The New York Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1874, Page 5

Beornae nyt seri, ded that Mrs. i poration ‘A, a corroboration ter met Tilton and Shave just had Plymouth Church his , showing & manu- big hey ove ie Lees laf ve since receive ofthis, although she refuses Ain ing bound "in cout rom that day to this I have Ou nay be sure, T could not Decnuce he was alrealy over: Barte he went ould pote with him, leavin ht come o Bear whatever mig usuand to the. iast-and sent YOU alone as it were, to Fevelation. I withstood of m ar’ fhe entremde and at the last: moment I confided. to het all that i knew and felt and feared, that she might be repared to. sustain ber futher should trial overtane ‘By reading the accompanying letters from them ‘will perceive that trom outside evidence alone he come to the conclusions which I reached only rough the most reliable testimony that couid well ber uerished in any case and against every. preais- tion of my own soul. Fearing that they would wen home ‘to me and thus lose all the benefit. of the journey (for, owing to this ana other anxieties of business, John had crown worse rather than better up to that very time, though the air of the high Alps was bexinning to promote sleep and restoration), I tele phed by cable, “No trouble here—go to ltal¥,” and recent letters I am rejoiced to hear of them in Mi in comfortable health and spirits. From the day tho letters came the matter has not been out of my though! an hour, it seems to me, and an unceasing priyer bi nded thas I might be «uided with wisdom aild truth, it what is the truth I am tarther from understanding Sbis morning than ever. The tale asp the same as told to tis ampossible but since 1 recognize r. Tulion is the authority for isimilitude, and, as I understand it, Mrs. T. was The only reply I made to Mrs. le revelator. Stanton was that if true you had ‘a philosophy of the jar ahead of the times that relation of the sexes so 4 ze, dared not announce it, thouzh you consented to live it; that this wasin my judgment wrong, and God would bring all secret things to light in bis own ume and fashion, and I could only wait. I added that I had come that human laws were an imperti- Bence, but could get no turther, though I could see slimpses of a possible new science ot life that at present ‘was revolting to my feelings and my judgment; that keep: mysell open to conviction, however, and should converse with men, and especially women, on the whole subject, and as’ tast asi knew the truih I id stand by it, with no attempt at concealment. think that Dr. Channing probably agrees with eu in theory, but he had the courage to announce convictiols before acting upon them. He uncongenial wite tor ry vel itercourse with an and then leit her and II loves, leaving a darling daughter with her mother, and to-day he pays photographers to keep him supplied with her pictures as often as they can be pro- ured. I send you the article he wrote when, abandoned all their friends, he and his wite went tot ed lor years, Crushed by calumny and abuse, to- day they are esteemed more highly than ever, and le is im Positions of public trust in Providence. ‘ou will perceive my situation, and, by all that I aye suffered and am wlling to suffer’ fer your sake, you to confide to me the whole truth. Then f Ca he'p you as no one cise in the world can. The mo- meut thai {can know this matter as God knows it He will hep you and me to bring everlasting good out of this seeming evil. If T could say trathtnily that I beieve this story to be a fabrication of Mr. and Mrs. Tliton’s im- Posed upon a creduluus Woman—mere medium, whoxe he West and dusesp Unility to impressions from spirits in the desh and ONE of Ii is to be taken into account alwevs—the whole thing dies, But if it iyesentialiy trne there is but one Ronorabiec way to meet it, in my judgment, and the pre- cise metned occurred to me in bed this morning, and wa about writing you to suggest it when your letter ; me. 1 will write you a sisterly letter, expressing mv deep conviction that this whole subject needs the most earn- ‘aud chaste discussion; that Iny own inind has long Been occnpied with it, but is still in doubt on many Wnts, that Ihave observed for years that your nd thinking bas been profound on this and reading kinured DJevts, orid, through your own paper, the conclusions yo have feached and the reasons therefor. If you choose, IT will then reply to euch letter, giving the woman's view—ior there is surely a'man’s and a woman's side to ‘this veyond everywhere else—and by this moans aiten- tion will be diverted trom personalities and concen- trated on sotial philosophy—the one subject that now nent to ocoupy all inking minds, It seems to me that God has been preparing me for this work, and you also, for years and vears. 1 send Zod reply | wrote to Dr. Todd long ago, and which [ d nev. lished ‘without my name (which for the saxe of m; I wished to withhold) although @oikin, of ihe Nation; Holbrook, of the Herald ‘uf 3) Ward, of the Independent, ‘and every mother fo whom I ‘have read it all, told me it was she best thing ever written on the subject, and the said they would publish it if they dared, while rs. —— urged me to give my name and publish, and said she would rather have written it than anything else of its length in the world, and if It were hers she ‘would print it without hesitation. I send also a copy of @ letter I wrote John Stuart Miil on his sending me an gerly copy of his “subjection of Women,” und fas reply. am sure that nearly all ihe thinking nen and women are somewhere near you and will rally to your support af you are bold, frank and absolutely, trnthfut in stating told Dr. Channing she eady | ial freedom wheli he ¢ Was weary now and glad ef a reprieve, ‘Bat should stand trne to her convictions when she must. own conviction is that the one radical mis take you have made is in sapposing that yoo sre s0 much ahead of your time, and in dar- ing to attempt to lead when you have anything to conceal. not, I pray you, deceive yourself witlt the hope that the love of your charch, or ay other love, Raman or divine, can compensate the, loss of absolute truthfulness to yourown mehtal convictio: Thi told you the hair! have suffered since Februar: ou can immagine, knowing what my husband Is to mv, at It was no common love'l have for you and for th anc for all mankind, women as well as men, wnen decided to nearly break Bis heart, already lacerated by the course I had deen compelled to pursue, by sending him away to dic, perhaps, without me at his side, wish you would come here in the evening some time go the Burion cottage), or I will meet you anywhere in jew York you appoint, and atany time. Ever yours, SLE. Rend the letters from John and Mary in the order I | we placed them. 1 will send these now and the other dveuments I have mentioned another day, waiting till I know whether you will meet me. On the 34 of the same month Mrs. Hooker ad- @ressed a letter to her brother, the Ré K. Beecher, which I produce, marked *‘N 6” :— MRS. HOOKER TO REV. THOMAS K. BEECHER. whet return this lever to me when you have done Hanrronp, Sunpay, Nov. 3, 18/2. iabraes Leng ew has railen. and I hope are better prepared for it than you m ave becn tor our Interview. t wtoke H. ‘ain le ine tast week, “Can [help you?” And here is Minne eply—' ee fad in thy woman you not es iy ones : er as 1 do you cab perhaps, thou 10 “no! weed much help. 1 trea ‘ei ehoods into the dirt whence they spring. aud goon my way rejoicing. iy people are thus far heroic and would give their lives r me. Their love and confidence would make me willing to bear tar more than I have. Meantime the Lera has a pavilion in which He hides me unt the storm be overpast. J abide io peace, committing ae to Him who gave Himself tor me. I trust you give welther countenance nor credence to the abominable coinage that has been putafioat. The specks of truth are re pene §UpOD & garment of falsehood. The itself iwinade to lie.” ‘Thank you tor love, and ith and silence, but think of the barbarity of drag- is. slough. ¢ eo of # woman into w, Tor, 80 far as I can see, it is he who has dragred the dear child into the slough aud left her there, and who is how sending another woman to prison who is in- Rocent of all crime but # fanat'cism for the truth as re- Nealed to bor, and 1, by my alleuce, am consenting unto ber death. Head the little note she sent me long ago, when, in a Durst of enthusiasm over a public letier of hers which seemed wonderful to me, I told her how 1t affected me, and mar! rophete words ;— he ‘Wiw Yorn, August 8, 1871. My Dean, Dean Priewy—I was never more happy in all wy life than 1 am thie morning, and made s0 by you whom I bave learned to love so much. From yon, from whom -I had capected censure, | receive the first ea my ords of approval and love. often been Contrary to ou have se nobly been iny defender. But ‘knew it was not I for whom you spoke, but - |, at. 4 was the more proud of you that your love I am often compelled to ‘was general and not personal. do bite” from which my sensitive soul shrinks, and tor which I endure the censure of most of my iriends. Bat ‘ebey a tower which knows better than they or I can wow, and which has never left me stranded and with’ tt hope. I should be a faithless servant, indeed, were f'vo talter vow when- required to do what I cannot fully andergtanc, et in the issue of which I have fal! . None of the scenes in which I have enacted ‘® part were what I would have selfistly ghosen tor my yw happiness. 