The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-22

NEW YORK, Aug. 81.
g Moulton, Townsend and Tilton were tC
} gether all day yesterday. 1t is expecte
l that Moultons statement will be ready 70
the papers -night-having already, as |
reported, been telegraphed to Moulton'
organ in Chicago.
MouLroN's STATEMENT TO APPEAR THU
AFTERNOON.
New York, Aug 10.
The Graphic published at 3 o'clock THU
afternoon the full statement of Moultor
Withholding copies of all letters embodied
in the statement. 1t publishes an advance
edition containing few letters not hereto
fore published, of which the following is
the most Important
MRS. Triton TO MR.. MoULToN BETWEEN
ArRIL AND NOVEMBER ID.
Deur Francis-I did tell you two false
hoods at your last visit. At first | entirely
misunderstood your question, thinking you
had reference TO the interview at your
house the day before. But when | intelli-
gently replied to you, replied falsely. !
will now put myself on record truthfully.
told Mr. Il. that at the time of my con-
fessiOn 7. had made similar confession
to me of himself, but no develo oments as
to persons. When you then asked for
your own satisfaction, ''Was it so?" | told
my second lie After you had left, | said
to r.. "You know l was obliged to lie 10
Frank, and now say rather than make
others suffer as do now, must lie, for it
is physical impossiblily for me to tell the
truth Yet do think, Francis, had not
I'll angry, troubled face been before me.
| | would haye told you the truth. | am
perfect coward in his presence; not from
any fault Of his, perhaps, but from long
years Of timidity. implorc you, as this is
into further temptation. You may show
this to r., or Mr.. b., or any one. An
effort made for truth Wrctchedly,
ELIZABETH.
The following of recent date is also
among tho letters published:
/ JANE %, 1874.
Mr. Moulton- 1t is fitting / shouldImake
quick endcavor TO undo my injustice to-
wards you. ! learned from Theodore last
night that you greatly opposed the pubica-
ton of his statment to DR.. Bacon. ! had
coupled you with Carpenter as advising it.
Forgive me and accept my gratitude.
ELIZABETH r. TILToN.
Moulton's statement opens with an intro
duction, in which he says he first became
acquainted with the oflensc against Tilton
by Beecher in 1870, which he considered
so grave that if made publica great nation
al calamity would ensue. He determined
to try and avoid it, and has laborcd assidu-
ously for nearly four years to that end
The failure of his efforts is no fault of his.
He worked daily under the advice and d.
rection of Boecher until, as he thinks, in
an evil hour, Mr.. Beecher took other ad-
visers. BY the publication of Mr. Beecher's
accusations against him he now feels that
his own self respect demands that the
truth and the whole truth and nothing but
the truth should be declared. lie then
proceeds with his statement, which he says
is the same without the alteration of
word that he originally prepared for the
committee. This publication, he says, to
which Mr. Beecher forces me renders fruit
less four years of constant and sincere eff
forts to save him. 1t leaves him and Mrs.
Tilton in almost the same position in which
| found them, excepting in SO far as their
late disingenious untruthfulness in their
solemn statements may lower them in the
estimation of the world.
on THE GOTH OF DECEMBER, 1870,
he says Tllton came to him with an open
letter to Beecher, which Bowen had in
-structed him to write, of which the follow
ing is copy:
BROOKLYN, Dec. 20, 1870.
Henry Ward Beecher-Sir: demand
that tor tie reasons which you explicitly
understand you, Immediately cease from
the ministry of Plymouth church and that
you quit the city of Brooklyn as resident.
THEODORE TILToN.
Two days afterwards Bowen apparently
repented of the letter he had dictated to
Tilton and threatened to remove Tilton
from the Independent and Union if he ever
repeated the statements made by him
(Bowen) about Beecher. On the Both of
December Tilton came to Moulton and an
nonnced his intention of showing to Beech
err the confession of his wife about her in.
timacy with him, which he (Tilton) had
never up to that time mentioned to Beech
er. Tilton did not tell Mouton how his
wife came to make the confession, which,
he said, was done about six months prev-
ously, and he never asked. He went and
invited Beecher to his house, at Tilton's re-
quest. On their way to the house, Beecher
said
''wrAr CAN DO? WHAT CAN / DC ?"
said, "Mr. Beechcr, am not Chris
tian, but, if you wish, will show you how
well heather can serve you" We then
went 10 my house and showed him into
the chamber over the parlor where Tilton
was and left them together In about an
hour Mr. Beecher came down and asked
me if had seen the confession of Eliza.
beth. | said had. Said he, this will kill
me, and asked me to walk out with Lin.
did so and we walked TO Mr. Tillon's house
together and he went in. On the way he
sad, this is terrible catastrophe, it comes
upon me as if struck by lightning. ii,
went into Tilton's house and | returned
home. Within an hour he returned to my
house and we lett my house again together
and walked with Inn to his house. Tiltor
remained at my house while Beecher wa
absent at Tiltons house, and when he re
turned there was no conversation between