The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-22

this IS ALL a DREAM. THEODORE"
and that was all the answer that Becchc
made to him. then advised Tlton tina
OF the sake Of his wife and family aud 70
the sake Of Beecher's family, the matte
should be kept quiet and hushed up. Mex
morning as | was leaving home for bust
ness, Tilton came TO my house, and wi
great anger said that Mr.. Beecher had dont
mean act, that he had gone from the in
terview of last night TO his houst
and procured from Elizabeth a recanta
ton and retraction of her confession. liz
said for that act he would smitc him that
there could be no peace. He said, "You
see that what have told you of the mean.
ness of that man is now evident" Titon
said that Beecher at the interview of last
August had asked his permission to go and
see Elizabeth, and he told him he might
90, which statement was confirmed by
Beecher himself, and Beecher left him for
that purpose.
| sa;d to Tilton,
''Now DON'T GET ANGRY.
Let us see if even this cant be arranged
l will go down and get that retraction
from him." That evening | saw Bccchcr
and told him thought he had been doing
a very mean and treacherous act, first
| towards me, from whom he wanted help,
| in that he did not tell me on our way TO
his house last night what he had procured
from Mrs. Tilton, and that he could not
expect my friendship in this matter unless
he acted truthfully and honorably towards
me. | further said, "AIr. Beecher, you
have had criminal intercourse with Mrs.
Tilton, and you have done great injury to
Tilton otherwise. Now, when you are
confronted with it you ask permission of
the man to again visit his house and you
get from that woman who has confessed
you have ruined her, a rccantation and re-
traction of the truth for your mere
personal safety. That won't save you.
At that interview he admitted with grief
and sorrow the fact of his sexual re!a-
tons with Mrs. Tilton. expressed some in
dignation that she had not told him that
she had told her husband and that in con-
sequence of being in ignorance of that he
had been walking upon a volcano. Then
referring to what he had done in connec-
ton with Bowen, and with reference to
Titons family, lie said that he had sym
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with him as against Tilton in consequence
of the stories which were in circulation in
regard to him and especially of one spe-
cifc case where he had had improper re-
lations with woman whom he named,
and to whom letter from his wife will
make part of his statement, and had so
stated to the women, and be told me that
he would write TO Bowen and withdraw
those charges, and gave me the rough draft
of letter which he wrote and sent to
Bowen, which letter is here, produced,
marked G.
His self-condemnation at the ruin he had
wrought under such circumstances was full
and complete, and at times he was so
BOWED DOWN WITH GRIEF
in consequence of The wrong he had done
that he threatened to put m end to his life
He also gave to me the letter, the first
of which, marked "a" is above given, in
reference TO which he said that Bowen had
given it 10 him. That be had told Bowen
that Tilton must be crazy to write such
,etter as that that lie did not understand
it, and that Bowen said to him, IL will be
your friend in this natter He then made
a statement which Tilton had made to me
at my house of the charge that Bowen had
made to him. Tilton said that Bowen had
been very treacherous towards Tilion, rs
we'll as towards himself, because he,
Beechcr. had had reconciliation with
Bowen, of which he told me the terms,
and that Bowen had never in his, Beechers,
presence spoken of or referred to any al
legation of crime or wrong doing on his
part with any woman whatever. He gave
me in general terms the reconciliation, and
afterwards gave me two memoranda, which
| here produce, which show the terms of
the reconciliation. The first is in the hand
writing of Bowen, containing five items,
which Beecber assured me were the terms
which Bowen claimed should be the basis
of reconciliation. 1t is as follows:
First. Report and publish sermons and
lecture-room talks.
Second. New edition, Plymouth collec-
ton, and Freeland's interest.
Third. Explanations to the church.
Fourth. Write me letter.
Fifth. Retract in every quarter what has
been said to my injury.
The second paper is a pencil memoran-
dun of the reconciliation with Bowen in
Beecher's handwriting, giving an account
OF the affair of reconciliation with Bowen.
About February, 1870, at long interview
at Mr.. Freeland's house, for the purpose of
having full and final reconciliation be-
tween Bowen and Beecher. Mr. Bowen
stated his grievances, which were all either
of business nature or of my treatment of
him personally, as per memorandum in his
writing After hours of conference every
thing was adjusted, we shook hands, we
pledged each other to work henceforth
| without
| JAR OR BREAK.
said to him. "Mr Bowen, if you hear
anything of me not in accordance " it'll this
agreement of harmony do not let it rest
Come straight to me at once, and will do
the same by you" He agreed. In the
lecture-room stated that all of our differ
ences were over, and that we were friends
again. AT this public recognition he was
present and heard and expressed himself
as greatly pleased with it,
1t was after all this that asked Mr.