Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-09-12

| the retTaction. This he describes in the follow
fsdced that he sTiiton) said that had made
| Improper suggestions TO her. and that che adj
| nitted this fact 20 him lasc July. said:
| "Ehzabeth, have ven made such statements to
him. She made 10 answer. repeated the
| question. Tears ran down her cheeks snd she
| very slightly bowed her head In scquieseuce.
| L said: "Sou cannot mean that you have sisted
all that he has chargsd?', She opened her
| eyes, and began in a slow and feeble way to
| explain how sick she had seen, how uesried out
| with Importantly; that Re had confessed mis-
| own alien !oTes, and said that he could not bear
| to think that she was better than be; that she
| might win him 10 reformation il she world con-
| Tess that she had loved me more than him, and
that they wozia repent and so on with failure
| concoId.
| The point between MS is this averred in my
! statement that the document which Beecher
saw, as well as myself, was her confession tn at
he had committed adultery with the wife.
| Which Was it? Aeonfession oD'y of excessive
love and improper advances Oh his part, or, gs
he describes IL, al "incriminaiiBg" confession:
without stopping tCs advert to the fact thar Mrs
TiltOn, in her confession which went 20 DIR.
| Sf9rrs, says that he asked her to be a wife to
hi-e, with all that imi4ies, and the singular fact
! appears that she does rot therein cay she said
| no 10 him, need advert upon the likelihood OF
I e. making a negative with her great love for
HIS II he took the initiative? Let us now Judge
Mr.. Beecber by his own statement. He went Co
Mrs. TiltOn and asked Ber il che had confessed
| all that her hush had charged which he said
were improper advances" she bowed her
head In acQUiescene. He said: "HOw could you
| TIlton had confessed his own alien I0rsr, aud
said tat be could not bear to think that she was
better han ne. and that "she mig hit win hin If
| size confessed she loved me more than him, ami
| that they would Tepent and 80 on in future cca-
| CUE,i."
Assuming This report of the conversation to
| he tue, and the reason given by Mrs TiltOn fer
| her confession, am led Il ask how would 4
teTd TO show that the husband, who had con-
ieSsed his adultery 70 his wife, had wife as bad
A. lie was because she confessed to him tb At she
lad been tempted by her pastor and friend, and
had refused his solicitations under circurl-
| stances OF the greatest possible temptation? It
can only be TecOnciled upon the theory that
Tilton's confession of 'alien loves al % in
Guided a declaration that he had not snned in
| act with them: This superstition, however, 10th
Beecher and Elizabeth reject with scOrn. Both
declare the same equiyocsl words as hers as to
Tilton mean adultery only. May not, then, her
Glove" with Beecher, so excessive" mean the
same thing? II that theory as 10 themselves Is
true, would not such confession TO Tilton by
his wife, instead OF convincing him that she was
bad as he was az an sdultcrer, tend to show to
him that she was the best OF all women, and
| wiLbstOod temptation better than her grand
mother Eve? Why confess her own entire wor-
thiness in order to convince her husband of her
| unworthiness? On the contrary, does not this
| language plainly show that her confession was
| precisely what 1 have declared it was in the
| written confession, and what il was in fact?
THE BLACKMAIL CHARGE.
