e8 4,600,000,00 Awmount as passed the Houso, © 4,600,000.00 Amogut ns pussod the Hopst « ByALH,000.00 Aniotint as bill bocatn law,..s . 548,00040 ‘Amouut reported by Coupmiti e 5,507,400.00 Y 6,113,900,00 TOLALS OF TUE TWELVE ANNUAL APPHOFBIATION \$170,60,518,47 + 174,147,084,80 + 170,708,200,08 . 177,018,710,40 serine e+ o 181,480,130,80 tho bills becamp law last woue o000 201,389,176,05 above + 301,339,170.05 177,008, 739.40 ool kol i) ~Out of the 26,000,000 of people inhibitin Eugwud and \Vuluflaxvht GU0,000 Dby Toome. tag —iho g bty MO?"WW' ta” atuta It with ozotnoss, io RILLY, portod o the Hous wsod by the House, , aksed by the Benal Awount an the bills bocams luw. Amount ay reporied by Commni seaulun Amount. &lon. Tolul amouut Dl last Ifil‘lull:lr:lpfl“w 2 Totul awount apyropristed this Hesulo . 'BEECHER---TILTON, ‘Commeonts of the Press,- Fyom the New York Tribune, Thoro are fow voople in Now York or In the country who will not regrat tha roopeniug of this ehiocking bustvees, wlich from tue bogin- nlng bas boon marked on both aidos with a singi- lux dofloiency of tact and judgmoiit. Tho onrly publicatious in rogard 1o it woro barbarous and oriminal, Tho subsoquont mensures taken to uiot tho scandnl woro awkward and blundoring. hio Brooklyn Conforonco, undortakon with tho best motives, resultod in no good, and sinca its adjournmout thoro has bardly boon a word sald 1 rogard to it which might not far bettor havo boon” loft unsnid. = Mr. Tilton's orities havo provod thele Inck of practical souse by driving bim boforo the public with ot appoal, which cau- not fail to do great harm to himaclf and others, Innoconco is no defonse agalust tho injurious offects of a wido and clamorous goandnl which wraps & wholo commuuity in it unwholesomo atmosphero, It may now be thoaght: expedient by Mr. Becechor and his frionds to make some rnl)ly to this suthoritativo and asetious aitack. If ha ehould_simply deny tho truth of Alr. Tilton'’s somewhiat vagno allogalions, aud cxplain the document o which lfis namo 18 attached, ho would find the community among whom bo Las Inborad with such distinguished succesa. dis- osod to sido with him agaiust . all asupilputs. R!r. Tilton hns much to suy of the reticonca ho 1o hithorto observed, Wo sbiall Lo greatly aur- prised if ho does not soon regret that ho did not obsorve It longor, It is not for ns yot to judge the action "of one who olains to "lLave beon witally wronged, but wo can hardly conoolve any suffering more intol- erablo than that which tho " eloquent and indtsorost oditor of tho Golden Ago hins proparod for himselt b{ this uvhappy inevifesto. ‘Tho woll-nigh fatal mistakos of two or tbrao yoars ngo woro beginuivg to bo forgotion. 1o now cumos forth—utung by what sooms the insuffi- clent provoeation of technical liregularitios in tho Congregational Conforence snd unfriondly critiolsm {n cortain nawspapors—to oballonge to a mortal duel the most eminent proncher in tho world, & man rovorod for bis genius ana his good works as far 08 Chrlstlenity extonds, - 1t would bo & wmisfortuno to all of us if the just and righteous fame of tho great prenohior should re- colvo the slightest stain frow this assauli ; and it would be base ivgratitude for this people to think any evil of Lim boforo o Las boon benrd, or without strouger proof than has yot boen of- fored, From the New York World. Wo aro suro that no high-spitited and hevorn- ‘blo may can havo rison from the poruenl of it ['Lilton's Jetter to Dr, Bacon] without foolings of unlimited contompt for ite author. That fan mattor of small consequenco. Wo fear that not a fow high-spirited and honorable men mny bave rigon from the porusal of 1t with foolings also of acorn for tho protensious of tho roligion of whiclk Its author ropresouts himeolf as a disciple, and of which the Rov. Dr. Bacon is generally accept- od as on authoritative toncher and proacher. That is & mntter of & Eoml deal of conscgueuco. s« » Itisundor the stress of Dr, lincon's taunts that Mr. Tilton now rovives, without proving, all tho imputationa upon the charastor in tho flret place of his own wifo, and fu tho socond place of Mr. Boachor, which wore origl- nally made public ou his authority by the in- famous wowan whose biography Lo wrote, and which, with an Inconslatency simply amaziug, o oven now ro-denounces as “‘a wicked and bior~ riblo slandor.” To give theso imputations,dopriv- od by bimself of all color of reason, soma shadow of probabilily, ho prints ot & lotter, but an allegod extrace from a lottor writton by Ar. Deechor to himeolf miore than three yoars ngo, From such an_oxtract nothing whatover oan ba Inirly inferred for or agsinsb its writer; but honorablo mon are at liborty to infer anything ngaingt the man who publishes such an extract iu such n connootion, from & letter ovidently writton with tho duaflust feoling, Ilad tho relative positions which Mr. Tilton dosires it to bo undorstaod were occupied by Mr. Beechor and by bimself when this letter was written been complotaly roversed, the expreusions used in thiv lottor would come just as approprintely {from tho heart of a sincere Christian who be- lieving himself to Lave unjustly, accused a bro~ ther Christian of a holuous crimo, as from tho bLeart of a conscious offondor seoking forgive~ ness for his own offense. Whatever mny hava beon the provocation of tho Iottor, Mr, Tilton wishes us to undorstand that ho secoptod the lottor itself in the spirit in_ which 1t was writton, and granted tho forgivenoss asked. "Aud now, aftér ibrea yonrs, ho rotracts this forgiveness, and violates fhe sanclity of so sacred o corrospoudence, for the miserablo pur- o0, in his own words, of showing that lr. eechior i8 ** thocronture ™ of his * magnanimi- tr," audnot ho of Mr, Boecher's * magnanim- 1iy," this exasperating imputation bavlni been put upon lunt, be it obeerved, not by Mr, Beech- or ot ull, but by tho Rev, Dr, Bacon and_ other evangelical aspirants oftor tho boatitudo pro~ nounced upon the poacemakers | From the New York Herald, Tho peoplo nte tired of this scaudal and will be glad to 500 it lnid at rost. Tho recent Council was couvened for tho purposo of