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Show TELEGRAPHIC Tlio I'lytiiunf h Council, Now York, 18. In tlio mlvinury council tli id murtiitig Miai-un Cnpun, ol Ihmtnn, ililriHlili'cd il prc-ainMn ami n-noltiliim Hi-ttiui; lurth ilmt in-A.tiniu'li in-A.tiniu'li ns (niihliun 0 nf the letter niimivo iiMki il tlicm Id ili'ckln wlnthrr thorn Wfio tiny rcaaoiH why I'lyniuiilli cluirch hud lorli ttul its claim tu tlit confhli-iu-ti of ftdluwuliiD, lln n-lury, h'r.iulrtd, tlivit Llii fuiincil ri'Mpcct- fully ri(iiiHt Ivov. Kii lianl It. Hturra, 11. I)., unit Uuv. W'illiiuu Ives Kuil-diiiglon, Kuil-diiiglon, 1). !., to iipptjir licliuu it tind olnlt! btit'h rt'iimjiid, if thuro Lu uiy. Tlio ilt'iu'un u;uil lio did nut nee how tlio ilclcy.iti h cuiild Cniisciciitionsly voto on tho (iUHlin witliuiiL lira! h.V,,,,- h.nl ll,.. tt .1 la ,.l .1... oilier ido. ilu cunii to Iho cotmcil with it dclrrtninaliun to o to the Lot loin of Hum thing, Htitl ho did not know how they could gii homo Without having hav-ing dme so. Ho wiLHiudrMroiiaoI'gr-t-ting ho. no in unyhody, hut lic.m.o I'lyniuiilli church h;nl h-iIIcpiI ho niuch, liei'iUi.M' itri nihtor li:ul (,tiir. iil, hecauso Siieanuiin h:nl aulhnd unit hecmisLMitheirt had nulUretl hw llioiint lliey should i;iy und inventig ile the nuitlcr. Tho diacusion on thin n-solution wus inler.-upnd hy l'rof. Ahhott, who d.-.-ired to make a report oi tin hu-i-!Hm fumniiiU'u on liiiwcu's lelltr received re-ceived lat-t niglit. lie reiul the coii:-uuinieation coii:-uuinieation and said tho coininitleo of inoulli eiiurch have tho opportunity oppor-tunity to inako any furtlier eLitcuu nl in reg.nd to the Miihjivl. M(H.ler.ilor II. icon interrupted the rocc dings lo reter to thu Ui&inesfl lOiuiiiilteif a eomiiuinie;iliun rcccivid from l'rol. Smyth, of Anduvur, Ih'ueon Cipon'c rccoluliuii was laid on (lie t.iWe that t.e diacUfsii n of the Bo wen matter-j might Ik; resumed. hhe-4rniau made a Ki;iteni( iu in ro-gnn.1 ro-gnn.1 to the (oniuiunic.ilion, referring to the wards "aduhery, periury and Hypocrisy," nntl raid tho cotnmiltei; dcin.widtil tlml liowen appear buloro the council. A resolution Hint Itoweu l-o invited to lay hid reasons Lefore the council at once wa-) sought to he amended to read "tliat Bowi-n 1 t iu-vit.d iu-vit.d to npie.ir hrforo the cuuiuil to reconcile dillcn-nce tietwieii his -tateiueiiL," a longdi-i'u-.-ion occurring occurr-ing upon the propriety of the council summoning lL.weii at nil. An attempt at-tempt was made to lay tho Kiij.-c'. on I lie tahle, t ut it failed, and finally il wa- dip ved of hy tin- adopt inn o( the rt.iilution that llowcn he invited to appear he lore '.he council ul half past seven this evening. After a htatemwnt by Mr. Winabw, that Dr. Storrs had written a remiest to appear before tlio investigating eoniuiunr, a letter w:ls read from Stnrra staling t'nat he nrver had any knowledfti rci-aitlinc tiift matti-r Tne discussion of Deacon Cajton's resolution km 'c.-unn-d, and alter ! nunierms spiechea ai.d a failure to lay it on the tabic, it was rt.Terri-d to t.ie committee on tiie eixlh question, wijo then retired to conaider the matter. II. M.Ftnrreeaid he thought tho question put hy Mr. Fen-enden yei-IcnJay yei-IcnJay should be answered. Tho latter then repeated the question, which he had asked yesterday, oa to the pallor's willinguesn to have the interview hot ween Dr. Slorra rind himee'f maile public, or thai they should tell all they knew about him to the public. Bcecher, apparently impatient to speak, promptly 6teppcd to the front of the platlorm and -said ho would make his answer first, and then anybody any-body who wished to supplement him in questions could do bo. He said hi waa giad Fessenden had proposed the question, and in answering the first portion of it, lie wou.d eay he knew ol no interview whatever about which such question could be asked. Alter parting with torra on the night of his silver wedding in Plymouth church, with one exception, ho never had thu pleasure- of meeting him, for in two or three weeks after that this infamous scandal was promulgated. promul-gated. Lie maintainel for a long time absolute silence, and when Slnrrs ad.irc?sed a brier note to him he did not resonnd. On advice of counsel lie said nothing and wrote nothing. Ifthry would recall the interior history of the church during 1S72 anil fee the troubles he was subjected sub-jected to, titey would readily understand under-stand him when lie should bay that he had no place to go to but his own home; no one- except his own family. He had once met Dr. Buddir.gton in Dr. Storr'a house since the time mentioned, and they there 1 1 ad an interview about the matter, lie then detailed the interview at which ho was asked to mtiko a general gene-ral statement. Ho concluded Urn portion ol his answer by again asiert-ing asiert-ing that he had no memory of any interview that occurred at his borne betweeu Dr. Storrsand himself. Continuing, Con-tinuing, 'Beecher compared himself to central body on which all the rays of the sun were concentrated, and upon which was being heaped all the trouble that could be gathered on the face of tho globe forty times arouud. Beechcr begun his speech in an easy manner, but warming as he proceeded he burst forth in all hi. native eloquence, tioon many of tha delegates wero in tears, and Thomas ii. Shearman and Rossi ter W. Raymond, Ray-mond, who were on the platform, produced their handkerchiefs. Beecher concluded in these- words: " If there is any man on earth that has anything to Bay to my detriment, I here now challenge him to sity it." (Cries of good I good I and hear ! bear I came up from various pprts of tho church. If there ia any angel of God I challenge him to Bay aught against mol Aye, go ar beyond that, I challenge the truth from God himself!" These wordB were uttered in tho most emphatic or dramatic manner. The committee to whom the Capon resolution was referred, made a report re-port in the form of a resolution, that the council extend a cordial invitation invita-tion to Dre. Storra and Buddington to give any facta that they may have in their possession. Pending discussion, discus-sion, a recess was taken. A spectator specta-tor says Beecher's speech -was a thrilling thril-ling episode. The audience was in tears. |