The Grange advance., 1874-09-23

EeeCueT comparison III WHICH ne
speaks of his own home as if he had
never complained of it, and relating
how Beecher frequently and always,
and his relatives sometimes, complained
of Mrs. Beecher, Tilton then takes up
the charge Of blackmail. TO prepare
for that charge he says, Beecher mis-
represented his circumstances, Mrs.
Tilton was persuaded to testify to
want at home, and yet Mr.. Becchor
knew (Fecause he was informed by one
of the custodians Of the money, al the
time when Mrs. Morse wrote to him
that Tllton could not pay
his debts, that at that
very timc-the winter of
lS7O-7l,-Tilton had several, thou.
sands in cash on deposit in New York.
and owed no debts. Again, Mr.. Beech
err. statement represents Tilton as hav-
ing ill-success in the lecture field the
succeeding winter, yet note is pro-
duced from the Vice President Of the
Library Bureau, to the effect that Til
ton filled more lecture engagements
than any but one Of the one hundred
lecturers on the list. A note from Mrs.
Tilton is also produced showing MS sue
cess that winter. As to his using
Beecher to extort S. 1000 from Bowen,
he shows by his contract with Bowen
that he was clearly entitled to that
sum, when Bowen broke the contract.
He shows further, by notes from his
lawyers and Mr.. Moulton that he sub
mi:ted the affair with Bowen to
arbitration solely in the inter-
est of Beecher. The $4,000
paid by Beecher, he says, he had moth
ing to do with, but knows it went in
whole or part to pay the girl, Bessie's
school bills; and Of the $4,000 for the
Golden Age, he knew nothing, until
since he sold that paper, he learned it
from Beccher and Moulton statements.
Bessie, and the cause of her being
sent away, are described as in Tiltons
former statement and by Monitor.
The message, ''Grace, mercy and
peace quoted by Beechcr, Tilton says
was inspired by Moulton, to comfort
Beecher, who afterwards acknowledged
it as greatly cheering him. The words
are from favor;tc tex: of Beecher's.
Thomas kinsella is said to be the one
who suggested Becchcr should contrib
ute money to the Colder, Age. Mr.. Kin
sella recently called upon Tilton to per-
suade him to suppress his first statement,
when, acknowledging Bcccher's guilt,
and saying he had confessed it 70 him.
yet he said he would see Tilton and his
family should never want if he would
suppress his statement. MIR. Kingsley,
Mr.. Kinsella's partner also offered to
give Tilton $4,000, just after endcav.
oring to persuade him to suppress the
charges.
Kinsella and the editor Of the New
York Tribune are mentioned as two
editors who publicly proclaim Mr..
Beecher's innocence, but privately ad-
init his guilt. =
Francis B. Carpenter is quoted as
squarely accusing Beecher of uttering
lie in his statement .ef an interview
with him.
Henry NJ. cleveland and Oliver
johnson are shown to have professed
respect and affection for Tilton, though
knowing all the facts upon which the
blackmail charge is based, which TIL
ton then cid not.
Section fifteen is a reply to Beecher's
charge that he (Tilton) garbled
Beecher's letters by the extracts made
in the sworn statement, and accuses
Bcecher of trying to pervert them from
their real meaning, the offense of
adultery, reiterates Mr.. Tilton, and
that alone is the keynote to Bcecher's
four years of ''anxiety, remorse, fear
and despair"
Section sixteen treats of the Bacon
letter. He was prosecuted and abused
he gave Beecher an easy way to correct
DR.. Bacon's errors; he waited three
months for Beecher-and then he wrote
the letter to DR.. Bacon in his own de-
fense. But beecher saw from the let.
ter that Tilton was still trying to shield
his wife and, presuming upon this, he
adopted the expedient Of public in
quiry by his own committee. On the
morniug Of July l1th Beecaer's ap-
pointment of the committee was pub
lished; the same morning, at 6 o'clock,
an hour before the papers came in,
Mrs. Tilton quilted her husbands
house and went to Ovington's.
Both Beecher and bis wife, Tilton
felt, had thus challenged him to tell
the whole, but it was not till the ninth
day after that he submitted his sworn
statement to the committee. Had
Mrs. Tilton remained with: him, he
says, he would not have made it, but
when she turned upon him he had no
other course left but to tell the plain
truth. ft
As to first condoning his wife's fault
he says he forgave her because he loved
her; for her children's sake; and be-
cause he despises the public sentiment
which condenes such faults in men but
would compel men to punish them in