1 Jove my home, my children, my hus- Sana, and could live a sanctified life with thei and ‘pever desire contact with the wide world. But such is ‘Rol be my mission. I know what is to come, though I cannot yet divulge it. My daily prayer is that heaven ay voucheate we strength to meet everything which I now must be encougtered and overcome. My is, however, too full to write you all I wish. Tree the near approach of the grandest revelation the world has yet known, and for the part yon shali play in it thousands ‘will rise up and call you Hiessed. It was not for nothin, that you and Imet go singularly. Le! ch an , that we faint pot by the wayside before we rea ‘Gonsummation. We shall then look back with ex- ceeding great joy to all we have been called upon to euffer for the sake of a cause more holy than has yet Come upon earth. Again I bless you tor ‘your letier. Affeetionately and faithiully yours, am VICTORIA C, WOODHULL. ‘Oh, my dear brother, I fear the awful stu live according to law has wrought an absoiute:dem: tion as to trathfulness, and so he can talk about “s on § garment ‘of falsehood,” wnen the garment and the specks are the falsehood. His first letter to me was so different trom this, I read ft to you, but will copy It lest you have forgotten its char- Eka - Arnit.2, 1872. “My Dear Briie—I was sorry when I met you at Festeepors not to bave had longer talk with you spec: meeting in May. I do not intend to make any ches on any topic during anbiversary week. Indeed, Tanali be out of town. I do not want you to take any ground this year except upon suffraye, You know my sym- thy with you. Fropably you and Tare nearer together family, I cannot give reason now. ‘gm clear; stili, you will follow your own judgment. T thank you for your letter. Of some things J neither tatk, will I be talked wih. For love and sympathy J am Nepty thanksul. ‘The only heip that cap be wrateful to useful is silence and a silericing influence on all others. A day may come for converse. [tis not now. Living or dead, my dear sister Belle, love me, and do not talk about me or suffer others to 1m your presence, God Jove and keep you. Gec keep us ali. Your loving ‘The underscoring is his own, and when I read tn that horrible story that he begged # few hours’ notice that he might kill hunseli, my mind flew back to this sen- tence, which suggested suicide to me the moment I read es “Living or di my dear sister Belle, love me,” and I ved even thi Now, Tom, can’ and give hi preeent, of course, arer than all things else, a in one Tui cannot, always siand as consent- ours steve, BELLE, it you can’t come to me, send Edward. 1 am utterly ‘and my heart aches for that woman even as tor may own flesh and biood. 1d her, bat I know her to be pure and unselfieh and absolutely driven by some power foreign to herself to strange utter ges which are always in benalt dum, purity— ab she understarids it—niways to detriend the poor and outcast, and bring_low onl: proud, the hypo- PAE IB haah places: The word apdut meeting at Mrs helps’s honse | have added to the copy. Henry tell him of this. ve a The reply to this letter by the Rev. Thomas K, Beecher to his sister is as iollowe, and needs but a single remark—the thought of a good man as 0 Se searre ct ine ok ieee baa Trejer to the @ postscript. rte FO iP is produced, BRY. THOMAS K, BEECHER TO HIS SISTER, E 5 Duan Buza—To allow the devil himesi? tobe “orushed for roan truth i# unspeal gut se, apeok, a2 at present i ly cowa hilosophy, 8) 4 ¥ amainst wilieh 1" recokaed ublished 18 essen: | married a woman | { | of both Mr. T. and his wite required it, and now the ume has come for you to give the | jv. Thomas | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. test twenty asiy, trom him, He has drified, and am sharp cornered and exacting. I cannot help him, except by prayer. I cannot help bim through Edward. Tn my judgment Henry is following his slippery doc- trives of expediency, and, in his ery of progress and the nobleness of human nature, bas sacrificed clear, exact, ideal integrity. Hands off until he is down, then my pulpit my home, wy church and my purse and heart are at ms service, Of the two, Woodhull is my hero and Heury my coward, as at present advised, But I protast ‘Against the whole batch and all ity belongings. I was not anti-slavery; 1am not anti-family, But, as I wrote years 0, whenever I assault slavery because of its abomina- fons'T shall uasail the Uhureh, the State, the family and all other institutions of selfish usage, I return the papers. Yo must be trae to Woodhull. I am out of the circle as yet, and am giad of it, When the stor me’! shall suffer as @ Christian, saying, ‘Cease ye trom man. Don't write tome. Follow the truth, and when you need me ery out. Yours, lovingly, (Signed) TOM. P. S.—1 am so overworked and hurried thatd see upon review that my letter sovads hard—because of its senten- tiousness, But believe me, dear Belle, thatI see and suger with you. Youare ina tight place. But having chosen yous principles I ean only counsel you to be true ANB, Y = you all in the wrong as to anthropology and sociat science. But L honor and love them who suffer for cou viction’s sake. My turn to suffer will come in due time. ristians shall suffer tribulation. 80 fake good aim and shoot, and when the say even hereunto were we called. Butt ou can't help Henry at present. unseal my letter to enclose print and add :— ho proof as yet of any offence on Henry's part. Your tesumony would be allowed in_no court.” Tilton, wife, Moulton & Co. are witnerses. Even Mrs, Stanton can only declare Acarsy. So if yon move remember that vou are standing on uncertain Iniormation, and we shal! not probably ever get the tacts, and I'm glad of it. If Mr. and Mrs, Tilton are brought’ into court nothin will be revealed. Perjury, for good reason, is, with ad- vanced thinkers, no sin. It will be observed in the letter of Mrs. Hooker that she speaks of having refused to go to Europe with her husband, and that she remained at home. in oe to protect her brother in this emergency of his life, A letter came ‘into my hands with the others | from Mr. Hooker to his wile, under date of Fior- ence, Italy, November 3, 1871, which tends to show that ail this matter had heen discussed between Mr. Hooker ana his wite long before the publica- tion by Mrs, Woodhull, 1 extract so much from the letter as relers to this subject. The remainder is a Kindly communiéation of an absent husband to a loved wife, about wholly independent matters | which have nothing to do with this controversy. It 1s produced, marked “‘N 8’:— MR, HOOKER TO HIS WIFE. Frorexcr, Sunday, Nov. 3, 1872, My Precious WirE—I hope you were not patued by what I wrote on Friday about the H. W. B. matter. am getting much more at peace about the matter, but I cannot look upon it, in apy other light, and it isa relief to me to speak my mind right out abgut it and then letit rest. I could not nave been easy till I had sworn » litle. The only mitigation of the concealment of the thing that I can think of is this—and it seems to me that some excuse, of at least explanation, may pe found here—viz.. that a consideration of the happiness or seemes and the very possible further (act that he preferred to disclose it, but took the advice of a few of his leading | friends in the church and was overruled by them, they agreeing to take tne responsibility ot the concealment, ‘This would take off somewhat trom the hypocrisy of the thing, but Icaves the original crime as open tocon- demmation as ever. But enough of this, Only let me re- Guest you to keep me informed of all that occurs, and do not rely upon my Ror the news Jrom the papers, T see by an extract from the Boston Advertiser that Mrs. v. has employed two | Boston lawyers Ut gives their names) to bring suit against the Republican and Woman's Journal, 80 that it looks as if the exposure is near at hand. { want to say one word more, however. Gan you not let the report get out alter the H. matter be- comes public, without being exactly responsible for it, that you have Kept up friendship with Mrs, W. in the hope of influencing her not to publish the story, you hay ing learned its trath—ana that is substantially’ the have understood it—and that you gaye up goingto rope with me 80 as to be at home and comfort H. when the truth caine ont, us you expected it to do in the Course of the summer? ‘This will give the appearance of Selt-sacrifice to your afiiiation with her, and will ex- lain your not coming abroad with me—a tact which fas avery unwufe-like “look. 1 know that you will otherwise be regarded as holding Mrs. W.’s views, and that we shall be regarded as living in some discord, and probably (by many people), a8 practising her principles t would be a great relief to me to have your relations to Mra. W. explained in this way, so creditable to your heart. ‘There is not half the untruth in it that there has been all along in my pretended approval of irs. Wood. bull’s course, and yet people think me an honest man, T have lied enough about that to ruin the character of an average man, and have probably damaged myselt by it After Beecher had seen these letters of his ter, and handed me all the letters, together with one under the date of November 27, which I herewith produce, with the enclosure, cut from the Hartford Terres, to which it alludes, itis marked “N9:— MRS, HOOKER TO BEECHER, Haxtrorp, Wednesday. 