Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-07-22

her spiritual guide together. also, lrt,'ii c.tIe
10 protect the family from open $! ,nr, slr
| T;lton condoned the wrong an! he addressed 10
| his wife such letters of affection, ten!'r1esS ahu
respcct Ms he felt would restore h,r "cuHIe!
| spirit and which did partially p:oiuct h"t re-
| suit.
Mr.. TiIluu then sets forth ufder twelve adj
di,ioDal heads the circumstances under which he
has been led TO forgive Mr.. Bcccher or to hide
his faults In an interview With Mr.. +. d.
MouIton, Mr.. Beecher expressed to Mr.. Noul-
ron great contrilion aud rcmorsc Tor his pre-
yious crimiuaty with Mrs. TiIoD, taking TO
himself shame for having misused his sac;ed
Office as clergyman to corrupt her mlnd *
pr, s>ing a determination to kill himself III case
of exposure and begging Mr.. Mouon to take
a peD and receive tr1m his Mr. Bt.chcr y lips
an apology 10 be- conveyed 10 Mr. Tllon, 10 The
hope that such all appeal would sccur" Dir.
Titou's forgiveness The apology which Mr.
B. echer die, led to Mr.. MouitIn vas Us loI
lows:
My DEAR FRIEND MoULToS ask,
though you, Theodore TlIton's forgiveness,
and [ humble myself before him As do Netore
NV God. He W ,ul have been better man
in my circumstances han have been. caD
ask nothing exc. pl that he will rcm-moer all
the other breasts that would ache. viii iot
plead for myself. | even wish tina! We're dead,
but others must live to suffer. L viii die Gc'
fore any one bu! myself shall DC lucu!rhlcd.
All my thoughts are running "ut toward NY
friends and toward the poor child lying there,
aud praying With her folded hands. She is
guitlesS, siuacd agai,s, bcarlrg the 'ranssr-s-
sious Of another Her forgiveness | have: |
hunhly pray 10 God to put it Tito The heart OF
| L,r kp. butH .rurv
this to Muuitou in c)rti lcncc.
H. ". BEEcAEn
Ia the ABOVE drcun"u, the asst sentence
and the signature are IN the lalId writing 0i
The Rev. Henry Ward Brech'7.
hlr. i3crch4r is quoted ls describing his feel
ings in these words NO Han can see the
difficulties that envirnu me unless &c stands
where do. To LAY that have u church Oh
nv hands is .imp. cuuugh, bus to have the
hundreds and thousands OF men pressing M,
each one with his keen suspicion, Or asXlcty III
z.al to see the tendeuc!es which, !! no; stopped
would break out into ruluOuo Gciause Ut lie:
TO stop them without seeming 10 do Ii; 20 pre-
vcut any one questioning me; TO m~et ahd ii
lay prciudces against Ilon which had thcr
beginning years before; To keep serene, as II L
was not alarmed aud disturbed; 10 b. cheerful
at home aud among friends wncn Was suffer
lug the turmcnS OF the daln'ucd; to pass sleep
less nights often. aud get IT. come up lfesh ana
fair on Sunday; all this may be talked abou;,
bur the real thing cannjt BE- understood from
the outside, not It's wcarl ig and grinding %
the nervous system.
IF my destruction wJu'1 y ace him Mr..
Tiltou) all right, that shall LOT stand IN the
way. am willing to sep down and cut. No
one can offer ulure than hat That do offer.
Sacrifice me without hesitation /! you can c"a'-
" see your way TO his safety ana happiness
thereby In one point OF view | could desire
the sacrifice On my part mining can posi-.
bly, be- So bad as the power OF great darkacss
10 which spend much of my tmo. | look
upon death as swceter !or thar auy Irrni |
have in the world Life would be pleasant il
[ could see that rebuilt which is Shattered but
10 live on the sharp aud rugged edge OF Anxiety,
remorse fear, d>spair and yet to pet on an APP
pearance Of serenity and happiness cannot he
endured much longer. | aln we'll nigh dis
couraged If you cease to trust me- 10 love
me, am alone. do cot know any persou 10
the world to whom | could %.
After yet further details ct his wiie'> exalted
religious condition shown by letters 10 him
(her hu.band) before she was scduccd ty
Beecher, OF which the following letter 5 given
as au example:
My BELOVED Don't yon know he pccu-
liar phase of Christ character as lover Is 50
precious to me because of my cOus2clatlon and
devotion to you? l:arn to love you from NY
love to Him. | have learned to love Hun
from loving you | couple you with Him; nor
do feel it one whit irrcvcrcnt, and as every
day adorn myself consciously as a bride 10
meet her bridegroom, 50 III lik" minuer 't
imploriug hands that my s'uI's love may be
prepared.
MIR. Tllion rchearses the circumstances With
compelled him to speak out 10 his own defence,
and then 10 his last paragraph he recapltuates
the whole of his statement a. follows Finally,
that in addition to the foregoing facts and evil
deoces other confrmatoDs could be adduc2d,
if needed, to prove the following recapllultct
statement, namely: That Rev. Henry Ward
Beechcr, as pastor and friend OF MI ll'9n and
his family, trespassed upon the Sanc'y Of
friendship aud hospitality in a long endeavor
to seduce Ms Elizabeth r 1'Itou; that by
the ar,tul use OF hi, prieSiy authority with
her, she being his pupil in religion, he accom-
plished this seduction; that for period OF
year ADD half or Whereabouts he maintained
crimi !al Intercourse with her, overcoming her
| previous modest scruples against such conduct
by Investing it with false Justification as sane
toned BY love and religion; that he then part,-
cipated n conspiracy to degrade ihc9lorc
riton before the public by loss Of place: bust
ness and repute; that he abused Mr.. Tliton
forgiveness and pledges of protection by there
after authorizing a series OF measures ny Ply
mouth Church, having for their object the pnt
ting of a stigma upon Mr.. Tton before the
church, and also before az ecclesiastical c"uu
ell ,insomuch that the moderator of that cUunc!l,
interpreting these acts by Mr.. Bcechcr and nls
church, declared publicly that they showed NJ.
Beccher to he the most magnanlmou> Of men,
and Mr. Tlton to be a knaye and dog; that
when Mr.. Tllton hereafter, not ia malice, bat
for self. protection, wrote al!tter to Dr.. Bacon,
abiding therein to an offence aud apology ty
the R:v. Henry Ward Bcccher; be Mr..
Beecherl defiantly appointed committee oi
his church members to inquire iuto the injury
done him by Mr. Tl,on, by the aforesaid aiIn-
Sion implying that be (Mr. Beccher bad nrver
been the author of such otfcuce aud apology,
and that Mr.. Tiltou was saudcrer that 10