Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-07-24

fer, will die before any one but my
self shall be inculpated. All my thoughts
are running out toward my friends and
towards the poor child lying there and
prayipc with her folded hands. She is
euiltless sinned against through the trans
preston of another. l have humply
PRAYED to God TO put it into the heart OF
her husband 10 forgive me. nave
trusted this 10 Moulton in confidence.
II. w. BEEcHER.
In the above document the last SEN
tepee and signature are in the hand
writing of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
Eleyenth-That Mrs. Tilton wrote the
following letter to friend:
No. 1914 Livingstone street, Brooklyn,
January Z, 1S7l.-Dear Friend A erueI
conspiracy has been formed against my
husband, in which my mother and MIS-
Beecher have been the chief actors.
ELIZABETH r. TILToS.
Twelfth-That in the following month
Moulton, wishing to bind Beecher and
Tilton by mutual expression OF gooa
spirit, elected from them the following
correspondence.
BRooKLYN, Feb. Z, lS7l.-ln several
conversations with you, you have asked
about my feelings towards Beecher, and
Yesterday you said the time had come
when YOU would like to receive from me
| an expression of this kind IN wrlunG.
l saw. therefore, very cheerfully, that
Notwithstanding the great suffering which
he has caused to Elizabeth and myself
/ bear him no malice; shall do him no
wrong; shall discountenance every pro-
iect by wbomsoever proposed for any
exposure of his secret to the public. and
if know myself at all, shall endeavor to
act towards Mr.. Beecher as l would
have him in similar circumstances act
towards me. / wish to add that your
own good offices in this case have led
me to higher moral feeling than L
might otherwise have reached.
Ever yours atfectionately,
THEo. Triton.
To Frank Moulton on the same day,
Beecher wrote the following:
February z, ISL My friend Mr..
Moultou: | am glad to send you book.
Many many friends has God raised mp
to me, but to no one of them has he
ever given the opportunity and wisdom
SO to love as you have. You have also
proved Theodore's friend and Eliza
beth's. Does God look down from beav-
en- on three unhappier creatures that
move and need friend, than these. Is
it not an intimation OF good and mercy
| to all that each one OF these has in you
tried and proved friend, but only in
you are we thus united. Would to God
who orders all hearts, that by His medi-
alton, Theodore, Elizabeth and ! could
be made friends again. Theodore will
have the hardest task in such case, but
has he not proved himself capable of the
noblest things. i wonder if Elizabeth
knows how generously he has carried
himself toward me. Of course, cannot
speak with her again without her per.
mission, and l do not know that even
then it would be best
HENRY WARD BEEcHER.
Mr. Moulton on the same day asked
Tilton if he would permit Beecher tc
address letter to Mrs. Tilton, and Til
ton replied in the affirmative, whereupor
Beecher wrote as follows:
BROOKLYN, Feb. Z, 1S71.-My deal
Mrs. Tilton: When saw you last die
not expect ever to see you again, or to b'
alive many days. God was kinder to mt
thar were my own thoughts. A frient
whom God sent to me Moulton ha
proved above all friends that l ever ha(
able and willing to help me in this terri
BILE emergency of my life. His hand i
was that lifted up the storm that wa
ready to burst on our heads. There i
no friend, Theodore excepted, who ha
/ it in his power to serve you so well, an
/ who will do it with such delicacy an
f honor. 1t does my sore heart good t
5 see in Moulton an unfeigned respect an
t honor for you. 1t would kill me if
/, thought otherwise. He will be as true
friend to your honor and happiness as
| a brother could be to a sister. In hill
, we have common ground you and
, may feel in him that the past is ended
t but is there no future. May not tn
, friend stand as priest in new sanct,
E airy of reconciliation and mediation
| bless Theodore and my most unhapp
] self. Do not let my earnestness fail I
; its end. You believe in my judgmen
r l have put myself wholly and gladly
: Moulton's hand, and there l must NEE
r This is sent with Theodore's consen
!. but he has not read it. Will you retul
S it to me by his own hand? l am vel
q earnest in his wish for all our sakes,
= such letter ought not to be subje
j. to even chance OF miscarriage.
Your unhappy friend,
s. HENRY WARD BEEcHER.
Q Thirteenth-That about year aft
:. Mrs. Tilton's confession, her mind +
d NAMED in the fixed opinion that b
It criminal intercourse with Beecher hs
J, not been morally wrong SO strong b;
|, he impressed her to the contrary, but
n length change took place in her convi
7. ton on this subject, as noted in the ft
d lowing letters addressed by her to b
st husband
!. ScoHARIE, June 20, 1871.
r. My Dear Theodore-To-day. throul
re the ministry of Catherine Gaunt,
m character of faith, my eyes have be-
n, opened for the first time in my expel
ID ence so that see clearly my sin. 1t W
tx when knew that was loved, to suff
ou it to grow to passion. yirtuous "
id man should check instantly an oil O
Ill sorbing love, but it appeared to me
such different light, that the love l f
and received could harm no one. 4
i, even you. have SO believed, until Il
by afternoon, when heavenly visi
IN dawned upon me. see now, as ine,
at before, the wrong l have done you a
H. hasten Immediately to ask your pard
81 with penitence so sincere, that hent
IT. forth, if reason remains, you may tr,
I'D me implicitly. Oh my dear Theodo
%. though your opinions are not restful
On comforting to my soul, yet my own
X tegrity and purity are sacred and hol
ng things to me. Bless God with me 1
be Catherine Gaunt, for all such leadings
an all wise loving providence. Yes, n,
til I feel quite prepared to renew my mi
1 riage vow with you; to keep it as t
ry Savior requireth, who looketh at the G
it and heart. Never before could I g
ne this. When you yearn toward me wi
e. true feeling, be assured OF the trit
'st purified and restored love Of Elizabeth
ed Mrs. Tilton followed the above let
ts with these:
ny July 4, 1871
Us Oh, my dear husband, may you ne,
a need the discipline of being misled b,
good woman as was by good man.
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IL would mourn greatly if my life v
Ill to be made known to father. His he
be would be bowed in dust to the groul