27, 1872. Dean Broraer—Read the enclosed, clipped from the ‘Nowe of this city last evening. (See enclosure below. |} can endure no longer, I must see you and persuade i per which I will read, going alone to your pulpit and taking sole charge, of the services. shall leave here on eight 4. M. train Friday morning, and unless you meet me at Forty-vecond street station, | Lehattgo to Mrs. *s house, opposite Young Men Christian Association, No. — Twenty third street, where T shali hope to see you during the day. Mrs. kindly said to me, when last in New York, “My daughter and are now widows, living quietly in our pleasant home, and I want you to come there, without warning, when: ever you are in New York, unless you have other friends horn you prefer to visit So I shal! go as if on a shopping trip, and stay as long as it seems best. I would prefer going to Mrs. Tilton’s to anywhere else, but [ hesitate to ask her to receive me. I feel sure, however, that words from her should go into that paper, and with her consent could write as one commissioned trom on high. Do not fail me, 1_ pray you: meet me at noon on Fri- | day as you hope’ to ‘your own mother im hea In her name I beseech you, and will take no de Ever yours, in love unspeakable, BELLE, {Enclosure mentioned in above letter.) \CHER AND MRS, TILTON. “Eh Perkins,” of the New York Commercial, a promi- nent republican paper, has this to say “Nust’s very boldness—his terrible agi what challenges admiration and makes veness—is farper's Weakly sat aged ims At he o}fare (hin it a great onder- to aitack Mr. Greeley, he saidi— fes; butl knew he W oi fambas, I knew! igi Wo in in the end. I was right, and I knew ri was almost alone, too. The were fooled with Gresley, as they, are fooled with, Beecher, and he will ma] turther than Gre ret.’ “Ae nad « tik about Beecher and Tilton, and puttin this with other conversations with personal iriends ot Mr. Tilton and with newspaper men in New York, I am satisfied that a terrible downtall surely awaits the one who has erred and conceals it.”” BEECHER'S ANXIETY AND MRS. HOOKER. Beecher then informed me of his apprehension that his sister, in her anxiety that he should do his duty in Pree asing (Bi truth as she understood it, and In protecting Mrs. Woodhull from the con- sequences o: having published the tsuth, from which she was then su: Grin Soult go into his ulpit and insist upon declaring that the Wood- fu ublication was substantially true; and ne de- sired me to do what in me lay to prevent such a disaster. Isuggested to him that he should see Mrs. Hooker, speak to her kindly, and exhort her aot to take this course, and that Tilton should see her and 6o far shake her confidence in the truth of the story gs to induce her to doubt whether she would be in making the statement public. In this course Beecher agreed, and such arguments and inducements were brought to bear upon Mrs. Hooker as were in the power of aly ree of us, to prevent fer from doing that which Would have certainly brought on an exposure of the whole business, During the consultation between Beecher and myself as to the means of meeting Mrs, Hooker's intentions, no suggestion was ever made on the part of Beecher that his sister was then or had been at any other t1me insane. All these letters I received from Beecher, and they are those to which he alludes in his communi- cation of the 4th instant as the letters of his sister and brother delivered to me, and which I did not believe that I could honorably give him up, because I thought—and I submit to the commitiee I was right in thinking—that they form a part of chis controversy, and were not, as he therein ale leged, simply given to my keeping as part of his otner pers, Which he could mot keep safely on account of hisown carelessness in preserving doc- uments. Beecher was exceedingly anxious that Tilton should repudiate the statement published by Woodhull, and denounce her for its publication, ana he drew PP, upon my memorandum book, the form of a card to be published by Tilton over his signature ; and asked me to submit it to him for that purpose, which I here produce, marked “N 10h — BEECHER'S PROPOSED CARD FOR TILTON, In an unguarded enthusiasm I hoped well and much of one who has proved utterly unprincipled. I shall never again notice her stories, and now utterly repudi- | ate her statements made concerning me and Beecher told me to say to Tilton, substantially :— “Theodore may for his own purpose, if he choose, say Vat all his misfortune has come upon him on account of his dismissal trom the Union and the Independent, and on account of the offence which I committed against nim; he may cake the posi- inst me and Bowen that he does; yet the ‘ig Bdvocacy of Mrs. Woodhull and ner eS his rising. Now, tn order to get support from me and from rece church, and tn order to obtaia the sympathy of the whole community, he must publish this card; and unless he does it he cannot Tise,”’? He also said the same thing to Tilton to my peice To this Tilton answered in substance to cher:—‘‘You know why I sought Mrs. Wood- bull’s acquaintance. It was to save my family and yours irom the consequences of your acts, the facts about which had become Known to her. They have now been published, and I will not de- Dounce that woman to save you from the conse- quences of erence lave done,’? ‘To resume :—after I had carried to Mr. Tilton the paper of apology which hed reference to Rene adultery, snd had received asgurances that all be- tween Tijton and Beecher should be kept quiet, I immediate), Rigs Hod the information to Beecher. He was profuse in his professions of thankfulness and gratitude to me for what he said were my exertions in bis behalf, Soon alter that 1 was taken sick, and while on my sick bed, on the 7th of Kebruary, Ireceived the following letter from Beeoner, marked “@:— BEBCHER TO MOULTON. A ‘My Dean Mr. Moviror—I am glad to send ye which you will relish, of which | man ni tor fh that Thad. more like it, ought to rellsh. | T wis I could send you one every day, not A repa | your great kindness to me—for that can never be repaid, Dot even by love, which I give you freely, many friends has God raised up to me; but to of them has be given the opportanity, and the Tmpiiett, You have cursels Theodgre's Wriend im | ou. Ld res and Elizabeth’ jod. took. down from heaven on Does Boh) unhappy creatures that more need a frie! Ye ee? " timation of God's intent of me: all yt we Wests gee a tied ond proved ited. Would to each one of these nly in you are we thre who orders ail bearis, wat by at ge. “ cannot help Henry. You | ‘m-line includes | d to, | Mrs. Hooker, he came to me, in trouble and alarm, | T | theories has done him the injury which prevents- Theodore, Elizabeth and I could pe mace triends again. Theodore wil have the hardest task in such @ case; but aay he not proved himself capable of the noblest things! Li wonder if Elizabeth knows how generously he has arried himself toward me? Of course, | can never eak with he: ain, except with his permission, and 1 jo not Know that even then it would be best. My earnest longing is to see her in the full sympathy of her nature at rest in him and to sce him once more trusting her and loving her with even & better than the old love. always sad in such thoughts, Isthere any way out this night? May not a day star arise! ‘Truly yours al- ways, with trust and love, HENRY WARD BEECHER. On the same day there was conveyed to me from Beecher a request to Tilton what Beecher m write to Mrs. Tilton, because all parties bad then come to the conclusion that there should be no communication betweeu Beecher and Mrs. Tilton or Beecher and Tilton, except with my knowledge and consent, and 1 had exacted a promise irom Beecher that he would not communicate with Mrs, Tilton or allow her to communicate with bim un- | less I saw the communication, which promise, I | believe, was, on his part, faithfully kept, but, as I soon found, was not on the part oi Mrs, Tilton. Permission was given to Beecher to write to Mrs. Tilton, and the following is his letter, bere pro- duced, marked “P”:— BEECHER TO MRS. TILTON. BRooxiys, Feb, 7, 1871. My Dear Mas. Trxron—When | saw you last I'did not expect ever to see You again or to be ‘alive many d Gout was kinder to me than were my own thoughts. friend whom God sent to we (Mr. houlton) has proved, above ali friends that ever! had, able and willing to elp me in this terrible emergency of my life. His hand itwas that tied up the storm that was ready to burst upon our head. Iam not the Jess disposed to trust him | trom finding thathe has your welfare most deeply and