The Osceola times., 1873-07-19
WHAT TILTON WROTE.
Some Very Asterisky Letters from
T. T.-More Light De-
manded on the Beech
er Scandal.

| Ilit0n Tor the part DC mas DOurn III
the Bcechor-Bowen difficulty. 1t
would appear to be in some sort
the organ of Mrs. Woodruff in the
matter. 1t prints repeatedly the
following letter:
| GOLDEN Agony DEAR VIcTo-
RIA: | have arranged with Frank
that you shall see Mr.. Bcechcr at
my house on Friday night. He
will attend q meeting at the church
till ten o'clock and will give you
the rest Of the evening as late as
you desire. You may consider
| this fixed. Meanwhile on this sun
shiny day salute you witha good
morning. Peace be with you.
Yours. THEODORE TILToN.
And upon this text 1t remarks:
We printed last week the forego
ing letter and asked the gentleman
whose name appears at the bottom
of il, to say whether or not it was
genuine. When we asked the ques-
ton we knew it would never be an
swered. From various quarters
during the week We have received
n large number of letters, asking
us to publish q facsimile Of the let
ter, which request we construed in
to doubt as to its authenticity, as
we have published it.
We now assert and arc ready to
prove to the most skeptical at any
moment, the gcnuinencss of the
letter, and to-day we supplement it
with two others, which are equally
the production of tho immaculate
Theodore Tilton. We publish them
now as a simple specimen of what
is in our hands, and which will be
given to the public in due time.
And here let us say, once for all,
that no influence and no threats
can prevent their publicity. In
deed, several of the most promi-
nent citizens and merchants of
Brooklyn, are as fully cognizant of
these fearful relations as we are,
and the issue is cimpIy that if we
don't publish them, others will.
We have taken n great deal of
trouble in probing the mysterious
surroundings Of what is commonly
known as the Bcechcr scandal-and
scandal, Of tho most revolving char
acter, it is.
Excepting one man other than
Mr.. Beccher, there is no one who
can throw so much light upon this
grave matter as, the unanointed
Rev. Theodore Tilton, the author
Of the foregoing and the following
letters to Victoria Woodruff:
FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL.
My DEAR VICTORIA Put this un-
der your.pillow, dream of the writ
er, gather spirits about you, and so
good night.
THEODORE TILToN.
THE GOLDEN ACE.
My DEAREST VICTORIA Il make
haste, while able 70 sit up, for ! am
]. giddy with this morning,
that your wishes, so far as they re-
late to my action, shall be faithful
ly fulfilled. Ii no one else should
remain TO honor you, / should. l
know you well, and believe you
utterly, and can bear witness that
you are among the best and purost
souls.
Mrs. Hookcr's letter, which | en-.
close, is no fuller of good toward
YOU than your excellence of mind
merits. | hereby replace
both-namely, that you are the
|. ! consider, counsel against
any principal ofsurrendering to the
apprehenslons of friends, but then
| am not a woman, and perhaps
| my advice is of too stern stuff.
| You settled everything last even
ing and will you 500
and Mr. Beccher this evening, as
arranged? Yours fondly,
| -.. THEODORE TlLToN.
| The asterisks in the last letter
represent the sentiments and eX-
pressions, which we could not, in
dsieronoo to propriety, afford to
print. Will Mr.. Tllton now say
something about this scandal? If
he does not we will compel him and
| Henry Ward Becchcr too.
Mrs. Beecher Stowe raked the
ashes ofByrons bones, and now it
becomes us, since it is in our power
to give back o blow for blow, and
unmask the most villainous hypo-
critics that ever disgraced religion,
and the most beastly human beings
| that ever dishnnored manhood.