The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-22

protection, II Was t'ecanse the wretched man
had nad been detected ia his adultery. When.
January. 1871 hardly a month or week passed
which did not witness Mr.. Beecher In some
or in person, IL coueoct measures Tor con
cealing this aoulluEv. When Mr.. Beecher, con-
often into hopeless gloom at the prospecs OF dis
Tlosore' IL "as because he crime to be disclosed
- ADULTERY.
When from the beginning to the end of Mr.
Moultons relationship with Mr. Beecher, those
Two men pursued a common plan--in which l.
100, partieipated-this plan was to guard two
families of children from the consequences of
this adultery. When Mr.. Beecher wrote to me
his letter of conti-tf6n, IL was because b sought
~ plaza me inl0 forgiveness OF his adultery.
,Men wien ne asked ne 20 remember "all the other
hearts that would ache = il was because OF the
wide connection would suffer by the discovery
Of OF bis "a ad1Itery When ne wrote 70 Mrs TiItoi
S' ss raa ear Ho1tson hao tied up the storm which
cause Mr.. Moullon had skillfully held back
MI Bowens meditated proceedings against Mr..
thai ne woulc kill him if Mr.. Mo1llon were
not friend 10 Mrs. Tilion's honor" he mean.
that this Iady's "honor." like every other
ana he relied on Mr. Monlton 10 keep
had soied her I aaueSy lnsS aS Ssen PaS6r M
B sechsr requested Mrs. Morse 10 cal him her
son." which she did. and when she oegged him
lude TO her ''daughters secret y it yras becanse
this mother knew that this sson0 and daughter
gave this -'SOn" the troublesome Information
that twelve persons" had been put In posses
sion OF this secret, il the guilty and perilous
secret of ,a,dnitery Ehen Mr Beecher shuddered
at the ikeIioood that Air. Bowen had commu-
nicated TO Mr. Ciahin athe bottom iacts," it was
was adulters. When Mr.. Beecher aid to Mr.
, Moulton, Cant we hit upon some plan TO
break the force Ofmy letter 10 Tllon ?" ID was
because the letter whose force he wished to
/, terry. When his despair ne wrote: ''Would
TO God, Theodore, Elizabeth and / could oe
it.enuS III nus stin:-iLheodore would nave the hard
bardest task" would consist OF forgiving a wife
ana ana he, her paramour for their adultery. When
/ Mrs. I1iton wrote imploringly both TO Mr.. Moul-
ton and to Mr.. Beecher that "the papers should
be destroyed, I, it was because those papers were
records OF adultery. When in brOE.nnes OF
spirit Mrs TIltoE wrote to ask her Sc
ducers forgiveness 1t was because of
irayed Sim for his ds adnIsery. a. when 1s one Ss
r OF her claudestine notes 10 III = she relerrt d
to her "nest hiding," it was a means OF mora
plea-antlv reminding him of his own poetic ex-
pres lcn for their adultery. When her destroyer
wrote to Mr.. MouitOn, FEB 5. 1872, saying: al
! would not believe that any one could have
he confesie6 T a,ny fI of ,yi a1e n1 sb oe
he said 20 Mr. Noulton, you are literally all
my stay d com 'ort il was because this brave
the public and the knowledge OF a clergyman s
adultery. When Mr.. feecher, who was never
OF fe0ulnH 10 tn1S fr1enu Sucn love letters
Il would have fallen on the way but for The
e93nrsge con with wi which you inspired me-" II was
was saving him from the faIe whicn Furnishes
clergymen for adultery. When he besal'ed the
"keen suspicious with which he was
TDoT % had ,s,sgg Tn0@
their pastors adultery. When be reared az
"appeal 10 The chufch. and hen a council" and
was beca1se he DS f6rdsS3 how thS Yniic mind
would be influenced BY the knoslsdge OF bis
ing in daily dresd Of those peTsonal friends who
/ was becatlSe he feared THAI 'fi.eir eiamopons
; statements OF his innocence would hiuadelingly
lead TO ~ u r,.-..-, r-r .srt-s rfif..alf
: o THE DETEcTIoS OF HIS ADULTERY. rl
. When he cried ont that he was "sufsoring the
4 torments OF the damDed,p lie was pouring out
: !, mis- hearts anguish to tho only man to whom b.
had liberty 10 unburden his reznorse for his
sdultery. When he said that he cauld not carry
8 this burden TO his wife and children II was be-
a cause he was ashamed to scknowIed ze 10 them
a,s nSaiery acsea Mhsn me w91s 10 M9n4n
If you can clearly see yoa- way to his Mr.. Til
to the sacrifice OF his good a. nle i expIaton of
a his ADULTERY. When he said OF h mseli: 81
: should be destroyed, but he tMr. Tlton) would
II not be saved" il because sll that was
d needed for his destruction was simply that the
Q world should be told of his adultery. When he
!. their future ouded." he saw hineins over M this
e ruined mother and her brood the black and a W.
ynis9 Wben sng e every sIn oa a
p essant u could sec that rebuilt which IA shat
te ed,'' he referred TO The al inp1ssbllty o.
e recoustructlng q home once broken by adultery
:. When he comp ared himself 10 :" rsaa VINO sold
il ance, though he soughtit carefully With tears,
4 | lt was because the unpardOnab crime which
,Ris When piseE b pe fnd m Soisq o m1 Ss aagsTs
/ as reviving his waning faith in womanhood,
e il was because his Ihonehis were then of an
be had oS oSeTcos a W5 .s lpdsi a'fss bee
d trayed him for his terry. When the strong
! woman WHO thus restored "his waning faith in
: wornsnhood," counseiied him TO make "a frank
:, and manly confession OF his sin. asking man
1 forgiveness, rs he expeeted God s. and when 20
o afterward wrote thai "her clear iruthfulness
[ laid him dat"-an this shows how he
e quailed before yirtnous woman'a reouks
r l"would have been better man than he in such
a, ne meant 3 that would have ave
wife OF an intimate friend or Of using the power
q of q clergyman to corrupta trusting parlshionel
Q 'condoned my wifes iault," pointing me TO thi,
e conformation asconstiiuting on my part pledge
.coneone" the painest possible oonfession Of his
J. adultery. Infike manner, ali Mr.. Beeeher'.
II letters, when read in view of the one SAD and
II guilty act which is the key note TO their tragic
= meaning constitute four years, history OF g
y despair"-an in consequences OF discovered
l. Ii nave Deen thus expilclt In reiterAtng mr
Beechers crime 1t Is moi for the sake Of proving
it from his letters for have efficiently proved
Il il without help from these, but only TO show
that did NOT garble these letters when pointed
Is TO them as proofs OF adultery, and repeat that
o III Betchers letters have been (as be saysl w OK
; edy garbled, IL is ne who has gafb;ed them-i
q is who have restored them 10 their true mean
q ing. .. g. .t
Mr.. Triton, In his sixteenth head. deyotes bi,
e attention TO a statement of tho reasons which
J. led him TO write the celebrated Bacon letter. In
e speaking of the day on which Mrs. Tlton lief
" him forever. he saws: That eyentful SATURDAY.
e morning, the lith of July, found me In ths
a strangest situation of my wholelifea situation
which had not foreseen, and which coulc
Z with difficulty realizes situation consistint
d of the following elements: First, had beer
% Pc bficly challenged by Mr.. Beecher TO divulg'
r TO q church committee the story Of his cfimin
e Rllty with Mrs. Tllton: and. second. Mrs