Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-23


true TO WOodlull. | am out Of ne cirae
as yet, and am glad Of it. Wien the storm
line includes me shall sDffer as ClrI-
tIan, saying cease ye from man" Don't
write TO me. Follow the truth, and when
you need me cry out. ~, 4
Yours, lovingly, ION.
P. ST. unseal my letter to inclose Poini,
and add That you have no proof. as yet or
any offeIise ON HenrS's part. Your tes:l-
mOny would be allowed in no court. III
ton, wife and Moulton are witnesses
Even Mrs. Stanton can only declare hear
say.
| NOultOn next gives letter from MIR.
Hooker, in Europe, to his wife, showing
the matter lad been discussed by them
long before the Woodruff publications.
Mr.. Hooker 20 His wife.
FLORENCE, Nov. ;, 1872. My precions
wife: | hope you were not panied by What
| wrote on Friday about the H. w. u. mat
ter. l am getting much more at peace
| about the matter, but cannot look upon
it III any light, and it is a relief to me TO
speak my mind right out about it and then
| let Il rest. l would not have been easy till
ha sworn little. Tie only mitigation
Of Il 9 cOncealmemt Of the thing that can
thiuK of is this, and it seems 10 me that
SOM excuse, or at least explanation, may
be { und here, viz: That consideration %
! the : appineSS of both Mr.. L. and bis wifi.
| req l. red il, or seemed 10, and The very poe
sible further fact that he proferTed> % dis
| close il, but took the advice of a few Of his
leading friends in the church and was 0 e.
ruled by them, they agreeing 10 taie the
| responsibility of the concealment. This
would tax. OF somewhat from tie hyPOc-
| risy of the thing, but leaves !he original
| crime rs open To condemnation as ever
| But enough Cf this.
/ After Beecler had seen these letters OF
his sister, Mrs. Hooker, lie came TO me
| IMOultonl IN trouble aud slarm, and hand |
ed me all the letters.
E!i Eserkins. sEs
lin her letter threatening 10 read Beech |
er's confession from his own pulpit, Sister
Belle iuclosed the following:
OF Beecher and Nrs. 1ilton, Eli Per |
kins. of the Men York Commercial, a |
prominent Republican paper. has this to |
say: Nast's very 6oldness, his terrible az |
| creSsiveness, is what challenges admiration |
and makes Hdrper'S HIeekiy a success.
When | asked him if he did not think it a |
great undertaking to attack Mr.. Greeley, he
said: 'Yes: bu. | knew he was an old |
hunbug. | knew | was right and | knew
right would win IN the end. The people |
were fooled with Greeley as they are fooled
with Beecher, and he will tumble futile
than Greeley yet"
How Belle Was SiIeneed.
suggested TO Beeeher that he should see
Mrs. Hooker, speak to her kindly, and ex-
hort her lot to take this course, and that
TiltOn should see her and 50 far shake her
confidence in the truth Of the story as TO
induce her to doubt whether she would be
safe in making the statement public. This
course Beecher agreed to, and such agree
mentS and inducements were brought 10
bear upon Mrs. Hooker as were in the
power Of all three of us To prevent her
from doing that which yould have brought
on an exposure Of the whole business.
Beecher was exceedingly anxious that
TiltOn should repudiate the statement pub
lished by Woodruff, and be drew up the
form of a card to be published by 1'iltOn
over his signature. It is as fellows:
Beecher's Proposed Card for TIIton.
In an unguarded enthusiasm l hoped
well and much of one who has proved ut
terly unpfincipled. | shall never again no
tice her stories, and now utterly repudiate
her statement made concerning me and
mine.
/
Beeeher: "You know why sought Mrs
NOOdhulrs acquaintance. IL was TO save
my family and yOurs from the cOnse-
quences OF your acis, facts about which had
become known TO her. These have now
been published, and | will not denounce
that woman To save you from the cOnSe
quenees of what YOU yourself have often
DONE"
In February, 1871, all parties had CO IN
to the conclusion that there should lie no
communication between Beecher and Mrs.
Tilton or Beccher and TiitOn except with
my knowledge and consent, and l had eX-
acted a promise from Beecher that he
wouldn't communicate with Mrs. TiltOn or
allow her to communicate with him, unless
/ saw the communication, which promise
believe was on his part faithfully kept,
and | soon found was not on the part of
Mrs. TiltOn.
The NOther-in-LaW.
Meanwhile Mrs. NOISE, the mother-in-
law Of Mr.. Tilton, who was, from time to
time, an inmate of bis family in Living
stone street, had, aS | was informed both
by Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton, learned from her
daughter the criminal relationship hereto
fore existing between Beecher and herself
and cOnld not understand why that matter
had been settled. She had not been told it
had been adjusted, and had a most bitter |
quarrel with TiltOn, accusing him of not |
having so carried his affairs as to keep
what fortune lie had, and had called upon |
BeeCher about the relations between TiltOn |
and Mrs. Tilton, and had, as Beecher had
informed me, filled the minds of Mrs. |
Beecher and himself with stories Of Ti!- |
tons infidelty and improper conduct to
d vr-ifa N 70 Trz |
Morse says TiltOn Jas sent-wiIh the
others away. purposely omit the name
Of this young girl, The reason why it was |
desirable she should be away from Brook
lyn, was this: She had overheard a conver-
sation by them concerning Mrs. TiltOn's
criminal intimacy with Beecher, and she
had reported these conversations to several
friends Of the family. She was Put at |
boarding school at the West; and the ex-
penses Of her stay there were probably paid
through me by Beecher. The bills were
sent TO me from time to time as they be-
came due, a part Of them through Ms
Tilton. Precious TO her going away, she
wrote the following letters to Mrs. TiltOn,
aud they were sent TO me as part Of these
transaction.
The Serving Girls letter.
BROOKLYN, Jan. 10, 1S71.-My Deai
Mrs. TiltOu: | want TO tell you some
thing. Your mother, Mrs. Morse, has re- [
psatedly attempted to hire me by Offering
me money and presents togo to certain per
sons and tell them stories injurious to the
character of your husband. L have been
persuaded that the kind attentions shown
me by Mr.. TiltOn for Yeas were dishonor- |
able demonstrations. | never, at the time,
thought that Mr.. Tilton's caresSes were for I
such purpose. | DO not want to be male
use of by MIS-. Morse, or any one else, to I
bring trouble on my two best friends, you
and your husband. Bye, bye.
Beecher Anxious for Freedom.
Beecher was very anxious to ascertain
through me the exact condition of TIltOn's
feelings toward him and how far recOncilia-
tiOn was real, and TO get the statement in
writing that would seem to tree him
(Beecher) from iInputaiiOn thereafter. l |
more than once applied to TiltOn to get a
statement of his feelings towards Beecher,
and received from him on the 7th Of Feb
ruaTy, 1871, letters stating II bear him no
malice; shall do him no wrong: shall dis
cOuDtenanee every project, by whOmsOever
DrODOSed, for aDy eKDOSure of his secret To |