The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-01

the Inv sntion or discovery that This crime con,
| o. tne sI'Dlect OF an apology, and ready foi
| glveness stnd reconciliation on The part OF M
oHender a-pd the injured husband. That Mon
| ton did not believe or understand that the y,
fense was adultery is sh own by the same class Z
EVIDENCE that has been CITED in reference TO II
| ton. He repeatedly declared to many person
that there was No adultery. Fortunately W,
havea q statement IN writing settling forth MouI
the oaense. Mr. Beecier wrote atu ,e3
| ter dated June /, 1873, to Moulson
OF TiItonEs threatening and iI5consistent con
duct, and declares his ptTpoSe TO waste no NOR
energy In trying TO satisfy Tiiton.. who, at thi
| tripartite agreement, so called. In this lette.
Mr.. Beecher says: "My mind is clear I am no
ment that Will bear the light of the juG gInen
day. God wiz take care OF me and mine.
nsse T1,s aIe not n the , words of guilty mind Meu
haste hasiens to qsject At first he. writes
IL be. know yoa can stand If the Whole cas-
was published tomorrow" Apparently fear.
ing that this might rather tend 10 determine
Mir b. to publish the whole case than other
wise, he crossed out these and ether lines and
same paper these words occur: ssYou can stand
II the whole case were published Tomorrow
Moulton was right. The pity is that Mr..
come once more free, and end
THE VACCINATIONS OF TETON
and the mutual friend. These twes whatever
else they wanted or designed, did sot believe
their purposes would be then subserved by pus.
licity. Tilton soon became gracious azd kindly.
But what shall be said of Moulton, who now as
serts. for the first time, that adultery was the Of
fense? Is 1t possible that shis man is 10 low in
bis moral perceptions as to Believe thas min
lister of the Gospel, and that too, of Piymouth
Church, could stand up before his church and
the world against the crime OF adu. .terJ? No.
TiltOn says bis wife was posses ed Of the
idea that adultery with her pastor was AL right
ana no sln tDat SHE did not discover her mis-
take from reading st. Pau, bwt Griff1th tsauut.
But we have nOevi,lenc- that obis aIGciration
had reached and tainted the diplomatic mind
OF Moulton. 1t is right that We -hould say here
that we do not believe that the s'nless character
OF adultery was dogma believed in eyeu
known 10 Mrs. t., except, perhaps, as a notion
OF the Woodruff school, of which her husb- n 1
had become a disciple and shiuSng light, and
with which She haa nc. syinpat Nv.
There is but one fair conclusion to be drawn
from Moulton s letter, of Sune L. to Mr.. teechcr.
he knew that Mr.. Beecher had been falsely ae-
cused of impure advances, and that he desired
in his inmost soul to suppress the scandal; yet
If the simple truth were published he
could stand Knowing this, he said sos
Whatever Moulton may say now, since his
malice has been excited by certain expressions,
IS OF little consequence. He now openly stands
with Tilton, where he has secretly been from.
the beginning We conc ude, theI efoze, in view
of these facts and circumstances, that the orig
inal c0arge of impure advances is false, though
it hes been dIopped by these accusers
and adultery, 1T this late day has been substi'u-
formance as a fraud that ought 10 end all con-
troversy IS to the innocence of BeecheP. Persu-
ing the narrative little further, We find MOul-
ton, who first appeared a. Tiltons friend, after
procuring the so called apology and qrGetly be-
coming friend of both the parties. Tie
mutual friend, MIR. MoultOn, as he disciOseS his
character in these proceedings, appears TO be q
very plausible reason, with more rigor Of win
than con science. One thing is unfortunately
Gle ar that from this time on. he cOntriyed 10
obtain and hold the confidence of Beecher.
both in his ability, and purpose TO
tainly room for an honest peace-suaker.
Beecher knew he had been falsely accused OF an
impure OffenSe, and that the reputable woman 1,
by some means, had been induced 10 make the
accusation. IL is true that the charge had been
Withdrawn, and its force was in a sense broken.
Still the fact remained that he had been accused.
Nsf. Beecher naturally felt that the situation was
critical for him, clergyman of
WORLDWIDE FAME,
to, be even falsely accused was a calamity; TO
prevent publiaity weuld save a still greater Ca
laaasty, he felt, and, in The light of the resolts,
may one not say he was right, and that public
charge of such AN offsnse would, as he expressed
il in his letter to Moulton of February 5, make
conaagration? For reasons of malice and re-
veRge, IL became apparent that TiltOn
was preparing to make a deadly assault upon
duiY 10 prevent by all possible, honerable
means MOplton, prOfeSsed 10 oeprecate TiltOn 8
purpose, and declared If Mr.. Beecher would
it, and so now began a series of
letters and steps, under the direction
anthadvice of the diplomatic and mutual friend,
having for their object, as Mr.. Beecher believed,
thesuppression of the scandal and the restoTa-
tioa, in some measure If practicable of Tilton to
position and employ ment. In passing Judge
nleat upon the means employed to secure these
rssaifs, 1t is fair to remember that all
performing great labors, and had more and
greater responsibilities upon him than at any
sss hss psr1D psagTeeabe matters to %e will see ,st
T1lton acts right. will keep him in control.
ID was true, in certain MOODS be Is
threatening and unjust, but he soon
recovered, and is kind and reasonable.
AS time passed along, it was evident
was unprosperoas in business affairs. The refer
en- ee in his statement to loss of peace and busi-
ness is Significant. AT times Beeeher became
discouraged, as indicated in his letters to Moul-
ton. Much has been said, and not without some
Justice, of the extraordinary words and tenor OF
Mr.. Beecher's letters. But in interpreting these
letters 1t muss be remembered, first, that MIR.
Beecher under the excitement of deep feeling,
uses strong words and emouonal expressions.
OF his mind. Se sond, In this sore trouble he
was dealing with Tilton, who had shown
himself at times tickle, malicious,
REvxNGEFUL AND NtEEcRNARY.
In the light of these facts there is not letter
from Mr.. Beecher nor act of his. however, i'll
Judged, through these four years of anxiety and
grief that can not be accounted for upon the
plain theory that he was lighting to suppress
an outrageous scandal wkieh consisted of q false
accusation against him made by a reputable
woman and further, that he was endeavoring
unduly injured in business matters
upon representations which he was
afterward made to believe, chiefly by
Moulton. were not wen founded. The statement
of this branch of the case wouid not be com
pleJed without reference to the fact that Mr..
Beecher had a warm friendship for Mrs. Tlton,
which began in her early womanhood and that
Mrs Tifon, reel procati this friendship, began
as her domestic troubles came on, to look more
| than ever to SIR. Beecher for sympathy and ad.
vice; that this feeling on Mrs T.'s part became,
under the circumstances, strong AS
TO diminish the proper influence that
belongs to every good husband is not unlikely.
In the course of vents, especially in December
lS.t, Beecher received the impression from TIL
ton and Moulton that he had estranged Mrs.
TfltOn s affections from her husband. The pos
sibility that such a fact might be added to the
responsibilities then resting Beecher con sti-
tuted, as he expressed it in his letter OF
Febeuary >, of the enyironsments
that surrounded him. This was to
him the OCCASION of deep grief and anguish. Mr..