New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-28
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
WEAKNESS OF TILTON'S CHARGES.
From Ik> N,tr- York Herald


additional phases which have great weight IN the case
one of these the animus manifested against
nton by the presence OF counsel ana the extreme i.
tude of the inquiry The other Is iltoh lnaDlty 10
fix within anything IKE preoable period
of the occurrence O. the bedclamber scene and the
scene in Mr. Beechers house In TINS there is great IN
herent weakness which destroys altogether the charges
Mr. Tlton has made upon ms personal hnowl e
IL IL not possible 10 rely upon tho testimony as proof
All that remains, them is Mr. BeecheTs letters par,
rally explained by the letters OF Mrs. TItoB and we
now await the statement OF the incupated clergyman
as Of the greatest importance in throwing light upon
this troublesome question. Waen eyeTyDo mas pten
heard perhaps it win be possible to arrive at something
ike very lair Judgment.
ABSOLUTE BREAKDOWN OF HIS CHARGES.
from The Ner- York Sdr. -, >.
In brief, TiltOn has charged that his wife
was aduteress; That he saw Mr.. Beechcr put MS
hand where no hand should have been that he subse-
quentlv found his wife and Mr. Beecher IN room, the
door Of which was locked and lastly that MS wife had
ton of these points the Committee directed their ear
nest attention aud with result mat mr. Srea
TpscY Was deyeoped l. That iiltons first charge
was as false as it seandslous The scene in the
locked room comes equally disastrous conclusion
Dropped from the case henceioTth are tle Two ions'
That is promised, and the promise Will be Kept.
INCOHERENT. INCONSISTENT, AND sELFCoN.
DEFINING.
Mr. Titon's crOss-eXamlnatiOn, condensed
elsewhere, reveals sort OF CLEARINGHOUSE IN two homes
and a mind crazed with nhrmities of temper. The
cuser seems to remember nothing which he would like
TO forget shows himself the most erratc and incOn
sstent witness put upon the stand. His wife is
yiruous and she is not virtuous She IL "purer than
any minister" and yet adulteress aud bad woman
with Mr. Beecher according to this testimony, even
in the presence her husband. she is both the
angel OF light and the devil OF darkness weak and de-
woman: and vet again she q the creature Of Mr.
Beecher" and the peer OF any man; aud yet again
Mr. Beecher and his wife! lie first believed
III her love- falih, purity, and goodness
ssten selfcondemnng testimony has rarely been read
but end II bates not one ot or little OF accusation
against Mr.. Beechers wicked designs upon MS wife, or
his own guilt with other women lac says let his wife
if 1t was nice Thing for Mrs Titon TO do
and II he mad not forced her 10 enough areacy In
this Of accusation Then OF the letters he has, he
declines produce them before the Committee Of SIX
he may not get them back again! Tue letters pub
ished in part extracts aud ~ part whole one IL
asionished at the adrones, Of IHton working up his
against his VIE and MI Beecher anu the general
mpusveness Of his past conduct ana present answers
10 pertinent questions lie has too much sense to crmi-
himself and too Mite 10 DE at an consistent IN MS
memory dates, forms OF accusation. la tho bed
room with many doors he convinced there was no
quit. and so IN the paIlor oi Alr. Beecher MY only
evidence Of Mr. Beecher's criminality Is Mrs Iton's
confession or the direct testimony OF Mrs. hilton, VINO
Is painted as pure CHRISTIAN woman ana YET TINS best
Christian women barring her faults before God
and the pubic most sOemniy denies the accusations
against her and Mr. Beecher.
A WEAK POINT IN HIS COMPLAINT
from ne " y. Commercial Adreriser.
The publication of the examination of Mr..
Tnton Ia its entirety certainly weakens that gentle
mans case. He ID placed, u appears IN position
where ms memory fails him with regard 10 the dates of
certain occurrences which among his charges, and
admissions concerning his relations with Mrs.
Thton which appear 10 US 10 De very DAMAGING 10 the
cOnfesses his wifcs aUhorence Tor Mrs. Woodruff and
ofner persons-rends Of ns-who are the apostles OF
the very which lie her OF putting IN
practice he certainly gives her most useful weapon OF
defense For IL Is hardly probable that she would so
strenuOusy the association OF those whose
very ideas she embUdying through her own SIN.
