New-York tribune., 1874-09-19

and consider The story is whole library Of state;
some of them were not correct though doubt II any
are. To give general denial to such an encyclopsHs
up TIE Police Gazette with s "a pages Of nlustrstons
and say. THIS is all he." 80 extensive hDeI 70,
parts aud further@cr requires in this partSntsSr
case not only denial Of things nisstated Dut u, s
fu explanation the things that remain unststeu an
Sn mysgery In other words the false story If met at
ALL snould be confronted and y Snt wbSS
the truth is sword, Gods mercy sometimes commande
M aIs little ones you know not the fiery spirit within
me- But my wife's heart IA more FOUNTAIN OF CuaIIV,
no suffering save TO ourselves alone and forbds vndi
cation to the injury OF others From the beginning she
@ SSeS yoa T me to speak for her you
vail her Christian mandate OF silence Moreover,
ms self alone and long as this is happily the case
shall try with patience 70 keep my answer within my
other hearts. Yours, truly, THEODORE TILToS
The above card-whlch was an attempt on my part.
with my wie's knowledge and approval to avoid tell
ing lie, and yet at the same time TO avoid telling the
TRUTH published solely for the sake Of the comfort
which thought Its publication would bring to Mrs TIL
fon by showing the public that she and were of one
mind and that inerentially, therefore, the scandaous
story false To say that the card was hostile to Mrs
non make misuse of words. 1t was full OF friend
Illness her. She had approved II In manuscript But
no soouer had the card appeared in The Brooklyn Eagle
than Mr TIton although herself had been party
10 the pu0ncation. and left my desk the FOL
lowing reproachtul nOte-the italics being her
own:
MRS. TILToN TO HER HUSBAND.
THEODORE: Ihsve had one OF my selfish days. They
night was so hearess did not hear 1t when you read
i-ouly realiz it on seeing 1t IN PRINT; "a, Ill
You should have sheltered me Ia noDle man Woulu q"
the because the truth.
Innocence demanded nothing from you
To you this great injustice OF exposure such as
has never before befallen a woman.
Blow after blow, ceaseess and unreenting these three
years. -, -, - - , oo-co,
You knOC chdt am =, .,.o ~
Yet, that has come. my whole nature re-
volts 20 JON with you or standing win you
As a further illustration OF Mrs. Tlton's extreme
feVershness Of mind at any public auson to the scan
dal will mention the following: The tripartte cove
naut which was signed April O. 1872, was published May
81 1875 aud its publication drew forth few days after
ward the appended from Mr. Beecher in The Brook
Ign Eagle June 2, 1873:
MR.. BEECHEE's CARD ExoSERATING Mr.. TIIToN.
JUNE 2, 1873.
To me Editor Of The Brooklyn Eagle
DEAR SIR / have maintained silence respecting the
should not speak now but for the of relieving
other Of unjust imputatOD. The document that was
pnbIsbed without consultation either with me or with
Mr. Tihon nor with any authorization from II that
Titon ms the author OF the caamnes TO which it al
ledes viii do him great Injustice am unwilling
statements whose icree was derived wholly tro others
II. W. BEECHER.
The agitation Of Mr.. Beechers mind, out OF which the
above card grew, | well remember; and some trace o
aIpeaTs m Mr. Beechers "reminiscences which he gave
10 the Committee during his examinations; but the
equally great Mrs Tton at the time has
not yet been made public, and will appear in the follow
ing letter written by her to friend who had rebuked
her for lmpung TO me the publication of that cove
nant although the bad business of publishing it was
done by my friend critic and freely forgiven caumn
ator, Mr Samuel WikesOn, Mr.. Beeehers Hotspur of
partner:
MRS. TILTON 30 MRS. -.
WEDNESDAY, June 4, 1873.
MY DEARLY BELOVED: The terrible days OF saturday
ana Sunday last resulting in the evil condition OF soul
wherein YOU found Yesterday, have entirely over
come me. fe6lhIck all over my body to-day. lnueed
/ cannot afford TO be ugly and wicked. .
That came, bless God for yomited forth all
the wickedness your safe care-and am reheyed,
though profoundly ashamed that should Judge and in
lure T. as ye certain states OF mind there arc
ropsed iu me demons. which ill me with horror that
they Surely with 50 Gad heart as mine cannot
Judge him.
sincerely hope he has had his last blow from me.
By-by. e
Ihave given the preceding letters and extracts to
show how heavily Mrs. Tton's guilty secret pressed on
her heart particularly In exigenees when she feared
exposre and there much in her agonized expressions
70 remind the reader Of Mr. Beechers similar strains OF
woe over the same cause.