New-York tribune., 1874-09-19


voluntary impulse or suggestion but that on the con-
,rary her high emotional religious nature was made by
her pastor the whereby he accomplished tue rum
OF his confding victim
Itake the liberty to quote here passage from letter
by Mrs. Henry b. Stanton TO Mr. Mouiton' as ioio"S'
MRS. STANTON TO MR. MoULToS. GOT,
FRANCIS d. MouIros-Dsar Friend: In your dS forth a.
not forget as brave knight bring your steel on the
head Of The Great Preacher for his base ena1ee ta
Eliz abeth lton thrust love on him unsought You
Enow better than Susan or do the time and arguments
by which he achieved his % AaS ass nos a
been shown woman In this tragedy oincereV
yours,
One of Mrs Tlton siriends-a lady to whom she long
ago made her full confessionan intimate to whom she
says In one OF her letters, "Dear am as nearly
open before you before God" and In another, ="
love you as no other ever knew" aad IN still
another You remain TO me. darling the chief OF hui
riends-this lady has received many letters from
Elizabeth. of which contain illusions to Mr..
Beecher not by name, but by the pronoun he or him.
with underscoring In Mrs. Titon's behalf (not In
mne) have been shown Of these letters. putting
an end to the idea that Mrs Ton imposed her affection
upon Mr. Beecher unsought." The letter opens thus
MRS. TILToN TO MRS. -.
July 81. 1874
MrDgAR AND Coon -: "Does not your heart prompt
you TO say few words to your, or Ia IL all on her
you"
This extract from your sweet note OF to-day answer
rather strangely, perhaps but with all tenderness
IL. e., your Lowell like HIS unexDecte1, perpe
pirate.
The above letter utterly annihates the Idea that Mrs
Tilton thrust her affection him unsought" and no
who ever sued for and obtained wOman's love,
however wrongfully rendered to him, could make such
| an accusation without proving himself capable OF a
bsseness which few men, believe, entertain toward
women.
II any further proof were needed that 1t was Mr..
Beecher who solicited Mrs. Ttons affection, and not
! she who thrust hers upon him-which he says many
women Plymouth Church dothis proof will be found
the letters which and in the gifts which he
made to this grateful but obtrusye woman.
Touching these letters the Committees verdict contains
the following extrso rdinary statement:
There is proof hey sayl clandestlne correspond
enoe. attempts in that direction. Mr.. Beechers
letters were. as rule, opened arranged aud read BY
his wife.
In reply to tho above as single illustration of its
untruth) need only say that after Mrs Ton deserted
her home found ia locked closet hidden away be-
yond chance OF detection. collection OF clandesne
letters from Mr. Beechcr to Mrs Tlton some OF them
unaddressed to her and unsigned by his reveal
ing their designation only by the envelopes and their
authorship only by the handwriting In of these
letters printed Ia Mr. Moultons recent statement, Mr.
Beeoher says:
NY wife takes boat for Havana and Florida on Thurs
day.
In another he asks Mrs Tton to write him, for ho
says
1t would be safe. 1 am at home here with my
sister, and II is permitted to you.
man who-taking prompt advantage OF the depar
ture OF alynxeyed wife who, cas- rule opens and
arranges and reads his letters"nakes haste to send
this information to another lady from whom he socts
letters saying it will be safe for her write them
such man cannot accuse this lady OF thrustnG her
affections upon him unsought."
In like manner, just the Committee have denied
Mr.. Beechers clandesne letters he himself has denied
his clandestine gifts He that the only gfttokens
which he made to Mrs Tilton brooch and
copy Of books" do not understand what he means
by COPY of books" Is it copy of the English edi-
tion OF Norwood" in three volumesi He made her
such gift But her recent deserton Of her home
have found great number OF books given her by
Mr. Beecher sufficient to make small library Of them
selves-a collection which never before, did
know that he had ever given them to her. A few of
these books-mainy his own productons-conta in
his own handwriting, inscriptions addressed to her
pressve of his regard and esteem. transcrbe tho fol-
lowing:
MR.. BEECHER's GIFT BOOKS TO MRS TILToN.
ROYAL TRUTHS. EIton. Tlcknor & Fields, lsGj In
Mrs, Theodore Tlton, with the regards of the
Auhor."
THE SERMONS Of Henry Ward Beecher Edition, ]. B.
Ford Co., 1862 First and second series, two volumes
Inscription In each vonme:
MRS. Elizabeth TitoD, with the regards Of Henry
Ward Beecher.
D.,
THE OvERTURB OF ANGELS. Illustrated. Edition, j.
b. Ford & Co, 1870 Inscription
Mrs Elizabeth Titon, from her friend and pastor, H.
FEB g. 10"
LEcrURBRooM TALKS J. =. Ford & Co., 1870 In
Mrs. Elizabeth Tnton. from Il. W. Beecher.
LIFE OF JESUS THE CHRIST illustrated. Edition, J.
b. Ford & Co., 1871. Inscription:
MRS Elizabeth II. rton, with the resp ecs and affec
ions OF her friend Henry Ward Beecher.
"BrOoklyn. N. Y, Oct IL, 1871"
Among his other gifts to her-one OF the few which
she did not secrete from my knowledge-was a largo
watercoor painting Of trailing arbutus, done from
nature by a wellknown New-Engand artist, and in
scribed as follows:
For MRS ELIZABETH TILToN
From her friend.
H. W. BRECHER.
Oct. 49, 1866.
The inksand from which she wrote her letters to her
husband was have learned, gift from Mr. Beecher.
have also learned that during absence lecturng
tours he kept her constantly supplied with flowers. To
these he added howervases to hold them OF var
GUS patterns He her perfumes fancy soaps note
paper, and envelopes Moreover hidden away Sin the
same closet which have alluded, found collection
OF photographs OF his face and figure in various pos
lures. Another Of his gifts TO her. which have found
since her desertion was packet wrapped in q white
cloth like winding gsheet. which, being opened, con.
tained rel gious picture marked his handwriting
"July 49, 1885," representing design OF the Virgin
Mary holding the dead Christ Iwoud here particu-
larize these candesne letters and surrepous gifts
except the Committee have boldly denied the let
ters and Mr. Beecher the gifts and both Mr.. Beecher
and the Committee have attempted to deceive the pub
lie by the base defense that this misguided but always
| modest lady guilty OF an unwOmanly boldness-
foreign her nature and impossible In her acton-of
| thrusting her affections upon him unsought."
| ".
| MRS. TILTONS ECCENTRIC MOTHER.
Immediately after Mrs. Tilton's confess
in