The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-08-25

S ighteSt disagreelnent or unklndnesS existing |
oel we N them. but ND believed their martial /
sesstions We're almost exceptionally pleaSan : On
pecember 26. lS.U,be' ng at Tiltons house he came
home from an Int rvie with Bowen and 10 q |
me with me exsatenaent OF manner, that he |
had just had a Conference with Bowen, and that |
in that in,eI vie W Bowen had made certain accu-
sai ions agains. Beechcr, and had challenged him
(Titon) as Hatter OF duty to the public 20 write
an open letter which Bowen was to take TO
Beecher, OF which h, showed me the original
DRAFT, which is as follows: -
Henry werd Beecher,
SIR; I demand that or reasons which
you explicitly understand yoo tmmesi
Church, and that you quit the city OF Brooklyn
as a residence (Signed1 THEODORE I1LrDS.
T1lton explsk ned that the words "for reasons
lined at he request or Bowen, and he further
sra ed he told Bowen nc was prepared 70 oeleve
his charges because Beecaer had made improper
asked MIN "What@" when he replied, Pom
asK me. can't ted yOu." j then said. rls 1t
possible you could have been so foolish as 10 sign
tlrat letter on the strength OF Bowen = ssseruon non
say. hi, was to Gerry II to Beecher?" He an
I swer Il, tsMr. Bowen gave me his word ne would
to ae p9ove hsnse sn Sss
/ said. "I fear that you Will - nnd
Yourself mistaken. Has the letter gone?" He
msfeiy. fSTserward @ a learned rom Bescher
| that Bowen had done so, because on the hrst OF
| JauTary follow M, Beecher gave me the copy ne
| nreseryed as sini BY memorandum made at
| the time the en- velOp, and hnd by the latter
u1pTnOraD0uf1 NidL utdAt was
| to me BY T.lton on the 5th OF the same month
i0ser here Sss iS%5s m tSe ne giving
the hour when IL was made:
BROOKLYN, Dec. 26, ls7O.
Theodore TIlton informed me to-day that he
had sent a note TO Ar. Beeeher. of which Mr..
Bowed was the bearer, demanding that he
s(Beecher3 should retire from his pulpit and quit
the city Of Brooklyn. The letter was an open
one. II. c. Bowen knew the contents Of H. II ii and I'D
this demand. Ina day two after that. Tilton
called on me at nay house and said he bad sent
er within half ar hour or shortly. that Bowen
came up into the office with great
anger and ReesSsr sSid M6at nim he ne BoSen SSaS
| had told him concerning his (Beecher's) addl-
| tery. he would dismiss him from the independent
and Union. Tflt,n told him that he had never
been Influenced by threats, and he would not
be in the present case ana sunsequenny ,hsSs
% NJ, am so@en 6 to
bearing date lst of January, 1871. This letter has
been often published, and opens by an allusion
to the suddenness OF Bowen oreak- s,,,
| the independent, and the other with the
BroelSlyn Union. On Friday evening, December
BEING ne nsas on S e and snd IN @
stance that by his wife's request, he had ueter
mined TO see Beecher IN order 10 snow 10 beecn-
! er The
CONFESSION OF MS WIFE
of Intercourse between them, which he (Tlton)
hadsnever up to that time mentioned to him
(Beecher and the fact of the confession of which
his wife h ad told him that she had never told
Beecter. although herconfession had been made
In JnIy previous in writing, which writing he
(TiltOn) had afIerward des, royed; eut that his
/ wife fearing that II Bowen accu al0ns against
Beee.er were made public, the who.e matter
| Bsecher become exposed, had renewed her con-
fession in ner own handwriting, which ne
handed TO me to read which wss the fEst knowl, wi,
4 how his wife came to make confession IN July,
nor did at that time or ever afl ler ask: instead,
asking confess IN or acts OF all parties farther
than they chose TO make them voluntarily for
the purpose for which was acting.
| T;lton wanted go down and ask Beecher
| 70 come mp and see him at my house, which
z asked, asia "WhatsorT" replied. He wants to
Heas relations sSms Ts mis- fa@iiy He then Called
| 10 s0me one in the back room to go down and
saslhe should not be az the prayer @ meeting. and
time, when he sCemarked, There Is an appro-
pri aness In the storm" and asked me, What
| can I dos wnat can / do?" said,
Mr. BeecneT, am no christian. & but but II
heathen can serve you. We then went TO my
house, and showed him into n chamber over
the parior where Mr. Tilton was, end left them
togeLhef. In ao9lt an hour, Mr.. Beecher came
down and asked me ii had seen the confession
OF elizabeth. said had SAID he, - rhis will
I did so, aud we walked TO Mr. Tifton's house
together, and he.Eent in. On the way he said,
STUCK Il by isttnins He into Titon's
hoslss.and re urped home. Within an hour he
reta ned 10 my house, and we left m6 house again
together, and I walked with him 20 his house.
TltoR remained at my house while Beecher was
absent at rtlIon's house and when.hs returned
When we arrived at Beecner's house he wanted
me 70 sta d oy nIm in this emergency and pro-
cure a reconciliation III possible. L told him
would, because the interests of women, children
aud fasnlies ic volved If for other reas n
hat afrrfuf
evening nothing was sa by Beecher as to the
truth or fal>iy of Mrs. Tilton's concession, nor
any recantation OF the confession, which after
ward learned ne had done returned 10 my
ia which he told that he had secited 10
Beecher the details Of the fesson OF his wifes
sdniteries ana tne remark wnicn Beecner mace
all the ansSEer Beecher made 10 him. then adj;
vised Tiiton that, for the sake of MS wife and
family and zor the sake OF Beechers family the
matter shcGid be
KEPT QUIET AND HusHED UP.
The next morning. as was leaving hene for
business, Titen came 10 my house and, with
great anger, said that Bsecher hal done 3 mean
act; that he mad gcne from that interview
of last night and procured from Elizabeth
= recarlation sad retraetion of ber confession.
He said for that act he would szRite him, that
there. coald be no peace. He said. you seethat
what have told you OF. the maaners of that
man Is now evident. TiltoH said that Reecser, |
at the Interview of last night had axked his Der
mission To go and see kiizAbeth, and ne told him
he might 20 which statement was confirmed .
Beecner himself, and Beechar eft him for that |
purpose said 10 r.iton: Now d n'tget angry; |
will 90 down and get tnat TeiractiOn & ON him |
was then gong W my bnsRess, 30 that l Was |
unable TO ko tIlat morning but went that
evening, Beecher, and t0fd hfrn that
thought be had been doing very mean and /
tTeacheF0us aet treaeherous first tOwards me-
fIom whom ne wanted help, in that he did not
tell me 0u our way TO MS house Last night what l.
ne had procured fro Mr.. Tilton. and that he
could not ex pect my Friendship in this matter
unless he acted uthfuiy aud honoratsE to-
ward rne. further said: MIR. Bsecher. you have
had criminal intercourse With Mrs. T,lion. you
have done great injury TO Tilton Otherwise
NOzE, when you are eOnfronted with IT. i.
yor ask permission OF the man to again visit