supplying its pull-bearers, aud in that capacity tho monipors attended to their solemn duties ‘with becoming propriety. Tuoy nccompanied the romalus, aftor all the gossips of the land had anjoyed their Inst look at 18 face, to tho placo of sopulturo, dopositod it in its grave, rajsed an approprinte leadstone and” weni homo, uever dresming of » rosurrection, Mr, Tilton, Lowaver, wich the unerring instiuct of a modionl #tudent who is in soarch ot s frosh corpso, armed Dbimuolf with pick aud spade and, takiug poor Dr. Lacon as a dark-lantern to be usad whon aceasion required, repaired to the spot where the funcral servicos woro hold and vigorously throw out six feot of aolid carth, and at last he struck tho coflin. Nothiug can boe o dend that he cannot rovive it, Ho taok tho ghastly sloty from {is Testing place magnotized it iuto a dufl semblance of life, aud thrust it boforo the publio gazo. Tt was unploasaut work to do, oven under a stern souke of duty, and thero are those who #ny that the paltry excuso that justice to himuolf raquired iL 16 of that gossamer ature through which suy 1man can BoB. Mr, Beechor's past lite is unparalieled for genoral success aud for the lurgest intluence. He hins proncbod from Plymouth pulpit to half tho population of America, who trensuro up lus witty and wise sayings with great affection for the mau who uttered them. Take bim for all in all, his oqual caunot be found sithor in Amorica or' Europe. Tho mgiotio throb of his publio lifo Is felt boyond the Racky Mountaing, sud tho brave words fie utters from Sabbath to Sabbath echo and re-ccho’ from the lulos Lo the Gulf. About this whole matter thxmrum to ba silont, and perhapa the story will die all the sooner it 16t rovoroly alono, 'Tho Eubhc affoction for tho Brooklyn preacher, which makes the eontinent ring with Lis praieo, as woll as tho goneral causo of raligion, which' woakens whon one of tho strongest supporters is thus bespatierod with mud, domand that this whole matter come to an ead, that it rehabilitato its_gravo, and that, tho Leadstono on which tho Council engraved its verdict of acquittal be sot up again, From the New York Times, Mr. Beocher's own_ admissions, as quoted bF Mr., Tilton, aro cortainly very stioug, und will, porbaps, staitlo mavy who hold that the lives of miniaters of roligion” should correspond in somo degree with thoir preaching. The dolomy warn- Ing, “Bo sure your sma will flud you out," s not limited in its application to the” hearers of the Word, but applics to the proachors thereof slso, Ar. Tilton doclaros that be would not have published a tino of this unpleasant subjeot but for the porsistont attacks whioh have boan lov- olud ot him by the frionds of Alr. Bodoher, aud there scoms no roason to doubt his word, From the New York Sun. Mr, Tilton should have said more or he should bave continued to hold his tongue, What dnes the omitted partof this paver signod by Mr. Boooher contmin? Why did Mr.- Beecher ask Theodore Tilton's forgivenoss? What hnd ‘Beooher done that Tilton should forgive? How would tho eue hiavo been a better manin the same ciroumstances than the other? Wy doos Mr. Beeclior wish that he wete dead 7 And wog this document really written by Mr. Bucoher with his nawe signod to it by bis own land ? Thoso quostiots suggost Lhiemsolvos to every mind, “The end of this amazing affair has not yot beon ronohod, Mr. Becahor must now spealk and tell the wholo truch. Bileuce on his pars iy 1o longor possible. From the Cinomnatt Knquirer, ‘The loss of & great tndividuwl roputation is, like the loss of a largu properiy, dumagiug to o comntry, It capnot be’ ufforded, We therolore bear af the discredit to Houry Wurd Boogher with sorlons regret, It may o aked why Mr, oooher’s friends, such as Loonard Dacon, and others of Vlymouth Church, were s anxious to procipitata an jnvostigation by thar atiacka upoun ‘Theodore Wilton as a anhminator of Mr. Isepchor? This brought forth Wiltop in salf- defonss, snd ruingd the Pastor of Llymouth Churoh, We suspect—indosd we liave preity good assurances for payiug—that Dacon aud hiy ok bolong $o a Puritan olgment iy the church which Iy veally opposed {o lesober, and would bo gind to g6t rid of him on account’ of his liboral Chrlutinnity, Thoy thoroforo forced on an luvestigation of which they knew ho was avbeart afrafd, Waeanuot eny that Mr, Tilton’a naotion is In ontlre accordanco with tho Lighoat brinciples of honor, For four yoars, it svoms, o condoned his wifo's offenso, and took 1o atops to avongo hor or his honor. -‘Theofonsoof Boaclior agalust him he was willlng sbould bo atoned for Ly the hiimiliating privatd lettor he recetved from hiim,'biic whon _hls voraoity was doubted by Beacher’s supposed frienda ho de- clares hie can koep silonce no longor, Thus, Til- ton forthwith puts Iilg tdividual charaoior above the honor of his wifo, *Cortamnlv that ia not the onoral eatimato of mankind urnu Auch ques- {ons, Most mon would suffer ¢ t¥ ih proforenco to maxing public tho loss of their wives' virtuo, i #rom the Ctneinnatd Commereial, The publio will bo ourious Lo see what reply tho Rov. Leonard Bacon will mako to thin very Intolligablo renponso of the odilor of the Golden Age. It is apparent that Mr. Tilton—who bhas prosorved silenco under tho most sgaravaling circumstances to savo individual roputations and 1 tho good namo of the Charch—has hoped that the fiovolnnmunta made In Dt atutoment witl bo . eufiiciont to convince those who havo taken up tho cudgel for tho pastor of Plymouth of tho inoxpoadiancy of crowding bihn further, 'That thoro bas boon n subtlo offort made to fix tho Church rocord #o that horeaftor it may be pointed 1o in tostitmony of tho character of Mr. 