The New York Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1875, Page 6

THE BROOKLYY AGONY. Opening of ‘the Fiftenth Week of the Great Scandal Suit. ——_-——- BEECHER STILL DENYING. | The Interviews Described by Mrs. | Moulton Contradicted. “NOTHING OF THE KIND HAPPENED,” The ODefendant’s Original) Statement Introduced, HOW HE EXPLAINS. The Supposed Transfer of Mrs. Tilton’s Affections. “A good day’s work,” observed ex-Judge Por- ter to Mr, Hill, after the day’s proceedings in the Brooklyn trial ended yesterday. The Judge was ruvoing his glasses and smiling benignantly as he macg the remark. “Yes, a good day’s work,” ecnoed Hill, and he too smiled, not with the calm benevolence of expression that marked the Judge, but with a savage gleam of anticipatory triumph ’m bis eyes of witheriug scorn jor filton and Ful- lerton, Beach, Morris, Moulton and the rest of tae “angodly set’ who seek to pull down Plymouth church in the person of its pastor. Mr. Beecner stood like 4 god in the midst of his admirers. His winged cloak was on his shoulders, ois massive lace Was respleadent with the bues of health, and the wanly vigor of his Jeatures, the beaming soul thatsbone in his eyes, made him apparently an object of reverent love and admiration, His friends, male and female, were all about him, — ongratulating each otner on what the day had rought forth. The defendants lawyers were jo- nal and chatty. The defendant's nearest relations were decorously Merry, and as the whoie gutuer- ng—pastor, parishioners, relatives, admirers and il—swept out the court room it was possible to magne a love feast had becn going on, and none but blithe, happy hearts were of the party. Mr. | Beecher was | UNCOMMONLY BRIGHT and even heroic in bis acting yesterday. No man of ordinary resources could put on so brave an ex- | terior, standing in such a light as he does—a light | Which Tennyson describes as “the flerce light which beats upon athrone and biackens every blot.” if guilty this exterior isa marvel of dis- | guise; if innocent it Is the periection of fatth in ruth, in humanity and in the justice of God, Adull cold spring day threatening rain began ‘he week’s proceedings. The court room was neither close nor crowded. The great throngs of last week were absent, and the corridors were tree and breezy, The Judge, jurors, lawyers and principals were promptly at their posts, and the cave moved along through the day with unusual smoothness. A NEGATIVE Day. Mr. Beecher began and ended the day with stout and earnest denials, His manner showea im- provement. He is evidently not a man who aespises criticism or thinks himself above it, There was ‘ar less effort at effect and the gush of tearful emotion was man/ully if not wisely restrained. The event of the day was the production and reading of @ statement irom Mr. Beecher which ever before saw the light of publication, it Waa said to have been suppressed, as it con- tamed a confession of Beecher’s guilt, It was addressed to the committee of Ply- mouth churen, and declared substantially that te Kept silent for four years in order that he might save a bousehold from ruin; that his perse- cutors bad at length driven him to take the only course he could in honor and consistency take, and that be should make @ clear, candid statement of ul he knew to bis church. Unconscious of baving ~ uisied the affections of a woman, a member o/ his songregation wnom Le had known from childhood, snd whose religious training be had watched over with the solicitade of a fatner, he found himself, to | bis intense agony and astonishment, chargea with uving alienated the love and duty of this woman from her husbana and of baving broken up her household. The document was In effect the present plea put | {, jorward by the witness im nis evidence. It was paid by Mr. Beecher tuat this was the same paper te mentionea to Mr. Redpatn as the one he in- tended laying before the committee. It was well worded, sententious and not tco long, and in the reading it lost nothing by the effective elocution of Mr, Evarts. This document must bave a great weight if ite authenticity is proved beyond ques- | tion. BEACH AND BEECHER. Mr. Beach, as he passed Mr. Beecher on enter- (mg the court, was #aluted and spoken to by the latter. A conversation of a few minutes followed, Mr. Beecher inquiring with an anxious jook after the health of the counsel, who appeased to bea trifle feeble in the body, though witn a healthy glow ofcolorin the face. Mr. Beecher looked un- Wontediy cool and pleasant and chatted away gayly with bis counsel, Mr. Hill. Mrs, Beecher aud her sister Mrs. Lott sat on either side of Mrs. Scoville, the daugbter of Mr. Beecher, who resembles him so much in face, form and complexion as to involuntarily suggest the great preacher himself. Some dozen ladies Were in the usual seats devoted to the accommo- Gation of the fair sex. The female applicants for admission were less numerous and persistent than last week, To the ola hands attending the trialit was a | Pieasant sight to see several | PRETTY AND PASHIONABLE GIRLS, | with Dionde hair and peach tinted cheeks, inno- | cent of rouge, wrinkies, ‘aise curls and free love fiances. The weary masculine eyes been ong seeking iu the ranks of the female visitors jor some such apparition, something of beauty @nd color to cheer the drooping eye and stir the torpid fancy, and to their great joy this blessing wes yesterday accidentally vouchsaied, Mrs, Tilton comes no longer. It is two weeks fow since the littie woman, with the red nd the mysterious charms that ordinary could never discover ceased to lend her eye presence to the proceedings. To be the observed of all observers might, ander other circumstances, Rave captivated the woman's Neart, Dut the nollow mockery of such ‘ame as this unhappy drama borings, surcharged as it is with so of heart ‘ad soul consaming misery, mast make her recou rom seeking notortery. MOULTON, MORRIS AND TILTON. After the jury roll was called Tilton eame into | fourt, He and Moulton and Morris sat in a close @Poup together. Tilton and Moulton were pale. ‘The latter joked with Morris prior to the opening of the proceedings. Tilton was serious and silent. Both Mon rivetted their gaze on Beecher after he took the stand, which be did witha breezy, con- fdent air, carrying in bis left band » bunco of ‘wesa violets. His voice broke out in the o reply of the day clear, firm and ringing. He sailed along Muentiy for some ten minutes, men- tioved the publication of the Bacon letter and the Ovctrrence o! ac imterview of some length be- tween the witness ana Moulton regarding it ster te end came,” said tne witness, and this seemed to dispose Of one branch Of tue examina- ea. OW THE LEADING PROPLE LOOK. Fullerton continaes (0 tae copious notes. woh reclines avy and Wea. wheat I his be@d bg My with atively, ao 1 otion all ti ie a Pryor’s re+ Mas eauie Jade sud JF Bad om of tue Fe: | | ferences? | there was very little discussion all the summer; | polation ol the sister chure NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1875—QUADRUPLE SHEBT. peters is absent. Hil, vorter seem to have passed into obitvion, as we neither hear nor