The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31
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NEW YORK. July -. 1854
The following l. the statement O.. EE--.
Elizabeth r. Tiltou:
To pick up anew tile >ggTovs of tie
last ten wears. the Stiu-S and pains ]
had daily schoclcd myself To bury and
forgive, nailes this imperative duty. a.
called forth by tHe malicious statement
of my husband. the Sajdr-v act ct INV
life. Beside my thought of fCiIow.n.r
the Master cOntradictS this Hcr o- uy
pen. and a sense, of perver~iOu Of u,y
life faith, almost c0Mpel~ ma now to
stand aside till GOd himself delivers.
Yet, / see III this wantOa act an urgent
call and privilege from which I shrink
not. To reply in detail tu twenty-five
articles OF Irr,,i-Iunaut ] shall not at
tempt at present. Yet. If called u1on 90
testify 10 each and ali OF them. | shall
not hesitate 10 DO 50. Suffice it for uav
purpose nOw'that ! reply To one or more
OF tile most SiarinS charges. Touching
the ieiSned sorrow Of finy husbands com
pulsory revelations, / sgleluuly ayow
that long before the Woodruff publica-
ton | knew him BY inSiHurtTiGu and di-
rect statement to have repeated to my
very near relatives and friends the sub
stance of these accusations which shock
the moral sense Of the entire community
this day Many times. when lrarinyghat
certain persons hai spoken iil Of him ne
has sent ne to chide chem Tor 50 doing.
and then and there ! learned he had
been before me with his caIuunies
against myself. 80 that was sDeechIess.
Tie. .reiteration in his statement that he
had ''persistently Striven To hide" these
sO-called facts i utterly false. as lis
hatred OF Mr.. Beechcr has existed these
many years, and the determination to
ruin Mr. BeeclIer ia~ been the one aim
OF his life Again, the periidy with which
the hottest love Il wife ever offered has
been reckles~ly discovered IN this publ
cation reaches well nigl. to -aeriiege, and
added TO this the cudeavOr. Hike the early
scandal of Mrs. Woodruff. To make my
OWN words condemn inc has no parallel.
Most cOHSpicuOusly was my letter QUO
ted reading Of Griffith GIuut." Had
Mr. TiltOn read the pure character Of
Catherine" he would have -aeii that |
Fitted myself beside it as near - any
human may affect an ideal But it was
her character and not the Indictment of
fiction surrounding It to which referred.
Hers was no sin of criminal act or
thought. \ like confession" with her
! made to Sir. TiltOn in telling of ny
love TO my friend and pastor one YEAR
before, and / now add that nOti!with-
standing all the Misrepresentation and
anguish Of soul, ! owe to my acquaiu-
tance and friendship with Mr. Beechcr.
as To no other human inStrumCutality.
that encouragement in my mental life
and that growth toward my divine ma
ture which enable me to walk daily in a
lively hope Of the life beyond. The
shameless charges in articles seven.
eight and nine. are fcirlUlly false in each
and every particular. The letter referred
to in Mr. TiltOn's tenth paragraph was
obtained from me by importantly and by
representations that it was necessary
for him to use in his then pending diff
eulties with Mr.. Bowen. was then
sick, nigh unto death, having suffered 81
miscarriage only fOur days before. ]
signed whatever he required without
knowing or understanding It's import
The paper | have never seen and dOnot
know what statements It contained. Ia
charge eighteenth II letter OF luiUe ad-
dressed 10 Mr.. Francis MOulton. is QUO
ted to prove that / never desired Il sepu-
ration or was advised by Mr or Mrs.
ply the letter was Mr. TiItDn's own con
coctin", which hr induced Hie to copy
and sign as my own act. which in my
weakness and mistaken thought to help
him, as ! have done too often during
these unhappy years. The implication
that the harmony Gt home was uubrOkon
till Mr.. Beecher entered il aS a frequent
guest and friend Is u iauantaJI. satire
- @.
years before laid tlie cornerstone ot free
love and desacr;ltcd it, altar up 20 the
time OF my departure, 80 that the at
mOspherc was not only goddess but i'm
pure for my children, and in This effort
and tlirOe Of agony would faiu l-f5 my
daughters and ali wO.uauhOOI from tIr
insidiOus and diabolicui teachings Of
these latter days. His frequent Efforts
to prove lie insane. weak minded. iu-ig-
niiicant, Of mean presence, all rank ia
the category Oi lIosrJic~>ues@. seilis..ue-s
and falsehOOd, having It's climax IN L-,
present cudeavOr 70 convince tie world
that ! am or ever have been unable 10
distinguish between AN Innocent and a
guilty love in summing, up the whole
matter I affirm myself before God TO be
innocent OF the crimes laid upOu me.
with Henry Ward BeecLer, in thought
or deed, nor ias hc ever offered 70 Iae
an indecOrouS or improper proposal.
To the further charge tlIat was Jed
away from UIv home by BIZ. I;sarjlar'-
friends and by the advice o. q lawyer
whom Mr. Beccher had sent 10 iHa. a.4d
who, in advance Of nay appearing before
the committee, arranged with ne TIE
questions and answers which wrr- 10
constitute my testimony ia lIr I;-acher's
behalf, answer that TIL, IS again uu-
true. having never seen tiIe I:sy. yeruutit
introduced 70 lliII "a few moments i.-
fore the arriyalGi the committee. by luv
stcpfather, judge AOrs- And in fur
ther reply / submit: the following state
Inrnt If lily action before the committee
and separation FROM Ey husband
The publication Of sir. JiltDn'- letter
in answer to Bacon ! mai not known
nor suspected, when on wednesday even
iHg h- brought home tie G1jden tge.
handing il 20 E.- To read. Looking
down it, columns I ~aw. well nigh with
binding eyes, Chat he had pg- into exc
cUtiOH rlc almost duiiy threats II hi-
life, That il- lived tJ crush Dut l.r.
Beccher; that tlIe God ol battles was ia
him lie had AWAY boon SIR. E-eel"rs
superior. and al that lay .u bis Pa-L
wife. children. or reputation, it a-rd Dr..
should fail Lrfur- this purpD-e- aii
not read II. ! saw enough without
reading. Ny -pirit rose within lie a-
never before
..TheoIo-e. ~ / said, Tell H- wiat /
GueaP- this quotation from A.r- Beech
err Two years ago yOu came 20 ne az !
midnight saying. Elizabeth aE riIe let
ter and paper concerning suE difficult .
fic- with 3lr. I;e-cher AMI Mr. Bowen !
are burned. destroyed. Vow. dDu.s
Won betray me, for have ao;L.a- to- e-.- .
f-nd myself with
Did YOU believe that said DE-.
Il certaiulydid, implicitly" ! said.
We'll l-5 me tell yOu thy al I"r-
Not one l. destroyed
IftEf, was -aid 20 iutimiiate Ia-. Z
had quite the contrary effect. ] had
never been 20 faarie--. EOr seen 80 clear
y with whom J was dealing Coming
to Ile lit;le lator. lie said.
i want you 90 read il. You VIII .ind
It i viudicatiOu Of yDur~-iC: You have
not stood before the community 8 -1- ave
years a. you now do.
Reused still further by the wicked
ness hid behind % false "a Ina-i- replied
Theodore. understand me. T...- il tI.e
last time you call he publicly To walk
through this fifth Ny character needs
no yindicatiOn at this late hour from
YOU There was Il time. had you spoken
out clearly, truthfully ana IHanfully for
me. / had been grateful. but now !
shall sneak for myself Know also rft..r