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arises before determining what ought TO
do in that regard" He said, -" l will pre-
pare such a note, and you read it over care
fully and see whether or not it is possible
for YOU to sign it," | said "Nery well,
prepare the note and ] will consider it, but
as you put the proposition now, of course
it wouldn't be true" He never showed me
such uote. If he prepared it.
Another instance to show how this law
yer's statement of Beccher cannot be trust
ed, find stated in these words: 81 never
resumed my intimacy with the family; but
once or twice | went there soon after my
reconciliation with Tilton, and at his re-
quest"
Is this averment true I! ! confess that
believed it substantially true at the time l
prepared my published statement. suppos-
ing that Beecher was acting according TO
his distinct instruction to Mrs. Tilton in
his letter of February Z, 1871, and in ac-
cordance with his promise to me to haveno
further communication with Mrs. Tilton
except through myself extract as fol-
lows, the whole letter having been pub
lished
In him (Moullon) we have a common
ground You and | may meet in him.
The past is ended But is there no future
no wiser, higher, hollcr future? May
not this friend stand as priest in tho new
sanctuary of reconciliation, and mediate
and bless you, Theodore, and my most I'M
happy self? Do not let my earnestness
fail of its end. You believe in my judy
ment. | have put myself wholly and en-
tirely in MOultOns hands, and there ] must
meet you
This is sent with Theodorc's consent.
but he has not read.it VIII you return il
to me by his hands am very earnest in
this wish for all our sakes, as such letter
ought not to be subjected to even n chance
of miscarriage. Your unhappy friend,
II. W. BEEoHER.
Could Beecher have written that SEN
tence of me if, as his committee reports,
forty days before, had eXtorted a paper
from him with threats by a pistol, for
which, they say. ought to have been hand
ed over to the police?
And therefore put forth in my state
ment what, when | prepared it, believed
| to be true. ] said:
On the same day there was conveyed to
me from Beecher request to Tilton that
Beecher might write Mrs. Tilton, because
all parties had then come to the conclusion
that there should be no communication be
tween Beechcr and Mrs. Tlton, or Beecher
and Tilton, except with my knowledge and
consent, and had eXacted promise from
Beecher that he would not communicate
with Mrs Tlton, or allow her to commune
cate with him, unless | saw the commune
cation, which promise, | believe, was, on
his part, faithfully kept, but, as ! soon
found. was not on the part of Mrs. TiltOn
Permission was given to Beecher TO write
to Mrs. Tllton, and the following is his
letter:
which is the letter of February I. 1871.
from which the above extract is made. !
had no ntimation that be received any cor
respondence from Mrs. Tilton that did not
go through my hands, certainly that he
made none to her or visited her. But since
the preparation of that statement there
have come into my hands certain letters
from him to Mrs. 1Ilton that now show me
that he was unfaithful to his promise to me,
and that he kept up his intercourse clandes-
timely with her, in violation of his solemn
promises, his plighted faith to the wronged
husband, to his own imminent and deadly
peril, without the knowledge of his Beech
er's) wife-for doing all which things
there could have been but one incentive.
1t becomes necessary, therefore, on the
question of veracity of his statement as to
the renewal of his intimacy with Mrs Til
ton, that some Of these letters should be
compared.
In her letter dated January 13. written to
female friend, which certainly will not be
claimed to have been dictated by Tilton,
Mrs. Tilton says:
My faith and hope are very bright, now
that am off the sick bed, and dear Frank
MoultOn is friend indeed. (ue is man.
aging the case with Mr.. Bowen). We have
weathered the storm, and believe without
harm to our best
These ISLANDERS have been sown broadcast.
am quoted everywhere as the author of
them. Coming in this way and form to
Mr.. Bowen they caused his (Tilton's) i'm
mediate dismission from both the iadepeH-
dent and the Union Suffering thus, both
of us, so unjustly-U knew nothing of
these plans anxiety night and day brought
: on my miscarriage; a disappointment i
have never before known--a love-babe it
promised, you know. l have had sorrow
almost beyond human capacity, dear.
1t is my mother!
do not quote the whole letter, as it has
been published and may be referred to-
The peculiarly of the language of this ex-
! tract should be noted. We find Mrs. Til
ton on the 30h of December sick in bed
with what she states to have been a mis-
!, carriage, few days before, of what prom
ised to be a Glove babe, you know"-a very
; curious expression from a woman nearly
, 40 years old and the mother of six children,
to describe child begotten in lawful we'd
. lock, specially when, as Mrs. Tilton now
, asserts she and her husband had been
. fiercely quarreing for many months, and,
Bessie Turner testifes, even to blows.
Within six weeks of her getting off her
sick-bed, arising from that confinement,
;, where Beecher says she lay white as mar
, bic, with eyes closed as in trance, with
her hands on her bosom, palm to palm,
like one in prayer, she writes the following
= invitation TO Beecher, which / received
, from his hand -
/. WEDNESDAY.
My Dear Friend Does your heart bound
toward all as it used? So does mine. l am
q myself again [sic1. did not dare to tell ]
a was sure. but the bird has sung in my heart
these four weeks, and he has covenanted
, with me never again to leave. "Spring
q has come" Because / thought it would
gladden. you to know this, and not to trouble
: or embarrass you in any way, now write.
o Of course, | should like to share with you
my joy, but can wait for the beyond When
= dear Frank says may once again go to old
4 Plymouth, will thank the dear Father
There can be but one meaning in these
A phrases under such circumstances. II am
q myself again. | did not dare to tell you
/ till | was sure, Tut the bird has sung in my
@ heart, these four weeks, and he has coven-
h anted with me never again to leave. Spring
; has come," etc. "0f course, | should like
1 to share with you my joy
!. assume it will not be claimed that Til
ton extorted from his wife this letter. Was
' this so significant hint 10 come "when she
= was all right answered. The reply to that
Il question will be found in two notes to Eliza
: beth from Beecher, the shorter one enclos-
a cd within the other. The first is as follows
: marked en-
> REECHER TO MRS. TILToN.
1.-THE blessing of God rest upon you I!
!. Every spark of light and warmth in YOU
Is own house will be star and a sun in m,
}. dwelling. Your note broke like spring Isle
d upon winter, and gave me an inward re