Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-22

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am, dear Frank, truly ard gratefully y" ns,
Taking advantage OF this lull In ehe contro-
xersv N NAV be a. convenient her "a anyghere
10 state the relations Of Mrs IL aon to the mat
ter, and her acts toward the .eyeral parties. /
shall be pardOEed Il i do II with care, because
nv statement, Enhsppily Tor Us both, must be
diametrically opposite 20 the one published as
hers. l had been ON terms very familiar,
known hT5. IIltOn well and kindly on my part,
and belle we'd wholly so on hers; and, "a have
before stated, have never known or suspect
ed, or seen an exhibition of inharmony between
her ard her husband during those many famil-
lar v1sits, and. Of course, had no suspicion of
iD6delity upon the part of either towards the
other. The first intimation OF IL which came
TO me was in the exhibition of her original con-
fessIon. of which have before spoken. The
of December, $50. The first communication 1
had from Mrs. Tilton after had read her con-
fession on the Friday evening, as before stated,
was on the next morning. the 3lst OF December,
$50. the date being fixed by the fact cited in
her letter. showing that she gave her retraction
70 Beecher on the evening previous. The letter
MRS. TTLTox TO MoULros
SATURDAY MoRSIHs:
greatest possibls favor. Ny letter which yeu have
ion. ss Sns evening" s ought both to BE-
s Ps SS to % s md VII SH,n n sne1
viii see The prorriety Of this request.
Ieopld lot 81 course sccede 70 this reaussf of
Mrs- Tilton, because 1 had pledged myself TO
Beecher that her retraction, on the one SIDE
and her confession to TiltOn on the other, which
are the papers she refers to as " my letter which
you have and the one / gave Mr.. BeecheT'
should not be given mp, but should be held for
learned in nv ipteIvis~ WIN RsscSep on the
LIST day Of January, ISL, that he had been told
by his wife and others that Mrs. Tilton desired
sseparation from her husband on account of
ms supposed infidelitles to her, and that Mrs.
TiltOn hsd applied to Mrs. Beecher for advice
upon that subject This being the first had
halr Ar1N @aA Hv-,.N aFrN
marriage vows, either the next day
second day after / asked Mrs. TiltOn IL Ii were
90, and If she had ever desired q separation
from her husband on that or on any other &C.
count, wishing TO assure myself of :he facts
upon which was to act as mediator and arbi-
traitor between the parties. She stated to me
that she had not desired separation from her
husband, but that application had been
made TO Mr.. and Mrs. Beecher through her
il about, and the fourth day of January she
sent me the following letter, which, although
dated Jan. 4, lS50, was actually written Jan. 4,
ISL, and dated $50, as Is common enough mis-
take by most persons at the beginning of a new
year, but il bears internal evidence of the time
OF its date, and also know that 1 received it
at that time, il being impossible that 1t should
have been a year previous:
MRS. TILTON TO MoULroN.
Ia LIVINGSTONE sTREET,l
M E1as,'' d. 1Ioslton. My Dear Frierd: In re-
y305 sgss0T 1 shsss hays sysF sogsn
that su' vss ever the fact, as hsvedenied n
Il wanted
separation deliberate fslsehood, coined by my
poor mother, who ssid she would bear the respOn-
and ccmmuDics'edio my husbands enemy. MRS U
". Betcher, and by her communicated to Mr..
sud am Row suffering in Consequence more than /
am able to bear. am JOELs. very truly,
j have already stated that had a. a neces-
saTy precAutiOn to the peace of the family and
the partlfs interested, iDteIdicted all the par
ties from having communication with each
Other except the husband and wife, unless that
communication was known to me, and the let
tiers sent through me OF shown TO me. MIR. TIL
ton and Mr.. BeeCher, as have before stated
both faithfully compiled with their promise in
that regard so far as know. was away sick in
the spring OF ISL, as before stated. and went to
Florida. Soon after my return Mr.. Beecher
placed in NV hands an unsig ned letter from
SITs. Tiiton, in her handwriting, undated, but
marked in his handwriting, Received March
:, ISL"
MRS. TILToN TO BEECHRR.
SIy p.a7 Fri ri. Does your heart bound towards
az a. II ussG, So does mine j am myself again.
bfTd bss surg in ny heart these four weeks ana he
bss eOvsnsEtsd with me never again 10 leave
sisdden yCu 20 know tbis and not TO trouble or en-
tsIIss7 yeu in any way, now write OF course
for the beyond. Wher dear Fra says Imsy once
sEsin 60 TO cd Plymouth 1 will thank the dear
Such = communication from Mrs. TiIton TO
her pastor, under the circumstances and her
promise seemed to be a breach of faith; but.
desirOus 20 have the peace kept, and hoping if
unanswered IT might not he repeated, / did not
show II to Mr.. TiltOn nor inform him Of its ex-
ON Friday. April p, ISL, Mr.. Beeeher re-
eeiyed another letter Of that date, unsigned,
from Mrs. TiltOn, which he gave TO me.
MRS. TILToN TO Mr.. BRBCHER.
FRIDAY, April q, ISL.
~. 6s...ey. AZ Mr.. MOulton hiss returned viii
possession desireyCd MY hesrt bIeeds night ana
day a. The il Justice Of their existence
As i could not comply with this request for
rfasOns before stated, did not show this letter
TO Mr.. Tilton, nor did call Mrs. Tilton's atten-
ton 20 IL.
on The 81 Of May Mr.. Beecher handed me
Etill another letter unsigned but in MIS- Tilton's
handwriting of that date.
''SssT-HIDIEG."
BHooELyN, May 5, l7l-Mr. Bsse4sy. NJ future,
either for life or death, would be happier could /
all the sad computations Of the past year my EN-
eeay,I was 20 entirely keep from you all suffering,
Of ~ Ny Ioys srEs qItrigg gen:
both Know. bot row 1 ssk forsiTepess. U'''' ~0
The contents of this letter were so remarka-
bic that queried within my own mind whether
assured by Beecher, aud verify believed, and
now believe, that they were unanswered by
him, i thought IT best TO retain il in my own
possession, as have done until now. But from
that hour Of Its reception what remained of
faith in Mrs. Tilton's character for truth or
IropTiety Of conduct WAS wholly lost, and from
that time forth had no thought or care for her
reputation, only 80 far a. II affected that Of her
children. After this j do not know anything
OCCuIIcu DeLN6eu myself ana MIS-. Triton or
pertinence 10 this inquiry, or more than the
ordinary courtesies or civilities when called at
her house. and received no other communion
ton from her until shortly before the question
of the arbitration of the business between
Bowen and JiltOn was determined upOn. had
learned that Mrs. had been max ng declara-
tons which were sullying the reputation of her
husband, and giving II to be understood tn at
her home was not happy one because OF the
want Of religious sympathy between herself
ard her husband. and because he did not &C
company her to church as regularly and as often
as sic thought he ought 10 do, and she thought
~ would be well for the children to do. Some
times, speaking Of her unhappiness, without
defining specially the cause, thus leading for
the busybOdies and Intermediates to infer causes
OF unhappiness which she did not state.
thought II my duty TO the parties TO caution her
IN hat regard, and said 20 her that thought
she ought not. in the presence of others, to up
braid her husband with their q ferences in re-
hg1ous feelings OF opinions, and that II was not
wen Tor her to make any statement which
should show her home unhappy, OF that she was
unhappy In u, because II might lead TO such in
Quiries as might break II up, well as the set
tlement which she was 80 DESTROYS to maintain