tenderly at heart. ave no triend (Theodore ex- cepted) who has itin his power to serve you so vitally, and who will go it with so much de lcacy'and honor. “i beseech of you, if my wishes have yet any iniiuer.ce, let my deliberate judgment in this matter weigh with you. It does my sore heart good to see in Mr. Moulton | an unfeigned respect and honor for you. It would kill | me it he thought otherwise. He will be as true a triend | to your honor and happiness as a brother could be to a sister's. In him we bave a common ground. You and I |-may meet in him. The past isended. But is there no future t—no wiser, higher, bolier future? May not this | friend stand asa priest in’ the new sanctuary of recon. ciliation, and mediate and bless you, ‘thcodore, and my most unhappy self? Do not let my earnestness fall of ite end; you believe in my judgment | have put myself wholly and Moulton’s hands, an¢ there I inust meet you. nt with Theodore’s consent, but ne has not Will you return # to me by his hands? I am very earnest in this wish for all our sakes, as such & letier ought not to be subject to even a chance of mis- carriage. Your unhappy friend. H. W. BEECHLR. This was a letter of commendation, so that Mra, Tilton might trust me, as between her and her husband, as fully as Beecher did, n the mean- while Mr, Beecher’s iriends were continually an- noying him and writing him about Tilton and the ramors that were afloat with regard to both, and on the 13th of Fepruary Beecher received the fol- lowing letter trom his nephew, F. B. Perkins, which he (Beecher) handed me, with @ draft of a reply, On the 28d of the same February, which he sent without showing me again, and upon that drait I made the following note, { herewith pro- duce these documents, Marked “Q,” “RB” and “Ss? respectively :— PERKINS TO BEECHER. Box 44, Srarrox Dy, } New York, February 13, 1871 My Dear Uncur—After some consideration I decide to iuform you of a matter concerning you. Tilton has been {ustitviig or excusing his recent intrigues with women yy alleging thas you have been detected im the like adulteries, the same having been hushed vp out of con- sideration for the parties, This 1 know. ‘ou may, of course, do what you like with this letter. I suppose such dies quickest unanswered. I have thought it best to let you know what is being said about you, and by whom, however; tor, whether you act in the matter or not, it has been displeasing to me to sup- Bove such things done without your knowledge. I have | thought other people base, but Theodore Tilton has in this action dived into the very sub-cellar of the very backhouse of infamy. In case you should choose to let Iadly in ‘This 8 se tm | him know of this, 1 am responsible and don’t scek any concealment. Very truly yours, F, B. PERKINS. Rey. Henry RECHER. a P I can’t say Tilton said “adulteries.” He was referring to his late intrigues with Mrs, —— and others, | however he may have described them. What I am in- formed of is the excuse by implicating you in ee afiairs. BEECHER TO PERKINS. Fesrvary 2, 1871. My Drar Fren—Whatever Mr. Tilton formerly said against me—and I know the substance of it—he Aas with- drawn and frankly confessed that he had been mislea by the statements of one who, when confronted, backed down from his charges. gna im, In some sense I am in reason to believe were exaggerated or After a tull conference and explanation partto plame for his indi tion. For [lent a credulous car to reports about which wholly false. Cy ht | ‘The | THE STRANGER IN TILTON’S HOUS-. It will be observed that in the letter of Mrs. Morse she says Tilton had sent ****** with Lhe others away. I purposely omit the name of this ere Was ason Why it was de: ihe should be away irom Brookins. Tv ven me by Mr. and Mrs. Tilton, wa ad overheard conversations by them Teason, a8 this :—she concerning Mrs, Tilton’s criminal intimacy with Beecher, and she had reported these con- Versations to several friends of the family. Being young, and not knowing the conse- juences of her prattiing, it seemed proper, | for the safety of the two famiiies, that she | should be sent to a distance to school, which Was accordingly done, She was put at a boarding school at the West, and the expenses of her stay there were privately ~~ through me by Beecher, to whom I had stated the dimeuity of having the girl remain in Brooklyn; and he agreed with us that it was best that she should be removed and offered to be at the cost of her schooling. The bills Were sent to me from time to time as they be- came due, a part of them through Mrs. Tilton, Previous to her going away she wrote the foliow- ing letters to Mrs, T:ltou—marked “WW” and “X"— and they were sent tome by Mrs, ‘I. as part of these transactions :— #e484* TO MRS. TILTON. sasen Brooa.yn, Jan, 10, 1871. My Dean Mrs. Tixrox—I want to tell you something. Your mother, Mrs. Morse, has repeatedly attempted to hire me, by offering me dresses and presents, to goto cer- tain persons and tell them dories injurious to the char- acter of your husband. I have been persuaded that the kind attentions shown me by Mr. Tilton for years were dishonorable demonstrations. I never, at the time, thought that Mr. Tilton’s caresses were for such @ pur- pose. Ido not want to be made use of rs, Morse or any one else to bring trovple on my two best friends, you ana your husband. Bye by. tases These notes are in Mrs. Tilton’s handwriting and on the same paper used by her in correspondence with me. FROM THE SAME TO THE SAMR. January 12. My Dear Mrs. Tittron—The story that Mr. Tilton once lifted me from my bed and rarried me screaming to his gwn and attempted to violate iny person is a wicked lie, Yours truly, Seana While this young lady was at school she did in- form a friend of Mrs. Tilton, Mrs. P., of the stories | of the family relations, These stories were written | to Brooklyn, and came to the knowledge of my friends, creating an impression upon their minds | unfavorable to Mr. Tilton, and mignt poraibiy lead | to the reopening of the scandal. 1 theretore ook pains to trace them back, and found that they came from Mrs, P., to whom the schoolgirl had told them, I therelore cailed upon ‘ilton and | asked if these stories could not be stopped. Soon | afterward he produced to me aletter, dated the 8th November, 18/2, written by Mrs, Tilton, with a note tome on the back thereof, to disabuse Mrs. P. mind as vo the girl’s disclosures. The letter here produced, marked “Y:”— MRS, TILTON TO MRS. P. Brooxtys, Nov. 8, 1872. My Dean Mrs, P.—I come to you in this fearful ex- tremity, burdened by my misfortunes, to claim your promised sympathy and love. * * * Ihave mistakenly felt obliged to deceive ****** these two years, that my husband bad made, false accusations against me which he never has to her or any one. In order that he may not appear on his defence, thus adding the terrible exposure of a lawsuit, will you im- plore silence on her part against any indignation which she may feel against him; for the one only ray of light and hope in this midnight gloom is hrs entire sympathy and co-operation in my behalf? A word from you to Mr. D*** will change any un- friendly spirit which dear mother may have given him | against my husband, You know I have no mother’s heart, that will look charitably upon all, save you, Affectionately, your child, BLIZAB LTH, Of course you will destroy this letter. Also, 1 produce—out of the order of time—a let- ter of Mrs. Tilton, marked “Y 2,” sent to me a bey afterwards for money for the purpose of pay- ing this young person’s school expenses, and also @ statement of accounts and letters of transmis- sion, and note acknowledging receipt for quarter ending June, 1871, trom the principal of that school, marked “Z 1” and ‘2 2.” All these sums were paid by Beecher, and I forwarded the money to settle them through Mrs. Tilton, or sent the money directly to the principal of the school at her request :— MRS, TILTON TO MOUL! TON. Tugspay, Jan. 18, 1872. Dean Francis—Be kind enongh to send me $50 for “eres, 1] want to enclose it in to-morrow’s mail. Yours grateiully ELIZABETH, STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT. PF 'EMALE SEMINARY. Migs ##0#09 seoeee To see Dr. | there remains between us no misunderstanding, but y | mutual good will "and: reconciliation have taken the | yor PORTaIMA. oa ora Place of exasperation, Of course, I shall not chase after | por wasting’ 3} ‘will soon run’ themselves out of | for fre tns months) aa ft "alone, If 'my irienda "will put | For music double lessons), a ifiele foot silently on siny coal or hot embers and crush | Por advanced hems” | jem ont, witha , the miserable lies W: ; udend “in New York in| a lide time as they’aro in Boone Oe Senne ery. ait rooklyn. fo not any the less thank you for your | Pysician and medic a afiectionate solicitude and for your loyalty to my good oe | Ramen Y shoaid have replied earlier’ but your ister | Seat incburch....., + 10-16 24 | came when { was out of town. I had to go out again $105 7 immediately. If the papers do not meddle, this slander senses snerenencsecevensoes4 Will fail. stili-born—dead as Julius Cesar. if @ sensation , June 8, 1871, should be got ap, of course