Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-22


J (Beecher's) presence spoken or referred
TO any allegation OF crime or wrong
doing on his part with any woman what
ever. He gave IL general terms
memorandum which show the terms OF
the reconciliation. THE first is in the
handwriting Of Dowsn, containing five
items, which Beecaer answered me were
the terms which I7owen claimed should
be the basis of raccpciliation. 1t IS as
follows: First, 7epC-t and publish ser
mons and lectUre-room talks; second,
new edition of Plymouth collection
and Freeland's interest; third, explana-
ton TO church; fourth, write me letter;
fifth, retrsct in every quarter what has
been said to my injury. The second pa
per is pencil memorandum of the re-
Cancellation with Bowen in Beecher's
handwriting. I have an account of the
affair. Ii is as follows:
BREcHER's MEMORANDUM OF As IN
TERYIEw
at Freeland's, about February, 1870:
at long interview az Freeland's
! house for the purpose OF having full
and final reconciliation, Beecher stated
| his grievances, which were all either Of
/ an abusive nature O. of my treatment of
| him personally, az Per memorandum in
! everything was adjusted. We shook
hands; we pledged each other TO work
| hencefOrth without az or break. l said
to him: "Mr. B., f you hear anything of
me not in accordance with this agree
ment of harmony, Co lot let it rest;
come straight to me at once; and l viii
DO the same by you" He agreed. In
the lecture-TOOm : stated that all our dif
ferenees were over, and that We were
friends again. This public recognition
he was present and heard, and expressed
himself as greatly pleased with. 1t YVES
after all this that : asked Mr.. Howard
to help me carry out their reconcile
alton, and to call on Bowen, and TO re-
move the little differences between
them. Howard called and expressed his
qualification. Then i was, without any
provocation he Bowenl told Howard
that his reconciliation did not include
one matter; that he rBOwen1 knew that
about Beecher which, if he should speak
it, would drive Beeeher out of Brooklyn.
Howard protested with horror against
such statement, saying, " Bowen, this
is terrible; no man should make such a
statement unless be has the most abso-
lutte evidenoe;" and said poiDtedly, that
"he Howard might to Beeeher, but
that Beecher would never give his con-
sent that he CBoweDl should tell Howe
ard the secret.n Bowen at no time had
ever made known tc Howard what his
secret was, and TIE hints which Beecher
had heard of, and which led him to
think that it was another matter, aud
not the slsnder which he now found it to
be. In the first part of the original of
this memorandum the words between
Bowen and ReeChe-, which follow the
words " full and final settlement" are
erased. Beecher 3 proposed card for
TiltOn, says: hoped well and much
of one who has proved utterly unprin-
cipled. l shall never again notice her
stories, and now Utterly repudiate her
statements made concerning me and
mine.n
In that interview Beecher was very
earnest in his expression of regret at
what he had done against Tilton in re-
lation 20 his business connection with
Bowen, and besoUght me to do every
thing / could to saTe him from the de-
struction which would come upon him
if the story Of his lEeecheI) intercourse
with Mrs. TiltOE should be divulged.
In compliance With the directions of
BeecheT, January !, 1871, I took the
psper which he had dictated to me TO
Tilton, and detailed to him Beecher's
expressions OF legTet and sorrow, and
spoke to him o. his agony of mind, and
again appealed to him TO have the
matter kept quiet If lor no other reason,
for the sake OF the children. To this
Tilton assented. I found him writing
the letter to Bowen Ct that date which 1
have before produced. He told me also
of the contracts he had with Bowen, and
gave me authorization to settle his af-
fairs with Bowen.
TILTON TO BOWEN.
BROCELYN, January ?, ISL.
H C. Bowen:
SIR hereby authorize Mr.. Francis
D. Moultou to act Cn my behalf in the
full settlement with you of all my &C
counts growing eut Of my contract for
services to the In6sDs9deHt in the Brook
lyn Daily Union. THEODORE TILTON.
Acting in the interest of Beeeher, 1
told Tilton that this controversy with
Bowen, if possible, should be peacefully
settled, lest it might reopen the other
matters relating to Eeecher's conduct in
TiIton's family, and the charges made
by Bowen against Beecher. To this
Tilton assented. The correspondence
between Moulton end Bowen in rela-
tion to the contracts of the latter with
TiltOn, aud their conferences, are here
given, at the Methodist Episcopal con-
ference, MoultOn states, in the following
language: "I then said to Bowen that
l thought be was very tTeaCheTous
man, for this reason, thst knew he had
had a reconciliation with Beecher, or,
rather, / was informed Of it, which was
perfected in the house of God,
aud that within forty-eight hours
from the time he had avowed TO
Howard that he could, il he chose,
drive Beecher out of town. ! told him
further that ! was also informed that
prior to that reconciliation he had made
no charge against EeecheT's character
to Beecher, but only behind his back,
and | said, "Nr. Bowen, l have the
points of settlement between you and
Beecher in your own handwriting, and
there is no reference 70 any charge of
crime OF any kind against Beecher."
Bowen made no denial Of these asser-
tions of mine, but seemed on the con-
lrary absshed asd detected, aud in re-
ply to my question, "What do you say
10 these charges which you have made
against Beecher," he declined to say
anything about them, but repeated the
question, "Whst can l dO?" l an
sweTed, Il am not your adviser, and l
cannot dictate to you what course you
should pursue, but you have done great
injustice to Tilton and to me. Beecher
and you ought &c take the earliest
means of repairing the injury.
should think it would be but
Justice for yoc TO restore T1ltOn
TO the Independent, but don't believe he
would 90 back if you should offer it to
him." His reply 1as'' s''How can l do that
noW.n / told him | did not know; he
must fed way to settle his own diff
culties. Heagsin expressed his willing
ness to arbitra,e the question of money
between himself aud CiltOn, growing
out of the contract. l told him that L
would not arbitrate that question Of
money between himself and TiltOn,
growing ont Of the contract. told him
that / would not arbitrate; that a plain
provision OF the contract provided that
he should pay what demanded, and he
must fulfill it. Mr.. Bowen rose to leave,
and said, before leaving, whenever l
wanted TO see him he would be happy to
come TO my house and confer on this
subject; and he did, on several subse-
quent occasions, visit me at my house
whenever | sent s0r him to consult on
this matter. The means have OF giving
so accurately the conversation between
myself and Bowen as to the converse
ton had with TiltOn and Oliver John
son, are, that prior to my meeting with
Bowen as l told him, / had an interview
with johnson in the presence of Tilton,
where the whole matter was discussed,
and memorandum Of Johnson's
statement in which he Vave his