The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-22

total stranger to Mr.. Tlltou, save he ha
: had been presented TO her In company q
!. friend lew days previous, wrote In Nh
: RorlA Of Monday, May 22d, 1871 the iol
lowing statement, namely:
4 l know ot one man, public teacher O
eminence, who lives in concubinage viii
, tho vile OF another public teacher Of al
most equal emlnence, All three coucu
IN denouncing the offence against moral.
ity. l shall make II my business 10 ana
llzs some Of lthese lives. . n IA 49,
Signed, V. @. WooDnULI.
On the day Of the publication Of thl
above card In the World Mr.. Tilton 70.
ceived from Mrs. Woodruff request Il
call on importance business at her office
and on going thither copy Of the above
card was put into his hand BY Mrs. Wood
hull, who said, "The parties referred tc
therein were Rev. II. W. Beecher and
the vile Of Theodore Tllton." Follow,
ing this announcement Mrs. Woodruff de-
tailed to Mr.. Tilton with Q vehement
speech the wicked and injurious story
which she published In the year follow.
ing. Meanwhile Mr.. Tilton desiring to
guard against any temptation TO Mrs,
Woodruff 10 publish the grossly, distort.
ed version which she gave TO him, and
which she afterwards attributed 10 him,
no sought by many personal services
and steady attentions TO influence her to
such good will towards himself and iami.
ly as would remove oil disposition or de-.
sire In her TO aflct him with such pub.
ication. Tilton's efforts and associations
with Mrs. Woodruff ceased In April, 1879,
and six months A!terwards-Viz NO.
yember I'd, 1879, she published the scan.
dal which he had labored to suppress.
Filteenth-That on the third day there.
after Rev. Thos. L, Bsecher, OF Elmira,
wrote as follows:
ELMGRA, N. Y, Nov. 6, 1872.
Mrs. Woodruff only carries out Henry's
philosophy, against which / recorded my
protest twenty years ago. :
Sixteepth-That in May, 1879, the
publication by one Of Beecher's partners
OF a tripsrtlte covenant between q. @.
Bowen, II. W. Beecher and Theo. Tilton
led the press OF the country to charge
that Tilton had committed against Beech.
er some heinous wrong, which Beecher
hsd, ,pardoned, whereas the truth was the
reverse. To remedy this false public i'm.
preston Me-. Moulton requested Beecher
TO prepare suitable card relieving Til.
ton OF this injustice. In answer to this
request Mr. Beecher pleaded his embar-
rassments, and prevented his saying any.
thing without bringing himself under sus.
piciOn. MIR. TiltOn then proposed TO
prepare card oi his own containing a
lew lines from the recently quoted apolo.
gy for the purpose OF showing that Beech
er, instead Of having had occasion TO for
give Tilton, had had occasion 10 be for.
given by him.
Mr.. Beecher then wrote letter 10 Mr.,
Moulton, which on being shown to Til
ton was successful in appealing to Til.
toms feelings. -
Dir. Beecher said in It, under date Of
Sunday morning, June 1, 1873:
"MY DEAR FRRDRRIcK-I am de.
Etermined 10 make no more resistance,
TheOdore's temperament is such that
the iuture, even II temporarily earn.
ed, would be absolutely worthless, and
rendering me liable at any hour OF the
day TO be obliged tostultify all the devices
by which we saved ourselves. 1t Is only
fair that he should know that
the publication Of the card which
he proposes would leave him worse
of than before the agreement. Twice the
tripartite covenant was made after my let.
ter through you to him;twice the apology
was written. he had had 1t a year. he
had condoned his wiie's fault. He had en-.
joined on me with the utmost earnestness
and sOlemnity not TO hetrsy his wife nor
leave his children 10 blight. 4
With such man as T. T. there is no pos.
sible salvation for any that depend on
him. With strong naturehe does not
know how to govern 1t. = y =
There is no use Of trying further. l have
a strong feeling on me and 1t brings me
great peace that l am spending my last
Sunday and preaching my last sermon"
The hopelessness Of spirit which the
foregoing letter portrayed on the part OF
its writer led Tilton to reconsider the
question oil defending himself at the cost
Of producing misery TO Beecher, which
determination by TiIton TO allow the Ere.
vailing calumnies against himself TO 90
unanswered, was further strengthened BY
the following notes received by him two
days thereafter from the Office OF the editor
Of Beecher's journal: - -.-a-r-
1928 EAST TWELFTH STREET, J
~ June 4, 1873. +
My DEAR THEoDoRR-Msy / tell you
frankly that when l saw you last you did
not seem to me to be the noble young man
who inspired my warm sfiection so many
years ago. You were yielding to an act
which couldn't help thinking would be
dishonorable and perfdious, and although
it is easy for me 10 make every allowance
for tho circumstances which wrought you
TO such frenzy, ! was dreadfally
shocked. My dear Theodore, let
me as an old friend, whose heart
Is wrung by your terrible suffering
and SORROW, tell you that you were then
acting ignobly, and that you can never
have true peace Of mind TIL you conquer
yourself aud dismiss oil purpose and
thought OF iDjuring the man who has
wronged you. 0t all the promises our
lips can frame, none are so sacred as those
We make 10 those who have injured Us
and'whom we have professed TO forgive,
and they are sacred Just in proportion as
their violation works injury 10 those
whom they are made: You cannot paint
too blackly the wrongs you have suffered.
On that point make no plea in abat-
ment; butt beg you to remember that
nothing can change the law which makes
forgiveness noble and God.like. have
prayed for you night and day with strong
crying and tears, beseeching God 10 re-
strain you from wronging yourself by
violating your solemn engagements. To.
night am happy In the thought that you
have been preserved from committing the
act which so much dreaded. N
In letter written by Beecher In order
to be shown to TiltoD, Beecher spoke as