The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-10-06

her power 10 rcbuko him Tor his many
sins. Her letter is strikingly coDfrma-
tory Of her testimony before tho commit.
tee. 1t declares that when she became
conscious Of wronging her husband, she
utterly forsook the wrong and repented
before Cod" It is incredible that sho
should have lived in criminal intercourse
with her pastor for more than year and
not have been conscious Of wrong to her
! husband. 1t is not incredible that she
might have turned to Beecher with an
affection that she could not Justify when
she became fully conscious of its existence
in her heart 1t is credible that the in.
sane jealousy of her husband should have
turned the confession, which really show
ed her to possess that purity of heart
which he admits, into the confession Of
crime which she uever committed, and
her soul abborred. What adulteress
could write to her pardouing, condoning
husband such things as these "When |
think Of your fallen condition it breaks
my heart, and | linger at my praying for
you." II feel that you are not in con.
dition to lead the woman suffrage move.
ment, and | implore you to break away
from everything that helps to make con-
flict with your responsibilities as hus-
band and father" "There must be
turning to God in you that will lead you
to forsake forbidden ways, so that the
sources and springs Of your life may be
renewed ere shall feel it my duty to
return to you" Il have long felt, dear
husband you did not feel your responsi.
bllities toward the Independent as its re.
igious chief and head. Oh. that you
could be made to see and feel the amour.
of good you might do from that pulpit
for Christ. My babe would leap in ny
womb for joy, did your soul but awake
to love God and serve Him with the fer
vor of the carly days" Such were the
expressions Of her confidential letter to
Mr.. Tilton, not five months after she had
confessed to him as protrac,el adutercss
And when in the same letter she says
that, t,"when she became conscious Of wrong
ing him she utterly iorsook the wrong
and repented before God, is it within the
range Of human probabilities that her
wrong could have been like his? To him
at least in her private letters, she would
have been pcnitent Magdalcn and not a
bold rcbukcr. In the undicss Of their
private 'rondeuce, she could never
have told bin that she would not return
to him, unless he forsook his sins, when
she wa. just saved from public exposure
for the .aue sins, 10y his pardonng grace
and mercy. The annals ofhumann atnre
furnish no parallel to this letter, if Mrs.
Tilton had wronged her husband, as he
alleges.
Fifth Mr.. Tilton's statement shows
that he is more offended at Beecher's
manner Of vindication of himself than at
the crime hc is said to have committed.
Even Mrs. Stanton exhorts him as
brave ight to bring his steel on Beechers
head for his base charge that Elizabeth
Tilton thrust her love on him unsought"
Yet this is Mrs. Titon's own statement
1t is the committees report and not Mr..
Beccher5 statement. He touched that
matter lighiy and with wonderful delca-
cy. She stated explicitly that her offence
against her husband was the surrender Of
her love to Beecher, and when she be.
came conscious Of her passion she quench.
ed it before God. And If this is the
truth, are Beeoher and Mrs. Tilton base
and cowardly in declaring it, when it Is
the only way out Of tho web Of lalsoho,d
which the apparently infuriated iealou,s
Of Titon and malicious diplomacy OF
Moulton have woven about them? Mr.
Tiltou bore the crime,and forgave it but,
aI"o, ho becomes . pitilnfa hall when
the alleged criminals would acquit them
selves Of the great, damning offence BY
the acknowledgment of sentiment which
wrought no injury to any one, He
can forgive the paramour Of his
wife, but his righteous soul abhors the
unchivalrous temper which lays at her
door an unseemly and unindulgcd senti-
ment
Such are somo OF the things which il,
heavily against Tilton and Moulon alike
They make the whole case more mysteri.
Gus and nexpicablc As it now stands,
neither the accusers nor the accused are
exempt the former from the suspicion
Of damnable falsehcod and siander-;hc
latter Of terrible wrong. \ wise man
hardly darcs to take positive ground in
favor Of Mr. Beecher, even while he may
utterly scorn the accusers and look upon
their side as malicious and unproven. 1t
may be that the matter will 20 down in.
to history unsolvcd. Then Beecher will
gradually emerge from the gloom ard it
will grow thicker and hlacker about Til
ton and Moulton. till they are lost fIcm
human sight.
SCRIBNER's MONTHLY for October opens
with another muniiccntly illustrated
"Great South" paper, by Edward King,
entitled, down the Missisippi--the La.
Dor Observation-Disclosures it contains
much picturesque description, and prcli.
cal information. The important essay Of
this number is a very careful study Of
George Eliot's Novels, by W. c. Wilkin.
son. Mr.. Nadal, formerly with Mr..
Motley in London, and now literary ed.
itor Of the IN. Y. Evening Post" has
charming sketch of Oxford. Mr.. Gable.
the New Orleans story-writer, gives Us
another characteristic Of life in the Amer.
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