The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-18
THE BEECHER.TILTON SCANDAL.
Mr.. Beeeher's Statement.
Mr.. Tilton's Tactics.

NEW YoRK, July 1.-THE Brooklyn
Eagle says: Mr.. Beecher's statement, al.
though not officially before the commit.
tee, Is In the hands oi his friends, and will
be submitted as soon as Mr.. Tilton's Is
put In. Gentlemen who have seen II
speak oI It as frank, straightforward,
manly document. MIR. Beecher addresses
himself in detail to the Tilton case, ex.
plains the nature Of his trouble with Mr..
Tilton, denies that he ever made an i'm.
pure imputatiGn to Mrs. Tilton, and con.
cludes with an absolute and unequivocal
denial Of all other ISLANDERS which have
been set In motion against him. He ac-
knowledgeS that Mrs. Tilton complained
10 him Of her husband; that she spoke Of
his inadelity, and cited instances; spoke
Of his going with strange women, and
proved her statement true; and finally
begged him, Beecher, to advise her as a
man and as a minister what to do. Beech.
er after long deliberatlon and consider.
able hesitation advised her Il she iet that
she could not reclaim her husband to
leave him. Alter time Mr.. Beecher felt
that he had made mistake In giving this
advice, BE thought that perhaps II left
to the impulses ol his own generous ma
ture, Mr.. Tilton would have abandoned
the strange women after whom he had
been running and return to peace In his
own household. In this condition of mind
he spologized to Mr.. Tilton for what he
had done, and promised 10 extend 10 him
the right hand Of fellowship in the future
and to bury the past utterly.
Mr.. Tilton's forthcoming statement will,
it is said, disappoint the public greatly.
The supposition has been that he would
undertake to prove that Mr.. Beecher had
done him grave personal injury, and that
he would specify that wrong and adduce
tho evidence of its reality. Now 1t is
understood that he has resolved to remain
retlcent in regard to his own family, but
will go into 3 general scandal. In other
words, he will attempt to show that Mr.,
Beecher outraged not his family, but some
other household. He reasons in this
way: "My proposition Is that Mr.. Beecher
Is not fit man TO occupy q Christian
pulpit. What Mr.. Beecher has done 10
me is my own affair. The public inter-
est is properly in my main proposition,
and in support Of submit the follow
ing statements"
This document, there Is good reason
for stating, will effect the character Of two
other women besides Mrs. Tllton. The
consistency OF Mr.. Tilton's proposition
will be best Judged OF by the public when
his statement appears, and its contents
arc compared with his promises. The
Argus states that when Beecher reduced
his statement to writing, he submitted it
to friend with tho remark that
1t was the paper he intended TO
lay before the investigating COM
mittee; that tho friend to whom
the statement was submitted read 1t care.
fully and then returned it to Mr.. Beecher,
saying 10 him, II advise you not to pre-.
sent that paper to the Committee" Mr..
Beecher asking Tor the reason of such ad.
vice. The reply was because Mr.. Tilton's
statement will silver It to pieces" That on
further consultation and comparison OF
views, Mr.. Beecher determined to follow
the advice of his friend, and accordingly
Mr.. Beechers statement was not presented
to the Committee last night, and that In.
stead oi the statement Mr.. Beecher sent
note to the Committee, in which he IN.
bounced that he had not prepared any ev.
idence to submit to that body.