The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-22

earlier sessions Of the committee, TO shield my
wife; In 9th words, how little dem-nded
much in hers. Ny proposed rm f,r their re-
port las quoted by Mr. MouI0nl concluded sS
iorbear to -" state 'Itasss thas the be" ReS1 nSe
Henry Ward Beecher. Mr. Theodore
manner the lat err merit and should receive
tee sympathy ami reSpec; of Plymouth Church
morning after 1 wrote the owe proposed
kindly ard charitable report for the committee
70 adoot, and owed IL my wife, who not
tears her marvel that 1 should have de-
manded more for her good name than had done
Tor mine; it was. say, on the very next noI ming
Mifon, in obediehee 10 Mr. Bees6er's adv aavlseTs.
oeserten the home To which she has never since
returned. repeat, therefore. Ihat the exposure
which mad TO the committee and TO the pub
about by Mr.. Beecher and Mrs. Tilion, who united
In demanding IL al my hands, md who BY ihis
TO refuse nv eompsnc h rS D9n 70 -. 1ppnpiy or
REFUSAL, ruin to myself to ccd 10 make cho ce
between these two aIternaffves-hofE aImosf
equally horrible to my :sel ngs-I at iAst deter
mined not TO b. thus nrow beaten by persons
who, hayiDgr ceiv-d my past ardon and con-
lnu1uS IOrDearance seemed ar last attack king nv
very life. ask the pub &c, Therefore TO weigh
the one rs ct which have tiIls 81 forth. nsney:
That the responsibility for the revelations which
nave made rests, not ON Inc, button Mr. Beecher
and Mrs; hlton. wash my hands of it.
ing hnal points:
XVI. This rehearsal of events win now enable
against me. One is ihis-I am asked frequently:
ar T1lton, how could you, after condoning
your wires taut four years ago, ~ Oelaim Il at so
| late day." Ny answer has been just fore-
shadowed, and IL in this: made thi exposure
made Ii because Mr. s.eecher and Mrs TYIton
compelled me 40 make it. did not volunteerft
woulo gladly have continued TO thield both par
ties Tor the sake Of one. But when Nr Beecher
and Mrs Titop made public league against
me, and, in the face OF the whole community,
accept their joint challenge or, by declIiing ft.
10 deserve the contempt of mankind. That is
my answer; and candid men aud women viii
acknowledged it T. be just. Next havean eausIIy
plain answer TO those critics who eoDde mn me
for having committed, they say, a I1nder In
condoning my wifes fault at first. And my an
swer ~: am perfectly willing 10 accept tots
whether from foes or friends Before cod I
1 hold tDat bright and not wrong in forRiy-
ing an erring woman who went astray through
/ a powerful temptation. No regret beclouds my
mino Tor Ibis forgive mes OF nv wffe,--whsch,
am sure, shall Look back from my dying
Ded with pleasure, not with pain. i forgave
| Ihls genile woman because loved her: 1 for
gave her for her children's sake; 1 forgage her
because despise the public sentiment which
condODes such iaulIs In men and then coDReIs
men 10 punish them in women: forgave her
remained a woman, loNi ng right rather than
wrong, and seeking good mthr r than evil: 1
iorgave her because / ienderiy remembesea
that Christ Himself 70 gave a sinia fault
| in more wicked woman--ana who was 4
TO. seorn the law OF His greaI &xampleP No
lcrlucism OF my fUgivt ness OF Mr. Tilfoa can
life had been a. Iishteous IA this good deed OF
cnarity-aloelt toward woman who hes since
put poorly requi ed me for it-l would Aov be q
better man than am.
! xvii have oDls TO add that know wo-os
OF mf assured mo eraiiOn I'm which 10 characteriKe
nily Mr.. Beecher'ss recent treatment OF This
IbrcKen-hearted lady, whom
HE HAS FLUNG
asaipst the wall of Plymouth Church and
dashed TO pieces First, he Instituted a public
committee TO inquire into her adultery with
him. WQprpQQ no IN bo.,
against this exposure; then he beckoned her
away from her husbands horEe, making her
very fight bear witness 70 her guilt: then be
su1orned her 10 give false testimony against her
world; then, with unparalleled baseness. he
and accused her Of having been the the
clariDg that she had 'thrust her
aiiee.ions upon him an oughr:" then be vart-
less treaehery to her friend and pastor express
ing his doubts whether 10 call her las he "A, 81
"a saint or the chief ofsinners,p srsulng [as he
says again. that she must be either corrupted
10 deceit or so broken I'm mind "a 10 be ir-espou-
slole. debating with himseflas hesays furtherI
upon her and hold her up 10 contempt;" and
then, after making all tn sc contempfuous ref
prompted his c0mmii tee TO rem er a verdict
against her, in which they declare her conduct
Of her innocence, to be .sutierly indefensibis :.
and last OF Al, he permitted his own Journal, the
Cnlous 10 hilknldtlLe ner y - OOrs
weak woman" whose >iimony was OF value
; either for or against the man who had tenn Dted
, her to utter her falsehoOdS in his own hehsIft
All this base and brutal conduct by Mr.. Beeoher
towards Mrs. T1lton prompts me 20 speak of
him in fierce and burning words But for bear.
"Veng ance Il mine. and l will rerey. saith he
: ! Lord" rave become so used to orroEs I'm my
own life, that can not wish for their tnfiiciion
upon another man, not even on nv worst
enemy. will not ask the public To visit npon-
hr. beecher any sreatfr condemnation for the
} desolaIiOn which he he brought upon
those who loved, trusted, and served HIM, than
l have in past times seen him suffer from his
own selfiD flicted torturss in contem pla tion OF
the very crime for which he has now been ex-
posed 10 the scorn and pity Of the world now
well enough now his own thoughts have bowed
him In agony to the dust: ana this is enough.
wherefore, in contemplating my en- PITY house.
my scattered children, and my broken home, I
thank heaven that am spared the paDg OF this
, mans remorse for having wrought q ruin which
no even Almighty cod can fepairi