The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-14
Beecher's Very Weak and In
satisfactory Statement.


h SAW Hs Has Done Nothing which
Night not Properly Occur BE-
tween Brother and S.
ter, or Father ana
Child.
rorurve WHICH WOULD BE IMPROPER
rrrwxET A MAN or HONOR AND A
WIPE or HIS D1ARRsT FRIEND.
Nothing was Ever Concealed from Tilton.
NEW York, Aug. 1~3.-Following is a
synopsis Of Beecher's statement.
In the beginning he alludes to his pre-
liminary statement and his promise tosuD-
stitute the solemn denial made IN it by a.
detailed statement. He says, four years
ago Theodore Tilton fell from one OF the
most prominent editorial positionsin Amer
lea, where he represented the causes OF re-
ligion and humanity, and in q few months
thereafter became the associate and repre-
sentative of Victoria Woodruff. and a
friend of her strange cause. By his follies
he was bankrupt in reputation, in occupa-
ton, and in resources, the interior history
ofwhich | am now about to give an outline, in
the history ofhis attempts to so employ him
self as to reinstate him in business, res
tore his reputation and place him again
upon the eminence from which he had fall
en-. tits q sad history, to the full meaning OF
which l have but recently awakened. En-
tangled in a wilderness Of complications,
l followed until lately, a false theory and
delusive hope, believing that the friends VINO
assured me of their determination and abll.
ity to control the passionate vagarles OF
Mr., Tilton, to restore his household, to re-
build his fortunes and to vindicate me,
would be equal to their promise. lllton S
self. confessed failure was made clear to
him (Beecher). This narrative represents
only his stand-p point in regard to iii. on, be-
ginning with their early intimacy and show
Ing his hopeful affection for Tilton even
while he wandered from truth and virtue.
1t describes his repentance over evils that
befeli his friends of which he was made to
believe himself the cause. My efforts were
to save this family and Tilton by self-sacri-
fee, and the conviction has grown that Til
toms folies rendered that impossible. he
has been from the beginning a selfish
schemer, hating me and weaving about me
a net work of plots and lies. Niy innocent
acts of kindness contributed to this end.
That my course has been blind so long, as
to the real motives of the intrigues going
on around me, was due to my overwhelm-
ing public duties and to my surrender Of
the affair to Moulton's hands, whose con
fdence of being able to manage it success
fully was great. Moulton reported in {
general way Tilton's condolences. Iii:
comments On the situation seemed at TIT
tiuie complete. Immersed as | was in in
cessant cares and duties and only too GLAD
to be relieved from considering the details
of wretched complications, the origin an(
fact of which remain in spite of all friend
ly intervention a perpetual burden to my
soul. | would not read the papers about
it. | would not talk about it. | made
Moultou for a long period my confident and
my only channel of information. From
time to time suspicious were aroused II
me by indications that Tilton was acting
the part of an enemy, but the suspicion
were rapidly allayed by his own behavio
toward me. 1t is plain to me that unit
Tilton fell into disgrace and lost his salar.
he never though it necessary to assall M
with the charges be pretends were in M
mind six months. The alleged domestic
UlIeuSG was uuickiy anu cdouy luC oia
but yet in q way to keep my feelings stir
ed up, that | might through my friends b
used to extract from Henry G. Bowen s.,
600, the amount claimed in their dispute
A check for that sun in hand, Tilton sign
ed an agreement OF peace and concord nc
drawn by me but accepted by me as sin
cere. The Golden Age had been started
He had capital to carry it on for Il Will
and was sure that he was to head a grea
social revolution. With returning pros
perity he had apparently no griets whicl
could not be covered by his signature Il
articles of peace, vet changes in t. at Gov
enant were made bv him before signing
it and represented to me as necessary
merely to save him from the imputation
of having originated it. He circulated ;
certain old SANDER about me, bu when III
Thought he was on the road to success hi
conduct towards NE was friendly and
could afford to laugh at his assumption o.
superiority since | retained the profound
impression made upon me as explained IL
the following narrative
AT almost every step | fell into new
complications aud difficulties, and Tiltol
even tried to coerce my honor and consci
eice for the purpose of procuring his ex
t~rication at my expense. Tilton knew nj,
well enough to work on the sympathetic
side of my nature to which he addressed
himself for four years. using ~uuscrupulously
myattachment to friends, to his own house
hold and to himself. Not blind to his faults
but resolved to look on him as favorably
and hopefully as possible, and ignorant Of
his deeper malice, l labored earnestly, ever
desperately for his salvation. For fouI
years l have been trying to feed his insati
able egotism, to make the man as great a,
he conceived himself to be, sought to sep
arate him from his disreputablc associate
and deserted my own agency to the ruil
he was constantly bringing on himself an,
which | was endeavOring to avert, At tn,
latter stage he created difficulties appar
emily to drive me to fresh exertions. 1
discountenanced his wild associates, only
speaking well of the good qualities anC
abilities still believe he possessed. ]
could not believe him as bad as INV friend,
did and trusted TO the germs of good | still
believed were in him.
Moulton came to me first as aschoolmate
friend of Iilton, who would serve hin
without wrongiug hun. He said he sa,
clearly bow this was done so as 10 restor,
peace and harmony to MIR. Tilton's home
and happily end all Observation-Disclosures.
never doubted his friendship for me
Whatever he wished me to do | did unles,
1t seemed wrong,-my only security inthi
confusion OF tormenting perplexities dur
ing this troublous time. Il felt that secre
macbinations were going on around ID,
and when ISLANDERS concerning me we're il