Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-23
BEECHER TO BI0ULTON.


Ny DEAR FRANK-Is there to be no end O
trouble? Is wave 10 follow wave in endles
successiOn3 1 was cut TO the heart wheI
- showed me that shameful paragraph
from the Union. It's cruelty is beyond de
scripHOn. I cit like lying down and Saying
/ am tired, tired Of living, or Of trying 70 re
sist the evil Of mischief would rather hav,
had a javeliu launched against me hundred
tunes than against those tnat have suffered 81
much. The shameful indelieacy Of bringing
the most sacred relations into such publicity
fills me with horror, but there are some siishl
alleviations The paragraph came when ths
public mind was engaged with the council
and with TheOdOre's letters. / hope IL viii
pass without further notice II II is not taken
m by other papers Il viii sink out Of sight
and be forgotten, whereas II lt be asSailed u
nav give IL a conspicutty that It never would
have had. But l shall write Shearmau let
ter ana give him my ful feelings about IT,
must again be a / have heretofore benin
debted 10 you for JudiclOus counselor N thls
new and fagrant element Ny innermosl
soul longs for peace, and II that can't be, Tor
death that will bring peace. NV ferVent nope
is that this drop OF gail may sink out OF sighti
'-- H. W. BEECHER-
rhave written strongly to SheaTman, and
hone that he will send a letter TO I1ltOn unso-
Iicited. 1 am sick, head, heart, and oody, put
must move on. Ieel TINS morning A4Ae i7--
ting things go by the run.
The letter Of Ietraction, as prepared
by Tilton, not being forthcoming, felt
it my duty and interest to take such
measures as should result in an apology
from Shearman TO IiltOn- / according
ly carried to him a copy OF the paper
having the article, and laid il upon his
desk in his office, and said to HIM that
if the statements in this article were not
faithfully made by him he ought to re-
tract them. Although 1t lay on his desk,
he said to me that he had not seen the
article, and did not mean to see Ill
told him that he must see it; i. true be
must say so. He did not want 10 read
it, and would not read it. l then left
him. AfteTwsrd 1 saw IiltOn and told
him what had done, and he said, 1--WE
will 90 up together" which We did, and
met Shearman. TiltOn called his atteu-
ton to the statement in the Brooklyn
Union as having come from him.
Shearman said, concerning himself
and his wife, that one was crazy and the
other subject to mediumistic fits. Said
he to Mr.. Shearman, This is untrue,
and if you are not correctly reported
your simple duty is to say so, and If you
have made such a statement / demand
that YOU retraet and apologize; if you
do not 1 shall hold you responsible in
any way can for such Injurious state
ment.u .u This conference brought about
an explanation from Shearman which
TiIton refused to accept, and Shearmsn,
two days afterWard, sent him another
letter Of explanation in which he said,
al am now satisfied that what did say
was erroneous MeanRhil II had
come to be spread about that Beeeher
had made similar accusation as TO the
sanity Of Mrs. and Mr.. Tilton to that Of
Shearman, to which report Mr.. Beeeher
gave emphatic denial in a note to Mr..
Cleveland, Of the present investigating
committee. He said, " have been as
dumb as the dead. They that dare to
say that have spoken OF it are liars if
they mean it to themselves, and the
bearers Of lis II they Received it from
others"
Having retained the friendship OF the
priueipal parties 10 this Controversy
down to to-day, I have not thought it
proper to produce herewith any letters
that / have received from either Of
them, except The single one exonerafing
me from blame and showing Mrs. Tii-
faais ccnfdenrc b me. which t1opI., {
vs. tI,,e lt. ~ ~ 81, uecause ~ a
ltentent attllulted 70 her.