The New York herald., 1874-09-12


and more involved In my failure 70 hold the lacd
concealed from every mortal eye The sileI
have been at any time caused 70 burst forth by m,
fmprudent answers to scandal-loving, curiOusll
se sea IN OF ne Go
and my silence when their questions were put Il
me- stating supposed facts. would have been al
why BOTH FRIEND AND FOB.
But II there was any wrong Ia my conceal
church labor with Mr. Bowen. one or it's leadina
members, who concealed them from the church Il
consideration OF the publication OF his pastorf
letters and sermons In the Independent. Let Nh
Clanin. Beechers chosen committeeman, VINO
presumably had been told the every botton
without sin among them all Ia that regard nr1
cast stone.
OF the committee, because every one has expected
the result OF its labors from the beginning No
disclosures were % made to them, and they tool
care not TO call before them any witnesses vine
knew the iacts except the parties Implicated and
have clearly shown that 1t was partisan tribunal
organized TO acqmt-as Beecher confessed to ma
on the 5th of July last 1t was. BY thinking men no
weight VIII be given to its unsupported Opinions
but rehash OF the statements of the accnsed
criminals, both written In whole or in part by hia
lawyers
in case | did not size with Beecher, II "I did not
choose between TiltOns statement and mine,h az
fore me the consequences Of my standing arm In
what / knew TO be the truth and the rlgtlt: that
on s %
were involved in the standing oil that church,
whereby much gain comes, IN money II from
nothing else to some favored members thereof
and feel that have right to say nat II could
have swerved from my sense OF duty to myself and
to justice every outside nducement urged me To
stand by '.Beecher's statement or course dis.
cerned that any statement should make must Do
rninous to me- MT Beechsr and 5a,,n II made It must oe
nearly ruined friend, Theodore Tiltou. And ap.
peal to the lair Judgment Of all men-what motive
enemy Of Mr. Beecher except impelied bv in in.
tegrity OF purpose and all that makes up the word
duty" to stand by the right as knew the risha
have, however, the consolation Of knowing
that only suffer az everybody else suffers who
Beecher. Each and all in turn have been assaied
by every form Of OblOquy and detraction as the
culpation Of the accused. First. it was heard
through the press that the letters which Tlton
put In his sworn statement were iorgertes, when
1t was supposed that the originals would not be
forthcoming. Then, T1lton was insane, and
labored analysis Of all the maladies OF his family
insane but the "method In. his madness" ex.
ploded that theory. And then, the last refuge wa4
as an &
was through my hand OF course must be de.
stroyed or the new theory OF a conspiracy OF foul
years. duration would come to nought. Everybody
who should come forward to say single word
upon the subject unfavorabe 10 the accused has
received the same treatment. Mr.. Carpen-
ter is placarded to the world through
Beechers statement rs "a kind OF genial, good.
natured fool" and Mr.. Beecher's sister, the ann.
Mrs. Hooker, now happily for her peace, abroad.
who had become the recipient OF the knowledge Of
sane; and when she had advised him to make
clear and full confession, In the interests Of truth
MRS. Hooker believed was incarcerated Tor having
told simply the truth, and threatened TO disclose
the truth from his pulpit II Beeeher woClo not, oy
veyed through me with his appreciation, Tllton
went to poor Mrs. Hooker and broached the
guilty of adultery from the same source as his wife
was and when Mr.. Beecher was told that his
at
his "device. Whatever "deyices" were used
to protect Henry ward Beecher to save him.
lame OF his sister. And, until It was ascertained
what part she would take in the controversy, his
benalf BY his elder brother, Rev. william Beecher,
in an interview published in Western paper,
from which ! extract the following the correct
ness OF which has not been, SO lar as know,
MR. BEEcHERs ''nAPpY HOME"
~ believe he (Mr. Beecher) looks upon the mar.
riage relation as sacredly as any one. In fact. |
know he has suffered great trouble on account OF
his wife, and has endeavored to be faithful to her,
Notwithstanding the sore trials she has cost hlIn.
1t mas separated him from bis kindred, from his
brothers and sisters, who were prevented rom rom
with her, and In every way endeavored to arrange
matters 80 that they might visit him. Still think
Notwithstanding this Mr.. Beecher appeals In his
statement to "his happy home" as one OF the
reasons why he could not have been uniaithtui to
his marriage VOW.
Again tits paraded in the newspapers that Hrs
Beecher produced before the committee all Mrs.
TlltOn's letters, having opened them before
Beecher had had an opportunity to read them, as
she did all OF his other letters. and this report
gains credence from the fact that he wrote to
Elizabeth after he declares tnat he had stopped
all Intimacy. as ne had promised to do. that sne
alone with slater. ~
takes care TO inform her Of the fact that hts WHO
had sailed for Havana and Florida And Mrs. TIL
ton, too, after having said and unsaid every thing
IN order to save Beecher-afrer having falslfed
and srultied herself III every possible way for hts
witness or "refreshment,n only remains in hia
mind ''under divided consciousness" that 'she
was saint and chief Of sinners" And she u
thrown aside ike q worthless weed IN this cruel
paragraph OF the report Of his committee:-
"lI is not for the committee to defend the course
siDty Is indefensible."
Ali these attacks were before me- and knew
should escape, and have not, although ali tha
blessings OF heaven were called down upon me by
Beecner In every note he ever wrote me- all OF
which breathed the fullest confidence in me up ia
the 4th OF August, nine days before he made his
statement, wherein ne charges me with most
contemplate crime because refused to give up
lection against him ior had learned to know tho
selfsllness aud cruelty OF the man who SACRIFICES
all Ior himself.
AN APPEAL TO PUBLIC OPINION.
And yet, in view OF our relations for the past
four years, can scarcely realize the TACT that he
turned upon me, even when at his request was
keeping silent for his sake and now. With all that
he has put upon me, II is with difficulty that
summon sufficient OF resolution, in anguish Of
spirit. TO enable me to put forth the statement
tnat am now compelled to do. For l here aver
that never have made public what was the ma
ture OF Beecher's offence, or what was the evi-
dence In my possession to prove 1t, until did so
In my former statement prepared for the commit
tee, although statements were made In the news
papers TO that effect which may have innamed tho
mind Of Beecher against me. had pledged my
honor to silence except was attacked, and have
redeemed tnat pledge at whatever violence to my
feelings and sense OF justice.
Nor have ever made public the facts In this sub.
sequent statement until they now appear. and
yet there has been newspaper report publishing q
what purports to be portion OF them but which
was gathered from others and not from me. On
the contrary, have taken every and all meana
that could to conceal and Keep them out Of sight,
driven even to answer many men who asked mo
In regard TO them In such way as to misead
them without stating to them any absolute false.
hood, although have no doubt some OF them, re-
memberng the impression they got from me,
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