St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-09-04

'"''l lol tIllh ol ploplIciN Of conduct.
II will he observed that these letters
now for the first time produced, confirm
"r ut all events tally with Beecher's
version. In another letter to Moutou,
III February of the same wear. she de
pl"icN her conduct during the prcyinus
year. Is having caused the utter mis-
cry of those She loved best her mother,
husband. MI. ii. and my dcarchildrcu."
int even this did not disgust outright
the man to whom she had confessed
adultery with MIR. b
In June. iS13, M"uIton admits that
he at lircchcr's request. carried to the
BIo"klNm Eagle. altered amended and
caused tn hc inserted, Il card. signe.I hv
lIrrrhrr. ''dcclarim" that the stories and
rum"r> which had been for some time
past in circulation about him (Brcchcr)
were untrue. aad that he stamped them
III general and particular rs utterly un-
true In other words. MuuIton, ac-
c"'lln% to his own story. helped to pre-
pare and published lying card. of the
'''.'.'.'.'".l h which he WAS thnrnmvIIr
convinced.
ON the 3ISt of December. 1870. Mis-.
Triton wrote to her ..Dcar Friend
Frank" asking that her confession and
r"cantati"n which were in his possession
might he destroyed. Upon this Moul-
ton remarks: - could not of course.
acccdc to this request of Mrs. Tiltnm.
hccauSr had picdJrd myseIf 10 Hcahrr
that her rciIIrtion on the, one side, and
her confession to Tlltnm ON the other
which are the papers she refers to.
should not lc given up. but ShoHH bc
h"hi for the protection ofcithcr aS against
the other" In April. lH12. however.
IHf"n asked him for his wifc'> cnnlrS-
sion. to he returned To her. in order to
relieve her anxiety. And on this Mnul-
ton says: "AS hcd il safety for hcr
pr"tcrti"n and HHdcr picfgc Ia him.
gay" II I" him. and he told me after
ward that lac gave it into her hands and
she destroyed it,. Elsewhere hr rcciGcS
the pledge he made to Bccchcr on this
very subject. when he cNt"rtcd the re
cantHti"n from him. Here are two diff
iClrnt versions of the same transactions
In November of the same wear. find
in" himself bothered 10y peoples inqui
licS about the affair. and wishing to put
himself in Il pnSiti"n to meet the stories
about licccIIcr without open y ing. he
told Tiltom that ''hr wished to Ice au-
lh"rizrd 10y his wife tu deny them" and
Tiltnn obtained from the wrrtched wn-
man. who seems tn have been aS WAX
III their hands, Il letter addressed to
M"ult"m containing this pasSagc:-
Mr. M"uItom: My Dean Friend For
my husbands sake and my chil,rcm'S |
hereby testify with all my womau'S
soul. that | am innocent of the crime of
impure conduct alleged against me.
have been To my husband Il true wife:
in his love wish to live and die. Nv
l., /. ~
its maiden flame: all the more for what
he has borne for my sake. both private
and public wrongs. His plan to keep
back scandals long ago threatened
against III" never approved, and the
, result shows ii unaViaiing; but few
w"uld haV" riS>cd much as he has
sacrificed for others ever since the con
/ >piracy began against him, two Years
ago
What are we to think of the man who
could under such circumstances ask for
such il letter, carry it about with him.
and make assertions on the strength of
ii He also received Il letter. from
li"cchcr dated. February ). lS72. in
which he SAYS 'hc committed all to
tod whatever it may he here. it will
he well there :: and another dated,
june |. l~Il, in which he SAYS Ibis
mind Is clear. and he is not in haste.
and that he shall write for the public Il
statement that will bear the light of
the Judgments day. and ''tlInt God will
take care of him and his :" and this
stun. coming from Il minister whom he
hclIcNcd on his own confession to he an
! adultcrrr. dId not. ii appears, disgust
hInI. lessen his friendship or cool his
zeal a> Il pclcc-nlakcr. Moreover, he
wrote to Bccchrr on the same LIST of
June. ''lou can stand if the whole case
were published. tO-mOrroW." As re-
CARDS the lark-mll. he denies that
lIli"n sought or suggested anything of
the KIND. B"cchcr says that Moullon
limited broadly that il would hc Il good
thln" for hlm to give money to Tilton,
and that hC gave it. Moulton SAYS that
iircchCr gave the money of his own
motion. and that he di>hurScd il for
lilt"mS benefit. without Tilton'> know
in% whence ii came. by way of showing
lilt"nS high-mlndcdncS> about money.
he alleges that in May. I~7:}. he offered
lilt"n SluW IS Il loan on his note: hut
Iiltnn scut it back saving ..hc could
not borrow money. for he Saw no way
of returning it, Nevertheless. Moul-
ton again offered him the money. and
he took ii. mot a> Il money tr;IuSaction.'
says Moultnn. ''bIIt aS Il matter hciwccn
ourselves" What the difference is he
tween "a money tianSictinr and a
''nattcr bttWccn ourselves" il would
hr hard +" say. but during the following
ten months Iilton got : l.IJO of Beech
crS money i'll nStallmcntS, through
Moultnn, as "a matter between our
selves" For I'ilt"n'S ignorance of its
source We have Moultom'> word. The
balance of the S5OOO paid 10y BcccIIcl
seems to have gone to pay for the
had to he removed from Tillnm'> house
brcanSc he tried to Scrlucr her, but
Moult"n says because she tattlrd about
Ms. Tiltnm'S bad conduct. We shall
not attempt Ia hold the balance. on
these WcightN matters. We must leave
the public to choose between the wit
nrS>cS. The lNiu" in every direction
seems To he tremendous and umhlush-
in". We shall now take leave of the
affair with this remark. that the case
has extremity reached Il stage at which
the further discussion of it will ,lo no
good. and serve no pun pose. but to graf
ifi the cravings of the actors in il for
motorictN. 1t has come To he Il econ
ilict of vcricitN' hrtwccn people whose
moral standard iS evidently not that of
respectable men, and the best thing the
public can dn Is to let it drop.
Connecticut uiIn who went West.
intending t" sc;tl, there. has returned
diSgnS,cd. He went IS far rs Kansas
civ and fnIuI INN l,U,,,.. than, .,,l