The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-29
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To the Editor of the NY. IriJune Sir:
| Miss Catherine f. Beccher in a commune
cation published in your paper on Friday
| last says:
l. 1.-The real originator Of this (meaning
the Brooklyn scandal is the proprietor Of
| The independent"
My reply to this statement is that it is
| wholly false, as Mr.. Beecher himself very
| well knows.
2. She says that said proprietor of The
| Independent sis described to me" (her),
etc.-thus plainly intimating to the world
| that she has no acquaintance with me-
perhaps has never seen me. Miss Bcechcr
has probably forgotten that | acted
as her banker for long period
| of time-until | gave her notice, as
Others, l believe, had done before, that
desired the account closed on my books.
She also omitted to state that she has been
to my office repeatedly on business and has
visited me at my house in Brooklyn and at
Woodstock. Her individual opinion of me
on this acquaintance she does not give to
the public.
g. Miss Beecher says that "various gen
tlemen and ladies have informed me (her)
of the mean and dishonest practices of this
man" (me.)
She probably refers in this case to one
who had spoken to ''various gentlemen and
ladies' in Brooklyn, during period of
twelve months or more of my dishonesty
in not paying him certain sum which he
alleged was due. lie finally induced
chosen friend to come and see
me on the serious charge
was astonished at the developments so
long kept from my notlcc-and insisted on
the spot that he, the warm friend of my
accuscr, should himself examine all the
facts and figures and make an impartial
award, promising, if my accuser would do
the same, to abide by this decision. An
agreement was signed to that effect. The
result was that my accuser was obliged to
pay me $1,000 The referee was Mr..
Charles Gould, since deceased, and ! have
now in my possession his written award.
Mr.. Gould told me many times aitorward
that ! had been greatly wronged in this
matter. Whether certain "ladies and gen
tlemen" in Brooklyn ever heard of the YER
dict in tins case, or whether my accuser
ever spoke of it to any one, cannot say.
The whole story of ''meanness and dishon-
esty" | pronounce wicked fabrication,
without even the shadow of truth in it,
A. Miss Beecher further says that her
brothers efforts to "fulfill his duty as n
Christian friend and pastor in these mat
tiers were met only with anger My re-
ply is that MIR. Beecher never in any single
instance. in his life, either directly or in.
directly, by word or hint, as friend.
| neighbor or pastor, charged me with dis
| honest act, or that had eyer wronged any
| one out of a cent.
g. The withdrawal of Mr.. Beecher and
Mrs. Stowe from Tile Iadependent did moi
call forth Increased evaporation" or any
evaporation whatever-as Miss Bcecber
| charges-and Mr.. Beecher very well knows
| it from my own lips.
g. Miss Beecher charges fresh excite
ment aid malignity" on my part on ac.
count of "a lady authoress in his (my)
! family" who refused an "offer of mar.
RAG, on the supposed intervention" of
| Mr.. Beecher.
The whole statement is utterly destitute
OF truth ana entirely beyond my compre-
hcnsion. 1t is malicious invention
T. Miss Beecher says that this malignity
prompted the ''letter to Mr.. Tilton accli-
sing my brother (Mr. Beecher) with adul-
terry and rape"
My answer is that never wrote such n
letter to anybody; that l never acknowl-
edged to any one that | had done so, and
| therefore could make no confession ON
the subject, as Miss Beecher alleges.
8. Miss Beecher's final statement that |
have "adroitly contrived to maintain mem.
bership in the church is a stupid false
hood, as is well known both in and Out of
Plymouth church. | have neither man
aged nor contrived nor used single effort
to influence the action of the church or
any one Of its members.
This Is not the first attempt Miss Beecher
has made to convey information on the
subject in question, and my advice IS that
in future she look more carefully after her