nardly see them any more. Jucge Neilson alone tirt Hie ts Ghitng out and lattening. His eye, catching the meliow and cheeriul indnence of spring, brightens. A smile Of judicial benevolence plays sweeuly around lis hips. He gazes on the witness balanced expression of pity, surprise und adui- ravon. Clerk Mallison, reilecting the improved of the Court, is growing younger day by lls Yulee deepens in melody aud soaorous- ‘The foreman of the twelve good men and Mr, Carpenter, shows no [ailing off in bis at- ith a delicately bu He looks aiternately at counsel 4ud Witness with an eager, wistiul gaze, like an earnest seeker after truth, bailed Irom day to day, yet ever hopeiul of finding the hidden treasure. THE EVIDENCE. Q. AS to the frequency o1 r visits to Mrs. Moulton’s house, were your Visits rare or fre- quent? A. At times | visited every aay; at times only once a week or once 4 jorinignt; sometimes not for a montn, or two or three; during my va- cations there mignt be an interval of four months, Q. On the occasions when you had those conr A. Yes, for about three and a@ balf years. Q. Were there intervals when there were no aiscussio! m these trouvies? Witness—Do you mean what proportion o! time and extent? Q Yes. A. 1 can’t Say that; there were at times long periods from 1871; alter May, in 1872, that was during the campaign, and very little w: Gone till after the close 0; the campaign. Q. Alter the puolicauion of the Woodhall scandal what occurred from that time till June, 1873 % A, Itran on tothe spring of 1873; soon after that came my vacation; after that occurred the inter- » Which gave rise to consultations and conferences with Moulton; Was accompanied with what was called the Bacon etter to Tilton on the 5th November, and after that Tilton’s letter to Bacon. Q. That was the course o: events up to the meet- ing ot the church investigation, A, Yes: the Bacon letter caused considerable conierence between | Inyself and Moulton, and after that was puviished the end came. Q. Now, I refer to an occasion of an interview between yoursel! and Mrs, Moulton, and ask you if you ever had any conversation with hero the subject of the Woodhull scandal; how did that tn- terview come about and what was the couversa- on i! any was bad? A, Twice I called upon ner; we had two conversations—one Was bot exactly a conversation; she made some pleasant, spicy Te- mark with respect to what she regarded the dil- lerence between myself and ber husband: another time she asked me, when we were together in her chamber, what | thought about Mrs. Woodhull; [ can’t use her languace, put her language was such that it carried with it the wish to know What! thought of her (Mrs. Woodhull) tn connec- ticn with ber Lasband, and I said | bad no means personally to know her; that 1 derived aii my in- formation of her from oth; that I dia not be- heve in her views, aud expressed the hope that she was What (hey thought she was, and then she asked of her 1p connection with ber own asso- clation with her, and | toid ner I did not think sne could do any hurt; it was @ Very sincere compli- meng to her, Q. What connection or association did she make as to betrveen herself and Mrs. Woodhull at thac interview? A. The conversation arose from tne jact that Mrs, Woodnull frequented the house, and she told me Frank bad ired it, and tbat she had consented; this was said in such language as left on my mind that she received her on Frank’s account, Q. Did she say anything of what she thought of the reason of Mrs. Woodhull being received at the house. How did she put it to you? A. I already said that in substance—tnat itappeared to me that she aid not fancy the woman, but that Frank thought very highly of her, and that sue received her at hee house because he wished it; she also in @ subsequent conversation relerred to her early married lie, that sue had changed her ideas 1rom that time and thought better to contorm as a wile | to her busband’s wisnes. SPEAKS CP LOUDLY. The interview oetween Mrs. Moulfon and Beecher struck a theme of interest. It brought Tracy, Shearman and | the color into Frank Mouiton’s face. The witness | spoke up loudly in denial of ever having tola Mrs. Moulton that it was her duty to co-operate with herhuspand tn bis endeavors to suppress the scandal, The negative response was explosive. The speaker shot the apswer out with a quick, high, vocal snap that startied the audience, Q. in any of these conversations in which Mrs, Wovodbuil Was introduced did Mrs. Moulton say anything to you about her husband’s wisning ber to associate with or receive Mrs. Woodhull in her bouse on your account? A. Never a word, sir. Q. Was the subject of anything done or needed to be done with Mrs, Woodbuil in reference to you or your affairs spoken of by Mrs, Moulton in Connection with her receiving her at her house? A. No, sir, Dot at all. Q Did you have any conversation with Mrs. Moulton on the subject o! ner assoclatioag with Mrs. Woodbuil and you saying to her, “1 tpink it 48 & duty you owe to Frank to co-operate with him to try to keep the story silent?” A. No, sir; nota syilable of it. Q. Did you, im reporting to Moulton any conver- sation you had with bis Wile on the Woodhull ndal subject, say to him that you had told her that you tuougnt it would be her duty.to co-op- erate with bim (Moulton) tor the suppression of those stories concerning yourself and Mrs. Tilton? A. No, sir, nothing Of the Kind: I talked with mrs. Mouiton on the subject of her, so far as it could cone with propriety, co-operating wita her ou: band in bis ordinary desires, but with no reference pertaining to me. My question is—Whether in reporting to Moulton any conversation you bad with his wife On the suojuct of her associations with Woodhull, you said to Moulton that you had toid Mrs, Moul- at you thought it to be her duty to co- with ber busband for the suppression of ries conceruing you and Mrs, iiiton’ A. I never so talked with Airs, Moulton, and never toid Moulton that J had, Q. Did you ever have any conversation with Mrs. Moulton on tue 6 t of her attending your church, and, if so, 3! om the suoject? A. she talked on the subject or or to church at Yous times and in various wi Tecoliect het jing in ‘isTl—her speaking | With some anxiety regarding the 6 curing of @ pew—tbat Moulton had expressed an intention— t be bad toid her be was going to procure pew, and she was solicitous to know if Frank had jorgotten it, as Was airaid he bad; ] know that in 1872 and 18; e talked to me about seats, and asked me if | knew whether seats in a pow could ve obtained; she aido’t know whether Frank Would atiend, but tat she wanted two seats for herself and boy: I referred her to Mr. Wells, telling her she could get eligiole seats in a 4 he & 80 OD One Occasion expressed herself in & Complimentary Way, saying she thougntT Was improving in my p: ‘ning; I recoliect see- ing her not unirequently in churon, and I dis- tinctly recall one occasion seeing her at the pul- pit eteps waiting for me, bringing round some message irom Frank that he Wanted to see me, @nd On another occasion she said in a very pieas- ant way Co me (bat i did notseem to see her when she attended church, and 1 said, “You are never m church, Mrs. Moulton, that I don’t see you.”’ What passed oetween you and her on any occasion of your Visits to the house by way of in- Vitation or suggestion as to your making Visits to herseil? Iremember distinctly on two occa- sions that sbe said to me, once irom the head of the stairs when I was below going out and once in ber chamber, ‘‘You always come to see Frank, Why don’t you come to see me,” and | turned it Of, understanding it to be @ Kina of pleasantry or jest; she sald on one of these occasions, “Mr. eecher, when are you coming to see me? why not make a social visit on me, and not business ones?’ or words to that effect. GETS MORE DELIBRRATR. The further re/erences to Mrs. Moniton were given inarapid, jerky manner and in a careless rather fippaut tone. When asked to other conversations with Mrs, Moulton, he grew more | deliberate, cautious and emotional. He spoke to Moulton in @ vague, shadowy kimd of away that @ person Of Gelicate intuitions would, ne ap- parently thought, readily understand, Q@ Stare if anything } 4 between you and her Ou any of these occasions When the subject of your relations With Mrs. 1ilton Was Spoken olf A. ere Various occasiens Of this kind; my jon With per four times Out Of Ove had to Mra. Tilton, and | bad requested her Mrs, Tiiton’s next friend; | wanted iy person to do it and | thougat Mra, Moul- ton eminently @ wo ly person, and s! id tell me that Elizabeth had been round to see her, and would ask her bow she seemed to be; I ta conversation in which! thought sne, velt that Elizaveth might do oetter me respects; but More often in th cone tions slie spoke with some degree of severity ir. Tilton and gave me to understand that oved of bis conduct. ct to His Wile and home? A, It cov at, Dut did pot exciude other things; I Ughs she did not like him; Tel pdpects to Mra. Tilton, | toid ber that I would ve ectiy willing Hit could withous indelicacy; that | would be very giad to deposit iuods to expend on her ju- woeno she (Mrs, Moulton) saw any such eye would know—wouid n she seemed quite sad she found existing, and said don’t see how Elizabeth can get ng, and { shoulda not wonder i! she should break Outana go to her mother’s;” I told her that would be couats to rem: bear it would Q Was tner jou as to any fault on Mrs, Tilton’s part? ¥ I nad a couversation with her on that subject; it was on the subject of my having ALIENATED ELIZABETH FROM HER HUSBAND nd drawn to myseii her affections; it was ao ex- Position of my feelings aoout it; I seit it very deepiy una I attempted as far 4s I could to iet her know how it was without putting Mr. Tilton im @ny degrading or jndelicate position; much of the Conversation Was in that shuaowy way in whien We suppose ao intelligent and latuitive kivd of @ peraou to understand What We mean without any plato words or 8; but | wanted her to Understand t) hever consciousiy with+ drawn E\iZabeta's alec\ions irom her wusvand, Q How did you express yoursel/ witn regard to nCiions Fou Jet in that connection ? mischief tn t was done, for I was all the time | under a proiound conviction that I bad uninten- | tionally und unconsciously Wrought in that quiet. | little Soman a smouldering fire that had burned | tiou, or any Observation, say, “Having unkuown to me and which bad broke out with such infinite mischief. GROWING PLAINTIVE, He thought he bad wrought in tbat quiet, deli- cate Uttle woman (Mrs, Tilton) a smoulder- ing fire of passion that might break out and do in- finite misebief at any time, conversation with Mrs. Moultov. It was narrated in a plaintive tone, and fears were held that Mr. | Beecher would break down before iong. Q. What dia Mrs. Moulton say im regard to subject? A, She never said much about 1 was not, lar a8 | Was concerned, a talmer; she was a very patient listener. Q. During all your interviews with Mrs. Moul- tou was anything ever said by Mrs. Moulton on the subject of your Ving been guiity of adul- tery with Mrs. Tiltion, A. Mrs, Moulton was abs0- lutely incapable of saying that in my presence, and never said it, by direct ras orallusion to her honor; we never couversed on this subject; she was a lady thoroughbred, to my impression, id a Word that jarred upon my ropriety or delicacy of @ lady's WATCHFULNESS, Tilton and Moulton eyed the witness with more than common watchtuluess as, bracing him- ble responses that from day to day he bas rolled forth to beat back the tide of accusation, he replied with along as- piration, as if he were lliting # load off his heart, “It was impossible for her.’ Q Dia you ever, at any conversation, say to Mrs. Moulton that that was probably the last cous versation you suould ever have with her—did you say to ner, “I leel if Tilton publisnes that letter of apology it is useless lor me any longer to live this down” A. Idid not, Q. Did you say anything hke this:—f feel if Tilton puolishes my letter of apology it is useless for me to try any longer to live this gown; I wave | never felt that | bad much to hope for from Theo- dore; he has been faitniess; he is a faithless man; he seems to lose sight of the fact that in striking ut me he sacrifices Ws wife, and if that letter of apology is published I might as well go out of lle; it is useless 1m trying to live it down?” A. I never felt so, | never thought 80, and I never sai Q. Did sie say to you, “Mr. Beec something better for you todo than ti be cowardly; go down vo your church and your crime; they will forgive you?’ A, She never aid anything of the kind; no, sir, Q. Did you say 1m reply to that, “No, Icannot ao that, lor the sake of the woman who has given m@ her love, for her children, jor my family, for my chureb, jor my influence throughont the whole world, that I can never do; 1 will die betore | con- fess 10? A. No, sir, never—very triumpnantly I altirm that. Q. Vid she say this to you, ‘Sooner or later the truih in this case will come out; 1t 1s much better in your own hands @ud slate It to your church—give to them @ conit sion such a8 you could make to them, aod | am sure they would forgive you’? A. Never, si though I know something which that was made oat of. Q. Now, sir, did you say in refetence to this sug- gestion of hers, or in toe conversation at all, “No, that Leannot do; I snould be—my children would despise me; I could not go back to my home, and my cburcn would not forgive me; they would not deal with me as you have done; there would be nothing lett for me to do; my work would be fin~ ished; it woud be better that! should go out of life than to remaim any longer in it.” Anything of that tenor or effect? A. No such conversation; it Was impossivle for her and tor me, Q, Did she then suggest, or at ail suggest in any conversation, you could write for your paper, you could go to your farm «nd write? A, No, sir; Mrs. Moaiton never gave me auy such counsel nor ever entered into any aiplomatic conversations of that kind with me whatsoever. « THAT MYSTERIOUS POWDER, Q. And did sou in any conversation with her say, “No; if they would not listen to hear me preach, they certainly would not read anything that Lshoulc write. Besides, my that of a spiriiual and moral