The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-15

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ipgton and having his son Henry appoin
cd a Lieutenant In the regular army.
Q. There are three leIters written o
February 9Th, 1871; am not quite sur
whether l understood you correctly
saying that you didn't see Theodore's lei
ter 10 Moulton Of that dAteS
A. | have no remembrance Of Il.
only knew there was an arrangement
made among Us 10 bring an influence I
bear upon Elizabeth In consequence {
her state Of mind. l used TO say 10 hiE
"Moulton, am q man walking N th
open air and iull Of work, and Theodor
Is loose and doing whatever he pleasei
and We can come down an
talk to you and have counsel
But what human being has ElizabelI
Tilton TO talk with her In her trouble
She 10 shut up at home, alex and unbe
friended, and II Is not generous Tor us /
let her go unthought Of and uncared lor
l was always saying that there ought |,
be somebody who should think oil her.
Q. 10 your letter Of that date 10 Nj
Moulton this occur: dWould TO God
who orders oil hearts, and by bio kline
mediation Theodore and Elizabeth coulC
be made friends again. Theodore will
have the hardest task In such case" Pre-
cisely what did you mean by that las
seltenceI
A. II is all a middle to me, as dom
recall the positive working Of my mind
| have no vivid recollection OF the making
up Of tho letter, or Of the precise mooC
under which wrote, IcAnnot give thC
reason Of the sentence.
Q. lcall your attention TO Il because
the criticism Is made In certain quarter
that II referred to Mr.. TIlton's MARTA
trouble growing out Of your offence.
A, Well, but zee, Isn't 1t q going bach
10 friendship; isn't It the restoration Of the
lAnily2
Q-What do you ask for. Is It thai
you three should be made friends sgain
Ayes, that We should oil cooperate,
Q-And you say that Theodore will
have the hardest tRskl
A-There was q family that by cir.
cumstsnCes had been brought to the bit
terest antagonisms at q time Of the mos,
profound adverslty, when Tilton had gol
TO struggle for his livelyhood, for biz
name, for his position and for his house
hold. Everything put together he was
In situation In which he had got to ex,
ert himself In every way, for restoration
In every manner, and the point was that
she should cooperate with him, o well as
with his friends. II she had her sorrow
TO bear at home, he had his too. That ia
what think 1t likely may have suggest
ed those words, but / don't Say that1t is
because I don't remember. Elizabeth
you know was at times immensely bitter
against Theodore, and felt that she had
been the sggrieved one. l had been led
to suppose that she had not been any.
thing like 30 much aggrieved, as l now
suppose she has been. -'.. NJ
ON the same letter Of February 7th,
you say, "of course l can never speak
with her again without his permission,
and | don't know that even then It would
be best" why did you say thar
A. Because either at the time oil that
letter from Bowen, or In It's immediate
vicinity, Tilton, as l have the impression
now, sent word BY Bowen, though can't
be sure ofthat, lorbidding me ever to enter
his house again.
Q. Nothing eISef
A. No. l know l frequently said
wished was dead, and Theodore Tilton
came In and said he wished he was
dead, and Moulton was frequently In q
state 10 which he wished he was dead /;
and Mrs. Moulton said, II sm living
among friends, every one Of whom wishes
he was dead" or something like that /
do not know that 1t was smarter than that,
but she put II in way that was very lu-
dicrouS. Every one OF US used t. DO echo.
ing that wish. We were vexed and
plagued together, and l used the familiar
phrase, al wish was dead"
Q The outside gossip Is that you re-
ferred in that line to contemplated
suicide'
A. 1t was not my general purpose 10
the matter Of this whole thing, l kept as
a motto Of lie by patient continuance In
we'll doing 10 put TO shame those who
falsely accused me. l meant 10 put down
and preach down this trouble. Oicourse
in my dismal mopd 1t seemed as though
the earth had come 10 an end.
Now, in interpreting these special let
tiers, every one is irreslstlbly tempted to
suppose that everything l sid was said
narrowly in regard to their text, instead
OF considering the foregoing state Of my
mind; whereas my utterances were large.
ly 10 be interpreted by the past as well as
by the present and future. / can not in
terpret them as precisely as can q note
oil hand or check. A man that Is poet
ical, man that is oltentimes subject to
moods such as make me what am, can
not narrowly measure his words; and
yet, from this writing Of over four years
in every conceivable condition-in this
large correspondence, proceeding from q
mind speaking In hypothetical moods
and In all manner Of states, about every
body and everything-out OF this mAss
they hsvc got only these lew tqlivOcAl
things.
Q, Theodore said he was born for war,
and Moulton was probably born for d..
plomacyI
A. Yes.
Q He managed this matter with
Tilions
A. Yes, he represented himself always
as having all tho relns in bis hands In
such power that II the worst should come
to the worst, he could compel q settle
ment He intimated 10 me time and
again that he had such material In his
hands respecting Theodore that, as he
said once: ut Theodore does not do as
! say, I'll grind him 10 powder"
By Dir, Winslow-The meaning Of the
future, understand, was 10 procure the
silence and burial Of the scandali
A. No, 1t wasn't either, II referred
to plans by which Tilton was 10 get some.
thing TO do, and do 1t, and getSome praise
for II, and be content.
F.. Q. The "deVices." Did that refer To
all the plans, arrangements and steps that
hsd been takenS
A. 1t referred to this: II had been
left to manage this matter simply myself,
l should have sald yes or no, that would
have been the whole oil IL, but instead Of