The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-22

that at intervals during the ensuing fall ana
winter. and the spring following, she re-
peated wi h him certain acts OF criminal inter-
course, yielding to him seldom. though solicited
Often Furthermore. with great popularity, she
mentioned the several places of these inter-
views, which can not bring myself to chron-
lcle here This confession was made by Mrs.
Tflton voluntarily, and not in response to any |
accusation by me, for had never accused her OF
guilt either with Mr.. Beecher or any other per- |
SON nor had ever suspected her of such wrong |
doitg. Neither was her confession made
in sicKness, bat In unusual health. Ii was the
free act OF sound mind under an accumulating
pressure of conscience no longer 10 De feslsJeu,
Ger sin as she s 1sTv as % OF me deceis Which
she was thereby compel ed 10 practice toward
her husband In Mrs. Tllton's published stale
To me- in July. 1870. a s.confession." sne say:
A like confession with hers namely. Cath
er ne 6iaunt 81 lad made TO Mr.. Ttlton In tell
ing him of my love to my friend and pastor one
Anthony 10 Mr. Beecher's sister, Mrs. Hooker.
of Hartford. 1t will be seen from tns date ate .nae nat
the letter was written Just Tor 'nlgns aiSer ee
SUSAN b. ANTHONY To MRS. HOOKER.
ROCHESTER,, Nov. Is, 1872
The reply of your brother to you is not
more startling, nor so open falsehood, as that
to Mr.. Waters "a newspaper reporter): "of
course Mr.. Beecher, this is q fraud from begin
ming to ende" entirely"
Wouldn't you think If God ever did strike
any one dead for telling lie, He would have
struck then? feel the deepest sympathy with
all the parties involved, but most of ali for poor,
for her every hour. 1 would fain take her in
my arms, with her precious comiorts-ail she
has on earth-her children-and hide her away
from the wicked gaze OF men,
For a cultivated man, at whose feet the whole
world OF men as well of women sit in love and
reverence, whose moral, intellectual, social re-
sources are with ut limit-for such n man, so
best, so overfiowing with soul food ;-Ior MIN 70
ask or accept the body of one or a dozen or his
reverend and revering devotees, tell you he Is
the sinner-if IL be sin-and who shall say IL Is
not?
NV pen has faltered and staggered; II would
p. NJ. Saturday, comes a letter from Mrs. stanton
in reply to mine asking how she could MAKE
ring to a report of Mrs. :. having denied the
Woodruff story.l She says: "Dear susan, sup
poseI you knew tnough of papers TO trust
friend of ~ years knowledge OF them. never
made nor authorized the statement In the Lew
iston paper. L simply said l never used the
language Mrs. Woodruff put in my mouth; that
whatever said was clothed in refined language
said many times since The denouement that if
nv testimony Of what did know would save
| Victoria from prison shouli feel compelled TO
| The honor there is among womankiud. soali
not run before | am sem, but when the time
comes 1 soall prove myself as true as you. No,
Il
TO SHELTER A MAN
when woman,s liberty Is at stake" Now, my
dear Mrs. Hooker, wish you were with me TO-
night TO rejoice with me that Mrs. Stanton Is de-
termined TO stand firm to tcuth. oug not to
have believed the Telegram true. feel ashamed
ofm doubts, or rather of my beliefs Mrs. stan :
| ton says her daughter Hattle heard ali she SAID
| TO he two clergymen. and said to her: "Why
mother. you might well have told them the
whole thing was true.
No. Mrs Hooker;I can not nov, any more
Than last winter, comply with your request to
Your brother will got see his way out and let
| us hope he will be able to prove himself above
he Willingness that Others shall suffer for weak
ness op wiekedness of his II he has no new
admit either that he hiss failed to i've or to
preach these he has; and, whichevt Z horn of the
dilemma he may choose, will acknowledge
afft ctionately, SUSAN Il. ANTHONY.
The above letter from Miss Anthony not only
With Mr. cner Shows nea also thai
this intimacy was brought about, rot because
las Mr.. Beecher dishonorably charges in his
on him unsought," but because he himself was
the aggressor upon her love, honor, and
good name. 1 know full well from Mrs. Til
IONS truthful ory-told me at time when she
could have had no possible motive to deceive
that Mr.. y Bsecher made the advances, which he
for long time repelled: 1t was he, not
she. who instigated and achieved the crimIn-
atty oetaeen se ha them. onn, II was wa; me- the
ful pariShioner and craftily spread his tolls
about her, ensnaring her virtue and accom-
too much OF q lady to thrust her affection upon
Mr.. Beecher or any other man "unsought."
And yet Mr. Beechsr, AFTER having possessed
hIm-eIf q woman at whose feet he had knelt
for years before her surrender, has finally
turned upon her with the false accusation that
on his part brand him as a coward of uncom-
mon baseneSs, whom ell manly men, b tn
nr1 nwL IaA r~.11w
shall never ever permit 1i1 him q put sspif6s, the
blame on this woman. ''She is guiltless,v no
that word. he wei knew that the m. tive to
guilt did not come frem this gentle ladV's pure
fore the conmittee-and what shall believe TO
the end OF my life-thst Elizabeth Tilton is q
woman OF pure heart 5Ss and mind sinned
only to strong mans triumph
over her conscience and will, and through
have been told that endangered my success
in the baltic which 1 n " fighting, by
making this concession to my wife's goodness of
motive But am determined in ali this con-
troversy TO speak the exact truth in all points;
and know that no indelicacy in Airs. 1ilton's
tary impulse or suggestion: but that, the con-
trary, her highly emotional relisious nature was
made b. the pastor the M ans whereby he ac-
complished the ruins Of his confding victim.
Here Follows q minute statement of facts con-
cerntLg the clandestine correspondence and
gifts passing from Mr.. Beecher TO Mrs. Tilton.
Then follows some extracts Of what may be
the change in Mrs. Tiiton's feeiings after her
confession. Then is detailed at great length the
relations of Mrs. Morse to this unhappy affair,
in which the hatred of that lady for Mr.. Tiiton
ls shown by extracts from numerous letters.
The letter, written by Mrs TIlton from MARI
eta, hio, which has already been publis ned.
Is omitted.
After comparing the letters which were writ
ten before and after the alleged confession, Mr..
II Tlton mentious
| AN INcIDENT.
Asafurther illustration Of hrs. Tiltons pre-
vai.ins state OF mind, induced by her criminal
intimacy with Mr. Beecher, by her confession
thereof to her husband, and by the shadowy
memories that followed these sad facts, will
mention an incident: One day in October, lS7l
duTinge wearisOme abroad ride, begui ed my.
self with the composition OF little pOem which
sent in ad-pencii to the Golden Age, and
| which appeared in tDat undar he 4 nj