'Lilton an abad and misohievons man, and the pastor of Plymouath moroe forbonriug and pationt than Job, is plsin from tholottors of the Olerk of lyniou h cohgrogation. It was tho atiempt to fix an in- delible stain on the record of Mr. Tilton, proju~ dicing frionds- whose good opinions ho prizes, thut mnnifestly moved bim to ntterance, It yot remaine to bo goon what course Mr. Boocher's cburch will adopt. From the Sprinafleld (Mass,) Republican, Wo hopo that tho blindest and stupdest of Mr. Boochor's porsonal friends will be ablo to soo from this momont that thoy have acted upunr a most oruel and danggorous proaumption in avsume= lug that bio was gulltloss, and in pushing 3r. tifion to the proofu. -Nobody who carod to in- form humgolf could fuil to sco from the outsot that thore was o basis of truth for the ecandal, and that Mr. Beocher bad heoa guilty of some indlsoration, _1ta most prudent friends, his con~ grogation, and, we boliovo, tho country;at large, acooptod fhis conclusion, and, in view of all tho ciroumstancos, rosolved that the moral strongth and influonce of tho great proachor was too reat o prica to_pay for a single improprioty or fiuliucretion. Tho country has made up its mind to boar with this ono offense, forgiving rathor than excusing, and not to mako it the oceasion for breaking down tho influence, tho work, aud the noblo charactor of the mon. . M., %5lton's pary kw it is that of & man who at- fomptod a most herolo solf-sacrifico, and misern- bly }nll short of carrying it out. We cannot re- call In our timo » more uttor abuegation of solf for another than tho writing of the Woodhull biogiaphy to seal the lnat mfinsuury lng source of the scandal agninst NMr. Degchor. It quite 008 beyond laying down one's lifo for his friond. ut br. Tilton proved more oapable of forgive- ness than of silonco. But him, too, the public will pity rathor than condems, romemboring that Not failuro, but low slm, s crime, Now that Dr. Loonard Bacon and thoe prurlont people who wanted to * know all about it” are satisfied, lot us liopo tbat the subjoct will bo al- lowed to drop, Tho worst harm to the morale of the community, whatever it may bo, {8 now past pravontion. Fuithor sgitation canuot bot- tor mattersone jot ortittle, From the Cincunati Gazette, Only ono of two coucluslons can be reached by an‘impartiol reader, viz.: Thut Tilton fs a most consummnlo rascal, or that Henty Ward Boacher la guilty of au offonsa thet should for- ovor oxclude him from the Gospel ministry. I thio formor, then Tilton should bo exposed and Dranded as ho desorves, If tho lattor, Tilton's conduct stamps him as o man of oxtraordinary forbearance, and deserviug of universal sympa- thy, This {s the light in which the mattor now atauds before the public, It caunot bo disposed of by Mr, Boccher romaining silont, Ho must speak and clear up this senudal, or stand under n susplcion equivalent to a vordict against him by the publio, Tilton makes out a Btrong case. His statoment may be 5urblod, or maiunly falso ; but, 80 long a8 it ‘stands uncontradioted, it will k?pour to the pubiic a8 o convincing defense of his conduct, and a crushing arralgnment of Mr. Beocher, Tho main question that arfecs in this ocaso is whother the letter of apolopy lp\lrpnrtmg to bo signad by Mr, Beecher is genuing or a_ forgory. If gonuino, to what offense doos it rofor? Bocohor wrote that,latter or Lo did not. Tilton Las the lottor in his possossion, of courso, Ita genuinenass, thoreforo, can easity be dotermined. At it is gonuine, thon the oase to which it refers oun easily bo ascortalngd, Thisis the nutshell in which the wliole question is inclosed, and tho public will insist that tho sholl be broken aud the truth brought to light, Tho man doos not live—ospecially the Cbristian ministor does not tive—that can afford to remain silont under such a statemont a8 Tilton bLas mado and pub- lished, ~ Mr. Boocher cannot maimtain tho milenco which has bithorto been his ouly answer unless ho is willing that bo shall romain_under a oloud of the datk- est suspicion. ‘Lho Christinn Churol cin much botter affora to Liavo tho wholo truth, no matter how damaging, mado known, than to attempt to protect lr, Beechor without clearing Lim. 1t is vot fair, we are awaro, s a genoral rale, to Tequire a man to me & negative; or to cou- demn o man untd Le iy found guilty, but_in this cose Tilton mukces s chargo and furnishes what, ju tho absonce of an explanation or denial, must bo accopted as evidence. Tho scandal canuot' now be emothered. It must be oleared up ; Mr. Beccher must upeak, and Plymouth Oburoh must show that its pastor 18 Innooont or purge its F“] it. A thorough in- vaeutigation or disgiaco is tho only alternatlve. Thera Is no mantle big enough, no cbarty broad enougl, to cover thia thing ulw. 1f Tilton is & crazy slandoror and a forger, lot that be shown and Mr, Boechor acquitted, If Mr. Bocohor is Ruutly, lov that bo shown and Tilton vindicated, From the Buffalo Commercial, It i worse thao folly to rofuse to laten to such developments, If Mr. Boecher is not tho man he profousos Lo be, lot tho world know itl 1f Thoodoro Wilton is a liar and traducer, lot him be proved to be sol It is imposalble to avoid painful conclusjons aftor reading tho evi- donco that he bas thus far presented in the ro- openiug of the scaudal, For nll concorned, 18 it not hetter that the peo- Ppla should kuow the truth, tho wholo truth, aud nothing but the truth? Did Mr. Beacher write cortain lottors now grafluco , sud which seem to compromisc him ? If he did, what were they wiitton for? The ‘polidy of brave i lenco" will sorve no purpose wvow, Un- willing a8 the peoplo are to beliove sught aguinat tho porsousl character of one for whom thoy hiave such iove and respect, they still want him to olear bimself, Bueora will not do thia; nor will silence; nor will magnanimous offers to forgive an enemy; nor will earofully-worded prayera really intonded for publication rather than the Divine ear. Nol Let Mr. Boochaer come out squuroly, mest his opponouta face to face, and dare them to the proof, Lot him sool, rathor than oaimly submit (o, fnvestigation, Lot bim remember that he carres something more than a load of personal dignity in this mat- tor, Ilo ropresonts a sacred calling, aud has a poraonal influenco theraby of whioi he shonld bo most caraful, aud to vindicate which he should bo roady to mako any sacrifice. From the Detroft Post, Mr. Tilton’s association with the Woodhull poople bas totally disqualified bim for boing a trustworthy withoss withoub very pomiive cor roborating proof. Mr, Titon has