there are enough Dditter ene- mice to ian the matter and create annovauce, though no final damage. Iam your affectionate uncle, H. W.B. NOTE BY MOULTON IN RELATION TO THE ABOVE. H.W. Beecher agreed to hold this letter over for con sideration, but sent it before seeing me again. I at first approved of the letter, but finally concluded to consult with 7. T., who offered @ substitute, the substance of re will be y. B.'s reply found in penci! on copy of H. W. B. to:— An enemy of mine, as I now of Theodore Tilton by tellin stories concermng me. FT delug angered against m use I had atoted similar stories against him, which I had heard from the same party, retaiiated. Theodore and I, through a mu- tual friend, were brought together, and found u tual explanations that both were tie victims of slanderer. No farther correspondence was received from Perkins in this connection to my knowledge, ex- cept the following Aste to Tilton, herewita pro- duced and marked ‘“‘T’!:— PERKINS TO TILTON. May 20, 1671. Mr, Titsox—If there had not been others by I would have said to you at meeting you this noon what I say Ser ue Shae is at oS end, and if we meet Not recognize me. pntcigertcns fi F. B, PERKINS. Meanwhile Mrs. Morse, the mother-in-law ol Mr. Tilton, who was from time to time an inmate of bis jamily in Livingston street, bad, as | was in- jormed, both by Mr. and Mrs. Tilton, learned irom her daughter the criminal relationship heretolore existing between Beecher and herself, and who could not understand why that matter had been settled, and who bad not been told how it had been adjusted, and who had hada most bitter quarrel with Tilton, accusing bim of not bering, his affairs as to keep what forqine he nad, and who had called upon Beecher about the relations between Tilton and Mrs. Tilton, and who had, as Beecher had informed me, filled the minds of Mrs, Beecher snd himsel! with stories of ‘n, poisoned the mind mu- e sae wife, wrote the following letter to Beecher, under date of January 27, 1871, which he delivered to me the next day, as appears by my memorandum jereon, reanuae with the draft of an answer which he said he proposed to send to Mrs. Morse. Her letter 18 herewith produced, marked “0” and as lollows:— ‘MRS, MORSE TO MR. BRECHER. January Mr. Barc 3 vouhaye not seen At to pay any at- tention to the request I left at your honse now over two ks since, 1 will take this method to inform you of ‘state of things in Livingston street The remark tome at your own door was an enigmi e, and every day adds to the m: i sil “What ne eth. » 1 ask what earthly sense was therein that re- mark! Neliher Mrs. B., yourself nor1 can have done anything to ameliorate her condition. She has deen for the last three weeks with one ver. as sent ts With the others y sick and distracted child four children night and day, without the fornace or anything like comiort or nouris- ment sic} In the house. She has not seen any one. Ho 8, “She ts mourning for her sin.” 11 this be s0, one twenty-four hours under pis shot, I think, is enough to atone for a lifelong sin, however henious sic). I know that any change in his affairs would bring more trouble upon ber and more suffering. Idid not think for a mo ment when [ asked Mrs. B., as to your call there, mE posing she knew it. of course, as said you wou not go there without her. Twas inocent (sic) of making any misunderstanding itthere was ou say, “keep quick” I have all through her married lite done so, and we now see our cror (sic). It has brought him to destruction, made me utterly miserable, turned me from a comfortable home ‘and brought his own ly to ary. Idon't believe if bis honest debts were paid he would havo enough to their breackfast (sic). This she could endure and thrive under, the pub- licity he has is to this recent and most crushing of all trowe is what's taken the life out of her. know of twelve ns whom he has told, and wee! | the 4 overnabie temper. th, and f doubt not Florence has hers. Do you ki now when i hear of your cracking your jokes from Sunday to Si ou have brought — | junday, and think of the miser; us, [think with the f. “here Is no God.” mitting all he says to vention of his hait- brain, still the effect upon us is the same, for believe it, Now he's nothing to do, he makes her night and day. 1am driven ‘to this ex ray for ber release from all suffering by God's tal Ker to Himself, for it the: eaven 1 know she'll ere. ‘The last time she was in this house she said :—“Here I feei T have no home, but on the other side I know I shall be more than welcome.” On, my precious child! how my heart bleeds over you in thinking of your sufferings. Can you do any! 3 matter? ‘Must she live in this suifering condition of mind and body with no aleviation ? (sic. ‘You or any one else who advises her to live with him when he is doing all he can to kill her by slow torture ia anything but a friend. Tdon't kuow if you can understand a sentence I've writien, but I'm ‘relieved somewhat by writing. The children are kept trom me, and I have not seen m diemg [sic] child but once since her return from thi Ouse. bt the least you could do was to put your name rage af the Custom Paaimis be ti to help reinstate my brother (in ea eeabetn was as disappointed. As myselt, He w still without Ge nt, wi sick wif) and five caildren to feed, behind with rent everything else behindhand. ityour wife has adopted Lib {me} witli her, I prey, you do something fot itis Jute, He swears so soon as her breath leaves her body Wwe wiil make this whole thing pablic, and this rospect, Tthink. is one thing which keeps her living. ? know of no other. She's without nourishment [sic] for one in her state, and tn want—actual want. They would both deny it, no doubt, buf it's true. ore Jedgo ¥ BKECHER TO MRS, MORSE. ire. lonsK:— MY Dein Mapas I should Lah it to have you Haan dria should satety you Wak Ihave SYEpR ized with your distress, Wot Min Beecher and after. wr ih istrens, full couslderation, are of one mind—thet under present mstances, ness and to all ai cireu: the greatest Rindness to you. Will be, In so fa we are concerned, to leave te time The recitestion of” ether they prove Teal or imegin ou symvatfize fer elle! betore of all the wrongs, WI you | the | Well, ‘t's an inconstant world! Soberly, I snould Following is a copy ol the substitute referzed | ‘Tilton’s infidelity and tmproper conduct to his | | Mr, Beecher’s drait of reply marked ‘V,” and are | [Received January 27, 1871; received from H. W. B. | | Occurred to mar the harmon: Mrs. Ticron—I send you with thisa statement of Miss es) bill for the past half school year. seeen® is doing very well in her studies, and is quite a favorite with us. Sometimes she is not very well, but I think, on the whole, ber health is improving. Could you not come and inake us @ visit and bring Mr. Tilton with yout A little rest would do you both good. Very respecttully yours. — is making Very good progress in music and in some canst common branches, as arithmetic, geography ra bine Sauinany, Dec. 18, 1873, o F.D.M Esq. -— ycebagiatag ura containing cheek for $200 in full (or JOULTON, Duan Bin—Yo ‘Migs *¢*0s schoo! Dill is received. This pays all her m- debtedness to this date. Very truly yours, —— ——. BBECHER’S FEELINGS TOWARD TILTON, Beechér was very anxious to ascertain, through me, the exact condition of Tilton’s teglings toward him, and how Jar the reconoiliation was real, and to get a statement in writing that would seem to free him (Beecher) from imputation thereaiter. I more than once applied to Tilton to get a state- ment of his feelings toward Beecher, and received from Bim, on the 7th of February, 1871, the follow- letter, which 1 produce, marked SOROM' TO MOULION, 8 ROOKLYN, Feb. 7, ‘My Very Drak Ferrep—In several conversations with me you have asked, about my Jeclings toward Mr. Beecher, and yesterday vou said the time had come ‘When you would like to receive from me an expression of them in writing. I say. therelore, very cheerfully, that, notwithstanding the great suffering which he bas caused to Elizabeth and myself, I bear him no mahce, shall do bim no wrong, shail discountenance every roject (by whomsoever proposed) ior any exposure of ia secret to the public; and (#1 know myself at all) shall endeavor to act toward Mr, Beecher as I would have him iD similar circumstances act toward me. I eae to add that your own good offices in this case have led meto « higher moral teeling than | might other- wise have reached. ver yours affectionately. ‘To Fnanx Movzton. THEODORE TILTON, From that time everything was quiet. Nothing existing between Tilton and Beecher, or the Kindly reiations be- tween Tilton and Mrs. Tilton, during the summer ot 1871, except idle gossip which floated about the city of Brookiyn, and sometimes was hinted at in | the newspapers, but which received no support in | any facts known to the goasipper or the writer, or | ‘vhrough any communication of Mr. or Mrs. Tilton or Mr. Beecher. And I received no letters irom Beecher alluding to this subject upon any topic until his return, on the 30th ce em eks jrom bis vacation, showing that in fact the settlement was enabling him to regain his health and spirits, I produce this note, marked “BB: — BEECHER TO MOULTON. Sarugpay, September 80, 1871, el bad not to meet you. My ‘ou, and you might have known that you loved meas much as I do you. | My Dean Friexp—I fe heart warms tay should be here, ff ba ead | to have you see how hearty I am, ready tor work and hoping tof & bright yeat T have literally done nofAing for three months, but have “gone to grass.” Things seem almost strange to come buck among men and see business going on in earnest, Iwill be here on Monday at ten A.M. Iam, my dear Frank, truly and gratetully yours 9 HENRY WARD BEECHER THE LULL IN THE CONTROVERSY, Taking advantage of this lull in the controversy it may be as convenient nere as anywhere to staie the relations of Mra, Tilton to the matter and her | acts toward the several parties. 