New-York tribune., 1874-09-19
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woodhull-to whom was then stranger-sent ror ino
and informed me that this card referred TO Mr. Beeoher
aud Mrs Tton. was stunned by the ntelheence' lor
Instantly felt that the guilty secret when A'f'
was trying to suppress was ih ua"so' "
coming to the surface. Taking advantage vi NV SUI
prise on tnat occasion Mrs. Woodruff poured ioi'n IN
vehement speech the hundred or more particulars os'
OF which were untrue) that afterwards consuueo .no
scsndalous tale OF Nov Meanwhile the fact that
she possessed such knowledge and had the auuacy W
aing i into my very face, led me to seek Mr Mouoh az
once for counsel We felt that some influence must oe
brouebt TO bear upon this strange woman 10 induce hor
10 snppress the dangerous tale. We thought that kind
nass was the best influence that we could uSe' mr
Reeober concurred with US In this view, and we ali
olued IN the policy rendering her such services as
would naturally $50 We suppOsed) put the person WIN
received them under obligation to the doers'
In carrying this policy Mr. Beecher Jolneu WIN 10
and approved our course. He made Mrs Woouuuii
personal acquaintance aud stroye by his hnoy
In her to maintain and increase her good VIII ne sa
that he her but three times but his memory OF da
and details is bad;" and myself have oeen IN n -
enoe with him more times than that lie tooh uno'"'
Mains TO impress upon her his respectiui eonsuor'
and, though never heard them discuss each otnee
views to any prolonged extent once hearu nun n'
10 her that the time might come when tue 'uee !"
hoh thoroughbred animals brought to perfection
would govern the relations OF men anu "omeD' =
declare explicitly that MIR. Beecher rosefou 'u0
acquaintance whloh MIR. Monlton and made Will 1iS
Woodruff. He urged us to maintain H. snd Oeesou y.
NOT To lose our hold upon her he constantly "
- % 90 the ascendency which we held over her, ana
said that be looked much to our influence WIN
Mrs woodhulI to keep back the scandal from puohcA
tion as 10 any possible means OF future Sse'S
both for my family and his
when Mrs stowe made an elaborate attack on Mrs.
woodruff IN The Christian Union, Mr. Beecher VINO hao
not seen the before publication was IN great
disress until Mr. Mouon and reported TO him that we
had seen Col Blood Mrs WoodhuPs husbandl, ana hau
urged him 10 publish kindly instead OF feVenkein
reply 20 Mrs. Stoves attack Mr. Beechers graIinca
on which he expressed at this evidence OF our power
with Mrs Woodruff aud her husband to prevent mis-
chief was OF no ordinary kind Mr.. Beecher SAID 10
me On that occasion that every service which l
eould render 10 her was service 70 him'
Among the services which 1 thus rendeted-tor MS
sake because for Mrs. Tton'sTas the writing OF an
elaborate pamphlet woman suffrage, which cost me
week of hard labor Another service was the bograpn-
Ica sketch to which already alluded, and which,
so far as was concerned the work OF only single
dav for nv task consisted only in the rewriting OF
sketch already prepared by her husband the orgnaI
manuscript OF which still possess. The third ana ast
Dube service which rendered her to preside at
steinway Hall when had some expecta-
ton that Mr.. Beecher himself would I'LL the chair.
NY entire acquaintance with Mrs. woodruff was COM
prsed between the month of May 1871 and the month OF
Apr lsT2-less than year-and during great part OF
that time absent from the city on ecturng TOUR
During my whole acquaintance with her never heard
from her lips uBadylike word nor noted In her Do
hayior an unchaste act Whatever che may have since
become land know nO she was.then high In tne es-
esteem Of Lucreta Mott, Mrs Henry B. Stanton, Isa-
bella Beecher Hooker aud other persons whose judg-
ment of what constitutes good woman TOOK 70 DO
souud and final The story of any Ilbehavior between
Mrs. woodruff and me, she herself has done me the
justce-unasked by me-to deny with the proper indg
nation which belongs TO outrage against the TRUTH
broke suddenly in the Spring OF 1872 because
she threatened attack several OF the lady advocates
of the woman suffrage cause, whom knew and hon.
ored. In a frank conversation which had Win her az
that time full OF yehemence my part denounced
her proposed course washed my hands OF all RESPONSE
bilty 1t and her. and have never seen her SINCE
But in thus voluntarily breaking my acquaintance and
co6peraon with Mrs Woodruff, did not have the ap
proyal either Of Mrs. Tllton or Mr. Beecher, both OF
whom that had acted unwsely in parting from her
go suddenly. Mr. Beeoher iu particular feared that the
future would not be If Mrs. Woodruff were left
unrestrained by Mr. Moulton myself. Mrs. TDton
though she grew to have personal antipathy toward
Mrs Woodruff. nevertheless took several occasions 10
show frendness toward her, and once sent her glf
book Inscribed with the words:
ELIZABETH r. TLToN.
Moreover Mrs Tilton wrote to Inc from Schoharie
June 2 1s expressing satisfaction with an article
which had written In The Golden Age the oDJect OF
which was to give Mrs. Woodruff an honorable place
In the woman suffrage movement This article was en-
titled "a Legend OF Good Women" and the women
named in it were Lucreta Mott, Mrs. Henry b. staD
ton Julia Ward Howe Mary A. Livermore, Lucy Stone,
Pauina Wright Davis, Victoria c. Woodruff ana lsa-
bella Beecher Hooker In this article spoke OF all
those persons IN such complimentary terms as theh
thought their lives and labors deserved The article
was dated June 90 1871 Mrs Ttons letter approving
AZ contained the folio wing words:
The "Ieeend seems an ingenious stroke OF policy TO
and hold together the fraeous elements o' 'na
noble baud
In view OF such letter. with such date-nameiy, a
year after Mrs Tons confession. and half year aier
Mr. Beechers apoogy-I need not comment on the pre-
tense that one the OF the trouble WDch eo W
the scenes OF December, 1870 ending with MI Beechers
apology, was my relations with Mrs. Woodhuli-whom
never saw till half a year afterward, and whom
Mrs TltOn herself oomphmenting
still later period as Of "a noble band"
Mr. Beecher's extraordinary statement that he be-
sought me 70 part from Mrs Woodruff ls not only
wholly untrue, but after had parted from her,
which did in the Spring Of 1872 he wanted me TO renew
my goodwill toward her for the sake OF the nnuence
which he thought could exert over her plans and pur
poses-an influence for the suppression Of the scandal
and for his personal safety 1t was until after the
pubcation of her malicious story Nov O. 1872 that Mr.
Beecher besought me to print card publicly dsayow-
ipg Mrs. Woodruff; but his sole object In then wishing
me 10 do so that my dsavowa would be denial OF
Mrs Woodhull's charge incrminatng his character
Ihave thus given exact history OF my personal
relationship with Mrs Woodruff, and Of the motives
which inspired my services toward her. Now that
look back upon those days and sacrifices my only mar
vel is that commit acts OF greater folly Tor the
sake preventing the exposure OF my family secret
ought 20 have known that such efforts could not by
their very nature, be successful except for short
time. We not learn everything in day. But, how
ever much blame for association during
few months with Mrs. Woodruff, the Rev, Henry Ward
Beecher is not the 20 crticise for II, for he