Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-10-17
TTLTON AND FULTON.

matter.
About three years ago. Mr.. Theodore Tilton
and the Rev. Justin ID. Fulton dined one gay
at Delmonicos in company with some other
| gentlemen, and wine was on the table. some
time after, when the Rev. Justin ID. Fultoh
was in Boston, Mr.. Tilton heard that MI. ui-
| ton had said in the course of a temperance
lecture that he (Mr. Tilton) admitted that he
! took wine for bis brain, the same time that ne
advocated in the strongest possible terms the
| stoppage by all persons of the use OF lntoNl-
| eating LIQUORS as a beverage. These state
| monts went the rounds of the press, and few
! DAYS ago, Mr.. Tilton, while in this city met
| person who is described as a wealthy and well
| known merchant, who said, alludlng TO the
| charges;
Don't YOU think that those persons who
| live in glass houses should not throw stones "
Il am aware" replied Mr.. Tilton, ''if those
persons who live in glass houses do throw
| stones that they are likely to get their window
| panes broken"
"Well," said the merchant, ''the Rev. JUS
| tin ID. Fulton of Boston is lampooning you
for having said that you took wine Tor your
BRAIN
Il never said So responded Mr.. Tlton
| 81 didn't suppose you did, said the mer-
| chant ''but thought would tell you that the
| Rev Justin d. Fulton of Boston, the advo-
perancc orator. who proclams it in fremont
Temple that total abstinence is the best OF all
things for ply steal health and morals, drank
lager here with me after he had dc livered
sermon in the Rev. DIR. Armitage's church.
Yes, having left the church together. saun-
tered down town, and, while walking in the
Bowery, he invited me into lager-beer saloon
on that thoroughfare, and although we hat
eight or ten glasses of lager-beer, Mr.. Full
tan drank the larger number of glasses OF 1t.
Gould you swear that what you say is
true?" inquired Mr.. Tilton
Il could, Sir" said the merchant, "and do
it without the slightest mental reservation,
and in the most conscientious manner"
II do not like to interfere with the private
character of any clergyman said Mr.. Tilton,
land therefore | am inclined to leavethe Rev.
Justin D. Fulton of Boston severely alone.
but he is a severe prohibilonist of the use
of intoxicating liquors in any form while he
talks said the merchant, and therefore
| know that he is hypocrite, when l know
| that he drank lager-beer with me in the
saloon in the Bowery; that he invited me into
| it; that he apparently had a cultivated taste
| for the beverage; and that he drank the
| largest quantity of what was taken"
All this conversation is related by Mr.. Til
ton, but he prefers for the present not to make
public the name of the wealthy and we'll
known merchant who permitted the clergy
man to drink the larger quantity" of what
was called for.
Mr.. Tlton soon after listening to the above
story, and impressed with its truthfulness,
caused the following to be published
THE REV. LAGER-BEER FULTON.
The Religious Telescope of Dayton, Ohio,
contains copy of letter which it says the
Rev. Justin ID. Fulton of Boston has addressed
to Mr.. Theodore Tilton of New York, al
though Mr.. Tilton has never received either
the letter in question or any other from Mr..
Fulton. The Telescopes copy of Mr.. Full
toms missive is as follows:
BosroN, Mass.
THEODORE Triton, Esq.-DEAR SIR: l
have been informed that you were seen at
restaurant on Broadway day or two since
with bottle of aetne before you, and of which
you sew, raj times partook.
AS YOU are the chief editor of Il religious
and temperance paper, assume the right to
ask you whether this report is true. If true,
| shall take such means as | may deem expe
dent to put the truth before the public
through the newspapers. j. ID. FULToN.
Mr.. Tilton has the honor to say that so far
as regards himself, he drinks wine on commun-
ion and other proper occasions; and SO far as
regards the mountebank who is reported to
have address sed him the above letter, this hot
Gospeller, after preaching a Sunday night
sermon in DIR. Armitagts church in New
York sauntered down the Bowery, in conpa-
ny with a friend, entered lager beer saloon,
| and, during an hours stay, drank (the two to-
| gether) nine or ten glasses of lager-beer, of
| which the Rev. Mr.. Fulton guzzled the larger
part"
This publication, of course, was not long in
| finding the way to the Rev. Mr.. Fulton, with
the following result, as telegraphed to the Bos-
| ton agent of the Associated Press:
''BosToN. Oct. 1.-THE friends of the Rev.
| Justin ID. Fulton having seen the published
statement made by Mr.. Theodore Tilton, met
at the house of Geo. w. Chapman, last even
ing, with the Executive Committee of the
Temple Baptist Church, and by unanimous
vote resolved to prosecute Mr. Tilton for
libel"
The following card appears to-day:
1.-THE statement made in the Brooklyn Union
of Friday Oct, Z, by Mr.. Tilton, is unor
tunate in two respects First, the letter he
prints purporting to be written by me, is a
forgery; Second, the declaration he makes,
which follows the letter, has not the slightest
foundation in truth. (SignedD
JUSTIN ID FULroN."
Mr.. Tilton, evidently preferring to believe
the statements of the wealthy and we'll
known merchant" rather than be frightened
| by ilDel, sent 10 boston inc lOilONiIlS Etply :
Il have the honor to say that when the
above libel suit comes to trial, well-known
and trustworthy gentleman will make affidavit
that my statement in the Brooklyn Union con-
corning the Rev. Justin ID. Fulton's drinking
several glasses of lager-beer, in a Bowery
saloon, on a Sunday night, after preaching
| sermon is true. THEODORE Hilton.
Brooklyn, Oct IL, 1870.
Scarcely had Mr.. Tilton penned this reply,
which, his friends think, will put Mr.. Fulton
again on the defensive, when he received the
following from the merchant who had Civ en-
/ hnr the information about Mr.. Fulton's con-
! duct:
with regard to the libel suit with which
/ You are threatened by the Rev. Justin ID. Full
| ton of Boston, on account of the statement
made by me that he drank lager-beer in a
saloon in the Bowery on a Sunday night, after
preaching, | would say that | was the man
who drank it with him, and that | stand ready
TO substantate the same if you are held to
answer. Do not use my name until it is alb
solutely necessary to do So
Later in the day, Mr. Tilton received the
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