The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-15
WHOLE NUMBER 1. .766..

-Sou can stand. IL the whole case were
iieye that ir he had made, as he was advised %
make, a full and frank confession OF the whole
such expressions of contTition and repentance
as he had .aade 10 me, his church and the world
would would have have forgiven him, and ne
tben. must believe it now, when he
can stand Ixfore the public, preaching
made known, and am driven by the blows and
assaults Of his people from that which should
and hypOericies have been cOndoned by an ad-
admiring church The true grounds for
assistant ss passer HoiSSay are here gives
then he proceeds: Ii has ben held lonur-
able for men who had had smours with a
those aInours, 10 protect nom exposure the fair
fame and name which had been confded to
to set np amy such @ s Standard amy Of moaafNg
but which is sustained in Beecher by a
portion of the press, which says he ought to
stand by the woman. Under how much more
temptation was 1 acting when IN my charge
Of s woon o sn M 1@ an
station, the welfare of q church, the upholding
OF the fame and reputation of the foremost
Christianity itself. and the morals of the COM
munity, all and more involved in my failure to
The silent volcano on which he saws he was
walking, might have been at any time caused
' o burst forth by 1mprudeDt answers to scandal
loving euriously prying men and women, or
ministers of the gospel who were engaged in
endeavoring 10 ind out, and my silence when
their questsons were put to me stating supposed
facts would have been at once deemed assent.
or course discerned that any statement
should make must be ruinous 70 Mr. Beecher,
and IL made ii must be taken siding with
the falling cause OF my nearly ruined friend,
Theodore Tilton. And appeal to the fair judi
ment of all men, what motive could have in
making myself his ally and the enemy of Mr.
20 and all that makes up the word aduty," to
stand by the right as knew the right TO be.
have, however, the consolation of knowing that
rnfFw ola 1rnu
dared to say a word for the truth against
Beecher. Each and all in turn have been as
the new phases of the case required for the
excnlpat4on OF the accused. Firstit was heard
ters Which Triton press Sut tha' i b.s .ne wogn de,
statement We're forgeries, when 1t was
supposed that the originals would not be forth
analysis of all the maladies of hIs family was
paraded before the public. TO show that he was
insane, but the method in his madness exploded
that theory, and then the last refuge was that
all that ne had done was for the purpose of
matchmaking Beecher. and as all that was done
was through my hand, of course, must be de-
stro5 ed or the new theory of a conspiracy of
four years duration would come TO
TO say a single word upon the subject unfavora-
BILE TO the accused, has received the same treat
ment. Mr.. Carpenter is placarded to the world,
through Beechers statement. as "a kind of ge-
nial, good-natured fool" And Mr.. Beecher's SIS
ter, the amiable. Intelligent, enthusiastic and
clear-headed Mrs. Hooker, now, happily for her
peace, abroad who had become the recipient OF
the Knowledge of the facts OF Beecher's eailt was
vised him to make a clean and full confession
In the interest OF truth and justice to
RESCUE A WOMAN FROM JAIL,
whom Mrs. Hooker believed was incarcerated
for having told simply the truth, and threat
Beecher would not BY Beecher's authority and
under his advice eonveyefthrough me, with his
and broacbed the SANDER that
she, too. was charged with being
source as his wife was, AND when e Mr.. Beecher Sm
was told that he sunk down in tears and gave
mp under such gross accusation; he chuckled
at the success of the device, whatever devices
were needed to protect Henry Ward Beecher to
save himself il was not one Of mine TO defile the
tanned what part she would Ieke in the ccntro-
versy.
Again, il Is paraded in the newspapers that
Mrs. Beecher produced before the COMMITTEES all
Mrs Tilton's letters, having opened them before
She did ali of his other letters: and this renorf
gains credence from the fact that he wrote to
Elizab eth after he declares that he had stopped
was now permitted TO write TO him because he
was living alone with his sister; aud, in another
letter takes to inform her of the fact thai
his wife had sailed for Havana and Florida:
And Mrs Tilton, too, after having said and un-
said everything in order to save Beecher; after
having falsified and stullified herself in every
possible way for his salvation, and so become
useless hereafter as witness or reinforcement,
only remains in his mind under divided con-
sciousness that she was
SAINT AND CHIEF or SINNERS;
and she is thrown aside like worthless weed,
in this cruel paragraph OF the report OF the com
miltee. Ii Is not for the committee TO defend
the course of Mrs. Tilton; her conduct, upon
human responsibility, is indefensble.
An these attacks were before me, and knew
j should not escape, and Ihave not. although
all the blessings of heSven were called
down upon me By Beecher, in every note he
fullest coincidence, up TO The 9TH OF August-nne
days before his statement, wherein he charges
me with contemplate crime, beesuss Il, ! re-
knew we're my only. profession against him
for had l. armed TO know The selhshness and
SELF And yes. In view OF our relations tor the
past four years, | can scarcely realize
even when at his request ] was keeping
/ silent for his sake; and now, with an that he
summon sufficient of resolution, in anguish OF
spirit, to enable me TO put forth the statement
| aver that never have made public what was
fne nature of Beecher's OffenSe, or what was the
evidence in my possession to prove II, untii s ~,
committee, although statements were made In
| the newspapers 10 tnat effect, which may have
| pledged my honor 10 silence except was at
lacked, and have, redeemed that pledge, at
whatever violence 10 my feelings and sense OF
| Justice Nor have ever made public the facts
in this subsequent statement until they now ap-
pport pubishing what purports to be q portion of
Them. but which WAS gathered rom them-
every and all means that could To conceal and
keep them out of sight. driven even 10
answer many men who asked me in regard to
/ them in such a way rs to nislead them, with
| ont stating 20 them any absolute falsehoou,
\ although have no doubt some of them, remeIn-
Sessnf @ 's saTe stated to e them What has since
been contrasicted by my published statement
II Of what has actually been known TO me,
and the reasons os which have heretofore ex-
planned.
THE CLOSING.
All present necessary facts to form correct
!, Judgment OF Henry Ward Beecher and my own
con sc and character are now before the public
: and submit TO, the candor and judgement OF
J al, good men and women whether, under al
fhe emergencies in which have been placed.
; have not endeavored to do that winch seemed
I, 70 me 10 be right and proper
y faithfully and Loyalty TO those who's