The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-08-27

urged me strongly to maintain my faith In him.
Iliton yielded to his persuasion, and graciously
allowed hiHaself TO be soothed by the pubicat
OF card exonerating hin from the authorship
of the base lies to which the tripartite covenant
referred. So once more, and this tiqre against my
ergudgement, Ipatche3 up a 'hoalow peace
with him.
.CRIEvOUs ERR0I oF'JUDGMETsT.
ThstTheve grievoGsly erred in Judgement with
this perpiexed case, mo- cne is more conscious
esaan am. chose the wrong path and accepted
disastrous guidance in the beginning, and have
Indeed travelled on trough and rragged edge"
an myprolonged efforts ro,suppress this scandal,
whlchshas, at last, spreG1 so much desolation
tdrongh the land But cannot 4&dmit that 1
erred in desiring to keep these matters out OF
sight In this respect appeal to you and ali
Christian men to judge whether almost any per-
sonalsacrifce ought not TO have been made rather
than to suffer the morals of an entire community.
sad especially OF the young, to be corrupted by
the filthy details of scanaalous salsehoods. daily
dterated and amplifed for the grae1acation of im-
pure curiosity and the decentralization OF every
child that is old enough to read.
How MUCH MR.. BEECRER PAID TcAR. T1LToN.
The full truth of this history REQUIRES tt at one
rfoce f&ctshould be told, especially as Mr. Til
to4s has invited it. Money has been obtained
frena mein the course of aheseafa:rs, in con sid
crate sliGns, but did notat frst dock upon the
suggestions that should contribute to Mr.. Til
tons peenniary wants IS savoringof black mail
This ddnct occur to me untiDha paid perhaps
$4,000 Afterward contriDutedtat enc time S., 600.
After the money had beer paid over in five $1,000
6lls-torraice which raoTtgaged the house live
i'll felt very much dissatisfied with myself about
1t. FINALLY square demand andsva threat were
made to one of my confidential friends that if
$4,000 more were not RSid, Tilton's charg es
would belaid before the public. This, I saw at
once was black-mall in its boldest form, and I
never paid cent of it, but challenged and reques-
ted the fullest exposures.
ceSTINeEr THAT TILToS WAS u RIINED MAN.
But afteu the Summer ofse7s I became inwardIy
ssGs4sd that Tilton was. Inherently and inevita-
bly,. ruined.nan. no l0ngeritrusted his word
or his honor. came to feel that his kindness
was bat '9aa-e, and his professions of friend
nor by his own household bat suffered all the
more ca this'account, as he had.grown up under
my nfSenceeand in my chErch, could never
free myseffron certain degcee of responsibili,y
for his nnisdCings, such as visits father for a
wrong doing .scn, and in times OF great mental
depressio this feeling sometimes amc unted about
to -naniR.
LAsI EFFORTS TO SAVE HEM.
Among the last desperate efforts to restrain
him from overwhelming himself, Ibis family,
myself, the charch, and the whole, community
with the fetid food of scandal which he had
by thus tine accumulated, were those con-
nected with the chargas of Mr.. West and the
subsequent proceedings of the Examining
Committee 'Ofkke church. The prosecution
OF Mr.. TilteG Ljelt bound to prevent. In
any form, waald strive TO prevent the
belchiug forth OF scandal; but in that
form it vas peculiar y dista stetUl. Itpresent-
cd no square issues upon which my.guilt or
could he tried; it was roundabout
Issue, on which Mr.. Tilton could have escap-
ed possibly by showing that he believed the
stories he told sboat me, or that he had not
circulated" them, or by the mere failure on
the other side to prave that he had done so,
Orby the decision that he was moGonaaniac |
AND not responsible. Any such half way
decision would leave me i'll the attitude OF |
overthrow. and get 40 party to the ease
Moreover, felt that Mf. Tiiton thought |
vas setting my church against him-and
vas bound he should not think that; for If it
lad net been for me he would have been dropped
wo years before for nonattendance and for dis
istinct notice to me that he was out of the
hurch. I had got the Examining Committee
o postE0ne the usual action because he was
citing his wife still attend the church: and NJ
bought that would gradually influence hmJ
or good. Indeed. he had deluded me With 4
opes that he would give UP dis bad women3
ssoclates and reform in lie.
MR.. EEECHER READY TO gEsIGN.
I felt that we bad no right to claim him as
member, under the circumstances, for the ,
Die purpose OF his public trial. Mr. Moulton
'sisted that everything must be done to
revent that trial, as the Examining CONS
littee was likely to be equally divided |
neither the facts sustained Mr.. Tilton's '
lea whether he was out of the church or not. /
was SO determined to carry out my pledges ;,
, Moulton for him. and do all in human :.
over to save him even from himself, that
as ready to resign If that would stop the
andal. wrote letter of resignation, not
ferring to charges against me, but declaring 81
at had strlven for years TO maintain secrecy v
ncerning a scandal affecting family in the "
urch, and that as had failed herewith n
signed. This letter was never sent. =,
tie caimer thought showed me how futile ~
would be to stop the trouble u
q mere useless self sacrifice-but l showed k
to Mr.. Mention. possibly he copied it, / n,