The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-25

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his case, Whathe says, whenever he
writes or speaks, isnot calculated to i'm
press people Iavorably on his own behalf
1tiSpretty certain that let the ultimate
facts be as they may, T1LToN is not
likely to come out Of the business witt
any laurels on his brow. There is q feel
ing in every delicate mind that he has
not acted manly part in the wretched
affair from the beginning up TO this time
Indeed there must be q general undertnne
oi contempt for him throughout the coun.
try. A true man would have
acted differently in the same cIrcum.
stances. he tells the world that
in 1870 his vile confessed her adultery
with MI. BBEoHER to him. He even goes
back to 1858 and tells US that his wife
even then intlmated to him that she was
experimenting with BRRcHRR. She was
determined TO let BRRoHRR Gee that "ahe
could receive his kindness and yet resist
his solicitations" II would appear as If
TnToN, by his own showing, was privy
to this experiment on her part. Imagine
right.minded man tolerating such an
ordeal. And yet Notwithstanding that
experiment, and Notwithstanding the con.
iession In 1870, TnToE wrote in Decem.
Der, 1879, to friend, in answer to Mrs.
WooDnU1I's expose In her paper, as fol-
lows: e
No. 174 LNNasToN ST. BROOKLYN,
December 81, 1872.
My Complaining Friend Thanks for
your good letter Of bad advice. You say,
allow easy tosgive the lioto the wicked
story and thus end 1t forever" But stop
and consider, The story Is q whole II.
brary Of statements-R hundred or more
and It would be strange ifsome OF them
were not correct, though doubt If any
are. To give . public denial Of such an
encyclope 1ia OF assertions would be as
vague and irrelevant as to take up the
RJlite Gazette, with its "a pages ol illus.
trstions, and say, ""This Is all lie." So
extensive. q libel requires, II answered at
all, a special denial Of It's several parts;
and, furthermore, 1t requires, In this par
ticular case, not only . denial Of things
misstated, but truthful explanation Of
the things that remain unstated and
mystery. In other words, the false
story, if met at all, should be con-
fronted and conEounded by the true
one. Now, my friend, you urge me to
speak; but when the truth is q sword,
Gods mercy sometimes commands It
sheathed. II you think. ! do not burn 10
defend my vile and little ones, you know
not the fiery spirit within me. But my
wife's heart Is more fountain Of charity,
and quenches all resentments. She says,
"Let there be no suffering save to our
selves alone and forbids q vindication TO
the injury of others. From the beginn.
ing sh6has stood with her hand on my
lips, Saying, "Hushl' So when you
promptme to speak for her, you counter
vail her more Christian mandate Of 81,
lence. Moreover, after all, the chietvlc-
tim Of the public displeasure Is myself
Rlonesand so long as this Is happily the
case shall try with patience to keep my
answer within my own breast, least II
shoot forth like thunderbolt through
other hearts," Yours truly,
THEODORE TILToN.
This was avery singular letter, to say
the least, for a man to write in 1872 about
9 woman such as he says he knew his
wlieI to have been in 1870. Then, too,
as as the 26th OF June last he wrote
letter to DR.. BACON in which he resent
ed reference to his wife by the clerk of
Plymouth Church and said;
"At first, was not willing to believe
that the Clerk OF Plymouth Church-the
same officer whose name had been Of
fcislly signed TO all the documents which
the church had Just been sending to the
Oouncil-could have been guilty Of 30
great an outrage against truth and de.
Cency as the above paragraph contained
particularly against lady sohoSe deU0ut
religious faith and lJ6 are 10 the iurthest
possible remove from spirituAlism or ia.
nAticism Of any kind. Accordingly l
procured the following sworn statement
by thereporter certifying to the accuracy
Of his report"
What are we to think Of q man who
could employ such language as this only
amonth ago about woman Of whom he
wrote the whitening and blasting expose
that appeared in the newspapers Of the
country on Wednesday morning lastH
The truth is that TILToN has shown
himself to be q weak and vacillating crea.
ture, and as such he Is incapable Of ex-
citing any deep sympathy in the public
mind, such as would naturally have gone
out towards him under other circum-
stances. There has been so much oI
seeming lalsehood and double'deallng on
his part, mixed up with sickly sentimen.
,ality, that the public arc disgusted. Had
Mr. T1ToN been a genuine man he would
never have setshis name to the following
document, signed by him on the S0th oi
May last:
EE"And ], Theodore Tilton, do Of my free
viii and friendly spirit toward Henry O.
Bowen and Henry Ward Beecher, hereby
covenant and agree that will never
again repeat, by word Of mouth or other.
wise, any Of the allegations, or imputa-
tons, or innuendoes contained in my let.
ter hereunto annexed, or any other in
furious imputations or allegations sug.
gested by or growing out Of fthese-and
that will never again bring up or hint
at any cause OF difference or ground oi
complaint heretofore existing between
the said Henry @. Bowen and myself
or the said Henry Ward Beecher.
How could true man have en-
tered into covenant with the seducer O.
hta wife in Mfriendlv anirit o. He rem.