1 shall be par- doned if 1 do it with care, because my statement, unbappily for us both, must be diametricall Oppo. site to one publisied as hers, had been on terms very familiar, visiting at | cl Mr. Tilton’s house. [had seen and known Mra. ‘yilton well and kindly on my part, and I believed wholly so on hers, and, as 1 have before stated, I had never known or suspected or seen any exhibk tion of inharmony between her and her husband during those many tamullar visits, and of course I had no suspicion of infidelity upon the part of either toward the other. The first intimation of it- which came to me was in the exhibition of her original coniesston, of which I have before spoken. The first time I saw that confession was on the 30th of December, #870, The firss communication I had from Mrs, Tilton alter! had read her con- fession on the Friday evening, as before ted, was on the next morning, the 3ist of Decefaber, 1870, the date being Mixed by the fact cited in ner letter showing that she gave her retraction to Beecher on the evening previous, The letter irom her is ag fullows, marked “OC :”"— MRS, TILTON TO MOULTON. Saturvay Morning. My Dran Fatexp Paaxe—I want you 1 6 reatest ssible favor. letter whic! ou have an fie‘one | gave Mr. Beecher at his Gictation last evening ought both to be destroyed. lease Dring both to me and Twill barn them, Show thisnote to Theodore aud Mr Boocher. ‘They will see 0} ju ‘ours truly, gies isis i. R. TILTON, Tcould not, of course, accede to this request of Mrs. Tilton,” because | nad pledged myself to Beecher that her retraction on the one side and her confession to ‘Tilton on \the other—which are the papers she reiers to as ‘my letier which you have and the one I gave Mr. Beecher’’—should not be given up, but shouki be hela for the protec- tion of either as against the other. Tlearned in my interview with Beecher on the 1st cay af January, 1871, that he liad been told by his wife and others that Mrs, Tilton desired a sep- aration from her husband on account of his sup- posed infidelities to her, and that Mrs. Tilton had applied to Mrs. Beecher for advice upon that sub- ject. This being the Orst I had heard ov any as- serted infidelity of Tilton to his marriage vow either the next day or second day alter I ask Mrs, Tilton if it were so and if she had ever de- sired @ separation from her husband on that or any other account—wishing to assure myeelf of the tacts upon which I was te act as mediater and bitrator between the parties, She stated to me that she had not desired a separation trom her husband, but that application had been made to Mr. and Mrs. Beecher through her mother,’ u) her own reeponsibility, to bring it about and on the 4th day of January ahe sent me the foliowin letter, which, although dated January 4, 1870, wae actually written January 4, 1871. ana dated 1670, as you to do me the | | 4» s common enough mistake b: the beginning of a new year, most persons at jut it bears inter- | nal evidence of the time of its date, and also I know that I received it at that time, it being im- ssible that it should have been a year previous. produce it, marked ‘*DD:""— MES. TILTON NO. 174 Lavinoston Srnees, Brooxiys, Jan, 17, 18:0 regard to aration tFom my husband, was erer the fact, is I have d ore. The story that I wanted a | Pledge to him, 1 gave it Mr, Francis D. Moutos » My Deak FRienp—l Ihave ever sought a dignantly deny that ita hundred times separation waa deliberate | mother, who said she would bear the responsib this and other statements nicated to my husband's and by her communicate by the whole proceeding, a guence more than I truly, As bearing upon this topic of her husband’sin | jor separation, | produce | fidelity and her desire d to Mr. Bowen. am able to 70 MOULTON, ot | | your question whether n- d ie falsehood, coined by my poor | lity of e, and cominu- H.W. Beecher, | I feel. outraged | nd am now suiferfng in conse- ar. 1am yours, very ELIZ. R. TILTON, she might maki enemy, Mrs, another letter, dated January 13, 1871, written by Mrs. Tilton, and addressed to the per: bame I have hitherto and still suppress, with whom Bowen had nection with Tilton, and because of which proper connection Bee irs. Tilton was unhapp: ton, ‘son Whose as the one alleged an improper con- im- cher had been infermed y and desired the separa- It is marked “EE” MRS, TILT ‘ON TO —— 174 Livinasvon Sarert, Brookiyn, Jan. 13, 187 1} My near Frenp ann Steren—I was made very giad by your letter, tor your love to which T actually hunger. been loved, and can “Well ough fT heart and or how 1 am not philosophe: tounderstand, {cannot re 1 wrote to you a reply on and tinged with jears ‘of You, hke me, have loved ani say with me is most wraretul, and for Mrs. Browning :~ think we've tared, renough of the human mind | ason—only feel. | the morning of my sickness, | poroaching disaster, so that | My | But I find in you an element to which I respond; when | myself upon that point; and he went immedtatel wor Rao ee do not at all territy me; only convines, ai se i@ hasty line, which I'm sure you'll do, | rartion thie een elec’ Good night: “Aflectisnatelyy eRe eet commune After the signing of the trip: covenan: April 2, 1872, ‘Tiiton’ desired that I should returm him tne paper containing Ris wife's confession, tm order, ag he said, to relieve her anxiety as to ita possibly falling into wrong hands, and she w: aT desirous that this paper sbould be destroyed, Ast neid it solely for her protection, fate her hands and that! afterwards that he gave it into ker hands and tha‘ she destroyed it Ste also confirmed this state nm ent, Some time after that—It 1s impossible for me tee fix the date precis I iearned from Beecher that Mrs, Tilton bad told him taat when she made | her confession to her husoand of ber infidelity) | wits bim (Beecher) her husband had made @ coniession to her of bis own infidelities wi several other women, This being an entirel: | Rew statement of iact to me, and er havi | heard Mrs, ‘Tiiton, in ail my conversations wi! | her, although -be had admitted treely with Beecher, mal | you will ne | OWD seXual intercours: | any claims that ner husband had confessed | mddelity, or that be had mn unfaithful to her, I was considerably surprised at this in- timation made at so iate a period, and | brought! | it to the attention of Tilton, im the form of @ very strong criticism of his course towards me, that be had kept back so important @ fact, which mij have made a great difference as to the course | Ought to be taken, Tilton promptly and with mockir | feeling denied that he had ever made any suck confession, or that lis wife ever claimed that he had, and desired ine to see Mrs. Tilton, and satiefy with me to his house, \uat I might see Mrs, 4 before he should have the opportunity to see her, aiter he had learned the alleged Jact. We went to when mail day arrived 1 was safely over my sufferings, | the house together and found her in the back with a fair prospect of returning health. Jest its morbid tone might shadow your spir around tn: toda weil. All th daring, and wh those good, tru lite with * your self-sacrifice, | admired house again, do. ese all m letter: pare: 1 your rare qualities of heart and mind. it Tdesiroyed it | Tam now | ng very poorly what [| want ions and fatiures you know, | ur last letter to Theodore— | you tell indirectly of your | I caught and felt the | ind sincerely appreciated Iam amore demonstrative and enthusiastic lover of Gcd mamitested | in his children than you wil of youflll me with admiration und delight. I have | Pub the question so her: Il believe, and my memories | caught up your card picture which we have, in such mo- ments and kisses tears, for God's us three the b sweet and dear acquaintance h these blossoms of our heart to human eyes, it agai easing to every side, and them no longer only hope. ly dear, dear other. Texpe the sense of drai trustand taith in human tween ust I believe ic! sit mi ty divorce us by 8a ‘Theodore’s infidelity, maky ‘These slanders have been anxiety night riage; known—a lore babe it pri had sorrow almost beyond is my mother! That will heart. strengthened by experienc Patience, be victorious ove! case with Mr. Bowen.) heart be troul of it. Iwi 1 could come bounds toward all.” ‘write and think. But hereunto I am not to keep her with as, and Our household has, indeea, the geld suffer with th t! | that is past! her for you many times. ‘I love fine, beautiful boy, an clous theretore. roll is atKeypurt J hope your m ‘ou hay hive in nature's gloom. parents. 