Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-16

in Plymouth church. The interfeT-
enee Of neighbors aud the calling Of
the congregational council after the /
Woodruff story was published, aud I
while Mr.. Tilton seemed really desirOus
for q short time of protecting his wife, /
sent through him a letter to her.
The whole series Of events beginning /
with the outbreak OF the Woodruff |
story repeatedly brought me a terrible |
accumulation of anxieties and peIils. /
Everything that had threatened before, |
now started up again, with new vio- |
lence. TilfoB's behavior was at once I
Inexplieable and unconquergble. His |
card,
ITO A COMPLAINING FRIEND"
did not produce the effect he pretended I
to expect from it Of convincing the pub |
lie of his great magnanimity. Then his |
Infamous article aud letter to Bcweu |
made its appearance in the Eog'e. /
1t bad been su Fgested inst
the publibati0n of the tTipsTtite !
covenant would have good effect on /
contracting the slanderous stories about |
Mrs Tilton and myself, which Theodore |
professed TO regard, but which bis fool
iah card and the publication OF that arti-
Gle had done so much to revive aud rem
der miscbieyOus. MIR. MoultOn urgei
me to get from the gentleman who be IL
the tripartite covenant copy of it for
us, when suddenly Mr. Wilkinson came
out with it on his own responsibility
Its publication in this matter l made
strenuous, but unAvailiDg efforts, to
prevent. He originally Kept q copy |
OF 1t. Everybody in his business seems |
to Keep copies of everything but myself !
On the appearance OF that paper TheO- |
dore went into q rage. Il put him, he [
said, in false position before the pub /
lie, and be would publish another card |
giving a statement something like what /
he wrote to DR.. Bacon. That !
Is, I recalled the matter, declaring /
that IL | had committed an offense, /
and that be had been magnanimOus |
party in the business it was necessary |
10 decide what TO do with him. MOul- !
ton strangely urged a card from me ex-
onerating Theodore, as / could honestly |
do from the authorship OF the particular |
scandals detailed in his article to Mr.. /
Bowen and alluded to in the covenant. |
/ said I would think it over, and per-
hAps write something. TEis was Fri
day or Saturday. The cove ant ap-
peared on Friday morning and the
alarm was sounded on me Immediately
that they would do something dreadful
IL not restrained on Sunday. l had
made up my mind to write Moulton the
following letter:
GARFIELD EXTRA CTS
of which are given in TiIton's state
ment:
SUNDAY MORNING, June l, 1873.
NIX DEAR FRASK-The whole earth IS tran
gull, and the heaven Is seTener, IS oents one
Who has about finished this worlds life. 1
could do nothing on saturday Ny head was
confused, but good sleep has made lt ike
crystal. / have determined TO make no more
resistance Theodore's temper is such that
the future, even tempOrari y earned, would
be absolutsiy worthless filed with abrupt
changes, and rendering me liable tt any hour
or day to be Obliged 70 stultify all the devices
by which we saved ourselves. II IS
only fair that he should know that
the publication OF the card #hlcn
be pro Osed would leave Us lar worse
of than bef re the agreemut was made Al
ter my letter through you was ssri ten, be
had had il a year. He had cOndoneI hi les
faults; he had eniCined on him, witu the
utmost earuestne-s and SOlemntty- nos -o be-
tray his wife, nor leave his children 10
Dl gbt- I had honestly and earncsilS J.la5u
in the purpose. Then his seiUemeLt " -- itte
and signed by him, IL was no my uLakis Z.
He revised his part 50 that it shOu- wholly
suit him. and signed 1t; stood 1E un4u-7tl1ued
then 1t was published. Nothing but that
which he did in private, when
and he CHARGES me wltu making him appear
As one graciously pa dOned by me. 1t was bis
own deliberate act, with which be was per-
fectly content until others saw II, and sheu ne
charges a grievous wrong home on m-. Ny
mind is clear. l am not in haste shall
write for the public statement that viii besf
e. Q light of Judgment day. God ia ak
care OF me and mine. When look on tire
earth in its deep night, when look ON Tue
heavens above see the morning breaking,
but on, that could put in gol en- let-
ters my deep sense or your ialth-
fuI. earnest. undying fidelity and
your disintei ested friendship Your whole
life, too, has been one OF God S comtorters IL
is such as she that renews a waning faith in
womanhOOd. Now, Frank, wound not nave
you waste any more energy on hopeless
task with such man as Tilton. There ls no
possible salvation for anY that depend upOn
him. With a strong nature, he does not know
how to govern u with generous impulses; the
undercu rent that rules him is SET. Win ar
dent affections, he can't love long that Whlcl
does not repay hut with admirsuOu end
praise. ith a strong theatric nature he Is
constantly imposed on with the IDEA Jhat
opposition is a great stroke, co Q 'eiGt the
way to shccess. Besides these, he has toe,
good things about him, but these named
traits make him Absolutely unre-
liable Therefore there is no use IN
further trying [ have a siroug feeling on
m ,, and il DTing- great peace with It, that
am spending my last sunday snd preaching
thee. am, indeed, beginning to see rest and
triumph. The pain Of life Is but momen airy;
the glory Of everlasting emaE cipatiou Is
yOridleee, inconceivable aud full Of wreal1inE
glory on mv beloved Frank [ snail know
you then, ami forever hold fellowship with
you, aud look back and smile at the P 'st.
Yours, lovingly, h. ". g. r
There are intimations that at the be-
ginning and end of this letter l
felt the approach of death. With regard
to that, [ merely refer to my previous
statement concerning