New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-01-16
.chieaso Times sew York Latter
Theodore TiIt0n's Troubles and
vict0ria's Base Ingrat,sudc-
Behind the scenes.

l have lately heard something which
( seems to me ought to he told And hav
asked permission of the person who told
I TO me Ia give it to the world Its title {
/ Creditability is undoubted. As surely A. "
can accept anything in life we have the rich
| to accept this rs a truthful narration of
| story concerning which all the world is COG
| infant of everything but the truth.
| When Theodore Tilton suddenly ended hi
| brilliant career on the kadepeHaeat every on
| familiar with the paper was astonished Blu
n few issues before the paper had celebrate
/ one of its anniversaries with famous dir
play of type and illustrations. and in additial
contained eulogies from both Publisher Gd
editor concerning one another, the exprcssin
| of which, to say the least, is unprecedented
| in the newspaper world. The silence wbch
| followed was oniinous. Mr.. Titon was wi
IDENTIFY the offender. He established hisiew
paper, the Golden Age, with his we'll kDwn
energy and ambition, and received hnd-
some send-oif from Mr.. Greeley. Still Mr..
Tilton had received a blow from whin he
could scarcely recover. His pcrccptiblflaps-
| ing from orthodoxy in the minds of Tie or
thodox convinced them he vas capale of
anything, and his many friends in Tho past,
especially, made his grievances theirs ,hough
they fought for him, ignorant Of that which
they We're to assail. Lately, both Nh Tilton
and Mr.. Bowen having resumed auicble re-
lations have endeavorcd to make it appear as
! if they had never been disturbed. dr. Til
| ton. as is his wont, does himself injistce
Like most men, he possesses lelatrcs, and
| like most men, he has reason to cure them.
One of them, a person very ncaI to him,
possessed almost with a mania 10 iniurin@
him, has left no stone unturned who has
| halted at no malicious act that night iniure
| him who has made it the bushes of life to
poison the minds Of others again, him, went
to Mr.. Bowen, and with an ingsious tissue
of stories, obtained his coniiden,, and cap
tured his sense of justice and guilty. The
relations between Mr.. Bowen nd Mr.. Til
ton were such that they could belissolved at
any time on the payment of sixnonths' sal
airy to Mr.. Tilton in advance. Immediately
Mr.. Bowen, without renderingt reason, de-
posed Mr.. Tilton, and rcfilsedhe payment
of the money. Litigation wa commenced,
and amid the annoyances resting and the
| odum of his dismissal from IT, independent,
with the assistance of few frnds, he began
his new paper. 1t was scarcef started when,
anxious to give full scope III hat particular
direction he himself had beenmost cramped,
he devoted a column to he'World's Pro-
gress," which was to embodyhc latest radi
|
he asked stephen Pearl Antews to edit, as
he himself was in the front INK Of radical
ism, and n man of sufiicienteisWe to write.
One day Mr.. Andrews aske him if he knew
Mrs. Woodruff, and descrild her as one of
the most remarkable wOmeiOf the day. Mr..
Tilton not knowing this lily, he urged him
| to 90 down to Broad streetnd be presented.
Accordingly Mr.. Tilton WIT. They made a
commonplace call, and fixed on common
place topics. The mex morning, in the
Times, l think, he read. letter from Mrs.
Woodruff. containing illusion to the
Brooklyn scandal latcl made public in
WoodhM and Ciafn's 7cckiy. In this let
ter, however, the nam were suppressed,
two reverend gentlemeanswering for per-
sonalities.
When Mr.. Tilton rched his office that
morning he found onlis desk Mrs. Wood
hull's card, asking hirto come to her office
| on particular busines, lie went down to Il
Broad street. MrsVoodhull asked him if
he had seen the lett in the Times.
| eyes,
Ibid you knowyho were the persons
mcant:"
"No."
"Thcv were y.rself and Mr.. Beecher.' -
Mr.. Triton laused incredul ously.
"But am nolinster.'
"Indeed. N,er mind, you are one of the
persons meant.'
Mr.. Tilton tlught moment. Here was
a bold, daring oman-a woman of ability,
who scrupled anothins-a proiesscd agita-
tor, who belie,d in unwilling the crimes of
society she VIZ engaged in a high and holy
duty. The cry itself he treated with be-
coming scor' She evidently believed it.
Where did 81 gather her information What
| I for I'm ipfr oil oGn Il lnn
As she tapd rapidly and earnestly he de-
cided al Hazards, for Mr.. Beecher's sake
and his on, that this scandal must be sup
pres ed. The world was only too quick to
fastnn tn breath of rlmOr on the whtest OF
souls, an though true as truth, each would
ineyitaN suffer If it went forth to the world
as MrsWoodhull intended it should.
The .uestion then arose in his mind, How
can IL lips be scaled? She is woman
hunte down her thoughts and sentiments
are iradvance of the age; then she had not
ayoyd herself as in the last year, and with
that ympathy for freedom Of thought, which
has.lways characterized Mr.. Tilton, he con
Glued he could best serve himself in serving
he. and thereby seal her lips through graft
tue to him.
AL he did for her the world knows through
IL wOman's suffrage agitations he defended
us We nave seen, WDtH tkcl
.en he did it at his own risk. He introduced
err to his friends. She visited his family
He thought her remarkable woman, pos
sessing clairvoyant powers he could not dis
pute. He was open and above-board III his
friendship for her; yet, already the wOrlt
had besmeared his name in coupling it will
hers. Now his forced dismissal from the In
dependent was accounted for and justified by
the credulOus public.
When Mrs. Woodruff was advertised to de
liver her lecture which set New York agog
Tilton threw himself into the breach with
courage which we must admire, and, to thu
CONSERVATION of his friends, introduced her t,
the public. Surely her gratitude at his self
sacrifice would compel her lips to silence
But still further sacrifice she asked of him
not making that the condition, however, o
his con- ent, for no proposition Of that KIM
was ever preached. Colonel Blood wrote tn,
lie Of Mrs Woodhull. The manuscript wa
sent to Mr.. Tilton with the request that b.
I'D assume the responsibility Of its author
ship. This was asking good deal Of a mai
with the literary education of Theodore Til
ton. lie accepted it, and with some revi
sioas !: went forth to the world as Tilton'
Life OF Woodruff. 1t would seem that moth
ing moic could be asked Of a man. He still
betrienard her through all the storm of in
vectiye that went over the country, and
think with all her vagaries, he honestly be
lieved in her vigorous mind, and gave he
credit for being an earnest, conscientiou
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