And mis- admission too agrees with MIS- Tiltons own
statement aud undenable that she felt acutey,
the of these objectionable persons as assoc
ate %
conform with the anlmus OF the accusations hurled
against his wife by Theodore Ti.ton. look upon
il as "a materially weak point in his complaint
TWO CONSPICUOUS POINTS.
Two points appear quite cOnspcuOusly In
this MASS details: Mr. ntOn's mistake IN trying to
cnrc"n The crne-if crime there has been-by cunning
evas!ous aud phrases used IN TO he taken
another. He weakened his by a series OF
~ and eyasions TO protect his wife ana family ALI OF
winch mis- carried and he cOncsses that course IN
this respect has been foolish. The eud obvious
enough and most people win say that 1t jutifed the
efforts made TO secure H. But the folly that tried to
draw the curtain over an uncOyerabe crime to
others from the suffering that would result from ex-
posure is for or palatlon OF the II
intended o. conceal. Mr. Triton has also weakened his
case in puDnc estimation by fOrgving lin large
sense" what most people regard q unpardOnaGie
crime. They hud II Iarder to believe that crime OF
such has been committed because Mr. Tton
has treated both the parties involved ia IL with much
kindness aud consideration IL Mrs Iliton was inDO-
cent of moral wrong Is he has maintained the man
vino confused her Intellect aud blinded her conscience
with cunning sOpnstres aud overpOwered her Will
with Inc force OF ms personal magnetism is all the more
ruty and the silence AIr Iiltons part seems all the
more Inc xplicabe aud undeeusibe II his statements
correct he has been guilty of magnanmty that is at
variance OuJ with received ideas of honor but with
FOUNDATIONS of social order, and this mistaken mag
rduIm.ty has cost him dear
LIES OR HALLUCISATIONs OF THE FIRST CLASS
IRON The Brooklyn Eagle
word only is needed upon the library
scene and tue "brdrOOm scene sir. ItJn virtually
aDaHdons theu. He can fix no dates for them, not
30 large date as decade. Mr. WnslOw had TO fix the
Tious former admissions. aud then TliOn said
the library scene" was IN s2! fourteen years ago,
- fhE ..tpa rod lnfn
So 5 x,een years Mrs NitOn and Mr.. Bcecher
Indignantly deny any such scene. Theodore TtJn Is
certain OF II, and equally certain that 1t was IN his
presence fourteen ago. that he has lived with the
lazy ever since. TIL a fortnight ago. and tnat ne
Lcl.eyesit. We believe that Theodore TiltOu believes
mat Theodore TitOn lies, because II Is impossible for
even lin 10 have little manhood be TO- He
dates the bedroom scene even earller-dnd It Is
paiued on his own testimony that his bedroom
aud si;tingrOOm were in common. and that thinner
the house beng full OF children, who we're
racing aud rompng and making great
no importance Scenes" and he tells the Com
nitee His crossexaminaton also shows that his home
was broken up by hmself-by hs change of views so
vital TO his wife, by the singular Importation OF women
whom she agrees with all mankind, very nearly, de
dence their fanny Aud lie that after
the scenes he tried 10 make 50 much OF day two
ago, and makes 80 little OF now lac chded aud dis
pleased at Mr.. Beecher for not coming oftener his
house-wben he would have us believe that he MIR.
husbands approving presence. This is the whole story
The confession" is shown TO be fraud; Mr. TiltOns
into unsuccessful bOOtma, though the proposition FOR
the interview an honorable one proceeding from his
wife: Nj. IiliOn's campaign Bowen successful
blackna and the scenes lies ~ Authorizations Of
the first and worst class. The rest Of the testimony
" trimmings" the trimmings however, belt the gar
nlent which We have exhibited.
PECULIAR IDEAS on SOCIAL QUESTIONS.
me Boston Journal
Theodore Thton evidently has very peculiar
ideas social questions. In his sworn statement ms
explicitly charged his wife with having had imptoper
relations toward Mr. Beecher When cross t xanined
by the Committee of Inves eaton he his wife
deserves good character; that her soul white and
that better than her husband Belle wing that
how can he have the impudence TO voluntarily charge
heE with immoratv. and with an attempt rnin him