1 am yours, faith! had been claimed infidel: although well known to from his wile, The ab that lad; Ihave already stated precaution to the peace baving communication was known to me, and t or shown tome. Mr. Ti have: before Was away sick from Mrs. Tilton, in her marked in bis bandwri 187L” I here produce it, ‘MBS, TILTON My Dear Faimxp—Does as it used ? So does mine not dare to teil you till I in. bDeart 8e four Wi with me never cause I thought it wou'd gi id like to Of courge I shoul a can wait tor the Beyou' hen dear says Plymouth, I will thank the seemed to me sirous to have th On Friday, April 21, 1 another letter, of that Tilton, which he gave to marked “GG, a8 loll MES, TILTON destroyed ? tice of their existence. duced, marked “HH future but feel Mr, Bexoman—M: be happier could forget me. my endeavor was to entre! ing; to bear myself alone. of it. My weapous were sity and ‘nest hiding! | But now I ask forgiveness. The contents of this | believe, that they were thought it best to retain reception, what remaine hi whol After this I do not kno’ shortly before the questi termined upon. I had understood that her ho Often as she thought she thought it would to do, an | state, caution her ip that rega: thougnt she ongnt not, to upbraid her husband might bi she Was so desirous to Be letver, marked “f1"":— ona how greatly I prise tiful promise of ‘our vature. ow alicrenize, in, these months of our how almost Our pearls and flowers a literally by vuigar and base minds that surround us on 80 destroyed cr abused that we know Our OWD, aud thus God is made our uch from you—you do ot ine, ing or weariness to body or spirit—but Theodore has many secret_enemies, sides my mother, but with a faithiuluess renewed and the care of your loved ones, for that I can do. Then your spirit would be free My dear children are all well. the holiday vacation, found me sick,’ and we conclude m glad you love Alice. ou and welcome yout home-comin: Af id to be our onl; This letter requires a word of explantion. will be observed that in the course of the cor- respondence between Bowen and Beecher there of the accusations agaist Tilton connected bim with that Jady, and it was averred that they came v OWS :— Mr, Beecngr—As Mr. Moulton has returned will you use your induence to have the My heart bieeds nij In all the sad complications of the past year love, that 1 tailed u as Ihave done until now. But, from the hour ot t ‘acter for truth or propriety of conduct w ily lost, and trom that time forth I had thought or care for her reputation only so far as 1 affected that of her cnildren. because oO! the want of religious sy mpath: herself and her husband, and becanse accompany her to eburch as Fegu sometimes 8; ness, without defining 8; leaving Jor the busyvodies an inter causes of unhappiness which she did not I thought it my duty tothe parties to MRS, TILTON TO MOULTON, Suxpay Mornin My Daan Prrexp Francts—All_ the wee! n and again, Faying, with follow you aid to veriect in But, my impossible itts to oring out 8 growth—God! gifts to us— 6 caught up ster, do not let us disappoint each Notin hearts. Dees ‘it not exist be- My husband bas suifered much with me in a cruel conspiracy made b ing mother, with an energy worthy o: saying that I was seeking it because of poor suffer- better cause— ng her feeling mine, sown broadcast. Lam quoted everywhere as the author of them. Coming in this form and Way to Mr. Bowen they caused his itumediate dismis- sion from both the Judepeadent and Union, Doth of us, 0 unjustly—d knew nothing of these pians)— and day @ disappointment Suflering thus, bousby on my miscar- T Deve never betore omised, you know. I have human capacity dear —. It explain volumes to, your filial indy '@ we Will, by mlence, time and r them all. “My faith and hope are very bright, vow that I ain off the sick-bed, and dear | Frank Moulton is a friend indeed. (He 18 managing the v We have weathered the storm, and, I believe, without harm to our Hest. “Le! ied,” dear sweet—I love you. Be assured t not your to you. I would help you in “My heart to called. My spirit is willing. Floy, on her return @ she has entered the Packer. been sadly tossed about, ond parents; but the ena ‘come, you may have joy and not grief, tor Ih ‘will teach ail m; ave, Rlased rlings to Y Ralph is @ e bal ry pre- | visiting Theoa 's parents | other is now better and that | ve reached the sunshine. Our spirits cannot | Give much love to your ully and fond): Y Misiee RLIZABETE. It | lities on the part of Tilton | with a certain lady whose name is not disclosed, the parties, and much { ove letter was written to | long after the accusations bad been made | against Tuton, and aiter they had been communi- cated to his wie, and | brin; on the question whether separation trom her busband, as had been alleged, on account of his infldelities with this lady. gt in here as bearing irs, Tilton desired a that I bad, as a necessary of the famMy and tne par- ties interested, imteroicted all the parties irom | with each otner—except | the husband and wife—unless that communication jhe letters sent through me iton and Mr. Beecher, as I ated, both jaithfully complied with | their promise in that regard, so far asl know, I | tn the spring Of 1871, as beiore stated, and went to Florida. Soon alter my return | Beecher placed in my hands an unsigned letter handwriting, undated, but iting, ecelved March 8, }, marked “FF. TO BEECHER. EDNESDAY. Ww: our heart bound towards all I am myself again. I did sure; but the bird bas sung ks, and he has covenanted i rail to leave. “Spring has come."* Be- adden you to know this, and not to trouble or embarrass you in any way I now write, are with you my joy; but ‘once again go to old I may, dear Father. Such # communication from Mrs. Tilton to her | } pastor, under the circumstances and her promise, be @ breach of good faith. But de- ie peace kept, and hoping if unan- swerered it might not be repeated, { did not show it to Tilton or inform him of its existence. i871, Mr. Beecher recetved | date, unsigned, from Mrs. me. tis here produced, TO BEECHER. Fripay, April 21, 1871. ers in his possession nd day at the injus- | sit a H | Ag I could not comply with this request, for reasons befure stated, | did not show this letter to Ttitop, nor did I call Mrs. Tilton’s attention | 0 it. | On the 3d of May Mr. Beecher handed me still another letter, unsigned, handwriting, of that date, which is here pro- but in Mrs, ‘titon’s MRS. TILTON TO BEECHER, Broox.yn, May 8, 1871. either for lite or death would | that you forgare while you ly keep from you all suffer- aving you forever ignorant ‘ge untiring genero- tterly we both know. ie MOULTON LOSES FAITH IN MRS. TILTON. letter were so remarkable that I queried within’ my own mind whether I ought not to show it to lilton; but as I was as- sured by Beecher, and verily believed, and now unanswered by him, I itin my Own possession, d of faith in Mrs. Tiiton’ oO | W that anything occurred between myselfand Mrs. Tilton of pertinence to this inquiry, Or more than the ordinary courtesies or civilities when I called at her house, and [ re- | ceived no other communication from her until | jon of the arbitration of the pusiness between Bowen anu Tilton was de- learned that Mis, Tilton had been making declarations which were sullying | the reputation of her husband, and giving it to be me Was not a happy one, y, tween e did not larly and as he ought to do, and be well jor the children peaking of her unbappt- cially the cause, thus Intermeddiers to rd, and I said to her that L In the presence of others, with their differences in Teligious feeling or opinions, and that it was not well for her to make any atement which should show her home unhappy, or that she was unhappy in it, because it might lead to such inquiries ik i$ Up, a6 Well as the settlement, whi as toh maintain for the sake of tamilies—Mrs. Beecher’s and her own. js conversation drew irom her the following “Reb, 1, 1872 Ihave sought F counsel and criticiems | them the following paper parlor. On ear way to the bouse Tilton said te e:—Frank, what is the use ot my ae to keep the family together when this sort of 18 being ail the time said against me’ You are vhe time telling me that | must keep the peace, and forget and forgive, while these stories are being circulated to my prejudice.” On arriving the house I asked Mrs. Tilton to step into th iront parlor, where we two were alone. 