The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-23

other persons, save only yourself. I vas
ready to give him this letter, because he
said With palm that my letter in your hande,
dated Dec. %, had struck him dead and
ended his usefulness. You and Jane pledg-
ed to do your best to avoid publicity. God
grant speedy end to all further anxieties
A6ectionately, ELIZABETH.
Ga the next day. Moulton being informed
OF the above Transaction BY Beechss, called
on lin. Reconciliation seemed suddenly
made impossible BY Beecher's nefarious art
in procuring the letter which Mr. T. had
thus been improperly persuaded to make
ialsely. Beecher promptly returned the
letter to Tilton With an expression of shame
aud sorrow for having procured 1t in the
manner be did. At The time Beschsr re-
,uraed the Letter through Moultop, he re-
lnested Moulton to cali at his residence on
CJlumbia street Oh ne It d.y, which he did.
A long intervieW then eRu,d, IN which
Beecher expressed TO Moulin great con,rl-
lion and remorse for his precious criminal
iy with Mrs. 1iltop; taking to himself
shame for having misused h . sacred Office
~ clergyman t. corrupt her mind
AMI expressing determination to
ii lin-eif in else Of exposure,
AMI gying Moulton u take 3 pen and
take from his Beecher's) lips an apology
to be conveyed to 1il;or, in hope that such
an appeal would secure Tll,on's forgiveness.
The apology which Beechsr dictated to
Moulton Was a. follows:
In Trust WITH F. d. MouLroN-MY
DEAR FRIEND MouLroN-I ask, thu ough
you, Theodore T.lton's forgiveness, and 1
humble myself before him as l DO before
my God. lie wouli have been a better
man IN NY circumstances than l have
been. l c,n ssk mott ing except that
he would remember sill The other tressts
that would ache. l will not plead for nv
sell; even wish that l were dead; but
others mat live 10 suffer. ! will die before
any enc but myself -hsll be inculpa'ed. All
my thoughts are running ont toward nv
friends and TO the poor child living there and
trhyIns with her folded hands. She is
Suiitiess ard snnsd against ty the trans-
srsS.io1 OF another. Her fory, yeness 1
have, and humbly pray God to put into IN.
heart of her husband to forgive me. have
tIn-:ed this t, Mr. Moul:on in confidence.
lSiened HENRY WARD BEEcHER.
In the aoOve document, Tbs lat sentence
and the Fl ,nature are in the handwriting OF
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
. Eleventh: That Mrs. L. wrot. the fol-
lowing to friend:
A cruel conspiracy hss been i, rmed
against my husband. in which my m, ther
, aad Mr.. Be, sher have bee N chief actors
Yours truly,
ELIZABETH r. T,lroN.
Twelfth. That in the following month
. Mr.. Mcu.ton, wishing to hind Titon and
, Beecher To mutual expressions OF g,ot
n -Pirlt, elicit the following eorgesp,ndrr &c
ex'rac's:
Ny DEAR FRIEHD:-I ssy very cheer
4 tnliy that, notwithstanding the great suffsr-
d Ing which ne has c,nsed TO + iz,b.th and
myself, 1 teT him no malice, shall Il, him
D D" wrong, shall dhsbunt, nance e!.ry pro
Il Jecf, by whons Deyer proposed, fer the ex
e pIsnfe OF his secret to the public, and ii |
: know my-el at all shsll endeavor to act u
Ia Mr.. B.echsr a. would have him undec
e similar circiDis.an Is az. toxari me-
l. 10 r. Mention. T. TIFoY
Ga the same day Beech, wrote lo MouI
b ton the blowing:
II fEESUtRY .th, ISL.
Il NY DEAR FRIEND MouLroN i am
d glad To send yen book, g.. MANY i,iend.
d has Col raised up 10 n,e, but To N, one Of
y them ha' he ever given the oPportuni and
n the "i'd0m o. serve me n ycu have. You
1
: Elizabeth. Dse' q 81, look down from
Il Heaven ON three Gnsappirr or,a,uns that
e iore used friend than lhe-.? l. il not an
! in,ins'iol of Gods infect Of mercy to sill
l that each one Of thes. his in vou a true
. friend. Wo.li t. God, who srIers al.
herris, that by his mediation Theodore.
T. IL ihsth and could be made friends again
theodore will have the hardest task IN such
case, but has he not proved him~ II cipa-
BILE o; the npblest H. in,-. HIVE.
Mr.. Monltol on the sinie day asked lii
ton II he would permit Be cher To a,ldre-- :.
letter to Mrs. TI.ton, and he replied in the
affirmative, waer.nron Eeecher wrote n.
fellow:
FEBRUARY
My Dear Mr.. Tilton:
Wien ! last saw yen | oid not EXPECT Ia
sac you again, or u be alive MANY DAYS
God wss kind.r to me than nv osu
: Thoughts. You have TO friend. Tlec-
doIe excepted. VINO / is il in his power To
serveyou 20 vilally, AMI WHO VI. do it
wiz. such d,ii acy and hnnfr - Moultou
! IL does my sore heat gond to see in Moullou
, an unse gaei respect and honor for you. Il,
w,nid kiIl me il thought oihsrwise lie
will he rs true a friend to Your honor and
hal piness IS brother could b. To sister.
: You and ! may meet in heaven. The ps-s
! is ended, but il there TO future? have
, pu, myself wholly and gladly in Mr.. Moul.
toms HANDS, and there | must meet YOU.
This is sent with Tbeodore's consent, but h,
has not read it. Will you return it to m.
e by his own hands? i am very earnest IN
this wish, for all our skies, a. such a letter
; ought not to be subject to even a chance oil
r miscarri ,ge.
!; Your unhspry friend.
I II. W. EEECHER.
: Thirteenth: That sb,ut yelr after Mr..
Tiltons CONT ssior, her mind remained Ii Se,i
r in the opinion tina: her criminal relstio ns
with Beecher had not been morslly wrong,
40 strongly had he imp