Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-19

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tutes one OF the principal findings OF that strange
| tribunal. The committee say
sss eeaf shsS sn ns ~ 81 Saea tn
| from Ms. Tfion, the chief inenrg cause Of thai
hsd caused him his loss II place, business and re-
ute.
In regard 70 the argument Of the committee
| that the original charge against Mr.. Beecher
was only that OF improper proposals, TiltOn
| says;
al csppot understand, except on one ground,
Row Mr. Beechers lawyers (Since they are at
tendsnts at his church and acquainted with It's
proceedtngs) should have had the holiness to
| assume such q position as the above, since they
must have known that could disprove their
fsllacious statement by the Official records of
attempt to portray the modification of this
committee and their attorneys st reading the
following correct copy OF official papers adopted
y Plymoate crunch, OF which the originals are
MR.. rALLMApsR TO Mr. rILroN.
NJ. Theodore TTltoa. IN 0'''0'' H. i>-'
DEAR Sir: At meeting Of the Examining Com
clerk OF the COMMITTEES insti ncsei 70 for Ssf 10
you copy 9th. eomSisi.t ard SPECIFICATIONS maie
quested 20 notify you that any answer TO the ars
at o. night desire to cher 10 the con uttse NAV
IS is9s the clerk on or before Thursday October
tDelcs.a lard yeu COPY of the charges erd
S9s Bridge street. d. W. TALLMADeE, CLERK,
Ottac charges and sps-i6oa.ions ,1ads b. Will IN,
r. West cSGinN Ta0d0rs TTaoH
hsIge Theodore Tilton a Tember Of this church,
With Laviug circulated and pramoted scandals de-
fogttory 20 the Christian integrity Of our pastor,
aka injurious 10 me reputation Ell this church.
t'r@-In So interview between Theodore Tilton
The BROOKLYN UnIoa, in the sptinE ct ISL the said
bhs9 dore Tiit9n stated that The Rev. Hear Ward
b. y'Ty S9pds sys9Ss Ss9g re
eres if dtsired.
Sscoad-In a conversation win II. iudrsR Brad.
81 aw In the latter part e Novemoer, ISIS, Theodore
tain statsments which had previously ma is to
him by Mr. Tifton, adding that he retrsctsd Of
The accusation which he had formerly made against
Mr. Beeeher, but that be wished TO hush Je scandal
bsd man ar not sssfa per!Gn 10 ha a BeGcasf was
he families of bis church. that il iris scandal yer
the three Involved Tho EouId be unhrrt by II: AMI
that be was silently Suffering for Mr. Bsechers sake
7htd|At an Interview With Mrs. RRtreG Brad
shsw, IN Thompso9's dining rooms on Clinton ST.,
Tihons atetth he had discovered that cTinniHaI
Iniuiacy existed between his wife and Mr. Bescher
shove conversation. Mr. Titon said to mis-. Brsfs
Seb he 40 % rene q ;hs
witness MRS. ANDryw BRADsHAw.
=. IL will be seen from the third specification in
the above document that was indicted BY Ply
mouth Church, and that an attemp. was m de
TO bring ne - trial bsca fse had said on the 81
# august, 1870, that Ihqd GiscorsreF A CeIyISAI.
INTIMACY bef1CeeH Mr.. Beecrsr aud Hrs. IItoa.
The date mentioned 10 this specification, name
ly, the Sc of August, 1870, tcds only THIRTY
pays offer Mrs. TiltoH's confession Of July 3 q
The above church record completely nunifes
one baltimore than hslf-of the commuters
report!
TILToN, BEBCHRR AND Woodruff.
"Mr. Beecher, with equal inconsistency, seeks
TO becloud me with the Od,um which att aches to
Mrs. Woodhulls name. am jdstiy entitled to
severe-perbaps to an unsparing-
by the pubic, tor having linked nv name with
that woman, and particularly for having lent
my pen to the portrayal of her life in the exsg-
ger ted coloTs IN which once painted it in a
biographical sketch. But among all nv critics
VINO have stamped this brochure with their iust
oppr4briqm, | have never yet found any one
who has denounced me for IL half so severely as
L nave condemned myse'. Nobody shall have
my consent 10 defend me for having written
that sketch. refuse 10 be defended.
