The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-15

excited by these simultaneous events, wnicn i
seemed to him TO be part of q pre-arranged plan
of action. which also excited him TO great inulg-
nation He said that Beecher was again play
ATTEMPTED to settle the matter, by first appoint
ing a committee to make examlnanon OF the
facts then ge ting his vile snTrePsiobi him sulfy
from the charges Of adultery; tnen temPtlng
her openly 10 desert her husband so as 10 snow
and was Simply the creature Of his magma
nimity: and that now Beecher should have
full statement of all the facts ana documents
IF IT DESTROYED HIM,
his wife, or his family; that justice should be
done at length, and the truth lie known; That II
Plvmouth Church chose to accept an aduiterer
for a pastor, they could have the opportunity 10
do it: and that he was going home 70 prePare
his full statement ana wanted ,th e bscb TO do
1t. Upon my refusing TO do so ne salo e snHs i,1to
was traitor to him. because had gone into I,d
this controversy In the beginning as ms iIIenu
tried to pacify him, said eyexything could could
to quiet him, assuring him that Slthongn
we had been mistaken as TO the Pur,, P,
pose OF the committee, yet as Beecher nad
named them all, he had done so In MS own IN,
terest, and would be surely able 10 coh'roi
He said that Beecher, by the terms of his letter
of fappointment, had challenged MN before tns
him that saw nothing in the letter whlch pre-
vented him from standing upon tne teIlns oi .ne
Bacon letter that an oense t on was Simply foiiy
on my part. Indeed he called me a lool ~, 81 ~
believing and said. "lf you choose TO qesern nd 9
by myself and fight 1t alone" appealed sgaln
to him, for his children's sake, saying Il can
mat nos oe viii simply blast them and ruin your
household and yourself" But ne was oDuuIa.e S
and left me relterating his determlhauon 10
had never seen a man so much changed as ne
had been In a few hours In reference 10 tnls
change in Tilton, quote the following ifon
81 rose Quietly, and, having dressed, reused
him only to say: IneoooTs, Tha wi snd has indeed
come He followed me to Mr. Ovlngton 70 70
breakfast. saying was unduiy exclteo, anu sna AT Al
he had been misrepresenteu perhaps, Du' ieA'
How TO ACCOUNT for the change which q hours
had been capable of working In his mlno' -lr
LEAVE FOR THE ETERNIrIEs
with their mysteries to reveal. Mr.. Moulton
then proceeds give letters and oti>er testimony
going TO show the causes which lead to this in
part, to this sudden change:
Here follows an account of conferences be-
tween Beecher and Tilton in regard TO the pres
ent state of the case. He then continues: see
ing in some newspaper supposea inters1s" a so or
Beecher in which was reported Beecher $
opinion of what had said before the commit
| tee. called upon him (Beecherl in reference 10
| that and other business, and after the usual
| friendly sautations, told him that thougnt
his committeeman were acting very nooiiSl,y atSnns
upon me. / recited the facts, as i felt certain
| that he did not authorize countenanee the
report. He told me that he had not seen the
paper at all, and knew nothing of ii. We then
cOmmens ed discuss on OF the SITUATION, ana L
spoke of the fact that Tilton was preparing a
| statements at which he expressed regret and
sorrow. / told him Tilton deemed the cores
pondenee as to the appointment of the commit-
| tees q cha lenge to him to come forward and
make full statement OF all The facts; and that
he regarded the act OF his wiies leaving MS
1se under the enf nsRppaton Of Beec6er
He said, as has already been puo-
| lished by an interviewer. that he had
appointment at all; that he had intended 10
keep things quiet, in accordance with my sug-
gestion: but that now he thought he was com
Peiied to makes statement. which statement he
| read TO me, and which, while 1t took very lnuch
blame on himself, as to his course toward ,T1ltOn
withal thoroughly exonerated T1lton from any
dishonorable act toward him. Iexpressed my
self to Beecber as | was very much pleased q
was made to the committee before
Tilton should make his, as Beecher informed
me he intended 10 do, had no dorbt that
could prevail upon TiltOn to agree to The state
ment proposed and TO allow the whole matter
to drop; and as evidence of his disposition 10 do
so, I showed Beecher a report which Tilton had
once consented might be made BY the commit,
| tee, provided Beecher's statement exonera@Ieo @
him ITiltonl from any dishonorabie act. The
report was in Titon's handwriting, copy OF
which L showed Beecher. ea- ~ =.
PROPOSED REPORT OF COMMITTEE BY TILToN
The committee appointed to INQUIRE into the
ohense and apology by Mr.. Beecher, alluded to
in Mr.. Tilton's letter to DR. Bacon, respectfully
report that, upon examination, they nnd tnat
an ofense of grave character was committed by
Mr.. Beecher against MIR. and Mrs. Theodore TIL
ton, for which he made a suitable apology to
both parties, and received in return their Tor
giveriess and good will. The committee further
report that this seems to them most eminently
Christian way for the settlement of differences,
and reflects honor on all the parties concerned.
Said, Beecher, :. Will Tilton agree TO thatsnl
answered, "He would have agreed 10 that,
ffVaVrn
although he is writing his statement. yet L am
dealing with him as have dealt here,ofore, al
lowing him TO exhaust himself in writing out
the statement, and then using my influences 70
suppress the publication, and have no doubt
can do il assafn-"L'ta i-li .4 .- t'-
BEEcHER's PROPOSED STATEMENT FOR TIL
..fr....f TON TO MAKE. .stnHom
The conveIs ltion then turned as TO what re-
ply Tilton ought to make to Beecher STATEMENT
which he had first read TO me, If 1t were dropped
10y the committee. Thereupon Beecher stepped
| to his desk and wrote out the following for me
| to take to TiltOn, as the substance of what he
should say In reply to heecher's statement; and
was 10 use nay very best exertions, andaI the
| influence could over Tilton, to have him agree
written BY SIf Beeeher 50 that there IS no cp,
pOrtunity for mistaking his language, have IN
| my possession. 1t is as follows:
| To THE COMMITTEE: have been three years
acting under & the eo1srGo9 t that have We been
| the iDjurer. / learn from a friend that Mr.
Beeeher. in his statement to you, had reversed
| this, and had done me justice. am Willing z
should he consent, TO appear before you with
him, and, dropping the further statements
which lelt 1t to be my duty to make for my
own clearance, to settle this painful domestic
difficulty, which never ought to have been made
public, finally and amicably.
| The statement at this point gives the sue
ceeding facts which resulted in the noE-appear-
ance OF this proposed statement. Then came
Tiltons full statement before the committed
and Mr.. MouIton continues: -
| On the 24th of July received note from
Beecher, blythe hand of Tracy, written on the
same crOss-lined, water-marked paper as the
note of Mr. Beecher OF the 10Th of j. July, request
| ing that 1 would send him the papers and doc.
uments in my possession; which note is here in
serted: .n rtasIf gtI lL.t ~ t
t BERCHER TO MOULroN. r8i
July a, lS74.-MY DEAR Mr.. MoULToN: am
making out statement. and need the letters
and papers I'M your hands. VIII you send by
Tracy all the originals of my paperse Let them