The New York herald., 1874-08-24
Awful Revelations from . Yelled
Female.


for his defence. The Investigating Committee
furnished this for publication in answer to
Mr.. Moulton's statement that the girl had
been sent to boarding school because she had
overheard conversations between sMr. and
Mrs. Tilton concerning the criminal intimacy
gossiped about it to friends of the family.
Mr.. Moulton also included in his staten ent a
letter from this girl to Mrs. Tilton denying
that Mr.. Tilton had attempted her seduction,
and affirming, II do not want to be made use
of by Mrs. Morse or any one else to bring
trouble on my two best friends, you and your
husband" The committee summoned her,
first to disprove Mr. Moulton's assertion,
and second, that she might repudiate her
letter and explain how she was induced to
write it. The ultimate object was to discredit
Mr.. Tilton's story, by proving him guilty Of
immoral conduct.
This is well intended. but useless. Nothing
that mysterious Bessie has to say can affect
the main issue, and it is to be regretted,
therefore, that her foolish gossip should have
been dignifed with the title of evidence.
Certainly the committee should, at least, have
confined her strictly to the points it ex-
pected her to establish, but, instead, her
little tongue was allowed to run on about
matters and persons entirely unconnected
with the question of Mr.. Beecher's innocence.
We must do Bessie the justice to admit that
she perfectly appreciated the situation and
cleverly put herself in the position of a
heroine. She looked "Mr. Tilton square in
the eye, and he changed countenance." "He
probably saw that he was treading on danger
Gus ground when he talked to me about Mrs.
Tilton." 'Leave the room,' said Mr.. T.
II won't" responded the noble girl. ."Damn
you, leave the room," repeated Mr.. IT.,
and then he knocked her down.
Although 'fearfully hurt she rose,
and went to shield Mrs. Tilton
from his possible attack This heroic
conduct touched Mr.. Tiltons cruel breast,
and he tried to make her believe he was crying
Then. to quote Bessie's expressive reiteration,
che talked, and talked, and talked,
and talked, and talked, and talked" She
thinks he has ''the idea that he is some Apollo,
some god, that everybody ought to look up to
and worship" So the story goes on, and if
the committee imagines that such gossip will
be considered evidence in favor of Mr..
Beecher it is welcome to the harmless delu-
sion. But we consider it an outrage that it
should have allowed Bessie to say that she
saw Susan B. Anthony sitting on Mr.. Tilton' s
lap as she was going into the parlor, and that
the old Lady jumped up pretty quick. The
committee also might have spared the public
the startling information that, although
Bessie 'snever saw Mr.. Tilton caress-
ing Mrs. Stanton" he used to be alone with
her in his study great deal, and
they actually ''used to play chess till two or
three o clock in the morning; after the family
had gone to bed-quite late" Whose reputa-
ton is safe in these days. when even Mrs. STAN
ton cannot escape suspicion? When even
Miss Susan B. anthony Is said to illustrate
Goldsmith's lines, "When lovely woman
but no, no no more of that; that way mad
ness lies Let us still strive to preserve some
faith in virtue, which we cannot do if Susan
b. Anthony is frail. All! Bessie! Bessie
Mr.. Tiltons loquacity may be great, but GER
tainly you have 'talked, and talked, and
talked, and talked, and talked, and talked" :"
with freedom which only Plymouth church
committee would have been kind enough to
indulge. Crush Theodore with your scorn, if
you wish, but, oh spare US the reputation of
Susan.
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