The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-07-10
THE BnEcHER-rmToN SCANDAL.


includes in his long open letter to
Rev. DR.. Leonard Bacon, on what is
commonly known as the Beecher-
Tilton scandal, is the following,
dated May l, 1874:
To Henry Ward Beecher-Sirs-
r. B. Carpenter mentions to me
your saying to him that under certain
conditions, involving certain disa-
vowals by me, sum Of money would
or could be raised to send me with
my family to Europe for term Of
years. This compels me to state
explicitly that, so long as life and
self-respect continue to exist together
in my breast l shall be debarred
from receiving, either directly OF
indirectly, any presents or other
favor at your hands. The reason for
this feeling on my part you know so
well that l will spare you the state
ment of it. THEO. TILTON.
Tilton follows this with q reference
to. what he declares a fact, that
although he had received from the
clerk Of Plymouth Church, ON the
18th Of MAY. d communication an
nouncing that his (Tilton's) offer to
appear for trial had been read by
Rev. Holiday, the assistant pastor
of Plymouth Church, and submitted
to the examining committee, by
whom It Ind been rejected. Holiday
had some forty days afterward, en-
phatically denied to several newspa-
Der reporters that such an offer had
ever been received, and branded the
whole story as false from beginning
to end. In his speech he character
lied Beecher asE.the most magnani-
nous of men, 6s ted toNTilton as a
dog and knasd Hing the public to
infer that tii6 fas6er was i'll some way
the creature, of fBeeeher's bounty.
Tilbon says he called ,Beecher,s at
tenhon to the oitenslveness OF TINS
statement ana lnsisted on a correc-
tIon @ py thaV gentleman OF nlnsen.
hilton closes the letter 70 bacon as
follows; II the punnc nave hefeto-
lore CONSIDERED my slience as IN
expllcaole' let my sutlclent l1otlve
be now seen IN the just 1oroearSnce
which felG morally Dound' 10 snow snow
TO a man VINO had sent me q WrlsVen
ana absolute apology; put my outy
to continue this forbearance ceased
when the spirit OF That apology was
violated TO my INJURY py its autnor
or ms agent. 1hese VlolaIons nave
peen multltudlno9s, ana Ghey tnreaO-
en- to multiply IN 1uture' torclng me
TO protect myself against tnem :, IN
advance; Parucn4ariy agalhssI aga 49,. sIHe z
cunning device OF the clerk OF .tire
church, Wno' acVlng as attorneyl
appears TO DO coneSuctlng thhs pusl-
ness. ;"
WHAT HENRY c. BowEN's PAPERsAYs.
,BRooKLYN. June 25.-The Brooklyn
Eagle this afternoon publishes q full
history of the scandal. from which
the following extracts are taken, and
which contain the material parts of
the statements published in the
Golden Aqe "1,ilton Withdrew
from Plymouth Church about Janu-
ary /. 1871, in consequence of a
knowledge obtained by him that he
had suffered what he terms grave
offense at the hands of Mr.. Beecher.
Tilton shows that Beecher himself
confessed the ofense, ending in o
frank confession and acknowledge
ment on one side, and an equally
frank IofSlVeneSs on tne otner. DuC @
TWO or tnree persons knew OF tne
cause Oh ms wlSnolawai Irom sne
'cn. IL was, however Geeahe1 u 70
Ms victoria Woodnull' VINO aC Unis
tlme was mGenseo aBalnsO po1h
Deecher ana Illton' Vnrou9h whose
MISUNDERSTANDING tne so@li''li MaS
noToilous' Wooouull sCoIy so1Sy was
Puplsneq In November, 1914 @ @anu
charged Deecner WIN IN, navlng NT 5r:It noeh
Ga Gaiminaily intlm9tg , wlIn MRS: ls: Aii'on;
u aileGeu tnao cnl!uren, LIVING auo
DEAD were tng 1.Ii Irults ol Snls un1y
union; tnat luton was lorglVlngiy
coSnlzant 4i tha1 Telatiqnsnip' ana L1J
that Mf" !ilto4, MRS; [aullnS W.
Davis ana MRS Ellzapetn Caay otan1
ton nad told ner tnese lacts, ana
that beecher admitted Ihem' fro-
Geealngs 70 lmprlson Wooanul lol-
lowed put resulted 4g.i IN her diScnar9e'
beecher ana Inton
DID NOT DENY THESE CHARGES.
The latter because, as he said, he
silent1 The Enole affects to dis
beiieve the more serious charge