Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1874-08-20
. .RIJrLAND =VT# IRsDAY MORNING. AUGUST 40 1874
have. received from either;iof the ,parti
involved therein. y. -. 4 :.

have received from eitheriof the parties
Involved therein. J. 4 49,
- y. /. FRANcts d: MoULToN.
/ 1.-THE letter wil1.appear in Mr.. Beech
ser's statement with the. explanation. OF
each. ;s d ,,i \: r.,
+. = ....s..ss.. THE EXAMINATION. .
I :After.the reading of this statement,
Meult ton. was subjected to. a brief cross
.examination as follows =
I: MIR. Winslow---1 Mr.. .Moulten,: the,
/ committee desire me so ask. ..yos. some
questions, Notwithstanding the. position
i you take. here in your Writtenatatement;
Il You are well aware, as. you show by the.
4 three invitations which. the committee
Shave sent you,. that we are;in good faith
pursuing an ninyestigation. (. you will re-:
| member that we were: appointed by the!
pastor of plymouth church with the.
|: sanction and approval of. the examining:
/ COMMITTEES of that. church.t to Inquire into
all these sters relating TO- the alleegesaaTl eesal
grie egarces of Tiiton. The. letter of
+ authority that comes tosus is not limited.
me restrictions are. put upon us .ets any
kind we are invited to. examine AL,
| sources of evidence and, we have locked
aupen you as one of the :principa. \ 4lrees,
( of evidence; WI. have waited scine Two:
or three weeks to get your. testimony
and I an: sure i express the feeling of;
1 the, committee when i express "a. sense:
:of. disappointment at the position, yop.
|; take: OF course we. know that we are
not a court with: compulsory powers
we are; ,as you state, Il: mere voluntary
Tribunal. you can do exactly as you
please, we. await yeur pleasure but
/ what / desire to know :is. ia behalf. !. of,
the committee, Whether. you ha3e.so de-:
lsssherately formed. this purpose as.. to.
make il beyond recall .,as. things new
stand " gs L. .,... - -. is.S. =
Metilton. In. reply. To- What yqs'
have said and with reference to my APP
( pearance here so far as you are: ems
7 eernea, in this eemnittee, / call your at.
tentioa. to. the Language sef your own IN
@Yitation,. namely. this We earnestly re-
quest that you bring all. letters and doc.
/ 'uInents ia your possession, which are re-: re-
tfcrred 10, by Theodone Triton: IN his;
statement before. the committee ! SIM.
! ply eoniply with the. requ quest Of this ron,s )
mittee and produce; copies of the letters.
kreferred: 20 BY. Mr.. Tiston, the aatheflz
|. tfoity of which 4 am. ready: within q few
moments to establish. 'i:..s s(ffls =. ! (:
+ O.; Cannot you. be induced, Alr. IN Moifl:.
ton, to ga:9n, fotsgit hstaf,Eis1g what his
.s.happesle.. isad :giye us a :ful. statafleft:
sliqisisletsse IN these matters? :?
I..As: + stand upon the conlIe ul,ication:
swiichf 4 have made 20: Ssoa SIR
s. q! And thai. you do not mean. 10:
|: change A.: Net. without. ..saftlciehi.
reason. Z : s.'s ::.i,s
|. BY .AIr; WirsicsI OF. course am.
now referring &. to the:: present nioptelt
a. Yes. SIR. I, :
| Here ~ .colfoqny Followed. aijt'8t' the
production of the originals of the letters,
and Mr.. Moulton expressed his willing
ness to allow any member of the c0m-
n1ittee to verify the CORRECTNESS of the
copies by comparison with the originals
at bis residence
The examination then continued:
| By Mr. White. I want to know
whether your objection to giyinga fuller
statement is based upon the wording Of
the letters requesting you to appear,
which. seem, in one construction, to
limit to bringing with you the originals
of the letters or papers referred to in
Mr.. THton's statement before the com
mittee, as it seems to me that the letter
is susceptible Of another explanation and
one which certainly was the understand.
1 ing of the committee.
Mr.. Moulton Yes, sir. l will answer
your question / wish to say, and do
say, that l have acquiesccd Just now in
| the request of your chairman and that all
the reasons for the non-production of
| facts or the non-exhibition of the dOcu-
ments are given in the communication
which have just made to you.
Mr. White. Well, as l understand it,
the first request, ,ante-dating all Of these,
called upon you to come before us and
give your testimony in regard to any
charges which might affect the charac-
ter and christian standing of Beecher in
the letter referred to of Theodore TiltOn
| to Mr.. Bacon
Mr. Moulton. Your original letter did
not say any such thing.
Q. Have you a copy here that we
may see what it did say? A l pre-
sented to you at the beginning of this
interview letters from your chairman
with reference to which l appear, and as
1t is fact that have answered these
tbric. repeated requests, I submit that
49, o,o. 's sufficient
this answer
Bv Mr.. Sage. a letterof mine which
;s before me contains a r, quest to bring
with you the originals of al 1t, 'efS an"
papers referred to in Mr. Tilton's state
ment to the committee.
Mr.. Winslow He has covered that
by his agreement.
Mr.. White. 1t is my understanding of
those requests that they cover the same
thing that was embodied in the request
sent early in July, that you appear and
give your testimony in regard to the
matter involved in Tilton's letter to
Bacon, and as they refer to that again l
claim it, as my understanding as one of
the committee, that this request IS not
limited to the simple production of
papers, but it does include in it the re-
quest to give your testimony in regard
to all matters. That is what / have
been trying to make appear here.
Moulton. repeat again that / have
answered fully in my interview with
you to-day the request of the chairman
of your committee.
In answer to a question put by Mr..
Tracy, MIR. Moulton replied, 81 have
stated explicitly in my communication
to this committee the grounds upon
which l deny to this committee the
statement of facts and the exhibition of
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