The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31

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Not knowing of any church committee
| asked the privilege of such an inter
view in the pariOsS of those who had
always been our mutual friends. Mr. and
Mrs. Ovin@ton. then learned for the
first time that the committee would
meet that night. and they advised me to
see these gentlemen, as perhaps the
-OOdIieSt persons | could select. This
accordingly did. There alone pleaded
the cause of my husband and children,
The result being that their hearts were
moved in sympathy for my family, a
f-aIiu. their pastor had shared for years,
and fJr v hich he was now suffering.
Ou going home | found my husband
reading in bed. / told him where | had
been and thar did not conceal any
Ihia@ from him. aS his habit was, from
me lie asked who the gentlemen We're,
said no more, rose, dressed himself, babe
U, goodbye forever. The midnight
following was awakened by my hus-
band standing by my bed. In a very
tender. kind voice. he said he wished to
seq me. rose instantly, followed him
into his room, and sitting on the bed
side, hr drew me into his lap and said
He was proud Of me, loved me; that
nothing ever gave him such real peace
and satisfaction as to hear me w6imi
SPOKEN OF; that meeting a member of
the committee he had learned that lie
had been mistaken as to my motives in
seeing the committee and had fastened
10 assure me that he had been thorough
y wretched since his rash treatment of
me the night before" etc.
Then and there we covenanted sa-
credly our hearts and lives. / most mt
terry renewing my trust in the once hu-
man heart ! loved. The next day nov
happy We We're. Theodore wrote a state
ment to the committee when they should
call upon him. to all of which heartily
consented. This document, God knows,
wi- IA true history of this affair, com
pleteiy vindicating my honor and the
honor Of my pastor. In the afternoon
he left me to show il to his friends. He
returned home early in the evening.
passing the happiest hours had known
Tor years, renewedly assuring me that
there was TO rest for him away from me.
- 81 tie grateful love to the dear Faith
eT slept. Oh. that the end had then
come. would not then have received
the cruel blow which made a womaL
mad outright. The next morning he
called upon our friends, Mr. and Mrs.
OvinSton, and there, with a shocking
bravadO, began Il wicked TRADE, adding
with OaJhS and violence the shameless
SANDERS against Mr. Beecher of which /
now believe him to be the author. This
fearful scesle learned next day. In the
afternoon lie showed me his invita-
ton from the committee to meet them
that evening. / did not then show my
heart bat carried it heavily within, but
calmly without. all night till early
morning. Reflection upon this scene at
Nr. Ovingtnn's convinced me that not
withstaudinS my husbands recent pro
fession to me, his former spirit w. un-
changed; tlIat his declarations of
repentance and affection were oDIy for
the purpose of gaining my assistance TO
accomplish his ends in his warfare upon
Mr.. Beecher. In the light of these con
illusions. my duty appeared plain. I
rose quietly, and having dressed, reused
him only to say: Theodore, / will Eev-
er take another step by your side. The
end has indeed come" "
He followed me to Mr. Ovington's
to breakfast, saying l was unduIy ex.
cited, and that he had been misrepresen-
ted, perhaps, leaving me determined as
before How TO account for the charge
which twcnty-foUrs have been capable
o. wCr..H@ in his mind 1 leave for the
ctenat--S "..iI their mystery to reveal.
That b" e.. an unreliable and unsafe
guide, wiO-r ideal of truth-loving is
SELF loving, &c Is my misfortune in this
late sd hc.;r TO discover.
ELIZABETH r. TILToN.
July %, 1871.
N..w YORK, July %. Theodore Tilton
says Of th" publication of the statement:
Il wouii not have had it published for
one hundred thousand dollars. Angus
tu- Maverick, Il friend Of mine, helped
80 To- copy the original and made n
second copy Of II while ! was before the
committee. He printed it out of friend
snip 20 I..e. When 1 heard of it ! went
to lIy room in tine AstOr House and
threw myself upon my bed in despair
Maverick is the editor Of the Brooklyn
papers IN which it first appeared, and
received yesterday the following note:
WEDNESDAY,, July 22.-My dear
Maverick: From no other person save
either yourself as my cOpyist, or from
the committee shorthand writer, or
from some member of the committee,
could my sworn statement got into print
Nv heart is bowed and bleeding at seeing
these facts spread before the world
Tell me how you could have taken such
fearful. dreadful, horrible responsibility
without consulting ms in advance.
There now remains no possibility of
peace or silence nothing but everlasting
war Explain yourself; you must do il
both to 20: and 10 the public. Yours in
grief, THEODORE TILToN.n
Maverick publishes this note and adds
IN the course Of a short explanation ad-
dressed ~ TiIton and the public as fol
lows:
As ono o. hi. cTilton'sJ staunclIee.
friend living, and knowing him to be
Az abused iIGn, and that Ire still shrunk
lFoiI hurting others ia order to shield
h.a-.f I resolved that this defense
~Ipu.i De- Published, and published IT,
! did - without his knowledge or con
sent. and J did right and stand by the
act 81, aE act Of justice 10 a man who
Las brJl v-rOHged, and to a community
vi.n ,lI- "a ri2lIJtO know all the facts"
4 Gentlemen whose official business
has led hi,a 10 receive and open much
Of Ec-ch-r.~ correspondence said last
evening. ia Beecher's love letters you
g.1uiG De surprised to know how 1oOI-
I-..lr some women write to him. Every
once. IN IL white WOMAN gets little
crazy. and writes to Beecher to tell how
much size aiOreS him Letters used TO
~, II, the IndeD,HdeHt Office, and Triton,
u.,,I.r gr.ier- from Mr Beecher, opened
rf.,.l si.uv Of them be made copies Of
and to-day la, manuscripts, and naines,
and comics OF letters, all connected with
r-- Uec..a5ie iJiie-, WHO have IooiishIy
written tD BrecEer all about their loVe
for him. He receives love letters by the
? ..-l aud cO-i, and the Joke Of II Il, that
az i.- ui!e takes care Oi all letters that
come. 10 him. she reads the love letters
before hr gees them. Mrs. TiltOn's let
-ar- to R-echer were very afIectiOnate
ana enthusiastic. and expressed deep,
gervaIiag faith ia him. Mrs. Beecher
read rheiu al before he saw them, and
they are all in her possession now.
When tire scandal was first nOised
about. Mrs Beecher looked up these let
tcrz. and at Nrs. TiltOns request has
preserved -heiu for her You can't con
vince lli- Beecher that her husband is
guilty ol anything that Mr. Tilton
charges She says that If all the women
iu creation were 70 swear that Beecher
lad been unfaithfuI. she would not be-
.l-ye them.
ROAST DOSKET.-The latest discovery
IL Ep.cGrean.-Iu j. that roast donkey il
q dish iit for the gods Beef is counted
a. q very inte-ior article Of diet. There
l. said To be- q delicious venison flavor