The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-07-24
What Hilton wrote.

What Hilton Wrote.
The Brooklyn Sunday Press is de-
cidedly down on Mr.. Theodore Til
ton for the part he has borne IN the
Beecher- Bowen difficulty. 1t would ap-
pear to be in SONS sort the organ OF
Mrs. Woodruff in the matter. Itprints
repeatedly the following letter:
GOLDEN AGE-My Dear Victoria !:
have arranged. with Frank that you
shall see Mr.. Beecher at my house on
Friday night. He will attend meeting
at the church till 10 o'clock, and will
give you the rest Of the evening as late
as you desire. You may consider this
fixed. Meanwhile, on this sunshiny day,
I salute you with good morning. Peace
be with you. Yours,
THEODORE TLroS.
And upon this text it remarks:
We printed last week the foregoing
letter, and asked the gentleman whose
name appears at the bottom Of it, to say
whether or not it was genuine. When
VIC asked the question we knew it
would not be answered. From various
quarters during the week We have re-
ceived a largo number of letters, asking
us to publish . fac-simile of tho letter,
which request we construe into doubt
as to its authenticity, a. to who pub
lished it.
We now assert and are ready to prove
to tho most skeptical at any moment,
the eenuineness of the letter, and TO-
day we supplant 1t with two others,
which are equally the production OF the
Immaculate Theodore Tiiton. We pub.
lish them now as specimen Of what is
in our hands, and which will be given to
the public in due time. And hero let rs
say, once for all, that no influence and
no threats can prevent their publicity.
Indeed, several OF the most prominent
citizens and merchants in Brooklyn are
as fully cognizant OF the existence Of
these fearful revelations rs We are, and
the issue is SIMPLY that If we don't pub
lish them, others will. We havc taken
a great deal OF trouble in probing the
mysterious surroundings of what is now
commonly known as the Beecher scan>
dal-and scandal Of the most revolving
character it il.
Excepting one man other than Mr..
Beechsr, there is no ono who can throw
SO much light upon this matter as the
unannointed Rev. Theodore Tilton, the
author Of the foregoing and the follow
ing letters to Victoria Woodruff:
FIFTH AVENUE HORRIBLY Dear PIc-
toria Put this under your pillow,
dream of the writer, gather spirits about
you, and so good night.
THEODORE T1LroN.
TIE GOLDEN AaE-My Dearest Veto
ria: make haste, while yet able to
sit up. for l am giddy with
this morning, that your wishes, 80 iar
as to my action, shall be faithfully full
filed. If no one else should remain to
honor you, l should. l know you well,
and believe in you utterly, and can bear
witness that you are among the best
and purest of human souls"
The asterisks in the last letter repre-
sent sentiments and expressions which
we could not, in Difference to propriety,
afford to print. Will Mr.. Tilton now
say something about this scandal II
he does not we will compel him and
Henry Ward Beecher, too.
Mrs. Beecher Stowe raked the aches OF
Byron's bones, and now it becomes Us,
since it is in our power, to give blow for
blow, and unmask the most villainous
hypocrites that ever disgraced religion,
and the most bcastly human being that
ever dishonored manhood.
"Mrs. Hooker's letter, which l en-
close, is no fuller ofgood toward them
than your excellence of mind merits.
l hereby replace both
namely, that you are tho =
l consider; counsel against my princi-
pie of surrendering to the apprehensions
of friends; but then l am not woman,
and perhaps my advice is too stern q
staff.
You settled everything last evening
= and will you sec Mr.. Beech
er this evening IS arranged! Yours,
fondly, THEODORE TLToN.