boon silent four years; has livod with, ana, it is tobo uugpoued. lns forgiven the woman whom ho, rightfully or wrongtully, thinks has injured bim. He now expoucs har to tho scorn of the world and himself to tho reproach of wenakness in having tolorated for four years that which he deolaros to be intolar- able—tho consolousnces that My, Boeoher and his own wife wrongod him, and thot he was suf -foring contumoly sud wisrepresentation for thoir sins, Such conduct indicates an insane mind, ora failuro to rocognize the firat princi- plos of a bigh woral coda, If he had truly for- givou by wifo, ho has no right now to sacrifice Hor 1o ssva Lusmsolt. L o has ot forulvan hop, sad was convinced that Mr, Bacokor had bosu guilty of tha offouse olarged, he hira mh!vmml{A sinned in so loug covering up an offonso whicl he has doemed hoiuous suough to blazon to tho world, From the Loufsville Courfer-Journal, Among o considerablo body of Chrlstions in tho South the disgioce which has come upon the brothor of Mrs. Harclet Boocher Stowe will b trontod to the whimsioal shrug of the plous but diseroot Copporhead who, whon told of Mr, Lin- ecoln's donL, observed \\'hlun!q‘h, “Wflll.' it hard, bui I guess we'll Lava to bear (" Tho gonerality of thinking aud roasopuble lwolple. owover, will laxg sight of by-gono pertiuan grudges 1n a dismal souse of Intelivotual disap~ bointment and wioral yegrot, . . . ‘This ecolier busluess i anough to ghntter one's fuith in humau natuye, and mill do » doal of mieabief in proportion s 1t disturbs the hold of a leas vigorous aod welt-provarvivg taith. Howevor ho loas of voracl- doflclont tho Otmroh mny ndom’to tho aspirations of n sublimutod ontuusinsm, which oanuot pos- aibly vo antlsfiod In this world, no really thought- ful “ran, hnvlni: a just oaro for tho Hiato in 1ts highor usoa, but must regard overythiug that loosone the Intluonce of Chrlatlnn tenchings with approhionsion, It iu this considoration which visita guch publie odium aud ponaltios upon ro- cusant ministors af the Goapol, and, #o far from moderating thoir punishmant, it should bo moje rizorous aud appaliing, The desecration of the altar i o sin for which thore should be no atone. mont +{n_tlus world ; for it is the source nob meroly of physical corruption, hut stenls, like a alow pojson, through the vory bosom of tho Churely, to blight aad withor its fresh and whole- somo lifo, From the New York Evening Post, ‘Wo havo been saliclted to open the oditoriat columus of tha Lvening LPost to & xu&mmion of them [Tlltou's statemonta], and have deolined to do go, on the grouud that thoy are manifestly cnloulatod to impalr, witbout & fair hoaring, o roputation and an influence which wo boliove to have beon ouo of tho noblost, as {t cortainly is ona of tha groatost, fu this cotntry. Wo sliall osalat in our ralusal to glve nny par- tlal statonont of a mutter which in nuy asgect is deplorublo, Trom the New York Express. Tho lovera of scandal will, of courso, delight in this new rovolation, but to others both the of- fonso and the oceaslon of it wlli bo deplorod, Wo can raadily ouough sce, upon the showing bere mado, that Mr. ‘lilton has not, Eublioly at lonat, alandored Mr, Bocchor sinco “thelr soparation, What lod to this noEt\mflnn, wo oare not to know, and, a8 wo atntod tho ohor day, it is not of pub- llo concorn, boyond tho clrclo of partios and friends to whom Mr. Becolier {a rosponstble for Lhis couduct, From the St. Loufs Republiean, It 18 bettor, perhiaps, all hings considered, that the whole truth should bo made kuown, #hocking ns Lthe wholo truth may prove ; for the Judustrious and palnfully-protractea attompt to koop it suvprossad hns afrondy done more barm than s full revolation would work, Mr, Boocber, for rouvons best known to himmolf, has, all through tho eiMair, beon tondorly caroful of Tilton's foolings ; but Mr. Boochor's gone grogation, who did not know a8 much sbout it us ho does, bave handled ‘Lilton roughly, and some of the ministors in the ate Conyrogntionsl Couacil havo had the tomor- ity to troat }le in the sama way. Tlis treat- ment ina at lnst provoked Mr. Tilton to break the aoal of alenco which he put on bis llga three yoars ago, and to avow his willinguoss to diacloso tho dread secref to any body or per- doun who mnay have an intorcat in knowing it. Ho bintaat tho real truth-by saying tlat bis roecen for sovoring a fifteon “yenrs' wonnection wir\ Plymouthi Church was that *kuowlodga eamo to mo in 1870 that Mr. Beecher had com- wittod againgt mo that whiok I forbear to name or charactorizo.” This lauguage imposes on Dlymouth congrogation tho duty, which it can- not afford longer to evado, of inveatignting the &rave charga agajnet thoir pastor, and bringing tha wholo truth to light. If Mr. Booclor is an innocout man, bis frienas oaunot bo too prompt in aatablisliing tho faok ; if ho is not (nnocent,— if bio hine wrouf;ed Ine ‘friend snd parisbionor, Talton,—ho wiil have to boer the conssquencas, From the Memplida Appeal, It would, indeod, havo beeu botter for Mr, Beechior had ho died befora evor tomptation could bavo ruined a oharacter that, for elective~ nees and rosulte sttaived, is one of the finest known to tho Clristian ministry, Wedaplare the exposo for the offect it must have to bodraggle aud smirch that ministry and roligion genorally i but, bolioving s wo do in ** the reign of lnw," and that ae ona sows 8o abinll he reap, wo oun but rocognizo tho inovitablo justico that bringa the crime to light that tho crimiinal may suffer in proportion to hia fall. What Docclior may do or 8ay will now hava but litlla weight with a publi alrondy tnclined, from tho Woodinl) publicution, fo regard him guilty of a crima tho grosseat that ono man cau commit againat anothor, cspecially gross in & mivistor, who, as tho shepherd of a 1lock, avails Lumsolf of bis position to befoul the fold. Baccher's carcor 88 a minister is ondad, and wo shall look for his retiracy from the pulplt us tho last act in an eventtul lite. From the Pittaburg Poat, Unlogs Mr. Tilton s told a soven-column lis, Vic, Woodhull was made o _martyr in November, 1872. DBut is it not about time to puta stop