New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-12
NEW YORK.
rIOultOn's Statement,

his statement would be made public to-day,
and would answer no questions on the sub
.iect. District Attorney Winslow, Theodore
Tilton and Moulton's stenographer were in
attendance on Moulton FROM an early honr,
and remained closeted with him for an in
definite period.
The house was besieged by newspaper
reporters, but nothing definite could be
learned. District Attorney Winslow, in
conversation, said it was more than prob
able that the statement vii: not be ready
for publication for a day or two, as the
committee had to compare documents con-
tanned in it with those already in their DOS
session. More than this he was unable to
say.
What the Brooklyn Eagle Says.
The Brooklyn EagIe, which has always
defended Mr.. Beecher. Issued an extra last
night containing the following:
Mr. Francis d. Moulton appeared before
the Plymouth investigating committee this
evening. He read to them a very short
statement, which is to be kept private until
tomorrow morning.
The Eagle, however, ascertains that it is
favorable to Mr.. Beecher; that Mr.. Moulton
disclaims having any testimony in his pos
session contirmatory of Tllton's charges.
Says he was prepared to submit to the COM
mittee originals OF letters cited by Mr.. Til
ton in his statement, but apart from doing
that he had no statement to make.
His part in this business, he added, had
been that of a peacemaker. and that role
he proposes to adhere TO. OF gossip that
had come to his ears i'll any way he had re-
solved to say nothing. If Mr.. Beecher and
Mr.. Tilton were determined to fight, he
could not prevent them; but be was re-
solved to add no fuel to the flame.
The Eagle ADDS the following editorial
comment:
''Moulton has made his statement to the
investigating committee. He has made it
just as the Eagle, just as every man who
knows Frank Moulton expected he would
make it, as from the beginning we knew he
would.
"He refused to take any side or part
whatever in the squabble in which the
reputation of woman and the future good
name Of her children are at stake.
"Moulton was called upon by the CON-
mittee to produce documents intrusted to
him in confidence, and it was intimated or
inslnuated by one of the parties to the case
of Mr.. Beecher, that he should unburden
his mind of all verbal communications in
trusted to him, in regard to the matter.
"Moulton, even at that request, very
properly refuses to be party to any such
action. Certain documents, or extracts
from documents, fell into the possession of
Mr.. Tilton; they fell there with the knowl-
edge and consent OF Beecher. Tilton in
his statement published them. In justice
to Tilton, Moulton was bound to confirm
their authenticity. He does SO by producing
the originals thereof. In justice to Tilton,
Mr.. Moulton could do no less. In justice to
Frank Moulton, Mr.. Moulton could do no
more.
"But here he stops and leaves the parties
exactly in the position in which he found
them. Carpenter and bowen may take this
or that side, but men Of honor like Frank
Moulton could afford to take no side in
such question. He simply leaves it where
he foundit. NOman and no woman are the
worse for having trusted to his honor.
GAS it was said and believed by MoultOn,
from the beginning, the offense of Mr..
Beecher, whatever it be, was wrong
man could forgive, and it was forgiven. 1t
was a wrong which could be cOndOned,
and it was condoned. This, in itself, if it
does not indicate what the wrong was, lndI-
Gates what it was not.
"From all other indications that Tilton
has given, even since he submitted his
statement to the committee, it would appear
that Tiltoni is in position himself to re-es-
tablish his divided home. At most Beecher
can not have more than eight or ten years
the children are deserving of the chief con-
sideration, and now the door can be safely
closed in the face Of the morbid curiosity of
the world as soon as Beecher shall have
told his story.
The world, even more than Tilton, can
forgive the Ottense, whatever it be, into
which Beecher fell. There has been enough
OF destruction done in this case. The
friends OF morality and religion, OF Beecher
and of Tilton will be now inclined to build
up, for there have been attempts enough to
tear down. and though in the manly course
MOulton has seen tit to adopt, scandal
mongers and poltroons may find disappoint.
ment, every one else, men of religion, OF
honor and of the world, will find satisfac-
ton"
What M0ult0n's Testimony Shows.
MoultOn's testimony is very brief. He
refused to give up any documents to the
committee, except such as had been alluded
to, and OF which extracts had been handed
to the commi ttee by Tilton. These show
that Tilton had garbled letters tor his own
advantage, and in some cases had divided
documents to hand in cum ulative testimony.
Hoult0n's Statement.
This afternoons Brooklyn Eagle says:
MOultOn's statement is unexpectedly
brief, making not over five or six foolscap
pages not closely written. MoultOn says IN
substance that all he knows about the diff
Guilty between Beecher and Tlt0n was In.
trusted to him in confidence, with all docu'
ments he has been furnished relating
directly or indirectly to the case, and that