The Grange advance., 1874-10-07
ELIZABETH cApY STANTON
<Giycs Her Views Of the Great Scan
dal.

Cady Stanton, dated TenaAy, N. j.,
August Oath, from which We make the
following extract:
What a holocaust of womanhood we
have had in this investigation! What
a football the committee, the lawyers,
Mrs. Beecher, and her husband, have
made of Elizabeth R. Tilton! What
statements and counter statements they
have wrung from her unwilling lips,
then like a withered flower, ''the Great
Preacher casts her aside, and tells the
world ''she thrust her affections on him
unsought, -
THE GROWING PERF1DY
in that bill Of impeachment that black.
ems every one who dared to hear or
tell the most astounding scandal Of the
nineteenth century.
In common with the rest of the world
the members Of the National Womans's
Suffrage Association heard and repeat
ed the scandal, as other men and women
did; and, forsooth, MIR. Beecher dubbs
them ''human hyenas" and ''free-)ov.
crs," though his own siste. was one of
the number, and who, by letters and
conversations that, through him and
his brother, were published to the
world, is represented as ':insane, ''de-
iuded,'' ''weak-minded." Those who
know Mrs. Tilton-her natural diff
dencc, delicacy, and refinement-will
readily believe her true story, that
through months Of persuasion and ar
gumcnt, her love was sought and seal
cd.
Bewildered, racked, tormcntcd, tenn
pest-tossed in the midst Of misery and
weakness, in her last act on leaving
home, and in her statement before the
committee, a touch Of grand woman
hood is revealed, after all In the face
of law, gospel, conventionalism, ready
to leave her home forever, she says:
':Theodorc, the end has come; will
never take another step by your side."
and to her brother, in announcing her
decision, she said: 81 have always
been treated as nonentity-a play.
thing-to be used Or let alone at will
but it has always seemed to me l was
u party not little concerned"
Thus leaving husband, children, home,
she went forth to
v1ND1CATE THE MAN SIZE LOVED,
making his friends her friends, his God
her God! With what wi.hering cruel
ty, then, his words must have fallen
on her heart: "She thrust her affec-
tions on me unsought;;" though mutu-
al confession of love is revealed in the
course of the Investigation, and rccog-
nizcd in the verdict.
Those who know Isabella Beechsr
Hooker must be equally surprised with
his treatment of her. Brilliant, gifted,
and clcar-m;nded, her excellent advice
to her brother, to confess his life and
justify it by his theories, which she had
many times heard him enunciate, prove
her straightforward, strong charac-
ter, but not ''free lover" weak.mind-
ed'' OF 'fnsane.''
I have known Mrs. Hooker we'll
enough and long enough to testify that
she is neither. But--in the clashing
Of interests, ambition, and revenge
among men-mothers, sisters, wives and
daughters are readily sacrificed.
Coming up through four years Of ag-
ony and despair Mr.. Beecher so pathct-
ically describes, one is surprised to See
in him
so LITTLE SENSE OF JUSTICE
towards those who, from no fault of
their own, became cognizant Of the
whole sad story. To blacken such
characters as Susan B. Anthony and
Laura Curtis Billiard, Bessie Turner
an unreliable servant, a self-confessed
tool for whomsoever might choose to
11sc her--is the main witness against
Mr.. Tilton, and his friends who CHANGED
to visit his house.
Her statement in regard to Miss An
thouy was false, and Of me was exag-
gerated beyond all bounds. She said
before the committee that frequently
played chess with Mr.. Tilton until 8
o'clock in the morning; as if she. who
was never half-wake in the daytime,
could spend her nights in watching.
Through all the years Of our scquaint-
ancc, played chess once with Mr.. TIL
ton, finished the game at IL o'clock,
and etired,-making a note Of it the
next day in the Rerolutio7., which 1
was then editing.
You ask if it is possible for Mr..
Bcecher to maintain his position in face
of the facts. His position will be main
tanned for him, as he is the soul and
centre of
THREE POWERFUL RELIGIOUS RINGS,
as he tells you himself in his state
meDt:
l. Plymouth Church;
2. The Christian Union;
3. 'The Life of Christi
AS church property is not taxed, it's
bonds, in the hands Of the wealthy men
sof that organization, are valuable, and
the bondholders, alive to their financial
interests, stand around Mr.. Beecher, a
faithful >>1k l.-:--