Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-07-24

Nv Dear Theodore To-day, through
the ministry of Catharine Gaunt, a charac
ter of fiction, my eyes have been opened
for the first time in my experience, so tna'
| see my sin. 1t was when | knew tina
| was loved, to suffer it to grow C
passion. A virtuOus woman shoui-
check instantly an absorbing love
But it appeared to me in such false llSht
That the love felt and received could harH
no one, not even you, | have believed uh
ialteringly, until four O'Clock this alter
noon, when a
HEAVENLY VISION.
dawned upon me- ! see now as never be-
fore, the wrongs have done you, and mas
ten Immediately to ask your pardon with
penitence so sincere that henceiOth IN rea
son remains) you may trust me implicitly
Oh, my dear Theodore, though your opln'
ions are not restful or cOngenlal to my soul
yet my own integrity and purity are
sacred and holy thing to me. Bless uoG
with me for Catherine Gaunt, and Tor al
the sure leadings of an all-wise and loving
Providence Yes, now | feel quite pre-
pared to
RENEW Ny MARRIAGE vow
With YOU, to keep it as :" the Saviour re-
quireth who l0oketh at the eye and the
heart Never before could say this. W her
YOU yearn toward me with true feeling be
assured of the tried, purified and restored
love Of ELIZABETH.
Woodruff IT Al
The fourteenth and fifteenth sections re-
fer to the part taken in the scandal by
Victoria W oodhull and the Rev. Thomas n
Beecher.
THE TRIrARTirE AGREEMENT
The sixteenth section contains the history
OF the famous tTipartite agreement between
Messrs Beecher, Bowen and Tilton. and in
connection Herewith introduces the follow
ing letter from
BEECHER TO AOJLT0N.
SUNDAY. June |, 1873.
Ny Dear Friend i am determined to
make no more resistance. Theodore tcm-
permanent IS such that the future even If
temporarily secure would be absolutely
worthless and rendering me liable at any
hour cf the day to be obliged to stultiiy
all the devices by which we saved our
selves. 1t Is only fair that he should
know that the publication Of the card
which be proposes would leave him
worse off than before The agreement
(viz.i the tripartite conyenant) was made
after my letter through You To him (yiz,
the apology was written lie had had it a
year. lie had condoned his wile's fault :;
he mad enjO.ncl upon me with the utmost
earnestncss and soiemnity not 20 betray his
wife. nor leave his children to blight.
There j. no use in trying further. have a
strong feeling upon me. and it brings great
peace that | am spending my last Sunday
and preaching my last sermon.
BEEcUEG's ANzIEIIEs
To C. subsequent letter to Nj Moulton. to
he shown 10 Mr. Hilton, Mr.. Bcecher says 3;
/ To s1y that have a church on ms hands Is
simple enOush;but to have the hundreds and
thousands OF men pressing ne, each one
] with has Keen suspense or anxiety % see
tendencies which If not stopped would break
out into ruin1u- defence Of me to stop
them without seeming to do it ; to pre-
vent any one questioning me TO meet
and allay the prciudlces against me which
had their beginnings years before 10 keep
/ secret As il ! was not alarmed or disturbed.
/ u bee cheerful az home and among friends
when ] was suffering tie
TORRENTS or TIE DAMNED
% pass -lcep.es- nights often. anl yet TO
I co'ae up fresh ana aud fair tor Sunlay-all
this may be talked about, bat the real
/ thing cannot be understood from the out
side, nor its wearing AMI grinding on the
I nery0-s system.
DEATH WOULD De 4 RELIEF.
Ia subsequent letter Nh Beecher SAYS
; .llE upon death as ~weeter far than any
thing ic the world. To live on the ragged
edge u anxiety, remJr-e, fear, despair,
and vet t. put on an appearance Of serenity
and happlue>- cannot De endured much
longer.
so WELL NIsH DISCOURAGED.