to thivscandal? Do we noed to havo our morning chucolata always poisonod with the stauch of tlus Lorriblo Flymouth Church businoss ? From the Buffalo Express, ‘Wa have horetofore beon firn in our belief that Mr. Boschor is ontirely innocant af the sing which have beon luid at hiw door, but it must bo coufeetiad that Tiltou's last axpose makes things look a littlo dark for tho grent preacher, It is duo to him, to his Church, and to the Christlan community everywhore, that (he whole truth should now be kuown, If Titon is & liar Jat him be so branded, and if Doecher is guilty, lot it be #o published, though it covers his friends with aliame and sorrow. . From the dlbany Argus, Every friond of pablic morals will deeply re grot tho revival of this acandal, But Mr. Tilton makes out & vory strong justification of his course, for he cortainly caunot bo expectod to permit lis own good nawe to be sacriticed, even to prevent the cousequeuces whick will follay expusure, provided Lr. Beecher haa boen guilty of wroug, The pross canuot bid thoe scandal down now; and can only hope that through a full investigation tho truth mny bo established, From the Indianapolfs Journal, It may as woll be undmstood that religions peoplo, moral peoplo, aud intelligont poople everywhere, demand thata thorough investiga- tlon whould take place st ouce, Thare is no reason for postponement arconcealmont becnuso the nlleged trausgressor is Tr, Doechor, but, on tho contrary, every argument in faver of making tho examination tho more soarching. If Lo L fallon from the Ligh niche in which biy hundreds of thousands of admirers lave placed him and strayed into forbldden paths, it will'be, aftor all, but the shattering of one mora idol formed of olay, aud vanly supposod to bs without flaw or blomish, whereas n cuntrary coursa will fond to incresso tha unboliovors and #coffors, aud make the clerical cloth s toxt for iqkeu and jeers wherover tho Word is prenched, { Inuacent, s soarching investigation will not Ionve evon do much s the smell of smoke upou Mr. Booohor's garments, aud if guily, the Churoh should not and must not be made to baar the burdon of his deep diegraco. KFrom the fochester Democrat, Henry Ward Beecher apoaks to the Targest au- dience in America—mouldg its thoughts sud directing its enorgios, 1lo is, withoutdoubt, the most perauasive tenchér the times have pro- duced. Ile ia tho most popular olorgyman in the land. His theology I8 trustod aad his counsels are regardod. Noither bhin intellectual nor bis spiritual gifts can be too highly extolled. Undarstandiug buman nature thorouglly, ho thoroughly commands human pature. ¥rom an analyels of Lis qualitics the 1mmense_following Lo lins mecured cannot bo a matter of surprise. The fall of such a man has o fearful signiticance, It it affocted himeelf alono it would be bad enough; but it affcots a maltitudo whosa lives bave boon fasbioned by him, and who in bis fall may themsolvos faill.” It would do more for atholam and for fmmorality than almost any- thing which could ocour. 'T'iore are scofferaand libertines 4o take advantage of Lis disgrace, and, throngh him as an oxsmple, to Jawnch effactive shafts at roligion and ut morals, oro will tho dixciplas ba whon the mastor i stricken down ? Inaumuch s he has rigon to heights superior to those attained by his fallows, in mo wmuch the more must his dogradation oxcol that of ordinary beluge, Through bimall good oauves muat sufer, It woro o national misfortune if Honry Ward Beaechor shauld be adjudged guilty of the obargos whiok, horetoforp vaguo and unauthenticatcd now soem 10 take somothing of tangible form, aud and to be traced (o rospousiblo soutcos, . . . Mr. Beechar is oloarly thrown upon his do- fause, 'Uhe scandnl haos assymed too serious n sliapo for him longor to take refuge under tho cover of his good name, No name however honored, no services howevor groat, oan serve 88 A protoction againsk a soandal of such mnfnl- tudo. 1lo cannot afford to fguore a publication which hay the sanction of the man whom he is alloged fpully to have wronged, and whose uu- contradictad word, at Jonst, has much of suthor- ity. His silonge will be an soknowledgment of lisslp, If the vory remarkablo Jotter of Alp, Doachior, from which Mr, Lilton quates, in which fonr and contossion sra mixed in alont equal preportians, is susceptivle of anexplanation cop- eistont with tho moralitios, lov it b explainpd, Sneh an oxplanation will bo halled with rojoicing by thut publio whicly bas o long adwmired, trust- ad, aud followed tho minister of Plymouth Churoh. Amoug right-thinking poople, the country ovar, thoro 4 10 one who wisLoy to soe tho fume of Boegher dragged in the mire,—made tho butt of widicula and the targot fur axper- slon, Lot him speak and claar away the shud- owy Whioh euclana hiw,~if this b pousitlo, It iy not anking too el ls {t, thut he should do spmething to roatore the pyblia uunlldnnoa‘}n him,—ouco so full and uufaltoring, —uoy, wo fowr, Badly wavor iug aud deapondoent ? ‘ram the Zio £ hegtor Union, Qf oourse &ileuge on o parg of the postorof Piymonth Church and the Ohurch itaclt fs no longor possiblo, and publla expoatation Jaon ,tp-too an to—what noxt? Moantimio the gullt of 3r, Boocher will bo as- fAumod a8 conclusivoly catablinhed by his con- fession, and judgmont will bo mmu! thoreon, Whilo all agroo in daploring tho scandsl aud condemning “tho guilt involyad in it, theio aro not & fow who would palliate tho offonso of Mr, Dagchor by trenting (b as momentary personnl fall from grnco that has boen aufilolontly ntoncd for to merit ahtoudiug in_ the mantle of charity and forgivouass, liut i of tha offouss ? And, viow, is it just o thot the oxact natura lonving the Tiltons out of tho churoh of which Mr, Bocchar is a Pastor, and to tho Roclety in which hio liaa boon and’ i botls & moral angl polltionl toacher, to trent it upon that basla? Mr, Devohiory it should bo rememborad, s & men who bhas rounded his sixty-frst yoor of lifo, Tho chargo agaiust him ag origiunlly rande four yoars ago, not by M, Til- ton, but” by one who at that timo was in high fonthor with tho *roformers ™ of tho day, My, Viotoria