Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-30

II reason remains, you may trust me
implicitly. Oh, my dear Theodore
though your opinions are not restful OF
congenial to my soul, yet my own In.
tegrity and purity are sacred things to
me. Bless God with me for Catherine
Gaunt-for all sure leadings of an all.
wise and loving providence. Yes, now
feel quite prepared to renew my msr.
riage VOW with yon, to keep it as the
Savior requireth, who looketh at eye
and heart. Never before could I say
this. When you yearn toward me
| with true feeling, be assured Of the
tried, purified and restored love Of
ELIZABETH
VICTORIA wooDHULL's PUBLICATION.
XIV. That about one year after Mrs.
Tilton's confession, and about q half
year after Mr.. Beecher's confirmation
of the same, Mrs. ". C. Woodruff, then
total stranger to Mr.. Tilt0n, save that
he had been presented to her in com
pany with some friends, o few DAYS
previous, wrote in the World, OF Mou-
day, May q, 1871, the following state
ment, namely:
Il know of one man, a public teacher
OF eninence, who lives in concubinaoe
with the wife Of another public teacher
Of almost equal eminence. All three
concur In denouncing offences against
morality. / shall make it my business
to analyze some of these lives.
VICTORIA @. Woodruff.
NEW YORK, May 20, 1S71.'
On the day of the publication of the
above card in the World Mr.. Tilton
received from Mrs. Woodruff request
to call on important business at her of.
fee, and on going tbither a COPY of the
above card was put into his hand by
Mrs. Woodruff, who said that
The parties referred to therein were
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and the
wife of Theodore Tilton.'
Following this announcement Mrs,
Woodruff detailed to Mr.. Tilt0n with
vehement speech the wicked and in.
furious story which she published in
the year following. Meanwhile Mr..
Tilton, desiring to guard against any
temptation to Mrs. Woodruff to pub
lish grossly distorted version which
she gave to Mr.. Tilton, and which she
afterwards attributed to him, he sought
by many personal services and kindly
attentions to influence her to such good
will toward himself and family as
would remove all disposition or desire
in her to afiict him with such publ,
cation. Mr.. Tilton's efforts and associ.
alton with Mrs. Woodruff ceased in
April, 1872. and six months afterward,
namely: November 2I, 1872, she pub.
lished the scandal which he had labored
to suppress. -,.. ~.
XIV. That on the third day thereaf-
ter Rev. Thomas X. Bsecher, OF Elmi-
"a, New York, wrote as follows:
'ELMIRA, November 5, 1872.
Mrs. Woodruff only carries out
Henry's philosophy, against which ]
recorded my protest twenty years ago.
DEsPAIRING APPEAL FROM BEECHER.
XVI. That in May, 1872, the publ.
cation by one of Beecher's partners ol
a tripartite covenant between II. G.
Bowen, H. w. Beecher and Theodore
rilton led the press of the country tC
charge that Tilton had committed
against Beecher some heinous WRONG
which Beecher had pardoned, whereas
the truth was the reverse. To remedy
this false public impression, Mr.. Moul.
ton requested Mr.. Beecher to prepare q
suitable card relieving Mr.. Tilton ol
this injustice. In answer to this request
Beecher plead his embarrasments,
which prevented his saying anything
without being himself under suspisiOn.
Tllton then proposed to prepare card
of his own, containing few lines from
the recently quoted apology, for the
purpose of showing that Beecher, in.
stead Of having had occasion to forgive
| TiltOn, had had occasion to be forgiven
! by him. Mr.. Beecher then wrote a
letter to Mr.. Moulton, which, on being
shown to TitOn, appealed to his feel
ings, Beecher said in it, under date Of
SUNDAY MORNING, June L, 1872.
My Dear Franz IL am determined
to make no more resistance. Theodor's
temperament is such that the future,
even if Temporarily earned, would be
absolutely worthless, and render me
liable at any hour Of the day to Re
obliged to stultify all the devices by
which we saved ourselves. 1t is only
fair that he should know that the pub
lication of the card which he proposes
would leave him worse off than before.
The agreement, viz: the 'tripartite
Covenant was made after my letter
through you to him, viz: the Apology
was written. He had had it a year.
He had cOndoned his wife's fault. He
had enjoined upon me, with the utmost
earnestness and solemnity, not to be-
tray his wife, nor leave his children to
blight. With such q man as
Theodore Tilton there is no possible
salvation for any that depend upon
Kim. With strong nature he does
not know how to govern it. There
is no use in trying further. have q
strong feeling upon me, and it brings
great peace, that am spending nay
last Sunday, and preaching my last
sermon
Tho hopeleeness OF spirit which the
foregoing letter portrayed on the part
of its writer, led Tilton to reconsider
the question Of defending himself at the
cost Of producing misery to Beecher.
From many letters from Mrs. Tilton
to her husband, introduced to show tho
relations between husband and wife
previous Of the latter by Mr.. Beecher,
we extract the following. They bear
date of but few weeks previous to the
alleged seduction
MONDAY AoRxrse Feb n, 1858.
DO You wonder that / couple your
love, your presence and relation to me-
with that Of the Savior's? Lift You
up sacredly and keep you in that exalt-
ed and holy place, where 1 reverence,
respect and love with fervency of my
whole being. Whatever capacity II
have, / offer It to you. The closing
linee of your letter are these words: III
shall hardly venture again upon great
friendship. Your love shall be enough
for the remaining day. That word
enough seems stoicism on which youl
have resolved to live your life, but /
pray God that he will supply you with
friendship pure, and With the wifely
love which your great heart demands,
Withholding not Himself az the chief
which consumeth not, though it burn,
and whose effects are always perfect
rest and Deace.