Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-07-29

;. probation for the wife Of his friend
= Hence he will declare that, while he wa
guilty of indecorum, guilty perhaps c
leading wife to love him more than he
husband, guilty, possibly, in the depths G
his sympathy for her in allowing his i'm
pulsive nature TO lead himself away, h
will deny any criminallity. He will in
sist that his relations with Mrs. Tito
were no more intimate or blamablc thai
the religious Irritation with the priest, in
dulged in by Catherine Gaunt," the fc
titious character quoted by Mrs. Tilton
in which he will fnd almost a perfect par
allel for this case.
Furthermore, he may be expected tt
show that his position has been greatly
embarrassed by the fact that malignant
rumor had already been making free with
his name, and that, owing to the unhappy
personal peculiarities Of Ole near and
dear TO him. whose ungrounded jealousy
was the bore and torment of his life, sto-
ries had been circulated which had injured
his fair fame, and did him grievious wrong,
which, however, he was debarred from
denying by the fact that in handling these
talsehoods as they deserved he would have
necessarily been forced TO sacrifice one to
whom he was bound by the tenderest and
most scared ties which can exist between
man and woman. He will show that the
difficulties in this whole case were due
primarily to the extravagant jealousy of
this inmate Of his family, whose teeming
imagination had conjured up amours upon
his part which had no foundation in fact,
and was ever ready to apply the test of
her suspicion to the slightest pigment Of
apparent facts, until his whole existence
was filed with apprehension. In this con.
nectiou Mr.. Beecher will explain why
from this course he was compelled to alb
stain from pastoral visits to the family of
his congregation, and forced to demand
the appointment of Mr.. Halliday to dis
charge this important part of his duty,
simply because he could not be seen with
a woman without being subjected to sus.
picions which filled him with anguish. 1t
is said that Mr.. Beecher's statement Of
his domestic troubles, owing to the dan.
gerous and painful Authorizations which
he has been constantly compelled to CON-
bat, of which, from their nature, it was
impossible for him to speak openly, and
the unhappy affair with Titon and his
wife, will constitute his formal defense,
one of the most curiously, dramatic and
thrillingly interesting papers ever present.
to the public. Those who already know
the nature of its contents predict that it
will make great revelations, which shall
not only settle finally the troubles in his
own family, but will fully account for the
popularity of his relations with Mr.. Til
ton and wife, and set at rest forever the
other terrible scandals connected with his
name given to the public, and still fur
Their threatened by Mrs. Woodruff and 9TH
er maligners Of his good reputc."
A very important witness, and by many
deemed the most important, has not been
before the committee aud no statement from
lin las as yet been made public. I
We refer to Mr.. Francis D. Moulton, !
whom both parties recognize as q media
or, and to whom was intrustcd all the facts /;
n the case. Until he speaks, the fair r
minded public will Withhold their judgment. t
OF course both parties have their par
lzans, though the Beecher party largely {
'redomirates, as he stands at the head of 7
argest and wealthiest church IN the coun. f
ry, al d his uttcrances have become house. n
'old words whereyerer the English ian c
,uage is spoken. Many among his party, O
o strong is their affection for him, are de. !,
errlned te save him from disgrace, at T
whatever cost, without regard for truth or Il
ustice. Iilton has little or no wealth, a
nd limited influence, having impaired h
hat 1t is claimed, by "evil associations" J
nd his partizaus are consequently few.
he New York press joins Mr.. Bcecher's
arty, and employ oil the adjectival cpl :
bets In the vernacular to censure and dc. =
lean Tilton. In this respect the strife, =
Or such it has got to be, appears an uno- =
ual onc-the strong against the weak =
nd we expect favorable report for Mr.. J
'eecher, by the committee he has APP =
olnted. Whether the world at large will =
cqult him, remains to be seen, and after II
u the evidence and surrounding circum- :"
ances are put in the case. u
The latest developments 10 the great u
'andal are from Elizabeth Cady Stanton -
nd Susan b. Anthony, who had heard Sc
9th Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton admit the Grim ol
'ality charged, year before the Wood "
ull published her statement. A Brook u
IN reporter gets these facts from Mrs. y
tnnton sc