Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-08-06
REGENERATION.
ANOTHER STATEMENTB BY MRS
Triton.

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before the committee Friday evening.
She said she told Miss Anthony the
story of all the accusations made by
her husband, who accused her of inf
deity with several other gentlemen
besides Mr.. Beecher. Mrs. Tilton
claims that she assured Miss Anthony
that there was not bit of truth III
those accusations, and that she never
gave her the least reason to assert that
She had confessed to any act of wrong
doing. Miss Anthony in turn inform
ed Mrs. Tilton Of certain acts of inf.
deity on the part of Mr.. Tilton. Hr.
Titon seemed to have sort of mania
for Dining into her ears his belief
that Beecher was guilty. He used re-
peatedly take down the bible and
read to her the passage, "but | say
unto you that whatsoever looketh on
woman to lust after her hath commit
ted adultery with her in his heart"
and would then say, "There, Eliza
beth, don't you see Mr. Beecher is
guilty Of adultery" Mrs. Tilton be-
ing asked if she had the thought of
adultery in her mind when in that let
ter to her husband she referred to her
sin as that similar to that of Caroline
Gaunt. answered that she had not the
least thought of that kind. When Mrs.
Tilton was removed from the troubles
Of her home and the unhappy influence
of her husbands treatment, her tho'ts
were true to consider scrupulously
what reason there had been for her
husbands jealousy, and she realized
them as never before, how she had al
lowed her love for Mr.. Beecher to sup
plant her love for her husband, and
expressed her deep contrition for it.
In addition to the above, which
comes by the associated press dis
patches. the special correspondent of
the Chicago Tribune telegraphs to
that paperI:
Mrs. Hilton did not prove as good a
witness for Beecher as the committee
desired -for, let what will be said the
members of the committee have each
and every one betrayed strong pre-
judice against Tilton, and an equally
positive partiality towards Beecher.-
In fact some Of their indiscreet ex
pressions of betraying their Partially
are common subjects of conversation,
and are doing much damage to Beech
er. In addition to the points which
have been telegraphed you by the as
ISOLATED press, / forward few facts
learned directly from a member Of the
committee.
In telling the story OF the Gaunt
letter she explained how Tilton had
treated her with the utmost cruelty
and discourtesy, while Beecher had
been, on the contrary, tender and af-
fectlonate. Tilton had no regard for
her opinions or views; Beecher made
a point of consulting her about many
things. He wrote and asked her views
about many things he said publicly
Tilton made her feel she was nobody;
Beecher that she was of some i'm por-
lance. She said that on one occasion
when she hung on her husbands arm
in the street, they met Mrs. Laura
Curtis Billiard, beautiful wo.
man, then editor of the Revolution,
and after they had passed Tilton said
to her: 81 would give $500 if you
were not with me-" Whenever he
went on lecturing tour he would tell
her that she need not expect him to
pay any regard to his marriage vows.
Once at reception where a large
number of women's rights women
were present, he called her one side
and directed her not to approach oil
speak to him during the evening, as
their personal appearance was in such
contrast that people were audibly
plying him on account of her ignoble
appearance. Beecher, on the contra
ry, was always considerate, and, in
spite of her love for Tilton, she could
not but contrast the two men; and in
time her love for her husband waned
and her affection for her pastor devel
oped. In answer to the question
whether she had ever written a word
or made a statement affecting improp-
erly herself or Mr.. Beecher, said, No;
the most she ever did was to copy pa
pers that Theodore had prepared for
her. Sometimes she did not even
know the contents of the paper.
| Theodore would make assurances that
it was best to do it for the peace of
the family, for her peace, and for his
peace, to help him out of his business
troubles. On one occasion this was
done while she was sick in bed, on the
strongest statements by him that it
was for her best interests. When the
statement was prepared for DR.. Storrs,
and Mr.. f. B. Carpenter was hel ping
the thing on, Theodore wrote every
word of the statement, and brought it
10 her to copy. She copied it until
she got to the clause charging that
Mr. Beecher had made improper ad-
vances to her. She refused to copy it
further, and told Theodore that it was
false, and great wrong upon Mr..
Beecher. Theodore said, "Never
mind; it is best you should do it. l
have got my true statement of the
story all written here Showing her n
roll of manuscript. | want that state
ment of yours for the story to hinge
on. | want to show it to DR.. Storrs. +"
This was done about four weeks be-
fore the council sat. She felt that she
had committed a great wrong, and
without consulting anybody, she went
to DR.. Storrs, called his attention to
the statement, and told him that it was
false. She explained to him how she
had yielded to Theodore's forcible
persuasions. The Doctor said to her
that he wished he had known it earlier,
and asked her if she was aware that
she had committed an enormous sin
in charging such thing on Mr..
Beecher. She said: eyes, but it was
Theodore's will and not mine," or
words TO that effect.
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