St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-02
Tilton's Last Statement.
From thu New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
The Ion" story now given to the pub
lie 10y Theodore Tilion Is probably the
most interc>tim" chapter thus far con
trihutcd to the history of the Scandal.
In clcarmcSS of statement and tullncSS
of detail il leaves nothing +" he desired.
1t Is arranged with great skill, and en-
pressed with II certain bitter modcra
ton which cannot fail to produce an
effect upon the average reader. Ii con
tau>. We are happy to SAY. none of
that grItuit"il> outside naStine>S which
impaired such IL flavor to the recent
production of Nh. Moultnn. In the
distribution of filth Nh. Tilton has con
fined his energies To his own household.
and has inrhormc to bcSpattcr any
woman except his wife and his mother
n-law. Even toward his wife he pre-
serves an ailcrtation of kindness. for
he rNpcnd>. the first few columns of his
statement in an effort tn prove that she
never Scduccd Nh. Brcchcr. Mrs. Til
ton WAS always too much of Il lady" to
thrust her affection upon any man IN
sought. and her "indclicacy of behavior"
never proceeded from her own >u"gc>-
tiuf. We mention these mitigatiunS of
Mr.. liliou'S disgusting narrative with
the more pleasure because We have 50
seldom found anything to commend in
the whole course of the discussions. and
hccarI~" there are 50 few points upon
which ordinary men and women are III
contact with the sphere of these adj
Namccd sentimental r;'tnrmcr>. When
Il husband speaks of his Witr's adultery
a> -'imdclcacV of behavior holds hcI
To- he Il reasonable being and Vet pure
in heart and mind while she l. violating
hcI marriage VOWS; offers t" drop I'll"
pursuit of her >cdUcrr If Il church com
nlittcc will testify ia the ''mnlal lntrg-
rtN and elevation of character of hu>-
band. wife and intrrlnpcr. all three
lists the guilty secret to force Il pcru
niaIN >cIrlrnclt III his favor hN means
of Il threatening newspaper article. and
secs IN such thrifty employment of his
shame II" ''indclIcacN of behavior
Whru he docs all this. we confess that
We are unable to put ourselves III hI~
place - H. tn Judge him with rigorous
impnItialitN : perhaps We ii" not even
understand his character.
The question:. to-day. however. i not
whether Til, "d"rc Tiltom presents him
self in any better light than before, hur
whether he has ~uccrrdrd III over
Nhcning Mr.. Brrchrr. The serious
parts of his statement aI, found in one
"r Two of the extracts from Letters "t
Mrs. Morse. and one Ion" letter from
MIS-. Titon Ia her husband. Written
while she uaS at the West in NuNrm-
Der, 1870. At iir>t sight thr>, d" seem
To involve an acknowledgement of the
worst that has been charged : and it
will he hand to find any other rNplama
ton of them satisfactory to uuprciu-
diced pei nm> of plain common S,II~,.
With the marvellous achievements. how
ever. in the way ot explanation that
have been accomplished on both sides
fresh in mind. We should hc rash To
conclude that Mr.. Bcrchcr and his
friends will not account for them at
least Is we'll ;I> they did for the apol""A.
and tan better than TilGnm accounts tnI
the u>, he made. of Nh. l;oWrn> Wood
stock letter. They will tell lis that in
the mouths of Wild S,ntim,ntlli>t> like
Mrs. Tilrnn words lose their natural
meaning. and there j. nnthn. in hcI
painful and almost incnltrcut letter
" hich cannot he lrcomcilcd with hcI
own account of an iumocrlt ini;Ituatinu
with the Ply m"uIh preacher and Tia,
rcmoI>" which followed it. THIS We
say t. the possible. answer of MI. Beech
cr'~ friends bat that Il cold and I'M
sympathetic v"iId will lr content with
il We do NOT hclicNr.
Tn second u"tahlc point in Mr. iii
Tons statement is the reply he makes
I" The charge. upon which the Pllmnuth
committee laid II, much stress. that his
original accusation against Mr.. Bcrchcr
Na> nothing nl"lr than Improper >"lIri-
titIon. lie shows from the records of
pl} mouth church itself III the matter
al the ahortiNc West inquiry. which
WAS TUcuchrd. last year. that lac made
the charge of ''crImmal intimacy"
as early a> August. l-1O on course
this proves nothing but it leaves the
committee in Il NrIi unpleasant prrdir
imcmt and terribly impair> the value "i
their sweeping and emphatic Verdict
| pom the subject OF the alleged black
mailing. Mr.. i'iIt"m tells u> little news.
He repeats that he WAS not aware OF
Mr.. Brrchcl'> contributions To the sup
port of the Golden Age. and. lille he
admits the payment al the previous
S;!000 through Mnult"n. he asserts that
. II wis 'N I'nttu on bessie UIlltl III
his (Iiltun'>l name.
What. then. i the result of this latest.
and. let lis hope. last. of the statements I!
We can only repeat. what We have said
81 many times before. that Il strict lc-
gal Investigation is imparativclN ncceS-
>iry foI the Nindication of Mr.. Bccchcr.
if he i ever To he Nimdicatrd ut all.
Mr. Tilt"n has already begun Il suit
which ought L" accomplish IL final set
Element uG the caSc, one way on the
other. and Mr.. B"cciIcr must meet that
suit with alacritN. Happily. it is
brought in torm which throws the
main i>>uc at once into court. and if il
i pressed III good faith and fortified
with the same line of proof which Til
ton puts forward in his statement. to-
day. il will result in the utter ruin of
one OF the two parties. There is too
much reason To fear that there has been
NOT only Il vast amount of living and
perjury in This ease. hut IN infamous. Il
shocking conspiracy. The church com
mittcr certainly failed to get ut the
''hotlom facts. Let lis see if the courts
viii he allowed to d" it,
REASONS FOR DESIRING \ PTEIIC
TRIAL OF TIE BEECIEH CASE DIR.
l.rnuarl HIr,u in tb, Iu1nn.n,lnnt fn,