The New York herald., 1874-09-12

nOpie ds rev 8re ADte 20 uVe Wofiu,
iii would Ss Of comfort 70 and then to send
inner hieit rOald be saie tor sm now at home here
an exceeding retreshmeht to me- or Your heart expert,
enees are often HE bread from heaven TO the hungry
psraie; par iei ''f~"sa your 'N0'A' HA'1'- ~ NV ''
There was he says no direction or signature TO
this letter, yet 1t was IN Beecber's handwriting;
The note enclosed IN 1t In pencil Is on a sup Vi
paper, but which, he says, he reserves Ior presem
taton before another tribunal TINS note a1seIr
siveiy proves, he adds, that Beeeher SPEAKS alseJ
when he saws he never visited MRS. Titon after the
ssettiementn except at her nusoanu vss a latter
from Mira T,Jfon 20 Beecher under date OF MAY 3,
1871 and which he follows up witn the intense sa1
casm m:-"Perh8ps TiltOn eNtorted tnis ie..er' 'oo'
from his wife u The following IS the letter -
THAT NEST HIDING. -, -.
Mr. RYrcHxR-My iuture, either Tor NE or de atn wouiu
forget In all toe sad ra yaa ae sur
ing to bear alone leaving you forever ignorant
sna st Ny fssr sIs 'GS utterly We
But now ask forgiveness
Then follows the following letter from Mr..
Beecher to Mr.. Tilton, which he says Is additional
proof OF the renewed tntimacy:"-
20 JANUARY, 1872
the dead Lord Jesus, that great s6epherd Of the
sheep through the blood Of The everlasting s @
working in that which is well pleasing in His sight
This, Is my PRAYER day and night This world cease,
S - oeta eons s ns NJ q s n m s to yef most o the
time TO be sianding on the edge OF the other ie
>~~-,
/ shah be in New Haven next week to begin my
ing Ny wiie takes boat Tor Havana and Florida on
called on Monday, but you out
'ns very qsIn truly iy'y yours, si H. W BEEcHER
These letters, Mouiton Thinks speak for them
selves, ana he therefore draws no differences from
them, leaving them 10 be drawn by those who
read them I'm the hight which ds!es and iacts now
speak Of Beechers confession to him OF adultery
with Mrs. nlton. In speaking about the matter
Beecher, he says used the following anguage:-
.My acts Of intercourse with that woman were
as natural and sincere an expression OF my love
for her as the words OF endearment which / ad-
dressed to her. There seemed to be nothing IN
what We did together that could not justify to
and think God win not blame me for my acts with
her. know that at present 1t would be utterly
impossible for me to justify myself before man."
ssNot only on the occasion Of handing back Mrs.
Tiltons 'retracsion, and when giving me the let
ter OF contrtion Of January l. 1871 old he particu
larize with regard to the feelings that influenced
him to do as he did with Mrs. Tilton, but In many
or the conversations / held with MIN he strongly
adveried TO the absorbing love which he felt lor
the woman aud to the Joys OF his intercourse with
her, which he always justified because OF that
love. Indeed on one occasion when speaking OF
it, ne said pure diu the intercourse seem TO him
that the little red lounge on which they had been
together seemed to him almost sacred thing
II my testimony is to avail anything in this
matter, here commit 1t now fully to the state
ea bS s aeh vhr
l thought 1t best for public morality should be
suppressed. And l cah attention to the TACT made
IN my previous statement that, In the presence OF
myself and another witness. whom srlll lee
luctant to bring fOrward-0f course not Mr.. I'll.
ton-both Mrs. Tliton and Mr.. Beecner admitted In
language not to be mistaken that continued
sexual intimacy had existed between them, and
asked advice as TO the course to be taken because
OF IT."
'Itrust shall be pardoned for giving an instance
or two out of the many that might cite OF the in
consistency OF Mr.. Beecher with himself he
theory Of his statement Is that Mrs. Tlton had con-
essed to nes husband ar 10 the hrst place 10 Only ns
tains stoutly that in that confession there was
nothing more confessed than that ne had made
improper advances to her. But again, he says
the document was one discriminating him.
Lastly, he gives an account OF nis interview with
Mrs. Triton when he got The retraction.
.'The point between us Is thIs:-l averred in my
statement that the document which Beecher saw
as well as myself was her confession that he had
committed adultery with the wife. Which was itS
confession only Of excessive love ana Improper
advances on his part, or as he descrbesit, an in
vert TO the fact that Mrs. Tl.on in her concession
which went to Dr.. storrs says that he
inal asF That to Dpe n Ms the TO singular n%
appears that she does not therein say she
said no to him, need advert upon the likelihood
OF her making q negative with her great love Tor
him If he took the initlahveS Let US now judge
| Mr.. Beecner by his own statement. He went to
that her husband had charged, which he said were
Improper advances She bowed her head In ac-
Sue now gives the reason, and says Titon had con-
fessed his own dken lOCeS, and said that ne could
not bear TO think that sne was better than ne and
loved me more than him, and that they would re-
pent and 60 on in luture concord
true and the reason given BY Mrs. Tilton for her
confession, am led TO ask how would 1t tend to
aduitery to his w,ie had vile as bad as he was,
because she coniesses to him that she had been
tempted BY her pastor and friend, and had refused
his solicitations, under circumstances OF the great
est possible temptationr 1t can only be reconciled
upon the theory that Tilton's confession OF alien
loves'' also Included declaration that he had not
sinned IN act with them. This supposition, how
ever both Beecher and Elizabeth reject with scOrn
Both declare the same equivocai words az hers as
to TiltOn mean adultery only. May not then, her
Iove' with Beecher, so excessive mean the
same things II that theory as to themselves is
wife, instead Of convincing him that she was
as bad as he was as an adulterer, tend to show to
stood temptation better than her grandmother
Eve2 Why confess her own entire worthiness In
order TO convince her husband OF her unworthi-
plainly show that her confession was precisely
what have declared It was IN the written confess
sion and what 1t was In factf"
AS to the devices" Beecher charged him with
resorting to in the management OF the settle
even Suggested them. He. further on. in SPEAK
ing OF Beecher's averment that he (Beecher) never
sent for him tMoulton) nor did thing for him
that he himself placed In my hands his proposi-
ton in his own handwriting as to what Tnton
should say In reply to his statement before the
committee, written more than three weeks after
the publication OF the Bacon letter? Does he not
know he visited my house in reference to my own
statement, to be made before his committee, VINE n
he came according TO his let er OF appointment OF
July 1877 Does he not know that wrote out for him
my view OF the words by which he could shield
! himself IRON the consequences OF that Bacon let
ter, to be used in his pulpit which he copied out to
| show to his friends Does he not remember when
! he put his arms around my neck, during that con
sutation OF the 5th OF July. fourteen days after
the Bacon letter. and in the presence OF my bust
ness partner spoke Of me as the "best friend thai
! God ever raised up TO q man ~ In view OF these
acts thus vouched, how can he stand before the
! Community otherwise than as convicted fals
Ger and slauderer OF 'hs only and best friend, .
who was Loyalty doing oil be could TO save him day
by dayS AS to
THE CHARGE OF BLAcKMA1LING,
Moulton says that the $4,000 which Beecher says
he paid in addition to the S. 900 TO hep the colder
age was to extricate Tilton from his dimcultiei
! was paid for the education OF Bessie Turner. III
| fhen gtyea the following. addressed TO MIS-. Til