, 1874-08-13
THE TlLT0N LETTERS;


<cunslnwea fram tho Fourth Page,
wlntor. / havo not heretofore mentioned tho
subject to yourself, partly because novor oilco
nuspcolod that you woro entertaining similar
tloughss, aud partly bocauso have not yet boon
ablo to dlscorn any "coholuaion of tho whole
matter" do not know In what frh1ne OF mind
/ shalt ind A1r. Bowen On my return.
Before loft, he promised mo MI interose IN
tho paper as Boon as ire could aBrao as to ternb'
that IL, aftet my lectures woro oTos sna wo
could sit down and talk out tho 1nattor 10 INC
full. Tho moro / thlnk Of Tho future, Tho loss !
am Inclined to eutpr into bublnoas.partnprship
mlth him. Ho Ia a1aan Of ane qunlittea. lshAh
HpcAk woll of him sgalnst ali hin dotractorS. He
las enough Inherent noblohoas to excuse many
And grleyous faulss. But, 1T / wore IN bnat"
ncse@parsneyslaap With htm, should then become
tcepousb1c for his very peculiar and dlatasteiul
tnAlhodao Of advertising buesnosa NY ysonainlitsiea
would bo constantly palnod at least, 30 fear.
pbrhapa, howaror, oil prospect Of such part-
hotebtr, will DO destroyed on my rotnrn by Lis
own Naturalization. III tias cabo, tho question
, ia already, aottlod Tor me.
II, however, he shnll again propose to mako
mo pa1tnur, tho ruboot will not require hnsty
s.dccIelop, an1 you and can mako up our rninda
after mutual consultation atd good advice. At
nreBont, It aenms to mo that, II, Mr., Bowen
Bhnu1d DO willing TINT should adit tho hide
t,t,dent without oumboring myself with tho de-
tails Of tic oiIlco,-oditng 1t al during Tho past
rutor,-leavtng tno FREQ to como and. 50 NJ, I
choose. aud holding mo responsible only for my
own editorial columns; ii bo Should cordially
acoodo to such an engagement, then (for tho
titno bctng at lcast) ahoull considcr tho duoa-
tion Of my duty sottled. ..,
hare had abundant oyidonco this wintor-
ne7or such evidence boforo--thot tile Indc1'sntl-
ent haa As much influence On public opinion hs
can he claimed Tor any other American Journal.
hayo hoen thanked and bloBacd by Thousands
Of good men and women this winters who. AZ
thoy havo takon my hand, haSo expressed their
Joy ht- tho radical coufso Of tue independent.
But I shall not remain Its editor for tho sake OF
an odltor's conspicuous poal.on heforo Tue pub
1to.
For the future, out Of the most solemn cxrc-
rtonccs Of my lifo,-oxperiences Of what I have
kept you informed day by day Tor the past thrco
months,-I haYo resolved to ]1arbor no worldly
ambition, to aoek no place for tue honor Which
1T may confer, to grasp At nothing lower than
aqnFEU ICHGl1 AilO u lAAD M AA4"
! dor tho Great Taskmaster's oyo." Meanwhile, 0
, my darlngl you arc tho bost Of cout'aolors and
tho swesloAt Of friends. God bless you ever
more. Yours devoutly, THEODORE.
NO INTENTION OF rA1S1So Mns. Triton gY nls
RELIGIOUS erECuLAT1oNn.
, on TIE TxaiH LKAylNa MiNaKsoTA,E
Fob. ~, 1907.
~. Mx DAZZLING 49,. =. Ihth olouuy, murray
morning finds mo too tired. too Sleepy, to say
anything not altogether mattcr.of-fact, ! must
I mention, however, that Ind no intention of
paining you BY anything what I aald about my
religious apec,alatioua. + am not conscious Of
hJ.ding ahy different RELIGIOUS siosYH irom' thoBo
whlon brought array with mo last November,
and which you already, know full vol. Nor can
I remember anything Which hayo, said that
might bo calculated to make you nnaasy. But
YAH st,ow 11avo aiwAYa written in = hurry.
Yours absolutely, -: TnEononE.
PLANS ron TIE FUTURE. !
OK tMs Tn.Ixt CltrrAuo TO rnrtEroS,l ;
-. Friday. March !, l8q7s : ;
MY DAn11so. ;. :. Only three moro lee
=. lures, and then honol The prospect is joyous.
, A1y loyo for YOU. is unbouuued. My plans for
: The fushro lit God sLall enable mo to execute
tbom) shall bo mainly for our own sake rather
. than fof mno. uenceforth do not mean to
live to nysolf. Ny past llfo fills mo with rcgrct
as my overmuoh Bolf-sdo1ing.
This winter l have daily given myaclf sway to
Aomebody,' aud taye found therein tho swcot-
eHt pleasure Of my whole life. ut ia moro
pleased to glvc than to rccetyo." Tou learned
: Tho sceros yoars ago; but / have 1earned It only
1asoly. Hnnccforth trust that we shall be able
, to practice It together.
> Oh. my darling! No yearnfnE Of yours. e1-
pressed in your lettors, can possibly DO greater
i than mine, that we may loyo ono another fer
vontly, unsel1ah'y, aud divinoly; that tho ro-
raaining yearb Of our llfe-if, JUDGED, years ro-
min for uB--Blall be spont as In Gods sight,
and that day BY day, I" That mind may DO in ua
which WAS III Josus Chriat our Lord"
Heaven blosa you, my darling This ia tho
daily prayer Of your ono truo lover,
TuEoponE
-FOUR nArrY DAYS.
ALLIH HouAx. HAnIroRp,}
-, , Wednesday, March II, 1867. {
M1 DARLING. I think that I haya
never had four hnppiar dnys in nj, my lito than
tho four which + hnvo just ret asile in my
ncmory.-ths four dnya Of delight At home, after
my laat four months OF nhsouco and henrt-acho.
How m,ioh felicity tnoro ia in human life, IL
only wo tako tho right method to Anait!
You nre tho suentost, loGelicst, and nob1cBt
woman now lislng On tho earth.
Ei1Yhich I say because 1t 10 tho truth. Eve,
youra. InEoDoAE.
DAYH IN DAnKNEss.
TuEspAr. March 1e, 1871
OsWEao N. Y. +
Mr DEAR W1rEt. But cannot thu
afford to bolei AWAY captive Of Kloominess an'
bad blood. I must oudoavor moro comp1otal,
to conquer myself in future. "drcator is h
Who rulcth hs own spirit than ho who takos}
olty." Dependency il my larhing onemy. !
lies iu wais for mo in my mort familiar haunte
And it most olton entraps mo under my Owl
roof.
:. But thiuk my two or three rucont days l.
larkncss hayo been. on tho uhole, moral ben
silt. III that thor have roscn'od to my mind it
most easily temptabio pointa. It 'snn. good 10
she Pilgrim to 60 into tho Valley Of thu Shsdo'
ot Deati,. "No ohastoning for tho present
1orous, but grioyouB; nevertheless, 'nftornar,l
1, it woraoth out tho pcaccablo fruit Of rIghteous
noas."
il. 30, ntter my overthrow, rise again we'll on