The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-08-27

dore'e temper u such that the future, even Il tenn
porarily earned would be absolutely worthless
filled with abrupt changes and rendering me
liable at any hour or day to be Obliged t.
selves. 1t is only fair that he should know
that the publication of the card which he
proposed would leave him far worse of than
letter through you. was written he had had it i
year. lie had condoncd his wifes fault; he had
| cnjoined upon us with the utmost earnestness
him in blight. 1 had honestly and earnestly
made and signed BY him. It was not N,
unquestioned for more than q year. Then
it was published; nothing but that: That
cited him to fury, and he charges me with
making him appear as one graciously pardonct
by me: 1t was his own deliberate act, with
and then he charges = gricvous wrong home on
| me-. My mind is clear: am not in haste, and
shall write for the public statement that will
Of hn %Se %hsn look o on tnrs
| is deep night; when look on the heavens abov.
| I see the morning breaking; but oh! that coult
p"a in ,, s"Scn Sn , my asSp GsS
your disintcrestcd friendship. Your whole life
too. has been one Of Gods cOmfortcrs. 1t Is sucf
Lille that renewed waning faith in manhood DOC,
as T. 7. There is no possible salvation for al,
that depend upon him. With a strong nature
erous impulses, the undercurrcnt that rules hin
il self; with ardent affection, he cannot low.
long that which does not repay but with ad
tire, he is constantly imposed upon with the idea
that Il position, great stroke, u coup detat. is
the way to success Besides these he has hun
traits make him absolutely unreliable. There
fore there is use in further trying. 1 have 4
strong feeling upon me. and it brings great peace
with II. that am spending my last Sunday ant
preaching my last sermon Dear. good God
thank Thee! am. indeed, beginning to feel .
rest and triumph. The pain Of life is but mo
mcnt the glory OF the everlasting f emanepa,oI
oh. my beloved Frank. I shall know you then
and forever hold fellowship with you, and look
back and smile at the past! Your loving
After making his statement to the
Investigating Committee Mp. Beecher
was cross-examined at great length, and
in answer to questions prOpOunded by
throw additional light on some portions
of the statement made by him. AS to
why he had said in letter dated Feb. Z,
ISL, .Of course / can never speak with
her (NIrs. Tilton) again without his per-
it would be BEST" Mr.. Beechcr explains
that it was because Mr.. Tilton
had sent him word forbidding him
to ever enter his house again. Mr..
g. knew he had frequently wished that he
was dead, and so had Mcssrs. Tilton and
Moulton used the same expression in his
presence, because of the troubles and
perplexities in which they were mixed
%l,o IN Of
(Bccchcr's) letters to Mr.. Moulton that
che (rilton) had condoned his wife's
fault Mr. b. said: "Condoned has a
legal meaning and a general meaning
but l used the word rs Il literary
man would use it, not as lawyer.
If l had used it in a legal phrase
the word would have been ottense,
not fault By the word fault" he re-
fcrred to the complaints Tilton made in
general in respect to his wife, the i'm
preston conveyed to him (Beecher) from
beginning to end being that he was
charged it'll having taken advantage of
the simplicity of Mrs. Tilton to steal her
affection to himself and away from her
husband As to the statement that Mr..
rilton had enjoined him not to betray
his wife, Mr.. b. said it meant mot to be-
Tray tIIlS NuOlc uiIuCultt lutO "HANh HIS
household had been cast" In reply to
aquestion as to what were his ideas on
the frce-love question, Mr.. Beecher
stated that he abhorred every NANTES
tation of the free-love doctrine that he
had seen in theory, and abhorred every
advocate of the free-love doctrine that he
had known. He had never met the
Woodhulls more than three times in his
life. In the further course of the cross
examination Mr.. Bcecher testified to
having paid to Mr.. Tilton, through Mr..
Moulton, in the way of contributions,
sums amounting to some 1000. Apay-
ment of 5000 in one sum was made by
him because 1t had been represented to
him that the whole difficulty could be
settled by that amount of money, which
would put the affairs of the Golden Age
on secure footing; that they would be
able to go right on, and that with the
going on of them the safety of Iilton
would be assured, and that would be a
of the whole thing; it was to
save Tilton pecuniarily.