teacher. if [can no longer hold that positon, then there is nothing leit jor we, and I am resoived 10 take my ilie. I HAVE A POWDER AT HOME ON MY LIBRARY table woleh I have prepared, which I shall take, and shali sink qnietiy oif as if going to sleep, witn- out a struggle.” Did you have acy conversation of that kind? A, That whole representation is preposterous and talse; the only powder I know of ‘Was in gunpowder, up stairs. “(Laughver.) Q. And aid you proceed to sayin this connection or say at all, in any inierview, “I haven’t any de- sire to live; [ have notnmg to jive for: in fact, L pray jor death as & bappy release trom ali my | trials aud trouble; and [reel that iI publish now a card it wil only be @ temporary reliel; that Mr. Tuton Is likely to break out again at any other time, and I jeel that physical, unable apy longer to bear t! ably shall never come to ; Lnever bad any conve: T perceive in that representation the co tions that Were nad, but entirely diferent ana to a diferent driit. Q. Now, in this connection, did Mrs. Moulton re- | Moulton wili stand by you, and no | ply, “Mr. Inatter What coves to you I will always be your friend; and 1am convinced vbat the only way out | teliing the truth?’ conversation, ol thig troubie ior you 18 ~ 4 A 1 dou’t remember any suc! Q. Did you thereupon, or iu any conversation, | Say to ber that you would come to see ber on tne day following, that you had some glits that you | Wished to dispose of—some littie mementoes tor | different people—something which you wanted her to bear to Elizabeth, something for aifferent friends, or Messages which you Wanted ner to bear for you, and you woul come on the jollowing — Gay tosee her? A, No, sir; nota word; pure solute dream or fiction. Q Now, sir, did you at this interview or at any interview say to » Moulton, dia you tell né either with or Witnout (ears streamiag down yo! sace, wat you had suiered THE TORTURES OF THE DAMNED, that you were obiiged to go home and wear a | cbeer/ul smile, woen you appeared in tne pulpit you must appear at your best, wat the slignt indication Of weakness Was a contession Of wi ness ob your part, so that realiy she was th person to whom you couid go aba uct your sel\, a3 10 her you could unveil your whole arve stroggle—did you say anything Oi tuat kind? A. 1 This was pait of his the | ahi ition in lie 18 — said something like that, sir, but inno such con. | nection or pointing in any such direction as that is pointing. Now, sir, please state in what connection or upon what auvject you did say anything of this nature, ifat all? A. It was in a conversation whether | should endure auy jonger ti and straggle to carry iorward this trouble in con- ceaiment or by sileuce unger the incessant provo- cations and dispositions of Mr. Tilton to leak at every side and raise up new aificulues, ume had come, I told her, waen the gol to come to a bi Iwould sot we settled; tnat is Q Now, wh conversation had ip which i) Morning of May the Q. Leall your attention to some state! Mrs. Moulton in regard to reports which she made to you concerning interviews which she had had with Airs, 11ltou—did Mrs. Moulton report to you with airs. Tuton in ture und effect, that Mra, had felt v orry lor sympathy ior ber than for herself, because she (Mrs, Mowiton) bas lost Moulton) faith io Mr. Beecher, because she (Mrs. unabie an, she (Mrs, to go back to the church and believe in Mr Beecuer, and that Mrs, Moulton nad suid, “Eliza- beth, HOw can You asx me to go back to the church, how cau you ssk me to take communion irom his hands, kuowlng what I do?” Sne said “1 Waut you to believe ia him; be is «good man; he as repented of the crime; 1 am the one whois to biame; [ invited him; Mrs. Moulton replied, ‘l think might hear Mr. beecuer preach, and pe! ps might derive some benefit irom bis sermons, I cau never go back tothe church with the same feeling that 1 bad in bim years before.” Lid Mra. Moultum say anything like that toyou? A. No, Sir; she never reported any such conversation as that, nur do I toink it possible for her to look me say the hali of it. in the face and Q. Dia Mi you going to do?’ ‘To save Mr. B wili sacrifice my husband and e' ‘will jou allow your husband to go down, said, ‘| think 1 should ve justified in denyii thing for tne sake of Mi. Beecher's in @ 0 ot @ Word of truth in it; not a word, Q. Did you say this to Mrs. Moulton, “Poor child, she ia trying to repair the wrong she bas Gone in confessing her gin; but it is too late?” A. No, } 1 did pot. q@ bid 10 in any cooversstion with Mi Moul- tou say these words or to this effect, “That it Was Very crugi (nat Elizabeth should have con- Jessed at ali; that it Was Very unjus. to him; thi he couid not aaderstand it; ne did not she @hould bave don» it, or that she should nat ajlowed Lim to Visit at tueir house for six mont alter she had com Why shé Should have cons not in connection with any Q. Did you in any conversation with reierence to urging that she suowid go to your chureh, or in any otwer form or manner, did You say that you feit you had repented o: your sin were for wiven and Were better fitted than ever before in your ilie to Go great ty -y~ you recollect thing of that kind? No, Sif} Lot rom me to ber, nor from her to me—nor {rom me to anybody else. er say this to you, or anything to Q. Did she o this effect, “I don't see how you can stand and Preach ty young men against ‘he sino: aduicery, ‘When you are implicated ia it 80 id A, Mr, Mouton Was @ lady, and Gbout adultery in my presence ande: yy Made o0y ai Usions to sue; ry ory know why | | sinned through b | THE DBNIALS. | hours an unceasing iteration of negative assevera- ing yourseit? A, Never. passed through the experieace [ have J feel Iam better fitted than ever belore to preach?” A. L have said to somebody, Whether it was to her or not £ dou't know, taat my great troubles and periis had depressed my nature und brought me imto a large sympathy with soilering meo, aud that [ thought Tcouid preach better than Icould belore; toat it seemed to me God had led me through dark wavs for that very purpose: buf it had uo relerence to the topic in your question. Q. Was it with reference to aby charge, implica- | tion or lact Of aduliery that you made any such | Ooservation ? A. No such thing, | Q. Now, sir, did this conversation ever occur, or | anything of tals nature f A. No, sir, | tion with Mrs, Moulton in the moutn of July. 1874? | | Yes, sir, it could hardly be called a conversa- tion, Q. Please state wnat took place? A. I only | recoliect baving @ talk about a paper Mr, Moulton was to read bejore the Investigating Committee. Q, Please state what was said? A, Tue state- | ment was read in my presence, Q. What passed between you? a, Mr, Moulton said, “Emma, lhave read this paper to Mr, Beecher | | and he thinks 1 will do.” | Q. Doyou remember the conversation to which | Mrs. Moulton refers when she said :—‘Mr, Beecher, | what have you done to offend Frank?’ and you auswered, “I don’t kKnow—I am very sorry—I | don’t think IJ called the commitree; 1 could not | | prevent an investigation?” A, I doa’t remember | any such conversation; any such statement thas | the churen had started the investigation and that | Leould not prevent it was false. Q Who started the investigation? A, lt was | started through me, and just as a man shoots | when he sees # partridge, Q. What occurred at the next conversation ? A, | I said to Mr. Moulton, up stairs, when he asked me if I thought that statement was honorable, | that he knew best, and must judge for himself. Q. Do you remember a conversation with Mrs. | Moulton when she said, | Tilton proposes to do—what he propos | lish in the Hagle to-night?’ You saia “No,” she said, “He proposes to give a statement of the cts and copy your written contession.”” You said, “Ihave given no confession.” aid, *4L mean tne letter to Frank.’ You said, **That will | be a breach of confidence,” and she concluded by | telling you to go down to the church and confess, d you said “tbe puolicare not prepared jor such | aconiession?” A, No, sir; no such conversation took piace, | Do you recollect @ conversation when you | ‘Do you know woat Mr, | said, “That you always regarded Ineodore as a | faithless man, and twat you had made up your | mind to let them go anead and do their worst?” | A. I don’t recollect any such conversation taking | place atany one time. I thought Mr. Tilton was | @ foolish man, and leit confident of being able to | deieat any case they might bring against me. Q. Did youever say to Mrs. Moulton, “You are | the best friend | have in the world. You, knowing @ truth, still stand by me, You are to me like @ | A. No such - coi '8atl0N Ook place, ter and had a sincere | im and affection tor her, Q, Did she state anything to you about Mrs, Til- | . “I think the woman is as much to | the man. Whe mother of five children | t have actedias she has,” and did you an- Q. Was anything of the kind said by her respeet- | the word was used in that interview; . Now did you Im reply to any such observa. | | haa | conversations to pub. | } 1 do aot think tt occorred then; my Orst hearing of @ change in the charge against me wis from Mr. Redpatn as Peekskill; Ido not remember the date. Q. Was that the first notice or advertisement on the part of Mr, Moulton or Mr, Tiiton that you Were or were to be accused Of adultery wita Mrs, Titou? A, It was, Q. Now, in regard to any conversation that pre- ceded or immediately followed the publication of the Bacon letter, Were there such conversations in which you took part, and gt whom? A. Yes, T bad conversations with Mr, Moutton; [pad ceased Ww bave meetings With Mr. Tifjon; taey were rare, tatall; wich Mr. Moalton I Mid conversations all along to Murch, 1874, in re@ard to the address which purported to be Dr, Bacon's lecture to the | students at New Haven, and in regard to five let- ters Dr. Bacon published in the New York /nde- . Now, Mr. Beecver, did you have a conversa- | pendent; then a card in reply to Dr, Bacon, which = you heard of tt? A, It was; Mr, Tilton was understood to be preparing. Q. Was that matter notified to you in tuat con: vVersation with My, Moulton? A, Yes. Q. How joog prior to the publication of the Bacon letter was the interview between Mr, Moulton and yourself im which you learned tne opening 0: that plan? A. I cannot give you any thing definite about it:1can give you the sab- stance of it; Mr, Moulton was unwilling that Mr. ‘Tilton should write a letter of any kind, and he labored, he told me, in various ways to dissuade him from publishing @ letter, and told him per- Daps it woulda be better to write it out, peating what he said on former occasions; it was to man- age Tilton when he got into a state of violent dis- satisfaction to let him write out, and when be in some sense expended himself to take control of him, and it was in one of those prior conversations that I learned Jrom Mr. Moulton it was Mr, Tiiton’s intention to include in his reply to the Bacon letter the sub- stance of the apology; just preceding the publication, in whico he represented that Mr. Tilton and he bad been in New York the night previous in a friend’ house, and that there haa teen several perso: called in for consultation; that they had all striven to prevent the pubiication or the letter; that Tilton was firm in his determination to pub- it letter, and that Mr. Moulton then ke out some harsh expressions asked him to from the letter; in making the letter a great deal better witnouc any unnecessary severity; that, I think, is the last conversation I had with Mr. Moulton on that subject unt {ter the letter Was published, AWKWARD PHRASKOLOGY. Beecher is not always happy in his puraseology, ‘Tilton was more apt, finished and scholarly. The latter, in many instances, was brilliant and im- pressive, He developed a cool mastery of the English language in off hand reply that astonishea even his admirers, Beecher, alluding to Tilton’s unreliable temper, the uncertainty of depending upon his variable moods of mind, satd it was im- possible to foretell when he might fall into one of his ‘violent dissatis(actions,” This awkward form of expression was delivered hesitatingly, as if the speaker were puzzied to select a fitting word, In command of language as a witness, wider, readier and more elegant vocabulary than he is not to blame; {take all that on | myself?? A. No such conversation ever took place; there were conversations that J recollect | on the household, on socialistic and other topics, | not especially in connection with Mrs, Moulton, i} | Q. Did Mrs, Moulton ever say to you as follows:— | | “L told Mr, Beecher tuat Mr, Robinson had thought | it strange that Mr. Beecher pal. so many visits to Mr. Moulton; he thought there must be some | trouble, and he thought | ougat to tell him what it Was; he said that Sometimes ne thougnt Mr. | Beecher had been guilty of theit or some other | great cri Lgaid ‘No, 1% 18 not that; he has been | guilty of aduliery with Mrs. Tilton;” he said he could pot believe sucb a thing—how did [ know it? I said | bad seen the confessions of voth parties; i told Mr, Beecher about what l had said, and ne | said he was glad I had smoothed the way over | with Mr, Robinson?” A. No such conversation | ever took place; 1 18 entirely false. | & ne you know Mr, Robinson? A. Yes, quite | wel | Q. Is he an attendant of yourchurch? A. Yes, | @ reguiar attendant. Did you ever, in conversation with Mrs. Moul- | ton, state that you were despondent and in low | spirits thinking over your crime? A. 1 never | acknowledged tu auy crime; I bave expressed to her the fraiing, of despoudepcy 1 had about the affairs of that family, and that [ was glud to taik, ihe always took a coeeriul view of the question livened me up. 7 | Witness then stated:—It isnot true that any | conversation of the kind took place; the idea of turning aside from the puipit to edit a dally paper was preposterous; I knew my vocation; there were several Suggestions of toe kind made, bat 1 never entertained them; I pever made any such atement to the effect that my church would not and by me; they would not treat me as gener- ously a8 you nave done. Q. 1 think you have said you did not see Mrs. Moulton on that Monday or the Tuesday evening you were intown? A. No, sir, I did not see her. Do you remember any conversation wuen Mrs, Moulton said Mr. 1i\toa was treacherous? A. Yes, 1 recoliect ner expressing sucd sentiments about Mr. Tilton, Q Mr. Beecier, you bave spoken of seeing Mrs. Moulten on the 1st of nd that X were at the house in the evening ana saw Mr, Moulton? A. 1 was, sir, and saw tuem both. | THE AFGHAN, Q. Now on the 31st were you lying on the lounge covered with an aighao? , air, never | 80 ais) d On the 3ist of May. ) Q Now, Mrs. Mouitun states that Mg geting up from the sofa you walked upand down tue room, and, with tears streaming down your ‘You thought it was very hard nd aiter a ilie of useiul- was only one way out of A. No such conversation — acing her hand on your shoulder, did she | “Go down to the church, conte: nk will id Dy you,’’ and did you rer, _ ja, ouare @ section of the of judgment?’ A, No, sir; it never occurred; it is the last expressiou of the kind I should make to Emma Moulton; | saould rather call ber a bank of Spring flowers, Q. Dia she eve to you, “1 can Bever respect ou unless you manilest to me y gome the couren and confe: gir; it most melancholy falsenood. Did she say, “It 18 very bara for everybody connected with this matter; you can setzie it by coniession; you have only this one course, aud they Will forgive ic?” A. She made no sucn state- it 18 certainly false, Q. Do you remember @ conversation as fol- | lows—“Mr. Beecher spoke of bringing me some | Mementoes, and added, speaking Of Mrs, Tilton, ‘$ne Was Dot @ bad woman at beart and had yr affections?’ A. No, sir. The time was dvawing near recess. For two | tions had been going on. Tue form oi denial was little varied irom that of last week. “No, sir,” | with @ fuli loud accentuation of the “no,” and | “Never; uo, sir, never,” in the more impassioned and indignant forms. Negatives of diferent phraseology, depending on the character of the question, were aiso used, The voice of the wit- | ness kept upa pretty even tone throughout, ex- | cept for of aconversation with Mrs. Moulton concerning Mrs, Tilton there was nome of the emotional | | quavering that excited alternate feelings of ridi- cule and pity on several days last wees. Q. After that did you speak of your having com- | mitted @ cr! Y A ih often spoken to Mrs. — Moulton of 4 out of never alluded to it as @ crime or itness stated:—I daresay I may have said to Mrs. Mouiton to advise Mrs. Lilton not taik to an, affairs, as there were several might make miscbief; I néver Wold her to be careiul to tell ber not to mak coniession. Q. Now, Mr. Beecher, in ali your conversations | witn Mira. Moulton did either in words or by | any imputation, sugge: crime of adultery between yourseli and Mrs. Tilton? A. She never did, neither by word nor imputation. | Q Was that fact ever imputed or made the sub- ject of conversatioa between you? A. It never | Was. The Court the truth, but I coufession. | took the usual recess, the Judge ordering thi 8 0 any one speaking with the jury as they went out. | AFTER RECESS. | A long string of Plymouth church peopie en- | tered the court room aiter the recess expired. | Theodore Tusch, the reporter who caught tne | smallpox in court and suffered trom it for over | five weeks, came in and took his place among the | Stenographers without creating any undue alarm. Some delay occurred beiore Mr. Beecher resumed | 8 seat in the witness stand aiter the proceea- ings were renewed. The Jud; taiked with a on the bench at some length, Evarts, Ab- jd Shearman oeld @ consultation that ap- peared to be or some importance, ae they talked long and anxiously. Finaily, Mr. Bvarts men- | tioned to Mr. Beecher that there was an inter- view between bim and Moulton on May 21, 1873, ana wished to know if the word “crime” Was mace use of on that occasion and the witner | answered “No.” He proceeded to refer to other | interviews, and mentioned one with Redpatn, | wherein perhaps the word crime might have been © mentioned py him as having been used by Moulton, Q There by interview between you, ‘3 ; Moultoi Mr. Tilton on the 2ist of Ma: | Was there a tion between you, Mr. Moulton and Mr, Tilton regarding what was done or should be aone, in whic the word “crime” was by either of these gentlemen or by you on thal of No, air. yourseil, Mr. ember, 187 down to the summer o! jast yt fray Dovice or information to “orime”’ which Was charged as it wae ou of @ change in it Your Ae eS araraemaeen Te ba | Ww abou! letter, | nee Beeche Q. Alter the letter was published did you then have any conversation with Mr. Moulton, and what Was done? A. I never read the letter from that day to this; I may have read a part of it during this trial; the letter was not shown to me, d 1 knew nothing of its contents except as rep- ented to me by Mr. Moulton: I was at Peeks- When the jevter appeared; I telegraphed to ku Mr. Moulton that I.would see him at my house | the next day at six o’ciock; Icame down by the two o'clock train on Friday, and called on Mr, Cleveland, telling bim of my intention to initiate steps for calling an by aionges rvomaed committee of the churen, and teliing him of the plan I intended to pursue; 1 also told nim Mr. Moulton was to see me that evening, and at that time Mr. Moulton came to my house; we had a conversation, of which I recoliect very litte, for [ had dismissed from my mind the whole idea that Mr, Mouiton could be the friend successiully of dota parties; he brought. with him, however, @ document, wishing me to admit that 1 had com- mitted an offence; I believe this document has been put in evidence; I said to him, “il am going | to have some friends here to-mght; I will conier With them and see you again.’ (Paper handed to witness.) I think this is tne card; it 1s not in my nandwriting; the contents o! it are familiar to my mind, and 1 suppose this to be tne card—the pager cnet Was brougat to me; 1 do not know the handwriting. Mr. Evarts, who said it the paper was ‘vell ing of Mr. Carpenter, read it, as loilow: “fhts churcn and community are unques- tionably aud justly interested through the recent paontceore by Theodore Tilton in auswer to Dr, eonurd Bacon, of New Haven. It ts true that I have committed an offence against Theodore {1l- ton, and giving to that offence the face of his con- struction | made apology ana reparation such as both he and | at the time deemed full and y. 1 am convinced that Mr. Tilton has been goaded to his defence by misrepresentations or misunderstandings of my position toward him. I shail never be @ party to the reopening of tnis nestion, which has been settied as between ‘Theodore Tilton and myself, I have committed no crime, and if this society believes its duty to be that I should reopen tuis already too pubiic sub- ject or resign, | willresign. | know, as God gives me power to judge of myself, tnat | am better fiited by going through trials and chastentngs to ao good tuan I have ever been,” Evarts observed that there was an occa- sional change o/ ink in tue paper. He did not kbow whetuer it appeared whose handwriting it was. Q. With that paper before you what was said to you by Mr. Moulton in regard to its pablication? A. 1 don’t remember muca about what was said the first evening; my mind was running