New-York tribune., 1874-09-12

with him he strongly adverted 10 the absorpne io'e
which he felt for the woman and to the joys OF ms u
tercourse with her. which he always JUSTIFIED because VI
that love- Indeed occasion when speaking OF II
he said 50 pure did the to him that ne
little red lounge which they had been tose'ne'
seemed to him "almost a sacred thing"
II my testimony is to avail anything IN THIS ma'e''
here commit 1t fully 10 the statement here'o'ore
made by me- which then softened by omittns detans'
the language OF which thought IL best TOT puono
morality should be suppressed And call at'eulio" "
the fact made In my previous statement tha'' Ia .ne
presence OF myself and another witness Whom SUE.
feel reluctant to bring forward-of course not MI Luz
ton-both Mrs. Tflton and Mr.. Beecher admltteu Ia
language not 70 be mistaken that a continued SEA
intimacy had existed between them and asked ao'ioo
as to the course TO be taken because Of It,
trust shall be pardoued for giving an instance or
two out OF the many that might ellie OF the lneohs'
ency of Mr. Beecher with himself The theory OF nis
statement is that Mrs Tton had confessed TO her nus
band in the first place only his tBeechers) excessive
love for her, and he maintains stouy that In that con
fesson there was nothing confessed than that NC
had made Improper advances" to her But, again nc
says the document was one discriminating VI"
Lastly he gives an account OF his interview with MIS-
Tlton when got the retracton. This he describes IN
the following words:
added that he ilton) said that had made improper
suggestions 10 her. and that she admitted tns .acn ~
him last July said: Elizabeth. have you made sucn
statements 70 hlmP She made no answer. Ibp'aOcu
the question Tears down her checks ana she Wy
slightly bowed her head In acquesceuee SAID hn
cannot mean that you have stated an .na, a. ne aS
charged r. She opened her eyes, aud Degan ~ iom
and feeble way TO explain how SICK she nad oeen NV
wearied out with importantly that Dc nau nc, har 70
think that she better than he; that she nght WIN
him refor nation IL she would confess that sne nsa
loved than him, ana that they w0ud repent
and 20 with future concord.
The point between us is this: averred my state
ment that the document which Beecher saw as wen as
my self her confession that he had committed acu
terry with the wife. Which 1T A confession
only of excessive love and improper advances
on his part, or. as he describes It, an IN
eliminating" confessioni without stopping TO ad-
vert 10 the fact that Mrs Tllton her confession
which went TO DR. sorr says that he asked her TO DC
a wife to him, with all that that implies aud the sin
uar appears that she does not therein say she sau
no TO hin, need advert upon the Likelihood OF her
making negative with her great love for him II he TOOK
the intiatvei Let us now judge Mr.. Beecher by MS
own statement. He went TO Mrs. Tton and asked her
she had confessed all that her husband had charged
which he said were improper advances" She bowed
her head in aequiescence. He said, How could you do
thati" She now gives the reason, and says Tton had
confessed his alien O1es and said that he could not
bear think that she better than be- and that she
might win him IL she confessed she loved me more than
him, and that they would repent and go on IN future
concord"
Assuming t1lS report OF W Ne s'N~'
the given by Mrs Tlton for her confession
am led 10 AK how would 1t tend to show that the hus
band who had confessed his adultery 20 bis wife, mad
wife az bad he was because confessed 10 him that
she had tempted by her pastor aud rend and nad
refused his solicitations under circumstances OF the
greatest possible temptaon II only be reconehed
upon the theory that Tilton's confession Of "aien
loves" also included q declaration that he had not
sinned In act with them This suppoztion, however.
-. xrith
declare the equiyoca words hers ~ TO Thton
mean adultery only. May not, then, her "love" with
Beecher, SO excessive" mean abe same thingf II
that theory themselves is true, would not such
confession 20 Tton by his wife, instead OF convincing
him that she was he an adulterer tend
TO show 10 him that she the best OF all women and
withstood temptation better than her grandmother
Evef Why confess her own entire worthness IN order
TO convince her husband of her unworthiness On the
contrary does not this language plainly show that her
confession precisely what have declared 1t was In
the written confession and what it was in factf
SOME OF THE DEVICES.
Let me give single other instance When called
upon ia his Examination 90 explain his phrases In
the letter OF June g. 1872, have determined 10 make
no more resistance. TheOdore's temperament is such
that the future. II temporarily earned would be
absolutely worthless. filed with abrupt changes and
rendering me liable at any hour day to be obliged to
he says:
Devices did not refer me, but TO him Moulton)-his
whole style OF acting
q. Theodore said he was horn Tor war ana houIiOn
PROBABLY born for diplomacy A. Yes.
BY Mr.. Ceayeland-Were the plan and method by
which from time time these things were managed by
your suggestions by Mr.. MoultOni A. made sug-
gestlOus from time 10 time generally without any eneo
aud the essential course Of affairs, far it has not
heen forced non US from outside Influences has been OF
his (NOuton'sl procuring.
Again he answers to another question as follows:
O. The devices did that refer to all the places
and and steps that had been taken a. IL
referred this: II had been left TO manage TINS ma
ter simply myself, should have said yes" or no.
That would have been the whole OF t but insteaa ~
that the matter went into MOuons hands, ana MOutOn
is that loves intrigue Ia such way that as Lazy
Montague said Of somebody, " he would not carve a
cabbage he steal 1t from behind aud do
IL by device
Let II this certainly did not manage
the device" Of getting the retraction from hrs on
OF December 80. 1870 did not manage the device q"
of the reconciliation with Bowen in 1870 did not
manage the device" of the trpartite covenant did
suggest his proposed letter TO Clahn, and Of his
sending hun TO ascertain whether he had
learned the Every bottom facs did not suggest the
device OF putting the card in The Brookiyn Eagle
denying the facts-I only made it more Ineligible
did not ggest the device Of attempting 10 stop the
mouth of Mrs Hooker, for could know nothing about
it until Beecher came TO me with 1t.
did not suggest the device" Of his proposed card
to Tlton by he should repudiate the woodhuil
statement did not manage suggest the devices
the letters OF Feb T. 1871 that should be made
priest at the altar OF reconciliation because 1t appears
from the letters themselves was then a sickbed.
did not suggest the device to his letters 10 Mrs
woodruff for he them and then sent them 70 me
for my approval did not suggest the devices" Of
silence or OF writing shearman to send letters OF ex
planation to Mr. Tilton the letter to Mr. Cleveland
Of which he copy; nor OF sending Cleveland
with his and buggy 70 hunt Carpenter in order TO
up his mouth est his should TO
have come from eadquArters," as Beeeber wrote me
he bad done If. Neither did manage the device,
since the publication Of Bacon letter OF the proposed
statement Tor Tlton make the Committee In reply