Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-19

! ,he hal been; how we:trieu Out WIN III
oortunity; that he hui con:es-ei ms own
,lien LIVES. and said thtt he couii not
hear TO think that shs was better THAN ne;
that she might win him to reformttion II
she would confess thtt she had love'i me
more than him, AMI that they w"utd re,
pent, and 90 on with future concord. !
cannot give her language but only thr
tenor of her representations l received
them impatiently. | spoke to her IN tne
shortest language Of her course. L SAID
to her: d" Have | ever made improper
advances to vou?" She said, g No" Then
I asked, "Why did you say so to your
busband?" She seemed deeply distressed
NV friend" by that designation she al,
wuys called mel am sorry. but could
not help it. What can do?" | told her
She could state in writing whit she had
now told me. She beckoned for her writ
inc materials, which l handed her from
he secretary standing near by, and she
sat ND in bed and wrote brief counter
statement. In il sort of postscript she de
MED explicitly that l had ever offered
INV improper solicitation to her. That
being the only charge made against me-
by Tilton, or sustained by the statement
about the confession which he had read
to me, l dreamed of no worse charge nj
that time. That was horrible enough
The mere thought that he could make It,
md could have extorted any evidence on
which to base it, was enough to take
away my senses. Neither my conscious
ness of its utter fllsehood, nor Mrs. Ill
tom. retraction of her part IN 1t, could
remove the shock from my heart and
head. Indeed, her admission to me that
he had stated under any circumstances
1 Il nj nj Va
the GROWING blow of all. 1t seemed to
me as if she was going to die; that her
mind was overthrown, and that L WAS In
some dreadful way mixed up in it, and
might be left by her death, with this ter
rible accusation hanging over me. re
turned like one in a dream to Moultons,
where | said little and soon went home.
| 1t has been sail that | confessed my
| guilt and expressed remorse. This is ut
trrlv false Is it likely that with Mrs
Tilton's retraciion in my pocket L should
have thus stultified myself
On the next day ut evening, Mr.. Moul-
ION called at my house and came up into
my bedroom. He said that Mrs. Tilton-
IN her husbands return to her, after our
Interview, had informed him whit sh
| had done, an that | hal her retrartion
Moulton expostulated with me; said tn
retrac ion, under the circumstances, would
not mend matters, but only awaken fresh
| discord between husband and wife, an do
great injury to Mrs. Tilton. without help
ing me. Mrs. Tilton. he said, htd al
ready recanted in wiring the retraction
made to me. and, of course, there might
| be no end to these contradictions.
| Meanwhile. Tilton had DESTROYED hi
wfe's first letter acknowledging thu con
y IL. Il th,+ T 49,
taken a mean advantage AMI made dis
honorable use of Theodores request tlIa,
| should visit her in obtaining from he
L written contradiction To a document not
IN existence. He said that al ,liificnltie
could be settled without any such papers.
md that | ought TO give it up. He was
lnler great excitement. He made no YER
btl threats, but he opened his overcoat,
and. with some emphatic remrrk. showeu
pistol. which afterwarl he took out anu
| left on the bureau near which he stood. i
rave the paper to him, and. after Il few
moments TUX. he left.
| Mr. Beecher then refers to the great dis
ress of min caused him by the action OF
Mrs. Tilton in this matter, bat finally sup
! ppsei she hal been overbOrne by sickness. !
| vas shattered in mind and no longer res
ponsibl- for her &C 5. II so i W, ut out
10 her in pity. lie blamed himself for |
want of prudence and foresight. for |
hought it was the result of her undue af- |
| ection for him, and he could have borne |
my punishment if that poor chill coula
| nut emerge from this cloud. He judged |
! from Tilton's anger and fury that the
charges made by him AMI supported by |
The ;tccus ltion of his wife We're to be pub
| ticlv pi eferrel against him, which might I
,.,c,,It ,liSaSfpr IF NOT ,h
ruin. He considered his name, his church
| verifying connected with him involved |
He SAYS. :" Ny earnest desire 10 avoid pub
| lie accusation, and the evils necessarily |
| lowing from it. has been one Of the lie nj |
ing motives that must explain my action
turing these three OF four years" Moulton |
visited Beecher ut this time. finding him |
n Il sore and distressed condition. Moul- /
ton seemed convinced that Beecher h 81
been seeking Tillon downfall; had league /
with Bowen against him and hv advice |
had nearly destroyed his family. Mr.. |
| Beecher saws he needed no arguments TO i
induce him to do or say anything to rene |
| " the injury of which he believed he had
| been the active cause. Moulton assured |
Beecher of Tilton's parity aud flithfuness
to his wife. Beecher felt convinced OF
danger in its meaneSt form, became in
tensely excited, felt his mind in danger OF
giving way. and poured forth his heart in |
inrestrained grief and bitterness Of self-ac- !
cu>ation, and denying any intentional |
wrong.
Moulton said if Titon could feel assur- |
ed of Becchers friendline>s, there would |
be no trouble in making Il reconciliation. |
| gave him leave to state To Theodore |
my feelings. He proposed that | should |
write II letter. | declined, but said that he |
could report our interview. He then pre-
pared to make a memorandum of the talk, |
md sat down ut my table, and took down. |
Is l supposed, a condensed report of my
talk, for went on still pouring out my
wounded feelings over this great desoli- |
ton in Mr. 1ilton's family. 1t was no, a
| lictation of sentence after sentence, he a
mere amannensis and | composing for
him. Mr.. Moulton WIS putting into his
,wn shape part of that which | was saying
| in my own manner. with proiuse eXplana-
ions. This paper of Mr.. Moulton's WAS IA
mere memorandum of points to be used by
him in setting forth my feelings. That it
contains matter and points derived from
me is without doubt, but they We're put in
sentences by him and expressed us he
understood them. not rs my words but us
hints of INV figures and letters to be used
by him in conversing with Mr.. Tilton. H
lid not read the paper to me, nor did
read it, nor have l ever seen it Or heard il
read that remember, until the public3.-
ton If Mr. Tilton's recent documents; anil
now reading it. see in it thoughts that
pnint to the matter of my discourse, but il
Is not my paper, nor are those my SEN
.ences. nor is il q correct report of whit
said. 1t is a mere string of hints hastily
made by IN Impractical writer AS helps t.
his memory in representing to Mr.. Tilton
low felt toward his family. If more
han this be claimed, if it be set forth rs
in any proper sense my letter, then dis
own it and denounce it, Some of its sen