on other things; Mr, Moulton had nis plan, and | bad dis- missed irom my mind his generaisiuip, and yet my personal relations with him were very cordial and my confidence in him was very strong, and | did not wisn in any way to hurt him or to be indiffer- was 8 eut to what he seemed to be laboring to accom | plish; yet my mind was set; I had got to the end, and 1 meant to bave no more intermediate stages; toerefore, when this Was Urst brought to my no- tice, [said “I will consider it; 1 will take it into consideration ;” that, so far as I recollect, was the first interview substantially; the date or that in- terview can be eus.ly fixed; I can’t 1a my memory Ox it; 1 have got the date on @ memorandum in my pocket; it war on Fridar evening, June 26; tne Bacon letter was published on the 26th; I took this card to consult with iriends; I cannot fix the precise time; 1 bad an interview thereaiter in regard to that letter or its publica- tion, put it was not far off; at some interview later Mr. Moniton urged me very strongly; as I | remember the conversation it was ‘ints twat Mr. Tilton had said himself, ta the presence of wit- nesses, if I woula publish that statement he would be content. “WOULD SMASH TILTON.’ “Lf you will publish that card,’’ Moulton said to me, “Ili burn all the documents and I'll take sides with you and smash Tilton.” The word “smash” was rendered with strong effect. Tne Bacon letter bad veen published, Moulton brought &@ card from Tilton to Beecuer to get his signature, and the latter refused to sign, as tbe card would have been a virtual acknowledgment on his part few moments, When he came tospeak | Of the offence with which Tilton charged pim. | Beecher seemed to have been driven to bay and turned on his persecutors and defied them, Mr. Beecher went on to say :—Mr. Moulton many times spoke to me in réyard tothe power he nad over Tilton; he said, “I CAN GRIND HIM TO POWDER ;? he spoke imperatively of the power he bad over ‘Tilton; My answer to Moulton to signing the card for publication was that | never would sign a card after the puviication of toe Bacon letter with that equivocal word “offence” in it; | coid him 1 would not, and I did nor; I cannot say definicely if the subdject was renewed in any Ww: 7 there was up to tue very session of the Investigating Commitee, more or jess of an effort on Mr. Moul- ton’s part to accommodate matters; he was of opinion that the publication of the Bacon letter had nov necessarily brougut matt to a crisis; I held the opposite opinion, and Moulton, with great audacity aud vehement zeal, thougnt that there could be a way struck out between extremes by which We could ail go clear even at that stage; I stated that we could not, and that the thing must be pried into—that we must see into the bot- tom of it; I don’t know that the particular mode of issuing this card—whether for newspaper puo- Heation or to be read in my church—Was 4 matter of consideration; 1 don’t remember @oout it; In jJorm it looked rather Jike as if it Was intended to be read to the church, be: ldid mot regard it par- ticularly in that wa did not give it much thought, eXcept that the opening phraseology was an effectual bar to its being used by me in any way. Q. Now, Mr, Beecher, do you remember this oc. curring in regard to ¢ —Mr. Moulton and he suvmitte Mr, racy Upon nis o upon your sages: ion quéstion, “Waat w: to that?” in spea sweread “be approved the next question aoswer more fully what he said and what you said to nim, “I said to him that i submitted the prop- osition to him and ue said notuing Jurtner; don’t remember that he made any reply.” Do you recognize «ny conversation between you and Mr. Moulton as to tits paper having veen sub- mitted to Mr. [racy and you approviug oF disap. proving of it? A. It may very eam e Deed, bat don’t recollect uny such convéTsation; there out the Bacon were @ good many cousultation: letter; ao introductory card w. submitted to m this otner one; 1 were many inte tentative iorms—pronuced upon the Bacon letter, but I refused to aad Siter 18 Was puolisued J wae iidisposed to javor Q. Oo you remember a conversation you had with Mr, Moulton, in which brougut to your attention, an interview he with General the javoring of an effort of tnis ndent ) ecoliection of to the wi we had several incidental | d that he had finally succeeded | Tilton, though cold, formal and precise, showed.a | tea thar | @ red to be the handwrit- | | “offence? what meaning he pleased, when alt the charge was that | bad made improper ad- Vunces to Mrs. Tilton; I told Mr. Tiiton batt Would have nothing todo with any such stace- ment—with anytuing that would so misiead the public; 1 said { would never sign it, aud would have novhing to do wito it, | Q, Now, whether the word ‘crime’ was used in eithet of the conversations Mr. Moulton had wit ‘you preceaing or following tue publication of the Bacon letter, vas there aby suggestion trom Mr. Moulton that the chaige was auy over or differs ent from what had been the suoject of conversa tion, between you—the wnpntation of improper aivances? A.” Tuat was what { understood aud what he understood, 4, So that announcement made to you, as com- ing from Mr. ‘Tiiton and Mr, Moulton, thas they In arge aduitery on you, was the firs! that was the first; Knew Of jt as part of their plan. * Q Now, Mr. Beecher, in. regard to the Wes! | charges. were the facts, in form, ever laid before you velore they were made? A. Ido not remem ber ever to have rend them; I knew what they | were at the time; Idid not Know mucn about the ticulars acthe time; I understood that tne est charges were charges inst Mr, ‘rilton for sland ig me—saying that I had preached to forty mistr 8, Or some Other words; the Charges ree lated to the Bowen slanders against me; there was no communication made to me in writing or otherwt: advances to Mrs, Tilton. BEECHER AND THE REPORTERS. While Mr. Evarts 1s searching for some misiaid | papers Mr. Beecher: turns bis eyes, with the | fullest, kindliest beams, over on the mass of scrib~ | bling reporters, He recognizes one or two and smiles; but there is no time leit him to enter om vhe wide feild of reflections suggested by thid tremendous engine of publicity in active opera Uon under his eyes. Mr. £varts read from Mr, Tilton’s testimony im regard to the West cha Tess. . With reference to these West charges did ou Heat any discussion or conversation with Mr. iton Mr. Beecher went on to answer by saying that there was @ motion made in the church to drop Mr. Tilton’s name irom the roil of the chureb; b had talked with Mr. Moulton; that the thing wa: coming to that issue; Mr, ‘riiton appeared 10 th meetiag and asked permission to make some re- marks, @Nd as a matter of courtesy 1t Was granted | to tim; he then proceeded to say that he had not | slandered the pastor of the church, and that it | the pastor had any charges to make on that suo. | ject against bim he was there to have him make | \hem, then and there, or words to that effect; he | assumed the position of a man not a member ot | the courch, declaring that ne had not slandered the pascor, and if the pastor thougnt be nad sian. dered him he was