The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-08-18

ful if not restrained On Sunday had made up
my mind to write Mr.. Moulton the following
letter, garbled extracts of which are given In
Tiltons statement.
BEEcHER TO NoULToN.
SUNDAY MORNING, June !, lS7S
My DEAR FRANE: The whole earth is tran
Gull and the heaven is serene. As bents one
who has about finished this worlds life could
do nothing on Saturday. My head was confused
but good sleep has made 1t like crystal. have
determined TO make no more resistance. Theo-
dore's temper is such that the future, even III
temporarily earned, would be absolutely Tortn
less, filled with abrupt charges and rendering
me liable at any hour or day 10 be oDllgeu 10
stultify all the devices by which We saved our /
selves. 1t is only fair that he should know that
Syouid leave me far worse Off than before. The
agreement was made after my letter through
f He had m condoned his wife's fault. He had
eniOined upon with the utmost earneStneSs
his children TO a blight / had honestly and
earnestly Joined in the purpose. Then ms
was not my making. He revised his part, so
that should wholly suit him, and signed III. IL
stood unquestoned Iof more IMAM year bic S
did in private, when made puollc eXclted MIN
to fury and he charges me with making him APP
pear as one graciously pardOned by me. 1t was
his own deliberate act with which he was per-
fectly content. till other saw 1t. and then he
charges a grievous wrong home on me. My MIND
is clear am not in haste. shall write for the
public statement that will bear the light OF the
Judgment day. God will take care OF IN 2 and NINE
When look on the earth il Is deep night When
look on the heavens above l see tne
golden letters my deep sense OF your faithful,
earnest,
UNDYING FIDELITY,
your disinterested friendship. Your whole life,
too, has been one of Gods c0mforters. 1t Is such
aSShe that renews waning faith In woman
hood. Now, Frank, would not have you waste
oV N m a homeless task with such
man as Tilton. There is no possible salvation
/ for any that depend upon him. With strong
nature, he does not know how TO govern it with
! generous impulses. The under current that rule
/ him is self. With ardent affections, be can not
miration and praise. With q strong Theatre ma
! ture, he is constantly imposed upon with the
idea eat etaf fbe Wav to Success Besides
| these he has a hundred good things about him.
But these named traits make him absolutely
UNI eliable. Therefore there is no use in further
1 trying. have a strong feeling upon me, and 1T
nrlngs great peace S ~, NV last sermop
| Dear, good God, thank Thee that am Indeed
eeginning to see rest and triumph; Inc path
lasting emancipation Is wordless, incOncelvable
full OF breaking glory. Oh, my beloved frank.
ship with yOu and look back and smile at the
past. Yours lovingly, Ii. W. Il.
! There are limitations at the beginning
and end of the letter that felt the approach of
death. With regard to that, merely refer to my
previous statement concerning my bodily symp-
IONS, and add, that on this day felt the symp-
toms upon me- The main point is that was
| worried out with the whole business, and would
have been glad to escape by death, of which
had little dread. l could see no end but death
to the accumulation of torture, but resolved to
stop short and waste no more time in making
matters worse, felt that Mr. Moulton had bet
ter stop too and let the whole thing come out.
determined then to make true and full state
| with God. Mr.. Tilton had repeatedly urged me,
as stated in my letter. not to betray his wife,and
nv of
i'm ease / should be pressed by inquiries from
my church or family as to the foundation of the
promise. BY this promise IA cant only that
would not betray the excessive affection which
me. and had confessed TO him. / certainly did
not refer to adu .ey. If there had been such
fact in existence its
/ BETRAYAL WOULD HAVE RUINED BE,
as well as her, and pledge not 10 destroy my
self would have been too absurd to be men
toned in this letter. In reply to this note,
which was calm and reserved rather than
glowing, Moulton wrote the same day letter of
three and a half sheets of copy paper, in which
he deliberately, and twice in succession Ieaf-
firmed his main statement, hat there was
: Will could not sa'ely stand.
He treats my resolution as born of such morbid
urged me strongly to maintain my faith in him.
TiltOn yielded TO his persuasiOns, and graciOusly
allowed himself to be smoOthed by the publica-
ton of a card, exhOnorating him from the
rte coyenent referred. So once more. and this
time against my calmer judgment, patched up
a hollow peace with him. That 1 have griev-
iousIy. erred in my Judgment with this per
picked case, no one is moro conscious than
/ am. 1 chose the wrong path, and accepted
. a disastrous guidance in the beginning, and
ragged edge in my prolonged efort i to
suppress this scandal which has at
i last spread en not sdt tSa roa IN
desiring to keep these matters out of sight. In
. men to Judge whether sacrifice ought no. to
have been made rather than to suffer the morals
D OF the entire community and especially Of the
: scandalous f.lsehoods daily amplified for the
qualification ofimpure curiosity, and the demon
read The full ruth of this history requires
that one more tact should be told, and especi-
ally as Mr.. Tilton has invited it. Money has
. been obtained from me in the course OF these
affairs in considerable sums, but 1 did not
t S9k to the saa
! ! airy wants as savoring OF blackmail
This did did not ors occur to CON me until
e ] contributed at one time 5000. After the
! money had been paid over in five one thousand
{ house live in, I felt very much nnsatisfed
with myself about it. Finally a square demand
friends that If $500 more wers not paid Tlton's
, charges would be laid before the public. This
: saw at once was blackm-i ii in its boldest form,
, and never paid cent of it, but challenged
. and requested The fullest exposure. But after
the summer OF 1878 became 1nWardly satisfied
: that Tllton las inherently and inevitably a
I ruined man. 1 no longer trusted either his
! word or his honor. came to feel that
HIS KINDNESS WAS BUT A SNARE,
ana his professions of friendship treacherous.
He did not mean we'll by me, NJ. nv Us owl,
| household. But suffered all the more on this
account, he had grown up under my infiu
ence and in my church. / could never free
myself from q certain degree of responsibility
for his misdoings, such as visits father for a
wrong-doing son, and in times of great
mental depression, this feeling some
times amounted almost 10 a mania.
Mr. Beecher here details his efforts to prevent
the scandal being made public, which was
threatened on the trial of Tilton by the church,
and saw, of Tilton, al was so de erminAd ia