, 1874-07-22

I10o1of0 lilton'9 statement Of Eu6 T9latt0na
heretofore existing betwcon his wife and tho
ROY. Horny Ward DoecAor ia at Inst given to tho
world, and ia 30 much worso than anybody had
anticipated that it can best DO characterized in
tho words Of Hamlet:
Ench an set
That blurs tho gracs and blush Of moltstys
Calls v,rtua hypocri!e i: takcs Off the rose
From the fair forehead OF all innocent 1oye
And Bcts blister there ; makes marriago 9o1s
As falne as licers' oath. 0, such deed
As from the body Of contraction ptuckA
The very aoul aud sweet religion makea
4 rhapsody OF words ueasSua face doth gtow;
Yea this sol!d1ty and compound nlass
With triatfui vision as aga1nHt the doom,
Is thought-H!ck at the act.
Reduced to tho cold form OF prose, Mr. Tiltpn
charges, aud supports his Charge with most
formidable array Of documentary and other
proof that Mr. Deocher, in the year 1868, de-
liberato!y seduced his wife, Elizabeth R. Tilton,
and maintained criminal rotations with her for
tho period Of aomo two years, until tho act was
discovered by Tllon and confcHscdb by Mrs. Tllton
ind afterwards by Deecher hin,aeli; that Mr..
Titon, to shield his own family, condonod the
oNouse, and absented himself from plymouth
Church tint Mr.. Beooher vroto letter to be
henaion that ho Crilton) would uot keep tic
Becrot, and revealing state Of utter despair on
Ills omn part, saying that tho effort to maintain
IN outward appearance Of Horenity while
accusations wero multiplying against him,
was destroying his lite, and that death
would bo the most wolcomo Ut friends
to him that nevertheless DcocAer allowed TIL
ton to suffer under the imputation OF q SANDER
OR, liar, and dog, causing him to be loaded
with public opprobrium and social ostraclam
that further, he couspired with 3Irs. Elizabeth
r. Ti'ton, ha wife, to complete hla ruin by
perjury, and aubornation OF perjury;
that finally SIra. Tilton broke down under
the Rtluga OF guilty conscience, and
confessed that the Testimony eho gave tho other
day before the Investigating Committee WAS
false, and that 1t was given at tho instauco Of
Mr. Boechcr's lawyer, In order to Bave the Cause
Of religion u and finally that nothing could
have prevailed upon him {Tilton) to mako this
ntatement except A1r. Dcecher's pablo challenge
Of tho truth Of bis otsor to Or. Bacon, by call
ing for al investigation.
Such Is tho substance Of Mr. Tllton'e sworn
statement. It bears tho Impress OF truth, and ig
fortified by chain Of circumstances which tally
with each other aud with what has gone before.
OF course it iB only one si1o OF the atory. Tho
other remains to bo told and 1t will be only baro
jnstlco to wait till tho other aao is hoard. hIr.
Deecler has been q long time iu coming to tho
point, but he can wait no longer. II he con-
fesses tho substantial truth Of Tilton'a charges,
10 thereby acknowledges that ho lisd whom he
published Lis gonoral denial last june aud that
ho has boon hypocrlto and scoundrel theBe
many years., for Dir. iton'satatomont REQUIRES US
tobeioyouot TINT Mr. Beoohor toll In IN uneuarlod
moment, but that he atudlously planned and &C.
eompllshed tho seduction Of Mrs. Tilton In tho
garb OF hor religious advisor, aud that le con-
tinued his foul intercourse until discovery made
1t 10 longer possible.
Tlaia statement, whether true OF falso, will
carry disn,ay not merely Into religious crc!oa,
but into family cirolos throughout tho United
Slater, II. not into oyory country whore
tho English language ta spoken. Mr.. Doeohor
IL tho foremost preacher In the world.
Wo aro inclined to aselgn him tho most eloquent
tongue thkt the preaent century hsH produced.
IL balouga to = faulty OF slttcd men sud