The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-24

ners Of the tripartite covenant led the
press OF the country to charge Tiiton
with heinous offence against Beecher;
and to remedy this false public i'm
preston, Moulton requested Beeoher
to prepare q suitable card, relieving
Tilton from this injustice. Beeoher
stated his embarrassments, which pre-.
vented his saying anything without
bringing himself under suspicion. He
wrote the letter, however, to Moulton,
which, on being shown to Tilton, up
pealed to his feelings. In this letter,
dated Sunday morning, June l. 1878.
Beecher declares his determination to
make no more resistance. and says:
'.Theodore's temperament is such that
the future, even if temporarily enrued,
would be absolutely worthless and rem
dering me liable, ut any hour of the
day, tn he obliged to e.nl!ity a!! the
devices by which we have saved our.
selves" In concluding the letter,
Beecher says: "There is no use in try
ing further. I have strong feeling
upon me that am spending my last
Sunday and preaching my luut ser.
mon." This hopelessness of spirit,
betruyed by Beecher, led Tilton to re-
consider the question of defining him
self at the cost OF producing misery to
Beeober. In another letter to Moul-
ton, Beecher says: 'If my destruction
would place Tilton oil right, that shall
not stnnd in the way. I am willing to
step down and out. None can offer
more than that, and that I do offer.
Sacrifice me without hesitation, it you
can clearly see your way to his safety
and happiness thereby. I look ppon
death as sweeter fur than any friend
1 have in the world Life would be
pleasant, if I c,u'd see that rebuilt
which hnve shattered; but to live on
the sharp and rugged ends of anxiety,
remorse, fear, despair and yet to put
on on appearance of serenity and
happiness. cannot be- endured! much
Longer, 1 am yell nigh discouraged!
II you cease to trust me, to love re, |
am alone; do not know any ce~.un
in the world to whom L could go.
Tilton yielded to the above aud
other similar letters, and made no de-
fence of himself against the public
odium which attuched to him nDjustiy.
18th states thut the marriage union be.
tween Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton. uutil
broken by Mr.. Beecher, was of more
than common harmony. affection aud
mutual respect. Their house and
household were regarded for years by
all the guests AZ AN ideal home.
Here follows the correspondence be.
tween Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton, dating from
January to March, 1S6S-all filled with
expressions Of most loving tenderness
The specification concludes rs follows:
In addition to the above, many other
letters by Mrs. Tilton to her husband
prior to her corruption by Beecher,
served to show that IL Christian wife,
loving her husband to the extreme, as
set forth, could ouly be swerved from
the path of rectitude by urtfu aud
powerful persuasions, clothed in the
phrases OF religion and enforced by
strong appeals from her chief christian
teacher and guide
18th is letter from Mrs Tilton to
Moulton, in which the writer denies
she ever sought separation from her
husband, aud brands the story that she
wanted o separation as deliberate
falsehood, coined by the writers's poor
mother, who said she would bear the
responsibility of this and other state
ments she might make and communi-
cate to her husbands enemy. The
specification states that letter il given
TO refute the story that Beecher' q
apology had been written because lie
bad offended Tllton by engaging Til
tons wife in The project of u separation
from her husband.
18th states that during the first week
in January, 1871. few days after the
apology was written, Beecher Through
Monltonl communicated to Tilton nm
earnest wish that he (Tilton) woald
take his family to Europe and reside
there for term of years at Beecher 8
expense. Similar offers have since
been repeated by Beecher to Titon
through the same channel The spe.
cicatlon also contains the affidavit of
Francis B. Carpenter, that he was the
bearer Of q kindred message from
Beecher TO Tilton last summer. Car
penter, In his letter, also states that the
charge that Tilton ever attempted to
levy black mail on Beecher is false,
but, on the contrary, Tilton has always
resented every attempt by Beecher TO
put him under pecuniary obligations
2Oth states that not long after the
scandal became public, Mrs. Tilton
wrote on slip OF paper, and left it on
her husbands desk, the following