The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-08-18

deriul control of his people, the ladies es-
pecinlly, because he has o large animal
nature and IL emotional and magnetic.
But he has voluptuous self-loye. if you
come to examine hi, many acts Of spas
modic generosity, you will lnd That they
have not css; him much personally. Hor-
ace Greeley wss Of another turn. What
he did for q friend WAS his own gift. ]
often used to be in straits for editorial ia
tho Independent, and would entres. Mr.
Greedy TO help mo out. He would take
his own time aud make matter for me ike
o fellow-work- Cd.
"May | venture 20 nsk what you have
held Of
Mr.. BEECHER, MORALITY ~
"Thst do not caro- 20 say much sbout.
do not dislike that man now. | pity
him, but no ha. put me in the position
Of defending myself 1t i. TOO much TO
let him break my household NJ and then
destroy my character. 4 think Beeeh,r
lacks the moral sense aud substitutes for
| . religious sentiment. His conversation
has been salscious for years, fun Of LAwdy
| anecdo'e and lingering upon sensuOus
| suggestions. Now there is Frank MOuI-
ton, who vii! swear like q trOpp6r, Int !
| never heard him soil his tongue ia TINT
| way. Mr.. Beccher iss coward. !, tAtcs
| the whole OF Plymouth church &. make
him bold. II be WAS in my position now,
| left 10 his own resources, ] should DO I'M
| PEELED TO 60 10 his assistance. honestly
say, withou. malice, that his moral nature
| despise and he has suffered torture. IN
| tpeskable for years, afraid Of me, after I
forgsve him. Why thero WAS no, point
| of contact in our careers. Jealousy, even
in the family circle, never had Of
| him.
why did you. after the many years Of
doubtful reputation Mr.. Bsecher has
borne, lot him come to your house and be
the idol Of your wife ~
"BecAuse I trusted hor MS II she were
child. / never quite trusted him, bu. be.
lieved that her religious nature was in
vincible. Every time held her in cor
rection che pleaded Bsecher more ard
more. He was her prophet, priest and
king. The fact is, Beecher ought to have
married Elizabeth. She required =
preacher OF some kind"
Mr. TILToS's FEELING FOR HIS WIFE.
About this time Mr. Tilton, who had
been cool and fluent, stopped and closed
his lips hard, and said TO me, with evident
feeling;
George do you think all this exposure
aud uprosr with ruin Elizabeth -
Said | "Inevitably, but that will not
prevent you from doing your duty rs you
see it. The first right of man is the pur-
suit of happiness. You take the conIequ-
ences if you disagree with the public, but
you have taken the worst Alresdy. A man
who can reconcile wife who has behaved
like yours, has nothing TO suiier from the
public taunt."
Said Mr. Tilton, with his eyes on the
floor: ~ do not sec how wa can over ro-
sumo our relations nf.er those cruel revelN-
tions as TO mo, false and disgrscoful, and
put in her mouth by Bseehers lawyers.
But with / could see away to mako
mankind think leniently of her. Icould
have carried her over tins thing without
putting any disgrace upon her, ifsho bad
stayed at home. But 1t was necessary t.
the Bsecher interest that they got possess
sisn Of her. want you, If you ever say
anything to nybody about me, to call at
tsntion to this TACT.
ACARD WRITTEN by Mr. TILToE.
Mr. Tilton took a card and wrote This:
His sworn statement was never thought
OF by Il. till after Beecher had originated
the committee of inquiry, and after Eli
ADbth lAQ QebBTbbu nor uOubt, anu mr. wv
ington had published card in her behalf,
announcing tina, she had gone from him
forever.
l inclose tho card with this Sketch"
Imsy hesitate here few minutes TO re-
late tho
ABSOLUTE CONSISTENCY
of Mr.. Tilton in nearly everything lie
said, with the tide Of events in this mourn
full human episode. People at distance,
acting from strong intellectual sympathy
with Mr.. Beecher, or pursuing blindly an
original selection OF the justified man Of
the two, would find reason to return to
zee this younger man in the desperate
battle, presenting his case line by line,
reason by reason, document by document.
On the card inclosed he also wrote;
"Beecher's apology was made six months
before 7. Il. ever SAW Mrs. Woodruff"
The apology" is that which says that
Henry Ward Boecher humblcs himself
before Theodore Tilton as before his God,
and Theodore Tilton would have been a
better man than he (Beechorl ia under
the came circumstances. Does not this
refer to Tiltons msgnsnimous silence
alluded 10 Abovs2 .tf II
A PERTINENT QUESTION.
7 usnt IN aak bnfnre closing: Who