Woodhull, was of a more than morely oraonal naturo, and fnvolved the advoonoy of 1eo-lova or stlrpioulturs, Mra, Wondindl ber lisved In the doctrine, and Lind tho brazenncrs to publicly advocnto it, backed, an she clalmed, by "Iilton, hor biographer, Bacoher. and others In closo association with'thom. Dut whon an overwholming torrout of public indignation Euurud down upon her dovoted hond, theso ackers_drow off, aud rofused to como to tho front. Mis. Woodhull was indignant at what 8ho tormod thelr * cowardico," and with s view of forcing them to take position upon hor ad- vancod ground eho opon)y aoolnrmf that thoy woro privately practicing’ what shio publicly preachod, In'hor Weekly of Juno, 1872, and tubsequontly in lotters to the IWorld and Times, sho chargod that *a clorgymen of amninenco 1n Brookiyn® was a practical freo- loyer, *who lives 1 conoubinage with tho wifs of auothor clorgyman,” Bho muado the charge, from hor ptandpoint, ot to condemn Mr, Beocher, but to justify him, and to compel him to como out and jut] e Llwaolt, a aho oald I Ler olaborate publication of November, 1872 : ‘'Tho fault I find with 3ir, Booohor is of & totully differont charactor, ns I have told him ro- Y“““"’y aud frankly, and a8 he knows vory well, condemn him bocanso I know, and have hnd evory opportunily to know, that he ontortains, on_conviction, substantially tho samo views whioh I entertain on tho sdcial uostion .that under the {nfluenca of those convictions ho has livod many years, porhaps for bls wholg adult lifo, in & mannor which the religions aud moral- istio public osteneibly, and to some oxtont toally, condemn; that ho hns perm!tted himeelf to bo overawod by public opinion, Lias consented to be & hypoerito," otc. 3ru. Woodhull gave tho namo of Mrs, Pauline Wright Davis as ouo who had lad from Mre, Tilto’s own lips footy suatalning what she alleged, and sho prodiced 8 lotter trom Mrs. Davis dated Providonce, R. L., May, 1871, which closed with these word: “ dad help you and save you. The moro I think of that mass of Boechor corruption the mora I desiro its oponing.” She quoted Mrs, Elizaboth Cady Stanton as authority, “'This §ood woman," ghie sad, ** did indeed Inow tho sotg, and from Mr. Tilton himself.” Funlly slia cited Mr, Tilton, from whom she had the storyand in whose Inu&‘ulge #bo repented it. And she brought in the namas OP Isabolla Beeclier Hooker, Mr. Beeohior's sintar, and Mr. Frank Moulton, as cognizant of the facts suse taining the truth of what she said. From the duy of thas rnhlinnmn of Mra. Woodhull to ttus tho Baschior scandal has rison and falloa bofors tho publio, but nouo of the por- song named Ly her have disclaimed the knowl- ud‘;n attributed to them, and none of the principal partios to tho sonudal have dared to call thom to the stand. Investigation has not beon invited or permitted, It La, on the con- trary, been suppressed, aud at tho instanco of Mr." Boocher and hig friends. Now the giont point of interest and impostance to the publicis not g0 much the fact of Mr, Beechor's porsonal siv, s the truth of the obarge of bis loadiug tho * splritualistio and socisl roform” circle, s Birs. Woadbull ealls it, by both procapt and ox- ample, with the monatrous doctrines which that briliant but brazen woman puts forth, Upon this poiut the publio have & right to ba enlight- oned and satisfled, aud to this ond the testimony of Mrs. Waodhull and_hor withesses, as well a8 that of tha ‘Tiltons and the rost, must be called out and put upon the record, ] From the Hartford Times, Beccher's privato lottor to Tilton, acknowl- edging his ain, and asking forgivouess, aud do- claring his wish to die, is the saddost and most humiliating utteranco that evor camo from such a mun, For Lis own sake, and that of the world which he 8o instructs and brightous, we dooply ragrot Lhia disclosure, Not for tho sake of the causo of the roligion of which ho is admitted to bo the most piominent and brilliane expoundor ; far from it; for no immortal 'I'ruth can ba really Liarmed by the stumblings or the errors of its profasasd upholdors. But we regrot this bumili- ating exposure becauso, firat, Mr. Beacher is too §ood 2nd great a man to bo crushed in this way; and, socond, bocauso this disclosure throatons, by breakln(i( hi down, to silence bim for the 1uture, and doprive the world of Lin elaquonce aud hia builiant sayings. That would be a loss not alone to thae rofigious denomination of which be has Leon &0 long the bright lendor, but to the whole public, whose bost educated and thinking portion can HI afford it, Mr, Deecher should Lave taken the more open aud manly course of a frank and full acknowledgment of errors to wiuch ull mau of big constitutional make-up are necessanly ox- posod, and faithfully gona on, striving to avold them horeafter. ., . The truth is, that, with all his roputation for moral courags, bhe is not a morally buld man, Hiy forced ro- cantation of his liberal politics showed that, He could not face the duty which coufrontod him. He_{folt that his very conspicuonsness ns a man and a toachier, seen of all the world, would con- contrate upon him, if he did confess, the un~ sparing hlaze of such a Drummoud light of pub-~ lio criticiam, ou both sides of the Atlantio, as he could pot endure. Yet it would have beon botter. Nuy, it i his best course oven naw, ‘'he mentcst thing connooted with tins uttorly repulsive subject 18 the conduct of Dr, Bacon and other so-called religious lights, who, pro- fessing eepoolal friendslup for Beccher, have bypooritioally united to denounca the wretched Waodhull waman as a doliberate Har, when they Zaew, all tho time, that tho casential part of hor unwelcome story was but too true. Dr, DBacon, while professing to uttorly discredit tho story, uovertheless demandod en'investigation. From the Philadelphia Telearaph, ‘Wo moat profoundly rogret that some of our nontemEunriau buve allowed thomsolves, on the atrougth of Alr. Thaodore Tilton’s vagus, wat- dering, and incolierent statomont, to jump at the covclusion that tho Rev. Honry Ward Boechor must be guilty of the disgusting and disgraceful oharges mado against him in Victorin ‘Woodhull's vilo paper. Whatover other sonti- mont mou of Lonor may Lave with regard to this scandal, thoy can certatnly feel nothing but con- tompt for Alr, ‘Lheodore Tilton, avd when they rtfloct who and whas Mr, Boschor is, and who and what M. Tilton is, thoy will bo loth to con- domn the former on no betterovidence than that prasentod in tho unmauly statemout tho lactor ad aen fit to giva the public, Alr. Boeokar will be doing himael?, Lis frionds, and the cause of roligion and manly honor an injustce, if he doos not now tell the wholo story. If he re- fuses to do this the ohurch of which he is tho astor oannot {n common deconoy refuse any longer to hald auch a publio Investigation as wiil flnxtlg put an ond to the ncandal in some whapo or other. s Lram the Philadelohia Press, Thoodoro Tilion's card saoms to definitoly sottlo the question of the guilt or innacence of Honry Ward Boohar. . ", . 