, 1874-08-22

from Mr. Hooker to hta wife, under dnto OF
saoW sSst al H s HS msos LAD % 5so " asosssa s' bs
twcon Mr. 1loolsor aud his wife long before tho
publication by Mrs. Woodruff. extract 10
mnli from tlc lottor as rofcls to ttis B,lbjoot.
The remainder is ksn1ly communication Of an
dopondont nattcra which lavo nothing to do
With this controversy. It III produced marked
N. atl:
MIR. HnoKEH TO t.ta Wife,
,,u .,, tLonShot', ttntay, Nov. o, 1877:
what wrnto on Friday about tbo Iloy, Henry Ward
sescr leI r., mn1r nt',:r s getting much moro pence
right ot about II, md thc,, 1ot ii rcss woI not
mitigation y ,hs hat can Aiak e oi is SS Ill., Ga snd
It. secma 10 mo that son,o exo,l.e, or a. leant
steii's a e s ,ayes. ss qas e S e. r. "a 5 Il, M
gnred Il! or avenlcd TO- and lilo worry possible further
feet TINT he preferred 2 ,aeoso It. hit took tho nd
waa oycrrued by them, tey aVrcoin9 70 tasa liz re-
spoastlility Of tho concealnent This would take of
sSu original ero rs @ i s n os as eycr
but enough Of hia, 0ny lot request you TO keot,
mo intos,!ea Of ~ that oseurs md do nos ray upon
asts<r sss a. % % hss emroye Fey n" t%o ns:sn :sn
II ine exposure IL near al hand. want 10 say one
word MORT howuycr Can YOU mol lSt ths report pot
exactly responsible for IT, that you aYe kept up frie
rin WIN hira. ". in tho hops OF influencing ler not 10
ass sassatisy M Sn III o % fss sSo uosste@d @ W. IT,
,,, %s ,,,:s y: .,, ,,. ~ =, 5sms
ITO do In tho courae Of tho auMmcr7 This will glya
the aprearaleo Of aclf-sacrce 70 your ailiaton with
A which Inns A very Ilnpffn11kn link. know fttrt
YOU Will otherwise DO regarded - holding Mrs. W.a
viows, and that shall bo regarded an living In
Ss Dr. III E ycn pesns e. e s e
ava your relations to Mra. ". ezpla.ns1 tn tia way,
a s% ''Ssss2 I'D ah & sfsf sSs : n'fS Sss .ssa s
& Mrs. 1--WE %sdns Il nnd fssne@ psape ssnssos
average man. aul llayo probably damaged myself
by it.
Attor Decclsor Ind acon thcao lotto.a OF la
sister, Mrs. Hooker, ho camo To Mo III trouble
and alarm, and handed mo all tho letters. to-
go:hor with QUO unlor date OF NoY. n, With au
inclos!re cut from tho udrtford Times. to which
1t alluded:
Mns HoouEn TO HEEcu.n.
HARTFORD. "Wednesday. Nov. 81. l611.
DEAR DroritEn: Head the iiseloIcl, CLIPPED from
tho 7t,nca OF this city 1as. eve. can endure no
which yS see aons sa S % "is &
and taking eonQ charge d tle Bcrscea shall leave
nero & on tho a. e. train Frsday mor,'lGa and unless
$at,il%;n AN; Association, @ Se :r rssa,y:ihiTSS ssrss
' sst Esx a saasAss sss .q II ara Tnss now
widows living quietly In oMr PLEASANT homo, and
Whom you prefer ID visIt.". 81 shall 90 ~ il i on
nss 1s pse4 s sns s si H. s s s,;
hut heaiato to aak ler to receive me. fec! surp,
however, tint words from you to her should 90 into
commissioned from on high. Do not fall nv. pray
you meet mo at noon on friday al yo,, hore to mnes
your own mother III Heaven, 1n her name bcseech
/ Ever Yours, III layv nllAurakab1c. tsgneD,
q, DE1IE,
The following is tho inclouure mentioned in
tho aboyo letter:
pEKcuEn AND srns. T1LVoN.