there to meet those vharges; he (Mr. Beecher) had not expected to speuk that evening, but alter Mr. ‘ilton bad fla. ished be said that whatever differences had existed between Mr, Tilton and himself had | been honorably buried—that he beileved he had no churges to Make against him, as he had none | to make agaist Mr. Tilton: alter the meeting Mr. ‘Tillon Was congratulated on tne successful tere mination of the discussion; he shook hands wit several of his (Mr, Beecuer’s) cordial friends ans went home happy. Q. Was anything said by you about these charges being buried on Mr, Tilton’s part? A. | can’t say; | sald they had been amicably settled between us, | and, so far a8 lam concerned, they Were burieds | that I had no charges to make and I believe he | had none to make agalust me. | Q. Now, Mr. Beecher, I call your attention to @ statement of Mr. Tilton; [ mention this question, which willshow you the subject (it was on the cross-examination by me) :— What was there | im tne situation that made Mr. Beecher respon. tended to sible for any of those offences against ou that you print in ir B letter (it snould be Dr. Bacon's ment)? A. I wilt tel you, sir; , Beecher came outof nis church one night, as I have described in my direct examination, and et Mr. Moulton and me against the iron. railing, ying he could concrot his church—they would dc | exactly what he wished; that he held chem in his rigit hand, and any action which Mr.”——I believe | thatis the end of wnat he Says you said, saying | he could control his church, that they would do exactly what he wisned; that he held them in his \rigot hand. Did you make @ statemens of that | kind to Mr. —? “A, No, sir, I did not. | Q Mr, ilton, in re ce to the situation after | the Bacon letter, or atany time? A, I did not, sir, | Q. Now, Mr. Beech there came to be an in- | TpgTieeeing committee last summer? A. Tnere | “Q After iv was appointed was an application made to you from that committee ior a statement | before it of your relations with Mrs. Tilton? A, Toere was, Q. Did you prepare and present to that committe tee @ statement on the subject? A, I did. Q. Is that the statement concerning which Mr. Tillon speaks a8 having been read, in part, at least to him? He was asked this question:—"4 | saw nim at his house.” A. Yes. | Q Witn regard to what? A. With regard to the | report which he should make to the lovestigating | Committee of his cauurch. Q. Stute whether be had it prepared. A. He read to me from @ paper be proposed to snow with regard to Tiiton. | Q Was that the paper? A. It was, | Mr, Evarts—From which you read to Mr. Mouk _ ton? Loder that paper in evidence, sir, A LONG PAUSE. Atafew minutes past three along pause om | curred. The witness stepped gown irom the | stand and went over to his brother, Dr. Edward | Beecher, who stood neara side window, Bow | remained in conversation until the proceedings | were resumed. The cause of the delay, ‘the hor | rible pause,” as some oue designated it, was the reading by the plaintia’s coansel of the original | manuscript of Mr. Beecher's statement to the committee, Mr. Evarts—Mr. Beecher, ple: look at the | date of this, and then I will ask you @ question, ‘Tne paper was handed to witness, Woo gianced | over it. Evarts—Wed: , Jaly 16, 1874 (To wit ness) Was this prepared by you alter your inter. view with Mr. Redpath. Peekskill, which was Monday, the 1sth? A, Yes, sir; what date does that bear? | _ Mr. Evarts—This bears date Weaneslay, the 16tn day oi July, 1874. A. Ye: According to Mr. Redpath’s testimony of t! 'w With him you spoke of ment thi e going to make? A. nis statement I Made aiter that? A. Yes, sir. . EVarts—I will now read it, if Your Honor please. | Mr. Evartes then read the statement, as fol- | lows:— | Weoxespay, July 15, 1874, —When at length the time came Teco jong silence of jour years, I thought it Proper, with ail the principles whien viymoi ended, that [should speak to you aad through you to the church—the oaly ecclesas- | Beal trib whose authority | recognize as binding snpieas pon ked the appointment of a large committee of abli impartial men, be my own te was (0 be, in my lement, et there Were many inciai os juestions ae desired to have investigated and finally deter- ned. 1 do not propose to ent pon the details of a histor: running through four ré I shail state the tact which concern the o1 { troubles and leave alone the (angted sequences. y acquaintance with Mrs, Elizabeth Tilton dates from her catidnood; my intimacy in hertamily frow | poget Issa, Her sature was strongly devouonal. she had us for religious sentiment. dad she lived Ip other days and in the Catholic Church she bas always seemed to me to be one of those who would have inspira tions and ecstatic visions. My interest ip her increased, and she deserved the respectiul affection which she won from me. I loved her as ove Would hisown child. she had grown up under my teachings she had never known any other religious teacher, and she 823001- ated. with my name and Situmined by her imaginatio whatever was worthy of affection and trust. Nor did ar for a long time that, in such a gentle and ap- preciative 1h; admiradion fection might beget an the entirety of the love which « her husband. | It wa ness disclosed in Of the wrong done in winning any part of thi whieh should belong to her household. Leaving to ova ers the unwelcowe (ask of refined moral criticism upon aT a inded woman, it is for me explic- {tiy to detend her Irom say charge vf criminality ot con- duct and to dissipate even the shadow of a reproach honor and to join with hus- . with loyal affection amd with justice, he personal purity of his wife. Although the sincere aifection which grew up iu me efor Mrs. iilton was honoravie in intent, 1 none the coudemn myself with unsparing severity tor bring Upon the most sacred of hu institu(ions—the house: hich have sinee towed re the blaine by a Hebs ‘ere not eriminal in oY pangs of sorrow. My rT edge of her seusitive m: to my Loni affectionate with » Tilton. Whe e full realization upon me of a household deeply wounded by my timpru- Genee, Of possivie and threacened divisions and scut- tering), and the long train | of hat might betatt rt, mother, aud the roup of children, and that instead of hpopiness f jad orought Upon tWo persons with whom I had Deen ip the most affectionate relations @ torrent of misery Whose infiu- ence might widen indefinitely—my distress passed alt bounds. 10a mujual friend I poured out my soul like hot measure words Ltovk upon myseif » { wished him to convey to Mr. with ieeling, my pro- log nccupted, and kind, social relation! nd would have coutiuued Foal induendes 10 @ reconciliation was m: for * time continued, had not maiia' ag aiined 1 Mr, J1itoa in @ false positio er thau a8 one injured by me. yr can any who only looks upon affairsat the present stage of development be in @ si Of the motives and inflaences which have ous stages of a history. essentially privat jor the sake of apd or family, nd womantiood, should have had the s hvod ae of seciut , Waich those most injured most bg ¥ sought. policy of silence has tailed. 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