1t 14 to the credit of the fiwuu gonerally that it avaids as much as possibla the publication of the misatops of wmiuiuters of the Gospel, It doos o bocause, thougn the man thomselyes may dovocve meroy, but, rather, severer punistment for having fallen 8o far, the religlon which they wero eloot~ ed to sorva, but forgot, must be shieldod from tho dingrace they would bring upon it. Tho {ree-thinker and the infidel aro evor readyto make ovil uso of all such happenings. Tho truth eannot loug bo harmed by their argumonts, but woalt men are led sstray by their powor, ‘Ihe Beeohor scandal, however, bocame such nuhlicrrnpurw that wilence is {mpossiblo, It is tho unfortuuato evont of the nl: . It drags down to the mire & man'whose ability was akin to gonfua. He had thousands of followers, Hin seoming piety was a glorious example, le wes the foremoat preacher of tho day ; eud now Le Is found guilty of the. most heinous of orlmes, made more o fiom the fact of his culling and his place in publio estoom, Ay, Wilton's card but sottlos one charge among the many, but that proyen, thore 1 little room to doubt that tho othors were equally well foundod. Fram the Loston Glode, The publicity given to the ntatements of Afr. ‘Tiiton, “snd their ovidont conueotion with tho previous fmputations apon the charactor of Mr. oocher, domand tome explaustion from that | gx‘n\mn‘vm. or, 1 dufanlt of this, an investigat jon which sha)l show who is responeibla for the scandal whiol refleats npou ghe Cliyistian hody of which the pastoy of Plymouth Church has so lang baan & conwpienoua_and hanored roprosent- ve, Jtindup ta Mr, Beecher, unil {0 the yo. liglous soojaty to which Lo wmwnlstors, that his weeftiluges aud tholr oradi§ should nof be je paired by silonce rospooting chargos which, i Inlgo, onght to bo at onco roruted, and, {f trus, lomand hiy dismissal from tho position in which Lo could no Jonger bo anything but a dottiment snd & ropronoh. We do not beliova in prejudge Ing this cnso, and wo should be tho lnst to give oradenco _to theso rges agmnat the distine guished Dmokl{'u clofgyman until ho had beon proved guilty, but wo deom 1t all the moro ime portant thatlio and hiw friends should not weak- &n thoir causo by any furthor notion ignoring oz lsrogardiug theso grave imputatious, From the Doston Journal, The wholo mattor shiould now have a speedy, thorough, aud impartial fovostigation, which sliall eithor oxplode the whole scandal into thin aur, or oluo oxtract that modicum of ttuth which, howover unwolcomo {6 may provo, will bo & thousaud timen bettor for the wolfara of tho com- munity than this borriblo sories of insinnstions and suspicions, alurred over only to bo rovive nud spreading ol the whilo Iike a smothoro flr, to the irraparable injury of tho publie con- fidonce and faith iu virtuo,” It is not any ons wman, or any balf a dozon mon and women, that are to bo vegsrded as biero concetned ; the poluy I renchiod whoro tho community ins ita rights, and should aco that they are enforcod, No disinterested porson cau rond tha susstanoe of Mr, Tilion's statomonta without saying that furthor investigasion {s Inovitablo, and that the only question is as to whore it shall bogin. Out of tho doforonce duo to Mr. Besolior's long and sigually oxcollont roputation— the I"“’" of tho —wholo couniry—tho frst _thought of hosls of ronders will bo that BIr. ‘lilton is undor an hatlucinntion, or, what autonnts to the same thing, is the viotim of the hallitcination of athers nosrand desr to bim, It will bo soen by our dispatches that boe foro pubhshing lus dooument ho submitted it to thoe fuspoction” of tho Rov. Dr. Bacon—whosa charges havo beon allogod ne the causs of ita proparation—in.order that, by sotraction in prie Vvate, ho might effoot ita suppression, That wag not the rasult of tho intorviow, Did Dr. Dacon lookupon thu Authur of the PAPOE us & MOnGe mantac, with whom no undorataading would ba of any avail? Only somo such improssion would aoom to hnvo warrantod this lotting loosa snow of an almost forgotten scandnl Inn yio- lontly nggravated form, Very woll, thon, lob the eauity of MMr. Tilton or of membors of Lis family form tho starting point of tho invostle gation. The beginuing is of no consoquence jn comparison with the thoroughness of tho procoss and thoe authority of the tribunal, ocolesinstical or logal, that sbll undertako it. 2. Teechior and Lus frionds bavonow 1o nltor- Dative but to take up this challenge to inquiry, aud meot it with tho utmost fearlessnots, Tlio Lrighitest ornament of the Amorlcan pulplt can no longor ba tarnishod by this old siokoning breathof suspicion and detraction, No mor ohant, no statosman, would thiuk of shunning sorutiny on such terms ; but in thia case Mr, Boecher is but the etaudard-boaror of tho moral and apiritual welfare of thousands, and the bravo baring of hin Iife to tho ordoal of investigation would, uuder the elrcumstances, do more good than the preaching of lnnumerable gormona, Wao do not think it worth whilo o comment upon the apparont . forco aud ralovanoy of difforeng parta of iho Tilton rovelation affeoting Mr, Beeohor. The implications, tho direct charges, even tho letters quoted, mayall bo susceptiblo of cxplanation, aud that without impeaching