I'll Perkins. Of tile New York Commercial, rrom!-
ncHt Republican papsf. has THY to aay N4ats yarJ
ccsa. When asked hin, it ho didn't think It great
Undertaking to attack Mr. Greeley, l,o aaia Yes, but
aud know right would win IN tho end. was almost
aiono, too., Tue people wcre fooled with Gree.
@ M Il thy yrssr ass sa oa dresav N n'es W hoa ana
talk abqut Deechcr uud Tilton md putting this with
other conVersntons with the friends Of Mr. Tllton md
terrible downfall surely viii como to tha oo WHO laa
! erred snl conecals It,"
Beecher tlson Informed mo OF his approhcn-
! sion that his slstor, III her Anxiety TINT he
| should do lis duty in presenting thH truth, az
| hull from the consequence Of having publiated
| tho truth, from which Bho was then suffering
would go into his pulpit and insist upon tlcclar-
| ing that tho Woodruff publication WAS substan-
! thll; tfuo, nnd ho desired mo to do what in mo
/ lay to proYent such disaster.
| I suggested to him that he should SOC Mrs
nooker, speak to hor kindly, mud c1hort hor moi
to take thls course, aud TINT TiIton Should SET
hcr aud 10 fur shake Aar confidence III the truth
Of tho story as to indaoo her to doubt whethe,
sllD would bo safo in making the statement pub
| lie. III this col,lBo Beccher agreed, and sllcl
arguments aud Inducements Woro brought tt
bear upon Mrs Hookor ns wera in tho power oil
| oil thrco Of 1lB to prevent lor from doing tina
poHuro Of tho whole business. During the cou
| BtIsations between BeecEcr AMI nAyAof aH to tllt
meanH Of 1neo.iug Mrs. Hooker's Intentions. nt
suggestion Was evor made o., tho part of Dceche
| time insane. All tlrco lottors received from
Doechcr, hnd thoy Aro thoso to which lo al
| lulos, in hla communication Of tho 4th inst.
~ tho letters OF his sihter nn0 brother, dollyer
! cd TO mo, and to which did not beoyo tEat ]
and submit to T the COMMITTEES was rghtE ii
| thinking. that they form a part of this contro
yorsy, and were not, aa ho therein alleged, sim
| ply given to my keeping % part Of his other pa
pers which ho could not kcop saroly, on account
l
ments. Doochor wns exceedingly anxious tha
Tllton should lepudintc the statement blishof
| by Wooahuil. aAa denouuce her for Its publlca
tion, and he drew up upon my. memorandum
| book tho form OF u card to be published by Til
ton over hiH signature, aud asked me to slhmi
it to him for that purpose. It ls rs follows:
| DxEoHrns puoruaED oAnp ron TILroN.
In an uuyuArted enthusiasm, hoped well anl mllcf
OF who has proved utterly nuFrluript0d. Ahal
| nevsr aguin notics her Htores, and now uttUfy re-
puatuto her statements conccrning me aud mine.
Hooeller told ma to SAY to Ylltop substantially
"YhoOdoro mny for hla own purposes, il b.
cl,posos, say that all his misfortune lns CONT
upon Litn on account OF bis dismlHsal from tht
| Union and tho independent, md OH account a
tho otYonFo which committed aganet him. III
may take tho position aguinst ms aud Bower
t TINT ho does. Yet tho fact ii, that iii
| advocacy OF Mrs. Woodruff md her theo
rios has dono him tho injury whcl
rloyona his rising. Now, in order 10 get sip
| port from me md from plymouth Church, ait
iu order to obtain tho sympathy Of tho wlol
community, le must publish this card, aud un
I lcss hn aooB it ho cannot rao. lle Also Bait
tho nano thug to Triton in my prcseace. X
| this Tiltun answered ia substance to Dcecher
"Ynn know why sought Mrs, WoodAull's nc
| quaiutauco. 1t waa to eaye my family and your
from tho consequence Of your acts. tho fact