The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-08-05

in silence. Mr.. Beecher has been ac-
tive in good works, devoting his leis-
ure hours to writing life Of Christ.
Mr.. Tilton has been advocating free .
divorce" and writing the biography
of Victoria Woodruff. The contrast
is sharp one, but it tells the whole
story. R ICE ~ 9.a
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The same editor of this excellent,
out-spoken . Woman Journal" thus
in continuation, in that paper of Aug.
LIST, speaks Of the r.
sTLLToN-WoODHULI /. CONSPIRACY.
Last week we stated briefly but EN-
phatically. that the charges made by
I Theodore Tilton against his wife and
Mr.. Beeciier were unworthy Of belief,
and that nothing short Of an admis-
sion of their truth by the parties i'm
plicated. could justify their acceptance
as conclusive We contrasted the con-
sistent life long record of both the
accused parties with the questionable
antecedents Of the biographer Of Mrs.
| Woodruff, and appealed from pas
sionate outburst Of jealously and ha-
tired to the eternal yerities Of charac-
ter, and the cumulative evidences of
we'll spent lives. 'il "a ''5< ~
I tbs with sincere pleasure that we
/ lay before our readers the prompt and
explicit replies Of Mrs Tilton and Mr..
Beecher.. They are remarkable alike
for simplicity and yigor. But it is
l al,
that Mrs. Tilton's thrilling cry of
mot guilty, has an electric power, to
which even his weighty sentences can
not attain. That cry of anguish,
wrung from the very heart Of out
ragged womanhood, carries with it in
ternal evidence Of sincerity In that
supreme moment of her life, amid the
desolation Of all her earthly hopes,
suddenly smitten by the hand Of her
own husband with eternal widowhoud,
her dearest affections crushed, her
highest aspiration defeated by the
man who, in his earlier and better
days, had sworn to honor, cherish and
protect her-this noble Christian Wo-
man tells the sad tale of heroic strug-
/ gle to save her hearthstone from pol
I luton, and cries t. God to deliver.
\ We know not how many may be the
eonspirators in this infamous plot,
ltnor how complicated the meshes OF
the net in which Mr.. Beecher has un-
| suspectinely become entanglei, We
await without apprehension the prom
Used confirmation of Mr.. 'Iilton as
sertions, fully believing that the re-
| suit will show theunspeakable depra
, witty of Elizabeth r Tilton's assail-
ants, and will vindicate the honor of a
virtuous and religious woman
1 We have designated this scandal as
a " Tilton- Woodruff conspiracy" Il
will so appear. Already the cross.
! examination Of Mr.. Tilton has swept
, away every allegation based upon hi:
his personal knowledge. for he admit:
that he has seen nothing Inconsistent
with his wife innocence. The basi.
of his charge is now reduced solely t.
the alleged admissions of the partie;
: accused But Mr.. Tilton has, so far
) refused to produce the originals O
this evidence, under the singular pre-
= text that he fears to trust them in tn,
} hands of six gentlemen Of unimpeach
able integrity. Worse. than this. h,
admits that in some cases he has onl,
4 short hand notes Of his own, and tia
the originals are not in his possession
!; In other cases he has given, what pur
!; port to be mere extracts from letters
; separated from their context. Thu
; the whole fabric of accusation rests a
; present on the unsupported statement
!; of Mr.. Tilton. r .3s'.'
: h Let us aaalyze these statements. Il
: one breath NIr. Tilton declares tina
: his wife has been guilty of adultery
: in the next he asserts that no white
: souled woman lives than Elizabeth r
r Tilton." In other words he init
e mates that married woman may com
NIT adultery without blemish. If sc
s the question naturally arises" Ca
Il an act be sinless on the part of a wo
q man and the same act on the part of
man be an objectionable sin ?" So
cicty holds women to severer stand
# ard of morals than it holds mer
It Woman Suffragists believe in the sam
! rule of morality for both sexes. Blu
Mr. Tilton first charges his wife an
= Mr. Beecher with the same crime, an
), then asserts the innocence of the VIC
u man and the total depravity Of her &C
s complete. - %" 90 - -
r Now if Theodore Tilton, the apostl
9 of Free Divorce, who shocked tn
o readers of the Independent by edito
. rails affirming that when love cease
= marriage should cease, really believe
Z; that adultery is consistent with white
q ness Of soul, he has right to his opir
d ion. Yet in that case be certainly ha
n no right to be his wife's accuser BIT
3. he tells the Committee that his dome,
: tic unhappiness has grown out of til
!, fact that his wife is orthodox in be
IL religions opinions while he is hetert
T. dox, that she is conservative while h
e is radical He enlarges on her relig
GUS devotion, and declares it to be th
.,,I ruling passion Of her life. He ais
It tells us that he thinks she never di
). an act which she believed to be wron!
q Yet he charges, not with a sing
= lapse from virtue, but with havin
> lived for years in adultcrous relation
B with her pastor. Has this unhapp
y man forgotten that the Bible contain
le commandment, Thou shalt nt
commit adultery ?"R Could a Marie