The next topic OF importance touched on Is
| the charge OF blackmall. Mouton says:
As to the charge OF Matchmaking
| upon Rev. MIR. Beecher, premise by saving
| that whatever money transactions were had
with him III this regard were had through my
self alone; and, therefore, il black mail was
| levied upon Mr.. Beecher, as he AYERS, it was
done by my procurement and consent, and for
| which 1 am alone blama0e, as L confirm his
own statement that Tilton never spoke to him
1t will be observed that in this account of the
| - ,OCO-al that he claims he ever pad-AIr
Beecber does not allege that the thought OF
blackmsiliDg was in mis- mind until after he had
paid the a 600, or that TIltOu had ever asked
him for any money. Ii will also be observed that
lie produces certain checks TO the committee in
! his cross-exsmination, bat does not give the
| several amounts OF those checks, but does the
| dates. But being IN the position of being re-
QuiUed to tell the whole truth, he entirely con-
Ceals the fact that large portion of the - 900
| YVES paid for the education and support of the
girl Bessie Turner, now bis swift witness before
the committee, contrsdicting two written state
! mentS which have been published, IL abe BY her
| relative to the same facts, wherein she desig-
mates what she tells before the committee as a
TIE checks which he produced before the
| committee, which are not published will be
| seen, have 10 doubt, 10 have been payments
| on her account, as their dates show them TO be
| Elk months apart, as her half yearly bills be-
| come due, with perhaps single exception. Let
| ne say TO Mr.. BeecheT that II he will apply TO
tie principal of the Steubenville CO.. schools he
| can lind out just how much he has paid there,
| ard Mrs. TiIon can tell lin what became ~
| the rest of the supposed two thousand dollars.
| all this matter OF the support OF the girl was
| arranged by Mrs. Tilton and Beecher, TIlton
doing nothing about il, ard a portion of the
| MONEY was paid by Mrs. Tiitou herself.
| X l. il possible that he never asked his
| dear friend Moulton where this money was CO.
trg TO, especially as he is careful to instruct
| Monitor to ''fte ed OUT the s. 600 10 TiltOn.
| Mr. MOulton speaks ar length on this head,
| and III the same connection refers to Mrs. I'll
| toms mother. saying: Mrs. Morse is now one of
| his witnesses before BeecEeT's committee, and
his ADOPTED mother from spiritual marriage
| with her daughter, as will be shown by the fol
| lCNlng llttIT, Which here insert:
MRS. MORSE TO BBRCHER.
"Hy Ieur" Sen You mast pardon No 10. The
| request row make. Caa you help &c in any way by
pre- rects of SEy one viii ret Il 81 soa ad s0
nc ne Of 8 90, The eogseGus9ce Is, Eith other
1ibiy behindtaEd, as sgreed to pay in monthly in
| ii know full well that have no Claim un,n you
IN Any way SCI, excepting your sympathy for my
vIced it's too far cut All Who have been to see ny
70. ms say 80 ny darling spent most OF yssterds.
wss forty collars per week Wbich was for food and
9 9ss qs St Ky s bss6 aside r. rent
every saturday: II y9n know anything Of tie
must know little left o for Clothing pS SRs tod
me be t. did not take any meals home from the
ish hts 5rG'n sId 20 he tcok his meals st Moultons
| and me. i will promise that the Fsecrst OF her
life, she calls it, shall lot be mentioned know
intensely, and all slll, fear, till rele ased By
| death. DO you pray for mts If not, pray DO.
never felt nore TebelioHs han now, more need Of
| Gods sni human help Do you know think it
| strange you should ask me 10 call you son. When
have told darling, felt If you cOuls in safety to
yCuI self and all concerned you would be to ne al
| this eEdesring hane. Am mistaken?
This letter bears Gate October oath. / fix the
date TO be in ISL, because 1t was at that time
| that Mrs. Morse had the house for which she
was paying 81, SEQ rent, and is the time when
| Tilton was allowing his wife $40 per week for
| household expenses. This letter was given me
| By Beecher as written by Mrs. Morse, Eliza
beih's mother, and is a call on him for money,
which may explain the necessity for mortgaging
his house otherwise than by paying SIS 900 to me.
1t is the outside family that Is always the most
onerou to a man.
/ II Will be remembered that Elizabeth con-
fessed that Beecher asked her to be his wife.
| with ali that the nams implies. Mrs. Morse
| tells hina-and she would not dare tell him so II
1t was rot So Do you know think it strange
you she uld ask me to call you son. When
have told you darling, felt if you could in
safety to yourself and all concerned, you would
be to me all this endearing name. Am mis-
| taken?"
The delicacy Of this adopted mother, who
1 Says" Do come and see ME. 1 WIN Sromise
the secret OF her nfa as she calls it, shall NOT