Tilton’s honesty ; time alono con Bolye thosp things, But time mus! eolvo them, Tha bar of public opinion in this country is inexorablo, and, when once its manaate hos gono out, it1s no roapootor of porsons. Mr. Beecher must coma into court. — IOWA ANTI-MONOPOLISTS, Thelr XXccent Siate Convontion—The Platform and the Tickot, From the DesMoinea (In) Leader, June 25, Kot sinca tho palmy davs of the Ttepublican party or the graud old gala days of tho Democe racy has thora assembled iu” towa which come pritod 8o muca intelligonco and enthusinsm g tuo Anti-Alonopoly Uonvention of yestorday, It was a large Convention, ropresouting ovory eall« ingand ull shades of politics. It was not ta Lo oxpectod that such a large assom- Llage, " made up of gontlomen who for Fam differel iv thoir political views, should 0 auy more Larmonious than was this Jonvone tion, “There was & froodom of exprosaion, & candor abont inquiries, o siuglenoss of purposo which dicate that the first aud ouly objeot was to aim so high that thore could bo no possbili of orror. A quiot, woll regulated, and rapi convantion ja goucrally s packed couvention, ‘Phis was no pnoled convention, ‘Ihe principlos ot forth in the platform ara good, and they ayo tho evident views of & lorge majority of the Gonvons tion. In several rogards thoro is nok tho positive and specitio language which many prefer, but it must always be borne in mnd that all sectjous of & groat 8:ate, and all clnsses of pooplo, cannot oxactly agiee, and the only way to build up o party is to make such o platform as that all can mocapt; thongh each may be obliged to couceda a little. Right in tho muin, and of & harmot jous nature, it is always Irro]mr, and never inconslstent, for respective lacalitios in Cougressional and county cuuven tions to malke speciflo conditions suitable to such locahity. Each locality, aud all peoplo in sinpa- thy with the refoim movement, can harmonizo their views houcstly and feurlessly witi tha views expressod in the resolutions. ‘L' tickot selectod is probably us good as wag over any ticket presentod to the people of Town. ~'The previous politica of candidufes pro- sented was not inquired into, The only ins quirles wore: **ls he honest?" ©1Ishe ca~ pablo?” ke ticket in chielly soleoted from tho Industrious classcs, ~Ar, ‘David Morgen is & wall-to-do farmer {n Mahnska County. ~ He bee Jougs to that estimable clues of citizons known 88 Quakers. Heis bhighly educated, sad in all Teapaoty ia worthy tho place at the houd of the ticket. Mr, J. B, Kipg, of Du= buque County, i8 a farmer and & Grane gor. Ho s eolMf-eduonied, apd smong the farmers of the northenatern pait of the State is, higuly indorsed as 8 special champion of the fare mer's interests, and as baving the education and intelligance which specially fit him for the ra« spousible goamun to which ho is nominated, Auditor of Btate, Alr. J, W, Barnos, of Doa Molnos County, ia ono of the best men of the State. While Polk County aud Central Towa strove well to secure the nomination of that estimable gentleman, Mr, M. O, Hareis, all concoded to Mr. Bacnes the most cordial and generous support as & gon« tloman fitted and capable for the ollice of Treas. wer of Btate. For Attornoy-Gonoral the selectlon was mado from the slope, and in the porson of Col. J. T, Kentley, of Pottawattamie County, The Colo- nel 18 & lawyer of eminent ability and unspottod integrity, and, with Lim at the hoad of tha law dopartment of our State, defaultors and de- frauders will not go free or hold justice iu asfle ance, Mr. Geo. W, Ball, of Polk County, is a young lawyor whose name is the synonym of honesty apd integrity, aud his ca- phoity iu_especially suited ' for the posie tion “of Olerk of the Bupremo Court, Polk County will givo Mr. Ball a support whioh will be from the hearls of the poople, oarnest, en- thusiastic, and full. Mr. Jamos M. Weart is the Ghalrman of the State Contral Committeo, and was also Olork of the House of Reprosontatives last winter. His saquaintauce i large, and as a candidate for Buz preme Court llepm tor ho will receive a cording Bupport from all the Anti-Monapoly party. r. Roadarmal, of ma? County, 1 tho noni- nao for Rtegistor of the Htnte Laud Ofioo, sud tho office is of groat importunce aud & rasponsie blo one, Mr, Ioadarmol 1s recommondad highly by his trieuds, and will mako a suitablo mau fox the ponition, “This i the ticket In brief, W shall have suf ficlent opportunity to discuss tho platform and candidates heroafter, If will bo the duty of us il to put our shouldors to the whool aud labor for the alection of the tlckot. Tho prospeots aro good, but none of us must decelvo ourselvey to s1oh au exteng s to beliove that no work is to be dono, —— The Dinmond Disirict at the Cape. ‘I'lie Inat vumber of the Revuedes Deuz Mondea confnius an account of the dismond district ut the Cape, espeaially of the rosults obtamed at Now Hush. whio will not tena todamp tho ardor of adventurors, Tho ground around Now Rush alone bas, acourding to this authority, praducod on an averago more than 8,000 diamonds per day for mora thau olght months, ‘I'e lakor re- quired {a that of digging up apd gifting tho oartly but tho Iatter procoss {4 not as frksome as might bo_supposad, for although the uncut diae moud daos no eparklo, 14 {ustantly catohos the oye, and dust nover clings to it. ‘T'he Caffros, Wowever, who ata omployed g olalms of any ox~ tont, to “”&y ou the procesa of sifting, are so caroloss that large diamonds aro ofton found in tho earth thoy throw away ns Laving beon d:lly oxamined, and wany Buropoaus who cauuot afe ford to buy a cluim mako & fatr incomo by goly; over tho refuso, Women and ohildron epon thelr thno in the samo manncer, on tho obancs of a roward which soldom fails thom, ~Evorshody, uay, ovorything, glounu aftor tho Oaflvew, for oven the cvoks and Lions, disdaining the examuple of tho cask in tho fablo who would bave pree {forrad o graia of barley o tha pear) e chanced to find, piok up as wmany diamonds as some of tholr botters, Bo sucoesstul sro thoy that the ocooks of New Rush naver fail to oxamine the otop and giazard of every fowl the b{ i ablo S i