The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-07-28
Gbe Gintes, Nep BluunrheGO, 11a.

his wife such letters of affection, tenderness,
and respect as he felt would restore her
wounded spirit, and which did partially pro-
duce that result.
The charges from the 9th to the e1st, are
nearly a repetition of the others.
TtCenty,frst. That one evening about two
weeks after the publication of MIR. Tilton's
letter to DIR. Bacon, Mrs. Tilton, on coming
home at a late hour, informed her husband
that she had been visited at friends house
by committee ofinvestigation, and had given
sweeping evidence acquitting Mr. Beecher of
every charge. This was the first intimation
which Mr.. Tilton received that any such COM
mittee was then In existence. Furthermore,
Mrs. Tilton stated that she had done this by
the advice of a lawyer, whom Mr.. Beecher had
sent to her, and who, in advance of her ap-
pearing before the committee, arranged with
her the questions and answers which were to
constitute her testimony in Mr.. Beecher's be-
half. On the next day after giving the untrue
testimony before the committee she spent
many hours of extreme suffering from pangs
OF conscience at having testified falsely. She
expressed to her husband the hope that God
would forgive her perjury, but that the motive
was to save Mr.. Beecher and her husband, and
also to remove all reproach from the cause of
religion. She also expressed similar contrition
to one of her intimate friends.
To substantiate these charges, Mr. Til
ton submits number of letters, part of
which we annex
Mrs TUton TO her Husband.
December 30, -Midnight-My Dear Hus.
band desire to leave with you before going to
bed a statement that Mr.. Henry Ward Beecher
called upon me this evening and asked me II
would defend him against accusation in a council
OF ministers, and replied solemnly that would
IN case the accuser was any other person than my
husband. He III. W. b. dictated letter which
copied as my own to be used by him as against
any other accuser except my husband. This let
Ter was designed to vlndicate Mr.. Beecher against
all 0ther persons save only yourself. 1 was ready
to give him this letter because he said with pain
that my letter in your hands, addressed to him,
dated December 20, had struck him dead and end
cd his usefulness. You and / are pledged to do
our best to avoid publicity. God grant a speedy
ELIZABETH.
Mr. Beecher'S Apology in trust ptth r. D.
lI0lltOn.
My Dear Friend Moulton / ask, through you,
lheodQre Iilton's forgiveness, and humble my
selI before MIN as do before my God. He would
nave been better man in my circumstances than
nave been; can ask nothing except that he
VIII remember all the other breasts that would
ache. will not plead for myself. even wish
mat were dead but others must live to suffer.
VII de before any one but myself shall be in
culpated. All my thoughts are running out to-
wards my friends and towards the poor child ly-
Ing there and praying with her folded hands,
transgresson Of another Her forgiveness have.
humbly pray to God to put It into the heart of
ner husband to forgive me. | have trusted this to
MoultOn in confidence.
H. w. BEEcHER.
In the above document the last sentence and the
signature are i'm the handwriting of the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher.
Mr.. Beecher to Mrs. TWtOn.
BROOKLYN, Feb. 7, 1871.
My Dear Mrs. Milton When saw YOU last
did not expect ever to see you again. or to be alive
many i days; God was kinder to me than were my
own o thoughts The friend whom God sent me,
MI. MOult0n, has proved above all friends that
ever had, able and willing to help me in this ter
riDle emergency Of my life His hand it was that
tied up the storm that was ready to burst on our
heads. You have no friend, Theodore excepted,
VINO has 1t in his power to serve you so vitally and
S %no VIII DO u with such delicacy and honor. 1t
doeS my sore heart good to see in Mr.. MOulton an
unteigned respect. and honor for you. IL would
XII me II thought otherwise. He will be as true
lTiend TO your honor and happiness as q brother
could be to sisters. In him we have a common
ground. You and may meet in him. The past
Is ended But is there no future-no wiser, high
Ell, holer future? May not this friend stand as
priest In the sanctuary of reconciliation and me-
liI dliate, and bless Theodore and my most unhappy
self. DO not let my earnestness fail of its end
You believe in my Judgement. have put myself
wholly and gladly In MoultOn's hand, and there
sent but he has not read it. Will YOU return it to
me by his own hand? am very earnest i'm this
Wish tor an our sakes, as such letter ought not
10 De subject to even a chance of miscarriage
H.w. BEEcBER.
Mr.. Beecher to Mr. Moulton.
No man can see the difficulties that environ me
unless he stands where do. To say that | have
rddl church on my hands is simple, but to have hun
dIeuS ana thousands of men pressing each one
Win MS Keen suspicious, or anxiety to prevent
any one questioning me to meet and allay pref
udlces against I. L. which had their beginnings
years before to keep serene as il / was not
alarmed aii1 or disturbed to be cheerful at home
snfa ana among 40 friends when was suffering the tor
and yet to come up fresh and fair for Sunday-ali
Ihls may be talked about, but the real thing can
not be understood from the outside, nor It's wear
ing ana grinding on the nervous system
In still another letter written for the same pur.
pose as the above, Mr.. Beecher said
Mr. Beecher to Mr.. Aoulton.
my destruction would place him [NIr Tlltonl
an right, that shall not stand In the way. / am
more than that. That 1 do offer. Sacrifce me
Without hesitation II you can clearly see your way
70 MS safety ana happiness thereby. In one point
OF view could desire the sacrifice on my part
Nothlng can possibly be SO bad as the power of the
great darkness In which spend much of my
time. look upon death as sweeter far than any
friend have in the world. Life would be pleas
ant II Icould see that rebuilt which has been shat
remorse, fear, and despair, and yet to put on an
appearance OF serenity and happiness can't be en-.
n Won eease to fst many am Wengn oI
90 not know any person in the world to whom
could go.
Mr.. Tllton yielded to the above quoted and other
similar letters and made no defence Of himself
against the public odium which attached to him
unjustly.
Mr.. Beecher to Mr. Momton.
Dear Friend l am determined TO make no
more resistance. TheOdores temperament is
such that the future, even II temporarily earned,
would be absolutely worthless, and render me
liable at any hour Of the day to be obliged to
stultly all the devices by which we have saved
ourselves. 1t is only fair that he should know
that the publication OF the card which he proposes
would leave him worse off than before. The agree
ment, viz, "trlpartite covenant was made after
my letter through you 20 him. When apology was
written he had had 1t q year he had cOndoned
nus wife's fault he had enjOined upon me with