Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-08-27

CASTER, WISCONSIN
with his life of % years before our
community and tho world, to even
notice the accusers. For nearly half
an hour MFR. Moulton fairly Kissed out
bis contempt for the scandal, the
wretches who wrote it and the peo-
pie who would heed it.
de spoke far mere excitedly than
Mr.. Til'on had done. At length l
said, Mr. Moulton, DR.. Morrill,
(wbo has since died) Uniformed me
that Demas Barnes, the publisher OF
the Argus, told him in Mr.. Barnes)
parlor that so men nad been to see
you about this affair, and that you
invariably replied: "This is dirty
matter; you batter let it alone. The
mere you stir it the more it will
smelll" To this Mr.. Moulton ex-
citedly replied ait is false. 1t is
no such thing. Very few come to me,
and to those who do [ speak as |
have to you. Men go to my partners
and ask them about it. Why don't
they come to me? They are a set
of damned towards" G quote his
exact language.) Il made an explain
alton of this affair." continued Mr..
MouIton, (which | think was salts
factory to Mr.. Baxter, of DR.. Storr's
Church. gentleman whom respect !;
but such sneaks as Dwight Johnson
| desplse." Dwight Johnson is in
the insurance business, deacon in
the church, and was a candidate fol
Mayor against Mr.. Hunter a year
ago.
then said: "Mr. Moulton, you
have disposed of the Woodruff story,
as well as that of Mr.. Barnes; but
what am to understand, not by the
specific charges, but the iuuendoes
and insinuations of Mr.. Tilton, for
confirmation of which be referred me
to your" Mr.. Mouiton was at that
moment leaning on his right hand,
the left side of his lace toward me,
his elbow resting upon the table.
Strengthening himself up, he brought
his fist down upon the table with
crash, and said: 81 know as much
of this whole affair as any one does,
and | know that Mr., Beecher is guilt
less. Mr.. Halliday, [ am not men,
Der of your church, but my wife is;
do you suppose that if | thought that
Mr.. Beecher was bad man | would
allow him TO sit as guest at my
table with my wife, as ne does fire"
quently 2"
After some further conversation,
Mr.. Moulton said "Why, Mr.. Halli
day, Mr.. Tilton is friendly to Mr..
Bcecher. When Mr.. Beecher came
back from campaigning in New Ham
shire, the morning of the election,
Mr.. Tilton was sitting on the sofa
just where You are. Mr. Beecher
came in that door and Theodore
sprang towards him, and grasping
Mr.. Beecher's hand in both of his,
expressed the intensest sorrow at
the appearance of the scandal, and
avowed his entire ignorance in re-
gard to its publication, and offered
to do anything in his power to des-
troy the effects of thu calumny, and
sat down and wrote card for publ
cation, which, however, by advice of
counsel, was never given to the pub
lie. 1denied the scandal; Theodore
had denied it Mrs FL. b. Stanton
has denied it all named in it have
denied it except PauIina Davis, and
she is in Europe. Now, what more
can be done p In the entire inter
view with Mr.. Moulton his manner
was as decided as that of any'man
with whom | ever spoke; l want
to say also that Mr.. Moulton treated
me courteously and impressed me
with his sincerity. Up to the Tues
day morning of that week when L
first met him, Mr.. Moulton was an
entire stranger to me. We have
never conversed upon the subject
since.
feel sure that Mr.. Beecher will
go through his great trial with add
ed luster; but [ and many others
believed that the denial of utter sill
ence would have been the better
course. None who have known of
Mr.. Beecher's 80 years of labor in the
Christian work could ever allow
themselves to barber one thought
against his purity. Az for Mrs. Til
ton, believe tkat her life has been a
liza lie lived to shield the misdeeds
of her husband from the world. |
could not have believed that any man
could have done as Theodore Tilton
has. Nothing seems sacred to him,
and his last act of his wife's pure eff
fusions, meant for his eyes alone, is
only in keeping with his malicious
accusations against Mr.. Beecher.