New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-24

NEW ORLEANS FRIDAY

and the determination to ruin Mr.. beecner
has been the one aim Of his life.
Again, the peridy with which the holiest
love wife ever offered has been Fecklessly
discovered in this publication. reaches well
nigh to sacrilege, and added to TINS MS
endesvor, like the early scandal OF Mrs.
Woodruff, to make my own words con,
demn me has no parallel-most conspi.
cuouely. my letter quoting the reading OF
Griffith Gaunt."
Had Mr.. Tliton read the pure character
of Catherine, he would have seen that
lifted myself beside it az near - any human
being may affect. But it was her character,
and not the incidents Of affection succeed
ing it, to which / referred. Hers was
A like confession with hers had made to
Mr.. Tilton in telling OF my love to my
friend and pastor, and I now add that, not.
withstanding all misrepresentation and
anguish of soul, owe to my acquaintance
and friendship with Mr.. Beecher as TO no
other fundamentally that encouragement
in my married life which enabled me to
walk daily in lively hope Of the life be-
yond.
The shameless charges in articles seventy
eight and seventy-nine are false in each
and every particular.
The letter referred to in Mr.. Tiltop's
tenth paragraph was obtained from me by
Importantly and by representations that 1t
was necessary for him to use it in the then
pending difficulty with Mr.. Bowen. was
then sick nigh unto death l signed what
ever he required without knowing or un-
derstanding it's import. The paper have
never seen and do not know what state
ments it contained.
In charge eight a letter of mine, addressed
to Mr.. Francis Moulton, is quoted, to prove
that l never desired Q pardon OF wished o
separation, or was advised by Mr.. or Mrs.
Bevcher to leave my husband. reply, the
letter was one Of Mr.. Tilton's own. He in
duced me to copy and sign it as my own
act, and which, IN my weakness and mis-
taken thought to help him, have TOO often
The implication that the. harmony
of the house was unbroken until
Mr.. Beecher entered it as fire.
quent guest and friend, is q lsmentable
satire upon the house where he himself,
wears before laid the corner stone of free
love, and desecrated it up to the time of
my departure, SO that the atmosphere was
not only goddess but impure for my children,
and in the effort and throe of agony
l would fain lift my daughters and all
| women loved from the insidious and dia-
bolical teachings of these latter days. His
| frequent efforts to prove me insane or weak
| minded. insignificant and mean presence,
| all rank in the category OF heartlessness,
sel6shness and falsehOOd, having its climax
| in his present endeavor to convince the
world that am or ever have been unable
to distinguish between an innocent and
guilty love.
| In summing up the whole matter Mrs.
Tilton says: Il affirm myself before God
| to be innocent of the crime laid upon me;
that have never been guilty Of adultery
| with Henry Ward Beecher, in thought o,
deed, nor has he ever offered to me an in
decOrOus or improper proposal"
To the further charge that was led
| away from my home by Mr.. Beecher's
friends and by the advice Of lawyer whom
| Mr.. Beecher had sent to me, and who in
advance of my appearing before the com
mittee arranged with me the questions and
! answers which are to constitute my testi
| mony ON Mr. Beecher's behalf, answer
| that this is again untrue, having never seer
| the lawyer until introduced to him a few
moments before the arrival Of the commit
tee, by my step-father, Judge Morse.
She says she saw, we'll nigh with binding
the almost daily threat Of his life; that ht
lived to crush out Mr.. Beecher; that the
God of Battles was in him; that he had al
ways been Mr.. Beecher's superior, and tina
all that lay in his path, wife, children o.
reputation, If need be, should fall before thi
purpose.
Transferring the steamers of the Whit
Star Line.
The report that four White Star Line
steamers were to be transferred to Phila
delphis is probably without foundation
The New York agent OF the company ha
NO information of such change.
| Awarded.
One million gold awarded at price named