, 1874-07-24
MRS. TILTON'B STATEMENT.

When b woman speaks in behalf Of her own
virtue, she Is entitled to tho most respoctfu]
hoaring from all tho world. ALI this yo are
willing to accord to Mrs. Tilton's statement.
Everybody believes, mr. Tilton evidently as vol
as tho outside world. that Mrs. TiIton hns been
moro sinned against thau SHINING, il tho charge
Of adultery against Doocher <and horHelf bo truo.
But we have not tho heart to nnayzo her re-
joinder, as VIC have analyzod Mr. Doochor'e elao-
whorc. in tho light Of hor oxtravagant and
orratio statements already revealed. Sho is
forced to lay bare tho most Intimate and sacrca
relations OF married. homo in order to bring
out tho points sho desires to mako. II yirtu-
orH women, tho humiliation she must feel at
such an expoBuro is horrible to contemplate.
We Will only say now TINT her statement admits
some Of the lettors quoted by Mr.. Tilton
and does not deny tho existence Of any Of them.
she endoayors to account for them by citing hor
womauly weakness and great diatross; but, If
Tilton has quoted them truly, It is difficult to
undoratand how . woman Of high religious
thought and foryont devotion could bo 40 far
mislod from tho truth rs to subscribe to falso
statements duplicating her own honor. she ia
not responsible for Mr. Dcoohor's lettors. IL is
true; but mover waa woman 80 viloly misuaca BY
man as hlra. Tilton By Doecher il ho wrote those
letters when Virtuous womaa's honor was in
Volvott. Tho reading Of Airs. Tlton's state
meut, which will bo found elsowhore, will induce
many to bolioVo TINT 1t Is not any more tho
product nf hnr oyrp mind fbnr, uho ,,r, u..r. H.
letters bearing her signature, and whose authot-
ship sho charges upon hor husband
When Mrs. Tilton avora that her husband,
years before, "lad the cornerstone Of froe-
lovo" in tho same household ,slloh lo cbareea
beooher with desecrating, Hho goes outside tue
issue md does not holp her own caso. But 1t Is
not Mrs. Tilton who is on trial. II she hns beon
guilty, the greater guilt Of her pastor and para-
nour 30 oYershadows hsra that tho world will DO
moro charitable to her than than it ever was to
"ou'"u III inc sano to,riblo position. 1t is so
hard to comprehend that my man, much Iosa a
man holding Tilton's high place before Ills fol-
low-countrymen, should deliberately shatter hia
own home, ma!ign his OWN vito, l,last his own
future, md disgrace his own children without
cauao, TINT, With all respect to woman
battling in her Own dcfonao, Mrs. Tilton's atato-
mont must be regarded as tho most Inconsistent
Of al tho Inconsistent uttorancos accredited to
her. 10 admit that Tilton did all this. as lis
wife ROW charges, with tho desire to ruin Mr.
Deecher and from tealousy Of Dcechors greator
success in lifo. ia to ca Tilton devil incaruato,
to whom nothing On tho Garth below or In tic
heaVona above ever WAS OF over can be sacred.
His character would be thousand times
worse than the character Of tho hideoue
Gbertino Loyolace which Richardson drew.
Ihoro is as yot no place for such character. II
Tilton has beon misled. thon tho documents
which he has quoted haye certainly furnished
sufficient Cause for Ills error md thoy must DO
explained to the full satisfaction of impartial
spectators before he Gun reasonably bo expected
to hold them harmless. Thus for, neither tho
Of Mr.. Beechor nor that OF Mrs. Tiltou
furnishes ouch m explanation. Mrs. Tilton's
strongest plea ia hor weaknesB and her weak
nosa, in this case, is tho poorest plea TINT could
bc put forth for Mr. Beeoher.