The New York herald., 1874-07-27

E they were friendly in the sense that we were not
> In COLLISION with each other.
, q We're they not those OF friendship A. No,
: 9; what did you mean by saving, after that
Beecher protected rather than harmed Tor his
offence against your A. So did.
o. DO you mean to say that that sentence ex-
} pressed your real feelings toward man who, you
believed, l had seduced your wlieY A. Yes; was
mad given my word that would not have him eX-
posed.
which one man can apologize TO anOtherS A. /
know there IL code OF honor among gentlemen
cannot see what offence man cannot forgive,
where an apology Is made by the pc son commit
II man believes in the Christian religion ne ought
TO- sometimes iorgave and sometimes did not; /;
do know the line OF difference.
z. Is that your handwriting Showing a slip OF
paper On which was written All. w. B.-Grace.
a one m h I'm met
IN the street ana told me how much pleasure 1t
gave MIN; have sent kinder things than that to
=, q Did you feel as you spoke A. did Mr..
Moulton SAID two or three times "Mr. Beecher is
In great depression; can't you do something to
cheer him ~; one morning walked to the church
with him IN many circumstances ! manifested
for me to say that had warm friendship for Mr..
Beecher, and that felt as kindly to him as If the
man morally great, would have blotted it out and
trodden 1t under foot; was competent to iorgve
but at other times did not; am not very large
man.
Q. You have quoted extensively the letters of
your wife written prior to the time you say that
she said this intercourse began-have you not her
letters written to you also since that time and
during that time A. No; because at that time
came nome 10 be editor OF the Union, and have not
q. ask you whether you have not letters from
NEW aer written curing the time that you say thus was
since; because i have not had occasion since to
have letters; have been at home.
9: understand you to say that these relations
mat were written by your wife at that timer A.
Q. Have you not letters from her that were writ.
ten to you between 1868 and 1902 A. think
q. win you be kind enough to produce them to
the committees A. l do not know whether will
or not.
planning to your A. Yes, have.
2. Have you not many letters from her stating
4 forth her complaints and her grievancesr A. No;
she very rarely wrote sucn letters; she used occa
siOnally to write me letters begging intercessiOn
IN regard to her mother and complaining Of my
Q. Did you never receive letters IRON her com
planning in other respects A. In what respects
Q. Wen, in regard to people who in the
habit OF irequentlng your house at your solicita
planning OF susan Anthony aud MIS-. Stanton; Mrs.
Tllt0n though. MIR. johnson and others were lead.
ing me astray; she is very orthodox; and she
/ wrote me letters expressing strong and earnest
hopes that would be intensely orthodox.
=: DID she complain of any female society on
that ground or in any way? A. No.
Z. Did she never complain OF the presence of any
ladies' at your houseY A. do not think OF any.
She said she would consider 1t an Insult II they
came to the house, do not remember OF any
| others.
1 q. Mrs. Woodruff came great deal, didn't shes
A. she was three times in my house, once to meet
Q. only three tines A. Three only
a. You say she came to meet Mr.. Beecher? A.
sne dla On Sqnaay en he nHon t%a my hSu1e
! Moulton made that interview; it must have been
in 1871 or 1872, because my acquaintance with Mrs.
NAV m G
that it was warm weather; Mrs. Woodruff ana her
husband came; she always came with her husband.
z. Did your Vile complain OF her being at your
house, A. Yes; my vile came home, and Mrs.
Woodruff and Mr.. Moulton were there sitting IN
q. WHAT happeneds A. Oh, nothing, except
that Elizabeth expressed her indignation against
gerous woman, and that too much OF the welfare
OF our family depended on her; Elizabeth was
q. Did you excuse your acquaintance with Mrs.
woodruff 10 your wife by exciting her iearsg A. did
way to get along with Mrs. Woodruff and prevent
this coming out was to keep friendly with her; it
was 1atai pohcy, but then 1t seemed the only
q. Was the time that Mrs. Titon expressed her
Indignation at Mrs. WOodhu's being at your house
the first time that she mad seen Mrs Woodhull. to
your knowledge? A. MY impression is tnat she
been before or alter. think Mrs. woodruff came
in to see me while Mrs. TiltOn was there.
Ha aer ns 'e an r 5
hull's being at your house the irst time that she
! nad seen hery A. L do not Know. On, no: Mrs.
Woodruff and Colonel Blood had taken tea at our
house.
q. Before Mrs. Titon came in and found her
q. AT whose invitation did they take tea there
@. Was it the first time Mrs. Tilton saw Mrs.
Woodruff? A. do not know.
q. Mrs. Tlton always expressed Indignation at
her being there, did she nOty A. Yes, sne had a
! violent Ieellng against her; she had wOman's
stinct that Mrs. Woodruff was not safe the mis-
take was in not being friendly with Blood instead
/
| FAULT lOr that; nobody else.
z. Did Mrs. Tilton continue her expressions of
! Indignation at your acquaintance with Mrs. Wood
! hullY A. Yes; MIS-. .TiltOn always felt that the
policy was a mistaken one OF undertaking 20 do
anything with Mrs. Woodruff Mrs. TLton objected
violently to my writing he sketch OF Mrs: !" ood-
band wrote prt porrapv 90 her. and wsnted
me to rewrite 1t. because my style was more vivid;
Mrs. TiltOn said she thought 1 would rue the day;
she was far wiser than was.
Q. Then you never succeeded in convincing your
wife tnat u was necessary to placate Mrs. Wood
hull? A. No, she had the opposite opinion Mrs.
Tilton had strong repugnauce to Mrs. woodruff
and to two or three other public women-Mrs.
Stanton and Susan Anthony; she would not per-
NIT them to come into the house. and some OF her
letters were very violent against them; she was
frequently with them for a long time and took
part with them in wOmen's meetings. and then
she took voient antagonism to them after her
O. Did Mrs. Woodruff know of the antlpathy OF
Mrs. Illton to herr A. Yes; you could see 1t in
they saw each other their eyes dashed fire.
q. IL was perfectly evident, then when the wo-
antagonstic anita d a. on, yes yes thoroughy Ss fi
z. Bitterly so F! A. ! cannot say tnat Elizabeth
had bitterness; she mad certain strong moral
and religious repugnance.
q. Did not sne discard Mrs. WOodhulls senti-
ments and denounce themf A. Mrs. Woodruff
had not then expressed her sentiments.
Q. Not IN 1872? A. This was not In 1872; when
wrote tn sketch of Mrs. Woodruff she had never
said anything the subject OF Tree love; her ideas
were spirtuasm and wOman's suffrage.
The Second Days Examination.
JULY %, 1874.
by General Tracy-Q Mr.. Tilton, on page 81 Of