The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

ing TO demand Of him that he shall admit me TO
his confidence In matter on which he chooses TO
written for him quite As much as for me- a have
not sent IL to him without asking or expecting any
reply.
truly, LRoNARp BACON.
II is now between two and three months
since received from you the foregoing let
ter, and as l have not heard that Mr.. Beech.
erhas made q reply, either to you or to me,
| am at last forced to the disagreeable necess-
ity OF borrowing reply in his own words,
as follows:
BROOKLYN, January I, 1871.
/ ask Theodore Tiltons forgiveness, and humble
myself before him l do before God. He would
have been better man In my circumstances than
have been, | can ask nothing except that he win
remember all the other breasts that would ache. /
dead,
II. w. BErcHER.
The above extract from Mr.. Beecher's own.
testimony will be sufficient, without addue-
ing the remainder of the document, to show
that have just ground to resist the imputa-
ton that | am the creature of his magnan-
unity.
In conclusion, the common impression
that have circulated and promoted sean
dals against Mr.. Beecher is not true.
doubt ii any other man i'm BROOKLYN, during
the whole extent Of the last four years, has
spoken to so few persons OH this subject as
have done. A mere handful of my intimate
friends, who had a right to understand the
case, are the only persons to whom l have
ever communicated the facts. To all other
persons l have been embarrassing all
questions and refusing all explanations.
If the public have heretofore considered
motive be now seen in the just fOrbearance
which l felt morally bound to show to q
man who had sent me written and absolute
apology.
But my duty to continue this forbear-
ance ceased when the spirit of that apology
was violated to my injury by its author or
agents. These violations have been muititu-
dinous already, and they threaten to multi
ply in the futurc-forcing me to protest my
self against them in advance particularly
against the cunning devices of the clerk of
| the church who, acting as an attorney, APP
pears to be conducting this business against
me as il it were a case at law.
Had the fair spirit which had right to
expect from Plymouth Church-at least for
its pastors sake-been shown toward me,
would have continued to rest in silence on
Mr.. Beechers apology, and never during the
| remainder of my life would | have permit
| ted any public word of mine to allude to the
offense or the offender.
But the injurious measures which the au-
| thor OF TINS apology mas since permitted his
church to take against me without protest on
his part-measures leading TO the misrepre-
sentation of my case and character by the
church to the council and by the council to the
general puplic-involving gross injuries to
me which have been greatly aggravated by
your writings all these indictments, conjoin-
ing to one end, have put me before my coun-
trymen in the character of base and bad man
"a character which / trust is foreign to my
nature and life. Under the accommodating
weight of this odium unjustly bestowed
upon me, neither patience nor charity can
demand that keep silent.
| In your capacity as cx-Moderator of the
council, and as its chief expOsitor, you have
labelled the theme of your animadversions
"The Celebrated Case of Theodore Tilton."
You have declared that "the transaction,
with all its consequences, belongs to history
and is in every legitimate way sub
ject for public criticism" If, therefore,
your estimate of the historic importance of
the case is true Though hope it is not)
now finally appeal to You as its chief histor-
ian not to represent me as playing an I'M
manly or dishonorable part in case in
which, so far as l can yet see, have failed
in no duty except to myself
Truly yours
TuponOpI TII ToN