The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-07-30

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the chaste dignity Of womanhood. Preyi-
! Gus to the Autumn Of 1868, she maintajn-
/ ed with Christian frmncss toward, her pas
tor this position of resistance, always re-
/ frsing his amoruus pleas, which were strong
and oft repeated; and in a letter to her
husband, dated Feb. 3, lsUS, she wrote as
! follows:
TO love is praisworthy. but to abuse the gift IS
sin HeIs al strong No temOustrItl3As or
itsclLatIoas could Cause Iae 10 yield my woman
mood
THE FIRST sUsrIcIoN.
VII That the first suspicion which
crossed the mind of Theodore TIltou that
the Rev Henry Ward Brecher was abusing,
or might abuse, the affection and reverence
which Mrs Tllron hore toward her pasto-
was au improper caress gwen by MIR. Bee
cher to Mrs. I ilson by the =
while seate,. by her side on the floor Of lis
library overIooAing engruyings. Mr.. Tilton
few hours afterward asked Of his wife an
explanation of her permission of such a
liberty, whereat she at first denied the fact,
but then confessed it, aul said that she had
spoken chldiugiy to Mr.. Beecner concern
ing it, On another occasion Mr.. Illton,
after leaving his house in the early morn. ng,
returned to il i'll she forenoon, and on going
! 10 bis bedcLamber ioupl the door locked,
AMI when, on knocking, the door was open
ed by Mrs. Titon, Mr.. Beecher Was seen
WITHIN, apparently much confused, and ex-
Libiting Il flushed face. Mrs. Iiitou alter
ard mace i plausible explanation, which,
from the confluence repused in her by
her husband, waj by him deemed sUtlsfac
I tory.
! VIII. Tha. in the sprins Of 1870, on
! Mr.. Tiit5n's return from Il winters absence,
le noticed in bis wife such evidences Of the
absorption Of Ler mind in Mr. Reechcr that
/ in a short time an cstrangement took place
/ between her husband and herself, in conse-
quence Of which she went into the country
/ earlier than usual for summer soiourn
/ After an absence Of several weeks She vol
UNFAIRLY returned to her home il Brooklyn
/ On the evening Of July 3, 1870, when, and
then and shere, within Il few hours after
| .er arr,al, and after eXactiug from her
nu-buua a solemn promise that he would
10 the Hey. Henry VI ard Reeohcr no harm,
nor cumuuuicnte 70 hun what she was
about to say, she maiB c,rcumStuu'il ~
confession to her husband of tha o.imin"
acts here inbelure stated, accompanied with
citations from Mr.. Beecher's argument
ard reasonings with her TO overcome hcI
long. .uaintajDel sGruplc against yielding t.
his desires, ana declaring that She had cym
itteI no wrong to her husband or her mar
ringe vow, quoting, IN support OF this op'I
ion, lhat her pastor had repeatedly as-ure1
her that she was spotless ani chnstc, vi ic'
she believed herself to be. She furtSc,
stated that her sexual commerce with hin
had never proceeded from low vulGa
thoughts either or her part or his bu
always from pure affection and highrelgiou
love. She stated, furthermore, that Mr.
Beecher habituaily haracterized heir intl
macy by the term "nest hiding" and h
, would suffer pain and sorrow If his hiddel
secret were ever made known She sal
thai her mind VAS often buriened by ii
deceit necessary for her to practise i'll orde
to prevent discovery, aud that her cor
science had many times mpelieG her t
throw off this burden Of enforced talsehou
by makiuga full con niession to her husband
so that she would no longer be living befor
him perpetual lie. In particular she sai
that she had been ON the point Of maxim
this confession a few months previously
during a severe illness when she feared >h
might. die. She affirmed also that NJ
! Beecher had assured her repeatedly that b
loved her better than he had ever loved as
!. other woman, and she felt justifed befor
r Godi1 her intimacy with him, save II
necessary deceit v hich accompanied 1t, an
at which she frequently suffered in he
mind.
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