Ii You cease 70 trust me. if YOU leave me.
l am alone. ! b not know any person in
the world 10 whom could 90.
riLToS NAGvANNors.
Mr. Tiiton yielded TO the above quoted
aud other similar letters. AMI made no de-
fence ot himself against the public OdiGm
which attached u him So uuiustlv.
Naw YoRr. July 2l.-Ihe Seventeenth
section proves that Elton and his wife lived
happily together previous 10 her seduction
hy Mr.. Beecher
BEEcHER' APOLOGY.
Eighteenth, that the story purportins to
explain Nh Bcccber's apology a. having
been written because he had offended Mr..
Ti.t9n hy engaging his wife IN the pro-
iect OF separation from her husband j.
false. aS Will be seen by a letter. written
guly three days after the date of the
apology. hy Mr.. Elton ~ Mr. Noult0n.
.u which she says The story that |
wanted q separation j. deliberate false
hood. feel outraged by the whole pro-
ccelln-. and am suffering in c0nseq uence."
lEEcnLS ATTEMPTS TO BLY, OFF TIL-oN.
Nineteenth. thatin January. Isl. Mr..
Bcecler communicated To Mr.. TiltOn az
earnest wish that he (Nr. + would take |
his family 70 Europe and remain there for /
a term Of years AT Mr. Beecher's expense. /
IN affidavit signed By f. B. Carpenter is /
introduced. in which he says that Beecher /
SAID t. HIM that If Mr.. Hilton would stand /
by him he would share his fame. his fortune |
ami everything he possessed with him
MRS. TILToN TO HER HUSBAND.
Twentieth. that not long after the scan
tal became public Mrs. Tilt0n wrote on
slip Of paper and left it on her husbands
writing desk the following words Now
tnat the exposure has come my whole ma
turc revolt, to ION with You OF >ianlinga
with you"
WHO Is RESPONSIBLE FOR vnE PUBLICITY.
Through the influence Of Mr.. Beecher',
friends the opinion has long been diligently
propagated that the scandal was due to Mr..
lllton. and that the alleged facts were mali
ciously set ail0at by him to revenge himself
Tor supposed and imaginary wrongs done
to him by Mr.. Beecher Many words were
spoken from to time BY Mrs. rilton TO the
praise and eulogy of Mr. Beecher, which.
being extensively quoted through his con-
cregation, the impression was created that
Nr. Tilton was
NR. BEEcuER's sLANDERER.
Mrs. Ilton being herself the authority for
the statement. In this way Mrs. Iilton
and one of her relations have been the chief
'ause OF the great difficulty Of suppressing
the scandal. They have had habit of saw
ng' Mr.. Tilton believes such and such
-hingS, and their naming of these things
by way Of denial has been a mischievoas
gay OF circulating them. In this way Mr..
Hilton has been made to
APPEAR \ DEFAaER,
whereas he has made every effort in hi,
lower to suppress the injurious tales which
ie has been charged with propagating. On
vi occasions he has Systematically referred
o his vile in terms favorable to her char
-cier. Further, Mr.. fiiton would not have
communicated 10 the committee the facts
ontalned IN this statement except for the
Di NtiSe course OF the Rev Henry Ward :
'eeeher. and Mrs. Elizabeth r. Tilton, to !
degrade and DESTROY him in public estirna- !
Ion. t
-ES. TlLrON COMMITS PERJURY. >
Iwenty-hrst, that one evening about two I
ieeks after the publication Of Mrs. Tilton's q
'tter to DR.. Bacon, Mrs. Tilton on coming c
ONE at late hour informed her husband
nat she had been visited at friends house t
committee of Investigation and had |
wen sweeping evidence 9
QUITTING MR.. BEEcRER or EVERY CHARGE.
THIS YVES the first irtimation which Mr.. o
llton received that any such committees :
as then In existence. Furthermore Mrs. |;
iIton stated that she had done this by adj f
ice OF lawyer. whom Mr.. Beeeher had b
mt to her, and who in advance of her an :,
before the committee :;