, 1874-03-28
CHICAGO SATURDAY, MARCH as 1s74-~TwELvE PAGES
Council. Tile Committee rond tho lcttor md
debated tho mattor privately, and tually decided

debated tho uattor privately, and hnally decided
1t was
NOT OF A CHARACTER THAT WARRANTED nEoEr-
Tf0H.
Copies hnl boon carefully aont to all llle evening
papers by Tilton, md found recognition there.
was gonorally by thoso waiting for tho
Council decision, md subsequently by tho dole
gatoH aftor adjournment. It aocmod to be tho
private opinion Rnong tho dnlogatos TINT tho
Committee acted wisely In rejecting tho commit
subject with which tho Council Ind nothing to
do, and which docent men could hardly touch. It
could havo 10 other than this mBobioyouH Of
foct. aovoral Of those who discussed tho lottor
thought that II WAS
NOT surF1olENr1Y EXPLICIT.
Tilton declares that no had not b[anlerod or
apokon falsely Of Beechor. Flo did not say that
he had mover made statements relooting on
Bocchor, but rather TINT llo waB ready to make
good my statements which ho might have made
concerning him. Daechera friends say Triton
has broken tho compact, mato SONIC mollthHa Hago.
to preserve silence, and thus reorof,H anew the
questions which for tlmo dBturbod tho poaco
Of Plymouth Church.
An ointment divine, resident IN Brooklyn, ro-
married. that T1tton could not have 9loritiod him
sell to tue same oxtent in shorter letter.
Tho factthnt Titton was accpmpanted to tho
church, when lie delivered tho lottor, by
FRANK stouLToN,
OF tho firm Of Woodruff & Robinson. whose
frautte on tho rcvenue arc sail to havc been
was reported to hold q confession by Alr. Deocher
OF tho charges mado Rgainst him (which Triton
ia said to haYo referred to mud confirmed In
manuscript statement circulated hero months
ago), c1eated untayorablo comment. The charges
ngainst Mouitou Of completely in the Woodruff Il
Robinson frauds, an account of Which Wan pub
1iBhed In TuE TRIBUNE Of Oct. rs, 1873 haye
rendered bis acts aud statements about the
Deechor-filton mattor very Enthusiastically.
NEwsrArEn COMMENT.
The Brooklyn Union, Of which Triton was
editor when tho scandal about Doccllor MAS frat
circulated, bus an extraordinary editorial loader,
with tho following caption: "Tiltons Appari-
tion at Several Stages Of an Extraordinary Case,
Of Which tue Congregational Church is tho
Latost Phnae":
Mr. Theodore Til.on has come IN like IN apparision,
adding combinations TO an already perrcsing sn-
afGn @ me 30 ster an absence Of fur ysars
IL. morning BY s.ter forwarded to tho Moaosator
al ho bad q 10 wh he ss' caae So, So long d 9e
Remained In roroMont, but when A1r. Tilton volun-
unaimous IL tho conviction at 20 tr 1t Iest Is 10
ID concerned the inio for nonsense and mystory ia
paat, and TINT for the patneat speech arrived For
Ills personal reatoas with Mr. Dscchoi is 20 evasivo
BECOMES s ak M1 Ton
tons. He says that Ac has not aver uttsrod SANDER
against any human being THIS Is general md evaBvs
about Air. Becchor is true LIST lis, therefore,
GET MI TILToN DOWN
from rhetorical sentiment to the hArlp1u Of fact In
Noyembcr, 1879, Mira. woodruff, onco wnrm friend
Of NJ; Ton, ind subjcct Of bis biographical pen,
pn0hsd II. In hsr ~ % ory M
for her statements Mr. Tllton huB never publicly
traiicted her. H. haa never pronounced her story
said In ettor published months aftcr tic disgusting
story had became familiar as q household word
est a be eou s
III hntosolng 'omeeodys "heart aa with thunder
THE r1nar QUESTION FOR MR.. 11LTox
now to answoz Is: DID you over tell Mrs Woodruff
Hss w h sd in hsr Of
Sae,, @ @ answessd @ eatesosiaas Sy Killing 70 answar @
ao
mean to bo understood Us atbrl fng thst what you
;s xs? sss 'ssssfissss$
frankly snaware4 eiy4teen n'ontha ngo, tho Council
ME-, T1L1oA's p1srsaEvuousxRss
appears 70 his pretended hnnation Of tue charge Of
saS2ns saSn by M S g6: 5 fsa H. oGa ct
authorship Of certain calumnies. Mr. Triton knows
that the aatter referred to was not published by
Woodruff, but that contained in appendix to tho
celebrated "coveuant," tho recirculation OF which
matter local paper lnd M charged upon Mr. bowon It
II hgh s a NJ TS wr II he
have no communication with him, but to the public.
The public waa for many reasona, disposed to extend
to Mr Ttton tic delicacy Of silence 50 long hs hnl
self respected that delicacy but hts gFatutons reap
pcarance removes the resson for such consideration
The public loses is pnonce slowly but 1t has quito
lost 1t with mr. Tlton.
lIb tie 4 ssoctated PYets.l
TEXT OF THE LETTER.
NEW YonK, March 27.-Fho Congregational
Council, Which WAS In secret session to-day till
O'Clock, aud then toox recess, received Il letter
from Theodore T!lton, asking that ho be accord.
ed tho courtesy Of contributing to the ollicial
records correct statement Of Ills own position,
becauso lls position has been misropraseutod In
their body to his grtevous injury. He BAYS:
First-In 1870 became member OF Plymouth
Church. Ia 1860 termluated my connection with
INT @ shren In 1s7smy s stu on ths
church WIS executed by me IN strict conformity with
the rule Of the church, aud the validity Of my yet has
unanimous voto Of the church. affirming md roarn-
ing the rrtucil 1e on which that act waa based That
principle, US hold It, is the right OF freeman to
seycr bis connection With church by his FREQ will,
In which this IL not tue rule.
sseona-Four years after I / haa thus Terminated
by mc1nbor Of tha body with having circulated mud
II 'moted scaudais lerogatory to tho Christian tnse1
rity Of the pastor, and Injurious to the reputation Ut
good mems minds that wlsteyer other ponta woro in
doubt, there could 10 ,ubt that hud alandered
ths pastor Of Plymouth Church. hereby declare
thut had not then have sinco ct uny tiine
III a!l my fc, utiured slandor against any ILL.,
man being.
BEECHER ON THE COUNCIL.
Spectat D,suateh to YAe Chicaao 947oune.
At THE FRIDAY EVENING MEETING.
New YonH, March 27.-Seldom If oyer before,
has the lecturo-room Of the Plymouth Church