"But, having made this explicit statement
against myself-which Justice requires-I am
entitled 10 tell the precise story OF nv relations
With Mrs. woodruff, and TO compare these with
MI. Beeeher's relations with the same woman.
at the same time, and TO tire same end"
Ihis Mr.. Tilto1 proceeds 10 do, and saws -
"Mr. Beecher joined with Us and approved our
course. He made Mrs. WoodbuIi-s personal
acquaintance, and strOvs by his kindly interest
10 her 10 maintain and increass her goodwill.
his "me mory OF dates and details is bad;" and
myself have been in her presence with him
more umes than that he touk uncommon
pains 10 impress upon her mis- respectful con-
SHERATON, and, though 1 never heard them
discuss each others views to any prolonged
extent, / once heard him say to her that
the time might come when the rules by which
thoroughbred animals are brought II per
IecItol word govern the relations OF men and
"When Mrs. Stowe made an elaborate attack
on Mrs. Woodruff in the Christian UT7ion. Mr.
Beeeher, wiO had not seen the proof-sheet
before publication, WAS in great distress unit
MI. MoultoD and reported 20 him that we had
seen Colonel b God (airs. woodhuIl's husbapdl,
and had urged him to publish kindly instead
OF reveDgeful reply 10 Mrs. Stoves attack
Mr. Beechbr's qualification, which he expressed
al this evidence OF our power with Ms Wood
null and her husband to prevent mischief was
OF no ordinary kind. Mr. Beecher said TO me on
that occasion that every service which could
render to her was service to HIM"
"My entire acquaintance with Mrs. woodhun
was con- prised between the month of May, 1871,
ana the Lonth CT April, lSI2-less than a year
ara curing a great part of that time [ was
absent from the city on a Iecturing tour. Daring
nv whole acquaintance with her never heard
nom her lips an unladylike word nor noted in
her behavior an unchaSte act"
Mr.. TitOn claims that Mrs. Triton approved
OF his relations with Mrs. Woodruff, and gives
an extract from a Letter of hers ID show il. He
then says: "Mr. Bsecher's Ell .aorjlinary state
ment that he besought me to part with Mrs.
woodruff is not only wholly untrue, but even
amer had parted from her, which did in the
spring Of 1872, he wanted me to renew my good
viii towards her for the sake of the Influence
which ne thought coulf exert over her plans
and purposes-an tnhue ace for the suppression
OF the scandal and for his personal safety"
BEECHRR's COMPARISONS OF ADULTERY.
In my SWORD statement made oath TO the
fact that Mr.. Beecher confessed to m 2 his Grim
inaI Intimacy with Mrs. Triton. L will state the
SUBSTANCE OF this confession, VII Oh was often
renewed and repeated:
On the night OF December 50, $50, during nv
interview with him at aIr. Moultou's house, he
received my accusation without denial, ant con-
fetsed 1t by bis asserting manner and grief
In the apology Written January |, 1871, which
be sent me through Dir. MoultOn. his cOntriton
was based on the fact that borh Dir. MOulton
and had become acquainted vita his guilt.
During the subsequen personal interview
which took place between MIR. Beecher and
myself at Mr.. Moulton's house a few mornings
afterward, Mr.. Beecher IN set terms spoke 10
Mr.. Mouiton and myself of the agony and re-
morse which be had Suffered within the past
few days at having brought ruin and blight
upon Elizabeth and her family. He bu ried his
face in his hands and wept, saying that he
ongbt to bear the whole blame, because from
his ripe age and sacred Office he was unpardon-
ably culpabe in leading her astrsy. He assured
me that cnring the earlier years OF his friend
ship for Elizabeth he and she had no sexual
commerce with each other, and that the latter
feature of their intimacy had been maintained
between them not much over q year and less
thsn year and half.