Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-07-30

L uhueNcAautos
MONDAY, Feb. 3, 1868.
What may | bring to my beloved this
bright morning? A large throbbing heart OF
love, single in its aim and purpose, TO bless
and cheer him. Is il acceptable, sweet ones
HOME, Feb. 90, 1868 Saturday Evening.
Oh! did ever man love so grandy as my
beloved? Other friendships, public affairs,
all fall 10 naught when come TO you. Tho
you are in DEBORAH tonight, yet have fell
your love, and am very grateful FOR il. had
not received line since Monday, and was so
hungry and lonesome that took out all your
letters and INDUCED myself as at feast, but
without safety, and now ! long to pour out
into your heart of abundance. | am conscious
of three Jets to the fountain of my soul. To
the Great Lover and yourself, TO whom as one
| am eternally welded, my chtld-on, and the
dear friends who trust and love me. do not
want another long separation while we are iD
the flesh. Let US abide together.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, March, 1858.
oh how almost perfectly could minister to
you this morning, my heart glows so perpetual.
| am conscious ola great inward awakening
toward you. If live shall teach my chile
dren to begin their loves where now | am.
cannot conceive of anything more delicious
than life concentrated to faithful love- I
insist that miss you more than you do me,
but soon | shall see my beloved
(Signed) YoUR 0wN DEAR WIFE.
In addition to the above, many
other letters by Mrs. Tilton To her
husband prior to her corruption by
Mr.. Beecher, served to show that n
Christian wife, loving Der husband To
the extreme degree above set forth,
could ouly have been led from tho
path of rectitude by artful and pow
erful persuasions, clothed in phrases
ur rvIigIon, auu enIorcoo py strong
appeals from her chief Christian
teacher and guide.
MRS. Triton TO Mr.. MoULToN.
Eiqhteenth-That the story pur-
porting to explain Beecher's apollo
gy as having been written because
be had offended Mr.. Tilton by on
geging his wife in the project of sep
aration from her husband is false, IA
will be seen by the following letter,
written only three days after tbs
date of the apology:
TIA LIVINGSTON STREET, BROOKLYN, Jan. 4,
1871.
Mr. Francis d. Moulton
Ny DEAR FRIEND: In regard to your guess
ton whether have ever sought separation
from my husband, | Indignantly deny that such
was ever the fact, as have denied it hun
dred times before. The story tina: | wanted
separation was a deliberate talsehood, coined
by my poor mother, who said she would bear
the responsibility of this and other statements
she might make, and communicated to my
husbands enemy, Mrs. Fl. w. Beecher, and by
her communicated to Bowen. feel outraged
by the whole proceeding, and am now suffers
ing in consequence more than am able to bear.
1 am yours very truly,
ELIZABETH Il. TILroN.
BEEoHER DESIRES TILToN's ABSENCE.
Nineteenth That, during the first
week in January, 1871, few days
after the apology was written,
Beecher communicated to Tilton
through Moulton an earnest wish
that he { Mr. Tilton) would take bis
family to Europe, and reside there
for a term OF years al MIR. Beeche''s
expense. Similar offers have been
since repeated by Beecher to Tilton
through the same channel. A mes
sage of kindred tenor was brought
from Beecher to Tilton last summer,
by F. B. Carpenter, as will appear
from the following affidavit:
HoMER, N. Y, July, 1874.
On Sunday, June /, 1878, two days after the
surreptitious publication of the tripartite coy
enent between Il. w. Beecher, II. Q. Bowen,
and Theodore Titon, ] walked with Mr. Beech
er from Plymouth Church to the residence oil
F. D. Moulton, in Remsen street. On the way
to Moulton's house, Mr.. Beecher said TO me
that if Tilton would stand by him he would
share his fame, his fortune, and everything he
possessed with him (Tilton(
FRANCIS B. CARPENTER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 18Th
day of July, 1874.
WILLIAM T. HIcoB, Notary Public.
Mr.. Carpenter, in communicating
to Tilton the above affidavit, says in
q letter accompanying it:
~ have no hesitation in giving
you the statement, as | understood
at the time it was for me to repeat
in substance to you, and | did so re-
peat it. 1t was at this interview
Beecher spoke to me of his apology
to you"
THE CHARGE OF BLACKMAIL.
The charge that Tilton ever at
tempted to levy bIackmail on Beecn-
or is false; on the contrary, TllLon
has always resented every attempt
by Beecher to put him under P ,cun-
larry obligation.
HOW THE SCANDAL CAME our,
Tpentieth-Not long after the scau-
DIAL became public Mrs. Tilton wrote
on slip OF paper and left il on her
husbands wriLing-desk the foIlo ihg
words: NOW that exposure has
come, my whole nature revolss y
join With you or standing with you. I"
Through the influence OF Beecher's
friends, the opinion has long been
diligently propagatod that the scaD-
dial was due to Tiiton, and that the
alleged facts were malicious inveu-
tions by him to revenge himself tor
supposed and imaginary wrongs
done to him by Beecher. Many
words were spoken from time 10
time by Mrs. Tilton to the praise
and eulogy of Bsecher, which, being
| extensively quoted through his con-
gregation, heightened the impressio u
| that Tilton was Beecher's slanderer,
Mrs. Tilton being herself authority
| for the statement. In this way Mrs
Tilton and one Of her relatives have
been the chief causes of the great
difficulty of suppressing the scandal.
| They have had habit OF saying;
"Mr, T.lton believes such and such
things; aud their naming of those
things by way of denial has been u
| mischievous way of circulating them
broadcast. In this way Tilton has
been made to appear the defamer,
whereas he has made every effort IN
his power to suppress the injurious
tales which he has been cnargeo
| with pronacatipp. On all OCCASIONS