Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-07-24

hand by Mrs. Woodruff, who said that the
parties referred to therein were Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher and the wife OF
Theodore Tilton. Following this an
nouncement, Mrs. Woodruff detailed to
Tilton, with vehement speech, the
wicked ana injurious story which she
published in the year following. Mean
while, Tilton desiring to guard against
any temptation to publish the grossly
distorted version which she gave to Til
ton, and which she afterwards attributed
to him, he sought, by many personal
services and kindly attentioo, to infiu-
ence her to such a good will towards
himself and family as would remove all
disposition or desire in her to affiict him
with such publication, i. with Mrs.
Woodruff, ceased in April, 1871; and six
months afterwards, namely, Novem-
Der 2. 1872. she published the scandal
which he labored to suppress.
Fifteenth-That on the third day
therefor Rev. Thomas X. Beecher, of
Elmira, n. Y, wrote as follows:
ELMIRA, Nov. 8, 1872.
Mrs. Woodruff only carries out Henry's
philosophy, against which recorded my
protest twenty years ago.
Sixteenth-That on May 9TH, the pub
LEGATION by one of Beecher's partners of
the tripartite covenant. between H. W.
Bowen, II. W. Beecher and Theodore
Tilton, led the press of the country to
charge that Tilton had committed against
Beecher some hienous wrong which
Beecher had pardoned, whereas there
was the reverse. To correct this false
public impression, Mr.. Moulton re-
quested Beecher to prepare suitable
card to relieve Tilton from this injustice.
In answer to this request, Beecher
pleaded his embarrassments, which pre-
vented his saying anything without
bringing himself under suspicion. Til
ton then proposed to prepare card OF
his own containing few lines from the
recently quoted apology for the puf..
pose of showing that Beecher instead OF
having occasion to forgive Tilton, had
had occasion to be forgiven by him.
Beecher then wrote a letter to Moulton
which, on being shown to Tilton, was
successful in appealing to Tilton's feel
ings. 1t is under date of Sunday morn
ing, June l, 1878:
NV Dear Friend-I am determined to
make no more resistance. Theodore's
temperament is such that the future,
even if temporarily saved, would be alb
solutely worthless and render me liable
at any day to be obliged to stultify all
previous endeavors by which We saved
ourselves. 1t is only fair that he should
know that the publication Of the card
would leave him worse off than before.
The tripartite covenant was made after
my letter through you to him. The
apology was written and he had it year
He had condoned his wife's fault. He had
enioined upon me, with the utmost earn.
estness and solemnity, not to betray his
wife nor leave his children to be lightly
spoken Of Such man as this there Ii
no possible salvation from any that de-
pend upon him. With strong nature
does not know how to govern it. There
is no use trying further. have q strong
feeling upon me, and it brings me peace
that l am spending my last Sunday ant
preaching by last sermon.
The HOPELESS spirit which the fore
going letter portrayed on the part OF 1T
writer, led Tilton to reconsider the ques
ton of defending himself at the cost o
producing misery to Beecher, which de
, termination, by Tilton, to allow the pre-
vailing calumnies against himself to g
J unanswered, was further strengthened
by the following note received by hin
two days thereafter from the Office OF tn
Editor OF Beecher's journal:
) June 7, 1873.
5 NV Dear Theodore ayI tell frankl.
5 that when l saw you last you did nc
! seem to me to be the noble young ina
i who inspired nv warm affections 5
o many wears ago. You were yielding
d An act which could not help thinGin
1 would be dishonorable and perfidioui
a and although it is expected from me
a make allowance for the circumstance
n that had wrought you to such frenz.
1 l was dreadfully shocked. My DEF
|, Theodore, let me, as an old friend who's
s heart is wrung by your terrible sufierin
l. and sorrow, tell you that you then ncte
o ignobly and that you can never have trr
y peace of mind till you conquer yourse
II and dismiss any purpose and thought
iniuring man who has wronged yor
n OF all the promises our lips can franz
!. none are so sacred as these we make
t, those who have injured us and whom "
n have professed to forgive, and they o.
y sacred Just in proportion as their vlol'
rs ton would work injury to tho'
ct to whom they were made. You cal
not paint too black the wrongs yo
have suffered on that point. make I
plea in abatement, but beg you to +
II member that no one can change the la
g. which makes forgiveness noble and 60
er like. | have prayed for you enoug
"a and say with strong crying and tear
hz-,ool,,r, IL 10
At wronging yourself by violating your sc
C. emn engagements tonight Tonight
IL was happy in the thought that you ha'
ef been preserved from committing an a
which l so much dreaded. In lett
written by Beecher in order to be show
n to Tilton, Beecher spoke as follow
mo man sees the difficulties that en'
IN ron me unless he stands where do,
l. say that / have church on my han
as is simple enough, but to have hundre
er and thousands of men pressing me, EN-
O. one with his keen suspicious or anxiet
o. or zeal to see the tendencies which,
IN not stopped, would break ont into rui
'it Gus defiance of me to stop them witho
OF seeming to do it, to prevent any o.
ls mentioning to meet and refute pre-
IN dices against Tilton which had their
ei inning years before, to keep secret, as
40 not alarmed or disturbed; to be cheeri
IN at home and among friends. when l W
e. suffering the torments Of the damned;
lst pass cheeress nights often, and yet
e. come fresh and prepared for Sunda
VI All this may be talked about D
u the real thing cannot be understo
er from the outside, for it is wearing n
or grinding on the nervous system.
IVY