Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
A MIDNIGHT LErrER.

MY DEAR IL STAND ueSlTe 10
leave with you before going to bed
statement that II. w Beecher called
upon me last evening, aud asked me
if | would defend him against any ac
cusation in the Counsel of Ministers,
and | replied solemnly that ] would ia
case the accuserS were any person but
my husband. He II. w. b dictated
II letter, which l copied as my own, TO
be used 10y him ~ against any other
accuser except my husband. =" s."
God grant u speedy end to all further
anxiety. Ailtctionately.
ELIZABETH.
On the next day named, December
81, 1870, MOulton, on being informed
by Tiltou of the above named trausac-
ton 10y Beecher, called on him Beech
err at his residence aud told him that
reconciliation seemed suddenly made
impossible by Beecher's nefarious act
in procuring the letter which Mrs
Tiltou had thus been improperly per-
suaded to make falsely. Mr.. Beecher
promptly, through MOulton, returned
the letter to Tilton, with an expires
sion of shame and sorrow for having
procured it in the manner he did. The
letter was rs follows;
ELIZABETH DODGE.
DECEMBER 80, 1870
Wearied with importantly and
weakened 10y sickness, | gave letter
duplicating my friend, II. w. Beech
er, under the assurances that that
would remove ali difficulties between
ne and my husband. That letter |
now revoke. | was persuaded 10 it,
almost forced when | was in a weak
ened state of mind. | regret it, and
recall all its statements.
rSigned1 f.. r. TILToN.
desire to say explicitly that Beech
er has never offered any improper So
licitation, but always treated me in II
manner becoming gentleman.
Signed ELIZABETH Il. TILTON.
At the Time of Beecher's returning
above document to TiltOn, through
MOulton, Beecher requested MoultOn
to call at his residence on Columbia
street on the next day, which he did
ON the evening of January !, 1871. \
long interview ensued, in which Beech
er expressed TO MoultOn great contri-
ton and remorse for his previous Grim
inality with Mrs. Tilton, taking to
himself shame for
WRETCHED REECHER,
Betrayed - Beecher now expressed
to MoultOn great cOntritiou and
threatened suicide, and wrote the letter
which TillOn published some time
since.
To influence her to such good will
toward himself and family as
would remove all disposition or desire
in her to afllict him with such publica
tons.
TILToN's ASSOCIATION WITH MRS
Woodruff
ceased in April, 1872, six months
after, namely, November p, 1872, she
published the scandal which he had
labored TO suppress.
HENRY's PHILOSOPHY.
Fifteenth, That on the third day
thereafter, Rev. Thomas r.. Beecher
of Elmyra, New York, wrote as fol-
lows:
ELMIRA, Nov. 5 1872.
Mrs. Woodruff only carries GU
Henry's philosophy against which | re
ecorded my protest twenty years ago
That Beecher subsequently wrote
There is no use in trying further,
have strong feeling over my las
| Sundayand
PREACHING MY LAST SERMON.
The hopelessness Of spirit which thu
! foregoing letter portrayed on the par
of its writer, led Tilton to reconsider
the question.
Triton goes on to speak of the many
pleas made to him to spare Beecher, L
which he finally yielded, and ther
Beecher, by Tilton's permission
finally wrote to Mrs. It. as follows:
HENRY TO MRS. t.
BROOKLYN, Feb. 7, 1871.
MY DEAR MRS. TILToN-When
saw you last / did not expect ever to
see you again or to be alive many days
God was kinder 10 me than were my
own thoughts. The friend whom Goo
sent to me, Moulton, has proved above
all friends that ever had. Able anC
willing to help in this terrible emer
gency Of my life, his hand 1t was tina
tied up the storm that was ready L
burst on our heads. You have NJ
friend, Theodore excepted, who has i
in his power 10 serve you so vitality