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yours that will simply blast them, and ruin
your household and yourself" But he was
obdurate, and left me, relterating his de-
termination to make full statement of the
facts. Ineed, had never seen a man so
much changed as he had been in a few
hours. In reference TO this change in Til
ton quote the following from Mrs. Tilton's
statement
l rose quietly, and having dressed reused
him only to say Theodore, will never
take another step by your side. The end
has indeed come! !" lie followed me to
Mr.. Ovlngtons to breakfast, saying l was
unduly excited, and that lie had been mis-
represented, perhaps, but leaving me deter
mined as before. How to account for the
change which twenty-four hours had been
capable of working in his mind than many
years past, leave for the eternities with
mysteries to reveal.
The causes of the change had, indeed,
been revealed to me in a much shorter
time.
| did not call upon Mr.. Beccher upon
this matter because believed he was In suf
ficent trouble already, and | was devoting
all my energies to keeping Titon within
the bounds of reason as to his own course.
On the same day-thc 11th-I received
an invitation from the comm ttee to appear
before them on the 18th, which is as fol-
lows, marked F:
SAGE TO MOCLToN.
BROOKLYN, July II, 1874.
Francis ID. Moulton, Esq-Dear Sir.
The examining committee of Plymouth
church Cat the request of Mr.. Beecher)
have appointed the following gentlemen,
viz: From the church Henry w. Sage,
Augustus Storrs, Henry NJ. Cleveland;
from the society-llorace b. Clailin, John
Winslow, $. V. White-a committee to in
vestigate, in the interest of truth and JUS
tice, certain charges made by Theodore
Til.on In his recent letter to Rev. Leonard
Bacon, which compromise the character of
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. The commit
tee are Informed that you have some
knowledge of matters involved in the case.
and instruct me respectfully to invite you
to appear before them on Monday evening
next, July 10, at 8 o'clock, at the residence
of Augustus Storrs, Esq, "a Monroe place,
and furnish them with such facts as are
within your own knowledge in the matters
under investigation. Very truly yours,
ii. w. SAGE, Chairman.
1t will be observed that the committee
only desired that | should furnish them
QUILL ittto I'D NCiC NItillI my ONl huONI-
edge in the matter under investigation. "
The curious phraseology of this requirement
would be quite patent to any one as the
committee could hardly suppose that had
been called in TO be personal witness of
any intimacies, guilty or innocent, between
Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, and my state
ment, if so confined, would have been ne
cessariy very short; and | might well sup
pose that the invitation was so worGed in
order that | might make no disclosure.
On my return to my house on Monday
afternoon, at 10 minutes to G o'clock, l re-
ceived the following note from Mr.. Beech
er, marked G.:
BEECIIER TO MoULToN.
Monday, 5 p. m.
My dear Moulton-Will it be convenient
for you to call around here any time, this
evening, after halfpas G? l shall be in
and can be secure from interruption.
need to see you.
Truly yours, and ever. II. w. BEECH
Err.
To which Immediately replied in note
as follows, marked "H"'-
MoULToN TO BEECHER.
Monday, $50 p. m.
My Dear Sir shall be at home until
715 p. M. l am almost tired, or woul1 20
to you. There will be no interruption
here.
Truly yours, FRANCIS D. MouLroN
Your last note greved me. I have an
invitation to appear before your committee,
this evening.
Ipreply to which l received the note
heretsfore published in my former state
ment, marked "JJJ, which is as follows :
July, 10, 1874.
Ny Dear Frank will be with you at 7
or little before. l am ashamed to put a
straw more upon you, and have but sim
gle consoation-that the matter cannot
distress you long, as it must soon end that
is, there will be no more anxiety about the
future, whatever regrets there may be for
the past. Truly yours, and ever.
ii. w. BEEcHER.
In pursuance of this note Mr.. Beecher
called on me and | read him the statement
which l was to make to the committee, that
same evening, and he approved of its tone
and character, and declared it, as | there
in stated, honorable to both parties so far
as l was concerned. | had also read the
same to Tilton, and he agreed in the same
opinion as to the propriety of its tone.
What did say has already been published
and contains, in the closing part. the ad
vice to the committee which | had before
given to Beecher which was as follows;
hold now, as l have held hitherto, the
opinion that Mr.. Beecher should frankly
state that he had committed an otlense
against Mr. Tilton, for which it was nee
essary to apologize, and for which ne did
apologize, in the language of the letter, a
part of which has been quoted; that he
should have stated frankly that he deemed
it necessary for Mr. Tilton to have made
the defense against DR.. Leonard Bacon
which he did make, and that he (Beecher)
should refuse to be a party to the reopen
ing of this painful subject If he had made
this statement he would have stated no
more than the truth, and it would have
saved him and you the responsibility of a
further inquiry. 1t is better now that the
committee should not report, and, in the
place of the report, Mr.. Beecher himself
should make the statement which / have
suggested; or that, if the committee does
report, the report should be recommends
ton to Mr.. Beecher to make such state
ment.
The interview was somewhat hurried as
/ left him to go to the committee.
hSSihb III othiN 'Nf'HNSNN
interview of a committee man, who claimed
to speak for Beecher, in which was re.
ported Beecher's opinion OF what had said
before the committee, l called upon him
(Beecher) in reference to that and other
| business, and, after the usual kindly sal
utations. ! told him that thought his com
mittee-men were acting very foolishly in
| attic mpting to throw slurs or imputations
upon me, and reclted the facts, as felt
certain that he did not authorize or coun-
| tenance the report. He told me that he
had not seen the paper at all, and knew
nothing about it. We then commenced a
discussion of the situation, and spoke of
the fact that Tilton was preparing state
ment, at which he expressed regret and sor-
row. l told him Tilton had deemed the
publication of the correspondence as the
appointment of the committee a challenge
| to him to come forward and make full
statement of all the facts and that he re-
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