The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-24

the time came; she was weary under and
glad of reprieve, but should stand true
to her constituents when she must My
own conviction is that the one radical
mistake you have made is in supposing
that YOU are so much ahead Of your time,
and in daring to attempt to lead When
YOU have anything to conceal, do not,
pray you, deceive yourself with the hope
that the love Of your church, or any other
love, however divine, can compensate for
the loss of absolute truthfulfisss to your
own mental convictions. / have not told
YOU the half have suffered since Febru-
airy, but you can imagine, knowing what
nv husband is to me, that it was nocom-
mon love have for you, and for truth,
and for all mankind, women as well as
men. when I decided to nearly break his
heart already lacerated by the course 1
had been compelled to pursue, by
sending him away to die, per-
haps without me at his side.
T wish YOU would come here in the even
ing sometime to the Burton cottage, or !
will meet y.u anywhere in New York.
You appoint, and at any time.
Ever Yours, BELLE.
Read the letters from John and Mary
in the order l have given them. / will
send these now, and the other documents
have mentioned another day, waiting
till know whether YOU will meet me.
April 18th, 1872.
MY DEAR BELIEF was sorry when
| met YOU at Bridgeport not to have had
longer talk with you about the meeting
in Nav. / do not intend to make any
speeches on any topic during anniversary
week; indeed | shall be out OF town. L
do not want you to take any ground this
wear except upon suffrage. You know
nv sympathy with you, and probably
YOU and / are nearer together than any
of our family. cannot give the reason
now am clear. Still YOU follow your
own Judgment. thank you for your
letter. Ofsomethings | neither talk nor
will be talked with. For love and SYM
pathv am deeply thankful. The only
help that can be grateful to me or US is
silence, and Il silencing influence to all
others. A day may come for converSing,
it j. now living or dead. My dear sister
Belle love me and do not talk about me-
or suffer others in your
presence. God love and keep You. God
keep us all.
Your loving brother,
II. w. BEECHER."
The understanding is his own, and when
read in il
THAT Horrible Story
that he begged II few hours notice that |
he might Kill himself, my mind flew
buck to this sentence which suggested |
suicid, the moment / read it. Living or !
dead, my dear sister Belle loves me, and |
| believe even that. Now, Tom, can |
YOU 90 to brother Edward ut once and |
rive him these letters of mine, and tell
him what | told YOU, and when YOU have |
councillcd together H. brothers should |
counsel. come To me if you can. 1t looks |
aS if he hoped to buy my silence. With
NV love ut present, of course shall
keep silent, but
Truth IN Bearer than all Things Else.
and if hr will not speak it i'll some way
! cannot always be standing as consent |
ing to IL lie God help us all.
Yours in love,
BELLE
If Won cannot com" to me, send Ed
ward. am utterly alone, and my heart
aches for that woman,c even us for my
uwu flesh and blood. | do not under |
stand her. but ! know her to be pure and |
UnSclfSh and absolutely driven by some |
power foreign to herself to these strange |
uttcruncce, which are always i'll behalf of
freedom, purity and truth, as She undcr- |
stands it; always to betrlend the |
poor and outcaSt, and bring low |
only the proud and hypecrltS
in high places. The word about !
the meeting at Mrs. Phelphs' house
| have added to the copy. If you see
Henry tell him of this.
The reply to this by the Rev. Thos. X.
Becchcr, to his sister, is rs follows:
Rev. Thos. TX. Beecher 10 His Sister
ELMIRA, Nov. >, 1872.
DEAR BELLE:-To allow the devil
himself to be crushed for speaking the
truth, is unspcakably cowardly and con-
tcmptiblc. | respect, as at present adj
vised, Mrs. Woodruff, while i abhOr
her philosophy. She only carries out
Henry's philosophy, against which | re-
corded my protest twenty years ago, and
parted lovingly and achingly from him,
saving. I'VE cannot work together
He has dritted, and | have hardened like
II crystal, till ! am sharp cornercd and
cxacting. | cannot help him except by
PRAYER I cannot help him through.
Edward, in my Judgment,
Henry IL Following His slippery
Doctrines of Expectancy.
and in his cry of progress and the noble !
ness of human nature has sacrificed tn"
clear, exact ideal of integrity. Hands on
until he is down. and then uiy pul pit, my |
home, my church, and my purse and |
heart are ut his service. OF the two !
Woodruff is my hero, and Henry my |
cuwNrd--aS ut present advlscd-but | |
protest against the whole batch and all !
lis belongings. am not anti-slavcry, | |
am not anti-family. but, rs ! wrote years ,
ago, whenever | assault slavery because |
of its denominations, | shall as |
sail the church, the State, the |
family and all other institutions of
selfish usage. | return the papers, you
can not keep Henry, yon must be true to |
Woodruff.
am Out Of the Circle as Yet,
and am glad of it. When the storm line !.
includes me. shall suffer rs Christian |.
saving: Cease We from man. don't /
writu 10 me, but follow the truth, and !
when You need me cry out.
Yours lovingly,
Tom. ,
PSI am 81 ovcrworkcd and hurried I,
that see upon review of my letter .
that it sounds hard because of lis Scnten- .
tiousnrS<. but believe me dear Belle that .
| see and suffer with YOU, but having I
chosen your principles, | can only coun- ,
sci YOU to be true and take the Consc-
quenccs. For wears have been apart .
from all of You except in love, l think .
Won are all in the wrong rs to an .
thropologe> and social science. but | hon /
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