Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-30
BEECHER.
The Committee Not Satisfied with
Their Statement.
More Testimony to be Inflicted
on a Suffering World.
MOulton's Portfolio Not Yet Ex-
hausted.
SfilI Fortifying theIr Case.

NEW York, Aug. 2D.-Prof Rossiter W.
RAYMOND, in the course of his address in
Plymouth Church last evening, saidi am
the only man. by the concurrence of cir-
cumstances, in Plymouth Church or in the
United States, to-day, not member of the
committee and not lawyer before the
committee, who happens to know all about
it. What is the evidence against Henry
Ward Beecher in this case2 1t consists of
the alleged confessions Of Beecher to Til
ton and Moulton, of the alleged confessions
of Mrs. Tilton verbally to several persons,
of alleged confessions of Mrs. Tilton in
writing, and finally of letters brought for
ward of Beechers. That is all. Now what
is the story of the confession of
Mrs. Tilton to her husband. IL is that on
the third of Jaiy, 1870, she made a distinct
confession of her criminal relations with
Beecher 10 her husband. He was, of course,
very indignant with Beecher on that third
of July, 1870, and I.shOuld thi~k he would
have been all the more indignant that he
could not convince his wife that adultery
with minister was wrong. That be was
very indignant that day is shown by the
fact that the third of July, 1870, having
been a Sunday, Mr.. Tilton went over 10 the
OlANE vi LuE LtutlttftlEAtt tA4C nCAl udl 9
which was Monday, and wrote an indig-
nant passage about II. w. B5echer, which
was subsequently read in proof and which
appeared in the paper of Thursday Of that
week. 1t is in an article called "Preachers
and Theologians."
The evidence before the Committee
shows that in the autumn Of 1870 Mrs. Til
ton went away ON visit, and that while
she was there letters passed between her
and her husband. This is the time when,
according to Mr.. Tilton, she was away and
waiting to know what would be his mag
unanimous decision concerning her future
fate. At that time, according TO the evi-
dence before the Committee, eveidence
from a source entirely distinct from Mrs.
Tiltons, and entirely unimpeachable, Mrs.
Tilton wrote him pleading letter, begging
him to put away from his room evil and
lasciyious pictures, and to abandon the so
ciety of evil and and wantOn women She
wrote that letter with tears and prayers,
PRAYING the whole night before she sent il.
It went out, and she waited four days for
the reply in a commingled agony Of appre-
hensiOn and hope. When the reply came,
she said TO her friend. "When the letter
comes, 60 up stairs and read it with me.
am sure God will answer my prayers and
give me back my husband and save him
from his evil courses" This friend had
seen the letter that went, and was TO see
the letter which was TO come. Mrs. Til
ton went UP stairs, and when the post man
came with the letter, her friend, not having
the same firm faith in TheOdore's Teprent-
ance, sent the letter up and waited while
before following it, in order that she
should not herself intrude upon its first
reading. After a few minutes she went
up, knocked at Mrs. TiltOn's room and re-
ceived no answer. She opened the door
and entered the room to find Mrs. TiltOn
unconscious on the floor, with the letter in
her hand.
As she was already Lifted to read the
letter, she tells the committee That he-
description of that letter is that Tilton
SwOre al his wife from beginning to end;
that he told her he would have as many pic
tures and whatever kind Of pictures in his
room as lie like1; that he would 60 with as
many women and any kind of women that
be liked, and that she should not interfere
with or dictate TO him concerning his moral
character or habits. When Mrs. TiltOn
was laid up on the bed, after a long time OF
Inconsistencies from profound fainting
fits, she came TO herself and one of the first
things she said was that she mad tenible
letter from ..DOry," and after they had left
her for a while. when they returned the let
ter was not seen. Mrs. Tilton said she had
destroyed it and no living being should
ever see it, and this remark that l make to
night, and if it reaches her eyes, will prob
ably be the first intimatiOn she has ever
had that that letter was by a proyidential
circumstance read by another human being
besides herself
More of the Same Sort Ahead.
Tie Plymouth Committee has not yet
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