The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-07-30

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library, overlooking engFavings. Triton
givcs some disgusting details further, 70
/ prove the crminalty Of his WIFE,
New York. July 2s.-Ailuding 10 the
voiumnous sworn statement Of Theodore
Iiiton accusing Beecher, the Tribune says
tho. case now tTanscends the power Of church
conferences or weil-meaning marplots 20
settle or cancel. Unless the frighrful ex-
position is answered prompsly and freely.
the most famous pulpit, since Paul preached
1 il Athens, IS silenced.
There is no longer safety and dignity in
a refusal 10 answer. Beecher's own hand
Z seems 10 bear witness sgainst him. Salts.
factory proof Of the falsity Of the accusa-
tons viii be hailed as tidings Of great JOY,
and the position of the great preacher will
be stronger than ever in the hearts Of thou
sands. II be fails to clear himself. all
! Christendom viii deplore the loss. and the
pistol shot Of Booth will have caused no
deeper, and not so hopeless a nstional sor-
row.. ,e
4 IirJlns reporter has interviewed Mr..
Cleveland, who said Mr.. Tilton and Beecher
are preparing statement which will be
submitted 10 the committee on Thursday,
and which will satisfactorily explain all
correspondence between them and all other
matters contained in Dir. TiltOn's statement.
No long statement viii be submitted to-
night
Mr.. Ross has received another letter from
the child stealefs, in which they state il he
does not come to the front with the money
demanded, as per arrangements made in a
hprevious letter, they will abandon all fur
ther communication with him.
New York, July 23.-Mrs. Tiltonis
statement is published. She begins with
the expression Of the imperative necessity
which is forced upon her to bear anew the
pains and sorroWs she had for the last ten
years daily schOoled herself TO bury and for
give. This is the saddest act Of her life.
A sense of the perversion of her life faith
almost compels her now to stand all
until God himself delivers. Yet she sees
in the act of her husband an urgent call
and privilege, from which she shFinks not.
To reply in detail TO the twenty-five articles
OF arraignment, she will not attempt at
present. If called upon to testify to each
and all of them, she shall not hesitate to do
so. She solenlnly AYERS, long before the
Woodruff publication, that she knew by
Instruction and direct statement her husband
to have repeated to her very near relative
and friends the substance of the ACCUSE
e-OAo
entire community this day. Many times,
ishe says, when hearing that certain per
sons had spoken i'll of him, he sent me to
chide them for so doing, and then and there
! learned he had been before me with his
calumnies against myself. So was speech
less. The reiteration in his statement that he
had persistently striven to hide these social
ed facts is utterly false, as his hatred for Mr..
Beecher has existed for many years, and the
determination to ruin Mr.. Beecher has been
the one aim of his life, to gain which,
the hottest love a wife ever offered has been
recklessly sacrificed. And added to this,
be endeayors, like the early scandal of Mrs.
Woodruff, to make my own words condemn
me, which has no parallel. Most conspicu-
ously, my letter.. quoting the reading of
Griffith Gaunt. Had Mr.. Tilton reed the
pure character of Catherine. he would have
seen that lifted myself beside it as near as
any human being may affect an ideal. But
it was her character, and not the incidents
or affection succeeding it, to which l re-
ferred. Hers was not a sin of criminal act
orthought. A like confession with hers ]
had made to Mr.. Tilton, in telling of my
love to my friends and pastor one year be-
fore, / now add that, notwithstanding all
Misrepresentation and anguish of soul,
owe to my acquaintance and friendship with
Mr. BeecheF, as to no other human instru-
mentality, that encouragement in my mental
life, and that growth toward the divine ma
ture which enabled me to walk daily in
lively hope of life beyond. The shameless
charges in articles seven, eight and nine
are fearfully false in each and every particu-
lar. The letter referred TO in Mr.. Tiltonis
paragraph was obtained from me by imbor.
tunity, and by representations that it was
necessary for HIM TO use in the then pend
ing difficulty with Mr.. Bowen. was then
sick nigh unto death. signed whatever
he required, without knowing or under
standing its import, The paper l have
never seen, and do not know what state
ments it contained. In charge eight, let
ter of mine, addressed to Dir. Francis Moul-
ton, is quoted to prove never desired a
pardon, or separation, or was advised by
Mr.. or AIRS. Beecher to leave my husband.
] reply, the letter was Of Mr.. Tilton's own
make, which he induced me to COPY and
sign as my own act. The implication that
the harmony Of the home was unbroken
until Mr. Beecher entered it rs a fire.
quent guest and friend, is lamentable sa-
tire upcnsthe household, where he himself.
years before, laid the corner stone Of free
love, and desecrated itnpto the time of my
departure, so that the atmosphere was not
only goddess, but impure for my children,
and in the effort and thrOes Of agony,
would fain lift my daughters and all woman
hood from the insidiods and diabolical
teaehingof these latter days. His frequent
efforts to prove me insane or weak minded
and insignificant and mean, rank in the
category Of heartlessness, selfshness- and
falsehood, having its climax in his present
endeavor to convince the world that am or
ever have been unable to distinguish be-
tween an innocent and a guilty love. In
summing up the whole matter Mrs Elton
saysi LRfirm myself before God to beinno
cent Of the crime laid upon me. have
never been guilty Of adultery with 'sH. W.
B" in thought or decd; nor has he ever
offered to me an ipdecorous or improper
proposal.
To the fuFther.Gharge that was led away
from my home 1y Dir. Bcecber's f1endsa and
by the advice Qf a lawyer whom Mr..
Beecher had sent to me and who. in advance
of my appearing before the committed, AZ
ranged with me the questions and answers
which are to constitute my testimony on Mr..
Beecher's behalf, u answer that this isaQain
untrue, having never seen the lawyer iintil /
introduced 10 him G1eW moments before the
o-AAfoA "a thS SCI4-AAttSCt ~ DC pAulBIAf
Judge Morse. She saws she saw with blind
ing eyes that Tilfnn had put into execution
the almost daily threat Of his life. lie lived
70 crush out Dir Beeoher; that the God Of
battles was ~ him he bad always been 1Ir.
Beecher's superior. and he lay in his path
that wife, children or reputation, II need
be, should fallbetore his purpose.
NEw YoRg, July 23.-Beecher has made
q supplemental statement in reply to Triton
denying Il. iot0 the charge Of the latter,
and warmly defending Mrs. Tilton from
the accusations Of her husband, for whom
ile says be cherishes q pure feeling, such
a. 4 gentleman might hOnorably offer to q
Christian woman, and which che might re-
ceive ahd reoiprocate without moral scfuples.
He repels with dignity every imputa-
ton which reflects upon her honor or his
own.
Beecher critically examines Tilton's |