1 then “Elizabeth, did you tell mr, Beecher that when you made your confession to your husband of your infidelity with Beecher, your husband ‘at the same time made @ confession to you of own infidelity with other women?! I sate Want to know if thisis true for my own satisface then stepped ya tion.” She answered, “Yes,’? With her into the back’parlor, wnere her hus! was waiting, and I saifito him, “Your wife saya that she did tell Beecher that you conlessed your infidelity with other women, at the time she madq her contession to you.” Elizabeth immediately said, “Why, nO, I didn’t tell youso. I could nog have understood your question, because it isn’ true that Theodore ever made any such confession, and I didn’t state it to Mr. Beecher, because it im not true.” 1 was very much shocked and surprised at the denial, but of course could say nothing more, and | did say nothing more upon that subject, and lett | and went home, The next morning I received the | lollowing letter from Mrs. Tilton, without date, se | that 1 am unable to give the exact date of this transaction ; but I know it was after the tripartrite covenant. The letter is here produced and marked, “Jd,” MRS. TILTON TO MOULTON. Dear Fraxcis—I did not teil you to falsehoods at your Jast visit. At first I entirely misunderstood your ques tion, thinking you had reference to the interview at you: house the day before. But when I intelligently rept toyou, The seed ory 1 will now put myself on record racially. I toid Mr. B. that at the time of my confession T. had made si confessions to me himself, out no develop~ meutsasto persons. When you then asked, for your ow sal ction, “Was it sot’ I told my second fie. Afte you had lett I said to T., “You know’ I was obliged to lie to Frank, and | now say, rather than make others suffer as [ now do, I must Tie; ior it is @ physical impossibility for me to tell the truth.” $ Yet I do not think, Francis, haa not 7.'s angry, troubled face been before me, I would have told you td ruth, Tam a perfect coward in his presence, not from any tault of his, perbaps, but from long years of timidity. Timplere you, as this is a side issue, to be careful now to lead me into jurther temptation. ‘You may show this to T. or Mr. B. or any one. An effort made for truth. Wretehediy, ‘ELIZABETH. ‘This letter was wholly unsatisfactory to me, be- cause nothing had occurred the day previous to which she could possibly have referred. After the publicatien, on the 2d day of November, 1872, im Woodhull and in’s Weekly, of the story of Til- ton and Beecher’s conduct in relation to Mrs. Til- ton, and as my name was mentioned in the article as one possessing peculiar knowledge upon the whole subject, I was continually asked by my ac- quaintances, ‘and even by strangers, upon their 1g Who I was, whether that publication nd I ound great difficulty in making aa A refusal on my part to answer woul answer. have been taken to be a confession of the truth o! the charges, Therefore, when people inquired who had no right to my confidence, [ answerea them in such phrase as, without making a direct state- ment, would lead them io inier that the charges could not be sustained, In some cases 1 doubt not that the Inquirers sup- posed that J, in fact, denied their truth; but upon that point | was very studious not directly to com- mit myself, Finding that my very silence was working injury to the cause of the suppression of the scandal, I told Tilton that 1 wished to be | authorized by his wile to deny it. I thought it certainly could not possibly be tru to the extent, and in the circumstances with t! breadth, in which it was stated in that news- paper. Soon after I received the followiog paper, without date, from Mrs. Tuton, which is produced, and marked “KK”: i MRS, TILTON TO MOULTON. ir, MouLToN :— | "My Dan Friesp—For my husband’s sake and my chil- | dren's, hereby testily, with all my woman's soul, th | 1am thnocent of the crime of impure conduct alleg against ine. I have been to my busband a true wife; im lus love I wish to live and die. My early affection for him still burns with its maiden fisme; all the mere tor what he has borne ior my sake—both private and public wrongs. His 0. threatened agal shows it unavailing: but few wou much as he has sacrificed for others ever since the con- spiracy began against him. two years ago, forborne to io Having nad power to strike others, he hi use it, and allowed bitmself to be injured instead. wound 18 so great to me as the imputation that he is mong miy accusers. I pless him every day tor Nis faith, me, Which swerves not, and for standing my champion. againstall my accusers.’ ELIZABLTH R. TILTON. Upon the strength of that I thereafterwards said that Mrs, Tilton denied the story. About the 16th of December, 1872, Mr. Carpenter and Dr. Storra undertook to look up:the reports, with tne inten- tion, a8 1 understood, of advising some public statement, or as being concerned in some investi- gation of the matter, and Mrs. Tilton wrote for bearing that date, which I produce marked *LL”:— MRS. TILTON'S STATEMENT. Dxcemnrn 16, 1872. In July, 1870, promp hr. He ted by my duty, I intormed my husband that W. Beecher, my iriend and pastor, had solicited me to be a wile to him, together witn all that this implied. Six months atterwards my husband felt impelled by the circumstances of a conspiracy against him, in which Mrs. Beecher Nad taken part, to have an interview with Mr. Beecher. Mr. #. mignt know exactly what I bad satd to my husband, I wrote @ brief statement I bave Jorgotten in what torm), which my husband showed to Mr. Beecher. Late the same evening, Mr. B. came to me (lying very sick at the time) and flied with 8, ig I had roined him, snd ting 1 weant to appear against him. This Biles not be yy aa and the ener ne ‘onizing to me. I then signed a paper which he clear him in case ot atrial. fn this iastanc ‘one great intere: of my mind isentirely distor this paper was so drawn as to place me most unjustly against my husband and on the side of Mr. Beecher. So in order to repair so crue! @ blow to my Jong suffering husband, I wrote an expiai tion of the first Ree aud my signature. Mr. Moulton procured irom Mr. B. the statement which I gave to him 1, my agitation and excitement, and now holds it. This ends my connection with the case. ELIZABETH R, TILTON. P. S.—This statement is made at the request of Mr. Carpenter, that it may be shown confidentially to Dr. Storrs and other friends with whom my husband and { are consulting. A THEORY OF THE CONFESSION. This paper was delivered to me, and the theor, of the confession then was that Mr. and Mrs, Til- ton should admit no more than the solicitation; but that endeavor to make an explanation of the Dusiness fell through, and alter it was snown to those interested, as I was told, the paper remained with me. I received no further communication from Mrs. Tilton until the 25th vi June of this year (1874), and wrote, as in most others when absorbed by or feeling, the harmon: and I found on reflection that that communication came to me in this wise. When Tilton showed me his Dr. Bacon letter 1 most strongly and earnestly advised against its publication, and said to him in sub- stance, that, while I admitted the wrong and injustice of Dr. Bacon’s charges, that he (Mr. T.) had lived by the magnanimity of Beecher, and that he was dog and @ knave, when I be- lieved he had acted a proper and manly part in endeavoring to shield his family, yet that its pub- Neation would so stir the public mind that an in- vestigation would be forced upon him and Beecher in some manner which I could not then loresee, and that the truth would in all peenety, have to come out, or so much of it that Mrs, Tilton and Beecher would be dishonored and destroyed, ana he himself be subjected to the severest criticism. Notwithstanding my advise, he was so wrought up with the continued aults upon him by the friends OF Reechee that he determined’ on the pub- lication o: letter. He said to me, in substance, that as the course 1 had advised in the matter in rd to the church investigation had been so completely set aside by Beecber’s friends, and they had so far ignored all propositions coming from me as to the best mode of disposing of the matter, the: dently did mot any ionger imtend to be gui: and if Beecher and his my counsel or wishes Triendss at me aside in the matter, he (Mr. 1.) could see nO reason why he should any ir yield my entreaties or follow ton that ob cation able to get of the opportunity tw write you, but as I cannot work inthe | Wag i$ Orlainall tour stop! nally read that otra ikeogore acta nd the time ot ore committed ‘against him and his family “a revoit- Rghtsocing, saying nothing of lecture-going, I bave | inj crime.” tailed to come to you befoee. th 4 insistea that that should be chan, into Tt was given to you to reveal to me last Connell cosh, | “an offence committed against me,” which was fag Sac ae nies Chat andi then Ihad never | 40N@, and the letter was published in that form. seen bor felt, namely, whencver 1 remembered mysel 10 The reasons which actuated me to require this conversing with others to the shadowing of Theodore 1 change by Tilton tn bis letter were in the hop came his eneny! And the second truth was that reconcthation and peace might still be possi- 1 Whenever convinced! know, ain immova- ey ony, ‘and also" ‘hat an apology eumicient 1 jocked my lips and the k p Li eo pre, cMencelors arenes Das hed Ps te age? | toe mind of Tiitou nad been made. 16 that for 4 would be the enemy of no one. Mt Beecher, in reply to the Bacon letter, shoul °F fagve. not bees eee arcer Id f pe oe of 3 ast | come out and state that it was true he lad commit. JAE, AL awe dons ad. MB and’may dees | “ed an offence against Ciltomior whieh he hau made fOONTINUED OW -ETAHTH PAAR)