Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-15
The Great American scandaiizers
A Bosom Friend of Both Parties
UnbOSOms.
Beecher Did Offend and Did
Apologize.
The Committee Express a Deter
iiiinatiOn to Probe tile
Offence.
Mrs. TiltOn Appears as a Witness
She AbandOns Home, Husband
and Children.
Reported Efforts to Stay Further
Developments.

New YORK, July 14.-SIr. Francis d.
Moulton, of Brooklyn. the friend and con-
hdant OF both Mr. Beecher and Mr.. TiltOn
IN response to the invitation of the Deecher
investigating committee, appeared before
that committee last evening and made the
following statement
appear before You at your invitation to
to make statement which / have read TO
Mr.. Iiltos and TO Mr.. Beecher, which both
deem hororable and in the fairness and
piOpriety Of which, so far as l am con-
cerned, they both concur. The parties in
this case are personal friends Of mine, in
whose behalf | have endeavOred to set as
umpire and peacemaker for the last four
years, with a conscientious regard for
the interests involved. regret for
your sakes the responsibility imposed
on me for appearing here tonight. If |
say anything / must speak the truth. ] do
not believe that the simple curiosity of the
world at large or even Of this committee
ought to be gratified through any recitation
by me of facts which are in my possession
necessarily in confidence through my rela-
tons to the parties. The personal differ
enceS Of which am aware, as a chosen al
bitratOr, have once been settled hOnOrably
between the parties and would never have
been revived except on account of attacks
both in and out of Plymouth Church made
upon the character of Theodore TiltOn to
which he thought a reply necessary. If the
present issue is to be settled il must be in
my opinion by the parties themselves either
together or separately before the commit
tee, each taking the responsibility of his
OEn Utterance. As | am fully conversant
with the facts and the evidences shall, as
between these parties, if necessary, deem
il my duty 10 state the truth in order to a
final settlement, and that the world may be
we'll informed before pronouncing judg-
ment with reference to ethel. | therefore
suggest to you that the parties first be heard.
Then, If you deem IL necessary that | should |
appear before you to speak the truth, the |
whole truth and nothing bat the truth. / |
hold To night, as | have held hitherto, the |
opinion that Mr.. Beecher should frankly |
state that lie had committed an OfienSe |
against Mr.. TiltOn, for which it was [
necessary TO apologize and for which |
he did apologize in the language |
of the letter, par Of which has |
been quoted; that he should have |
stated frankly that he deemed necessary to |
have made the defense against DR.. Leon
ard Bacon which he did make and that Mr.. |
Beecher should refuse to be a party TO the |
opening Of this painful subject II he had
made this statement he would have stated |
no more than tie truth. and Il would have
saved you the responsibility of further in
qUiTy. Ii is better now that the committee |
should not report, and ia place of report |
that Mr.. Beecher himself shOuld-make the |
statement which L have suggested, or that |
If the committee does report, the report |
should be recommendation 10 Mr.. Beech |
er to make such a statement.
The Committee Determined 10 probe
Matters
his paper was no satisfactory 10 the |
committee, and tie members so informed
MoultOn- They assured him they wanted
from him a detailed statement of all he |
knew in this matter. They told him be |
must submit TO a thorough examination.
MOultOn partially declined TO 10 this. |
Tie expressed the most tender svnpatlv |
and regard for BeecLer, but declared that |
his warm friendship for Tilton was such |
that he could not hear il without making |
every effort 10 justify him in his course. |
The committee expressed their firm de- |
termination 10 Mr.. MOulton 10 make the /
Investigation as searching as possible. |
They have learned that an effort is being |
made by Beecher's friends to compromise |
the matter. They will consent to no such |
proceedings. The investigation must 20 |
ON. All the facts Obtainable are to be |
brought out before the members Of the COM
mittee viii make 4 report. This is Ger
tain.
lfltOn's Wife Before the Committee
She Leaves Her Husbands Bed ana
Board.
The Brooklyn Eagle SAYS we have from |
the highest sources an admission that the |
friends of BeeCher are endeavOring to effect |
a compromise which shall prevent the put
LEGATION at length promised by Tllton |
Theodore TiltOn's wife has been before the |
committee. She has given evidence con-
Trajectory of her husbands version OF the |
matter. A disagreement has resulted be- |
tween man and wife, and Mrs. TiltOn has |
left her husband. 1t is now established
beyond the shadow of doubt that Triton
was TnOtl aware of the existence of an in |
veStigating committee in Plymouth Church |
till Mrs. TiltOn had appeared before the |
committee. Her appearance before the |
committee was brought about by |
intimate friends of Mrs. Til.on, who are |
well known attendants at Plymouth Church |
ard ardent admirers of Mr. Beecher. 1t |
appears that after the publication of Mr.. |
TiltOn's letter addressed 20 Dr. Bacon. Mrs.
TiitOn left her home in Livingston street. |
Mr.. TiltOn and his children continued to |
occupy the house, aud he received his |
friends there. Mrs. TiltOn is now sojourn-
ing in a family of Mr.. Beecher's friends. |
1t is not understood that a formal separa- |
ton has taken place between Mr. and Mrs. |
TiltOn, but only one inference can be drawn |
from the course the lady has seen fit to
adopt, and that is that her lot is cast for the
present at least with those who are wholly |
antagOnis.ic to Mr.. TiltOn.
The Argus-Eyed.
An ITgUS reporter, who conversed with |
a gentleman qualified to speak authorita-
lively, was informed that Mr.. Tilton since |
his letter has been approached by a leading |
lawyer Of the committee as well as by /
well known gentleman from Boston, who /
came down from Peekskill with Mr.. |
Beecher yesterday with Overtures of settle
ment. The exact nature Of the Oyertures
he would not then state, but their purpOrt
was tlAt if Mr.. Tilton could refrain from
the course he had determined upon, the re-
suit of the committee would be satisfac-
tory to the friends Of both parties. Nego-
.iatiOnS in this behalf are now being as
sidUouSly pressed upon Mr.. TiltOn, who
has not yet shown any signs Of yielding.
OSHKOSH.