The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-09-24

Mrs. Tllton, the chief melting cause of that
step on IIltons part was his belief that Mr..
fBeecher had caused him his loss of place.
business and repute" an -Ef&
Tilton devotes considerable space to the
statement of Beecher-that he (Beecher) q at
tempted to keep Tilton from public trial by
plymouth Church for having circulated
scandals derogatory to the Christian integrity
OF It's pastor-and quotes from the church
RECORDS 10 prove that the Investigating Com
mlttee stuld1led themselves when they re-
ported that Tilton's original statement pre-
sented no square issues upon which Mr..
Beecher's guilt Or innocence could be tried"
Hilton elbows that the committee falsiied the
church records, believing that he possessed
no ofhclal copy, and concludes under this
head by asking
why did Mr.. Beecher keep me from
puollc trial by the church? It was to save,
not ma, but himself. It was not I, but he
who feared to be tried, and who put forth
the iaoors OF Hercules to prevent a
trial. And with good reason for,
unless Mr.. Beechers case in that perilous
hour had been conducted by the present
Committee OF Six, on their novel plan of ac-
quitting at all hazards, the trial would have
proven hlm guilty. With wise sagacity, there
fore, Mr. Beecher sought to keep me from
that trial in ORDER to save himself from that
ruin. well remember how, at that time, he
spoke OF his anxious and sleepless nights, full
Of fear and apprehension at the possible fail
ure OF his cunning attempt to prevent the
coming on of d trial which, at the same time
he had to pretend to invita"
Tilton claims that his relations with Mrs
Woodruff were known o and Joined in by
Beecher, and for the same end-the huehing up
of the great scandal. Beecher formed her
personal acquaintance, and strove by his
kindly interest in her to maintain and increase
her good will.
Commenting on Beecher's statement that his
greatest error consisted in simply advising
Mrs. Iilton to separate from her husband
Tilton holds that such advice, given on the
theory that she had been deprived of food.
fuel, and personal liberty, was good, and that
the giver of it would never need to have re-
pented of such action. Tilton concludes this
part of his argument as follows
" But will go further, and say that, grant
ing such advice to have been given, and to
have been bad, yet since Mrs. Tilton did not
accept this advice but rejected it-since she
did not separate from her husband and home,
but remained with her family as before-in
other words, since Mr.. Beecher's bad advice
was not followed by i'll consequences, but no
harm whatever came of tit is a mockery of
human reason to say that he spent four years
OF remorse in contemplating the giving of
bad advice which was never taken and which
produced no effect of harm or ill!
Tilton then cites numerous occasions from
the winter Of 1871 to the spring Of 1874, when
Mr.. Beecher made illusions, in Moultons
presence, to the abiding grief which, he said,
God would never lift from his soul for having
corrupted SO pure-minded woman as Eliza
beth Tilton to her loss Of honor, and also for
having violated the chastity Of friendship
towards Tilton as his early and trusting friend,
and concludes this section Of his statement as
follows Mr.. Beecher's recent denial under
oath q cd a6I with
Tilton is known to him. to her, to Mr.. Moul-
ton, to me- and to several other persons to be
an act Of perjury"
Tilton next proceeds to deal with the al
legged hypocrisy of Beecher before the hives
tigating Committee. Taking up this sentence
from his defense
His (lIr Tiltons) affairs at home did not
promise that sympathy and strength which
makes ones house, as mine has bee1a in times
of adversely, a refuge from the storm and a
tower Of defense he compares it with some
expressions of Beecher to Tilton previous to
the exposure of his guilt, as
so, Theodore, God might strip all other
gifts from me if He would only give me wife
like Elizabeth and home like yours"
II dread to go back to my own house;
wish the earth would open and swallow
me up
Tilton closes this part of his rejoinder with
the words:
II know that nay allusion to Mr. Beecher's
home-life is rough and harsh, but I know,
also, that it is true; for, as 1 pen it down,
there rises in my mind vivid recollection Of
the many years of my daily association with
Mr.. Beecher, during which he taught me to
sympathize with him for the very reason that
his house, instead of being what he now calls
it, a refuge from the storm. was more often
the storm itself, from which he sought refuge
in mine"
Beecher's charge of Matchmaking is dis
posed of by Tilton, who shows that at the
period Mrs. Tilton was instructed to say that
she was deprived Of food and fire, and Mrs.
Morse wrote that if Tiltons debts were paid
he would not be worth a cent, Mr.. Beecher
was informed by one of the custodians Of
Tilton's money that he had no debts unpaid,
and that he had several thousand dollars in
cash to his account. Tilton's denial Of the
charge OF Matchmaking is couched in these
words:
" have pride enough to say that, were I
clothed in the rags of beggary and perishing
with hunger, [ would not accept penny from
Mr.. Beecher for food or raiment. Had I known
Of this mans surreptitious gift to the Golden
Age, would have returned it to him, saying,
Thy money perish with theen"
visit from Mr.. Kinsella, editor of the
Brooklyn Eagle, is described by Tilton, in
AAo1L 0hO IO1AoW4uS 4NuSu lS dtt11Uut6u W
Mr.. Klnsela-the interview having occurred
few days previous to the reading of Tilton's
sworn statement to the committee:
Mr.. Hilton, l know the justice of your
case; Mr.. Beecher has himself admitted to
me his guilt; he has wronged you most
foully; acknowledge it all. But remember
that he is an old man; his career is nearly
ended, and yours has only just begun. If
you will withhold your forthcoming state
ment, and spare this old man the blow which
you are about to strike him, I will see that
you and your family shall never want for any
thing in the world
This proposition was politely declined by
Tilton.
The remainder of this statement is devoted
to Iilton's magnanimity in condoning his
wife's Prievous sin, and Beecher's selfshness
in sacrificing every one so that he might be
shielded, and concludes as follows:
90 No regret beclouds my mind for this for
giveness of my wife, which, am sure, 1 shall
look back to from my dying bed with pleasure,
not with pain. L forgave this gentle woman