, 1874-07-01
Thcy Deny that lto Eyor Wrote the Letter
Qnotcd from by Tilton.
The Latter Says that The Letter Is
Genuine, and May Be Pub
lished.
An Assault upon Tilton by tho
New York Herald.


With two iutimato friends Of Mr.. Doeclor, who
visited him yesterday, All Eugc reporter had ata
lntcryioM tlis morning. 1he following questions
md answors giyo tho substance OF tho conyorBa-
lion:
Q.--11ow did Mr.. Dccchcr seem to fcel about
Iiltpn's lettor?
doed, considering it's nature, he looked at 1t with
astonishing composuro. 1ts appearance was
u,uc1 moro Of surprise to tho community tbnn
! to him. Mr.. Bcccler know worry we'll that I'll
ton lad boon contemplating something Of this
kind for quite wlo past. aud soanlud quito ru-
lioyod to learn that it WIN out. You 500. tho
:, mon who got up tho council also obtained the
eoutacncc OF 1ilton, and falling III thcr original
) design,, very naturally, determined y jnstly
J cecded in potr'aiing rhoodore that Mr. Beeoler
:. the way to roilul1itate Ills reputation Was to
:. aBsnil tint Of MIR. Dcecher. aud thai s.llatevor
entirely duo to tho fact TINT lie had been induced
to hold h1s peace about the Bcaiital. Disposed,
as most men aro to blamo everybody but theln-
solyos for their fniutss In lilo, Theodore was
martyr to charity, aid, with tho fine Hpirt Of
9 French aancins~nlastor, ho, at hoEinst!gation
ofhin now friends Determined to do q little pos
turing at to stake.
Q.-wol what ts Mr.. Boccher liloly to do,
nov tint tho letter has nppoarol2
A.-Wo ura not in Position to expsoas m
opinion on tint subject. This, however, wo mny
say na1ne'y 4 that ,t ~ ~ vii do nothing r.al He
IL himself ard Ills friends. Boforo kayiug or
doug anything Of d public nature, lie will con-
suit with Ills friends IN tue city, and will in Ill
probability. net upon thnir aivice. If they doom
1t best ior him to remnin silent, t,-1neeting thia
latest Charge, as Ito laa met all the others, with
the record Of his lfe,--hs will ronlRin Silent
II, on the contrary, they doom it for tho interest
of Tue Church and Of good living tl,at he should
F7NEf1 a lint h 4uf AL, [,Ru
ability to meet and to nuflify all that h4s beon
said agninat him, there is 10 doubt in
tho minds Of those WHO know this mat
tor most intimately. II tho issue involved Air.
Deochor alone his course Of action would bo
clear, but he canuot speak Oh this subject with
out practically running yely lntge number Of
regulations. Ilo has suffered for others, and
the only question NOW IL whether he eau con-
on, Believing that when people come to consider
quietly the cAeo. oven ns it llnn been stated,
lnoy will accept bis life as a sufficient answer.
It iB q little difficult for the average mind to
bolieve in the existence OF nlagnnnnlty SO large
IS this; it aco.uH incredible that minister
should be found to act out The Gospel llo
rrcaeles hut ttsas Bcechez ia Attainted with
BcnndAl to-day, that men nro il, doubt ns to tile
purity Of his manhood, is duo wholly to his
nlag,iansmity.
Q,--Ihat is precisely what Mr.. Triton donicB.
A.-And there Is no man in tho citv to-lay
who counts moro Oh that nlaguanlmity than Mr.
1llton.
O.--What. II nnv,4,pr aorR Mr. ncochor snv
about the nnolorcie lotiI,er cited hv Mr. ri,to,,
iu which Mr Dvcchrr, after aexuowio.1,it,,s .'.ils
IL mule to appear us inlplo41ng Afr. Tiltol's
ALL hlr. Bcechcr shonld conclude TINT tho
case requires utteranco Oh his part, ho Will dis
pose Of tl.at letter very oircctually. What Lo
thinks Of it We are not ut liberty tn state nt pres
sonnt, Tint ktr. Bcechcr never wrote any such
letter; ihut Mr.. Iilton knors ho did not and
That thare il DO such letter iu existence.
Q.-lB thcre any truth III the statement that
sir. Bcec!!er authorized my Eersou to olfnr, III Il
price Of bile1ico, to aond Mr. Tilton and hin fam
liy to Europe?
A.-Thole is not, and nc doubt whether str,
Beechor evor heard OF sucll thing until it nl,-
poured III the letter. But blr. Bccchcr has be-
triended Mr. T,lton in thousand ways, which
might DO mentioned. which Mr.: Tllton, Of
course forgets to mention, and continued to bo-
Ing Of Woodruff ard Clatiin along, aud that
bIr. Deccher was not willing to do. Mr. Tilton
WAS not the easiost man in tho world to
Shoulder under any circumstances. but wilen lo
became itl tue apooglst, tue ohtentatlons friend,
wa a, tne eloquent olosfaper OF theoretical
1t ~ amusing TO hear him talk OF the loss which
he has suffered by this Boccler scandal, when
every intellectual man ~ tho country knows
TINT 10 had rutnea himself by iis attachment to
oyct been limited at it. print, my, moro: when
it il notorious that tho scandal o~os its existence
wholly to tue fact TINT, in bis hours Of dall'ance,
whose biography ho wrote He talks OF the lous
Imposed upon him by H'leuce, but no man knows
butter tARn he that but Tor lliA letter to Bowen
tlto story Of Woodruff, which ho HOW calls
'horritle scandal" wonld have fallen dead ut
the foet OF thoHo who formed it.
Q.-Whnt docs Dir. Doochor think Of this
point?
A.-Wo wonld rather not answer tho aucstion
directly at 1resent. b,1t wo may INV TINT Il ~
fects liu no more seriously tim a,,v Of tho H.
lc ;atons made that arc uotouously ut yariauce
with fact.
O-Ijow IN Mr.. Dencher 1on1,;no2
does at present, His health iY good. hin spiutH
osecllon., and liH ncrge unBlakon Us ever. II
he ulould decide upou war, tiuAe who I'm ye hcnn
asaailing lin will lind lin n rcmurEably ur1v
antagonist.
Whit NEr. Tflson Slys About tho Lct-
Ter t,f Apulo,.v.