Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-23

: OF IlS SISTER, U1Et. IlOOhtIg ne GAAnt 10
me in trouble and alarm, and handed
me all the letters, together with one
under date of November 9th, with an
enclosure cut from the Hartford Times,
to which it alluded:
MRS. HOOKER TO BEECHER.
HARTFORD, WEDNESDAY, 9th, 1872.
1 DEAR BROTH SR-kead the enclosed, clipped
4 from the Times Of this city last evening.
/ can endure no longer. 4 must see you and
/ persuade you TO write paper which will
] read going alone TO your pulpit, and taking
/ sole cnarge OF the services 1 shall leave here
( on the eight O'Clock train Friday morning,
and unless you meet me at tie Forty-second
J street station, shall 60 to Mrs. IS house,
! opposite the Young Mems Christian Associa-
l ton, No. ~ Third street, where / shall hope to
see You during the day. Ms, ~ ,.,, kindly SAID
! and an now widows, liyiBg quietly in oar
! pleasant home, and want you to come there
] without warning whenever you are IN New
! you prefer TO VISIT" so l shall go II on
! shopping trip, and stay as long as IL seems
] best. / would prefer going to Mrs. Iiitons S 10
] anywhere else, but hesitate TO ask her TO re-
/ ceive me. 1 feel sure, however, that words from
/ you 20 her should go into that paper, and with
/ hercousent could write as one commissioned
! IRON on high. Do not fail me. ! pray you
meet me at noon on Friday, as you hope TO
! meet your own mother in heaven. In her
] name beseech you, and will take no denial.
Ever yours, in love unspeakable,
/ letter is from Beecher TO Mrs. Tilton. Eli
! Perkins, of the New York Commercial,
q prominent Republican paper, has this
/ to say:
Nast's very boldness, his terrible aggressive
ness, is what challenges admiration, and
makes HdTpe s Weetly a success. When L
asked him II be did not think it a great un-
dertaking to attack Mr.. Greeley, he said;
"Yes; but I knew he was aa old humbug; I
knew was right, and knew right would
win in the end; and was almost alone, too.
The people were fooled with Greeley, as they
are fooled with Beecher, and he viii tumble
further than Greeley, yet" We had a talk
about Beecner and Tilton, and putting this
with other conversations with her by friends
OF Mr.. Iilton, and with newspaper men in
New York, am satisfied that terrible
downfall awaits the one who has erred and
conceals it,
Beacher then informed me Of his
apprehension that his sister, in her
anxiety that he should do his duty in
presenting this truth, as she understood
it, and in protecting Mrs. Woodruff
from the consequences OF having pub
lished the truth, from which she was
then suffering, would 60 into his pulpit
and insist upon declaring that the Wood
hull publication was substantially true,
and be desired me 10 do what IL me lay
10 prevent such a disaster. l suggested
to him that he should see Mrs. Hooker,
speak to her kindly, and exhOrt her not
to take this course, and that IiltOn
should see her, and so far shake her con-
fdence in the truth Of the story
as to induce her to doubt wheth-
er she would be safe in max
ing the statement public. To this
course Beecher agreed, and such argu-
ments and inducements were brought to
bear upon Mrs. Hooker as were IN the
power Of all three of US to prevent her
from doing that which would have GER
tainly brought on an exposure of the
whole business. During the consulta-
ton between Beecher and myself as to
the means of meeting Mrs. Hooker's
intentions, no suggestion was ever made
on the part OF Beecher that his sister
was then or had been at any other time
insane. All three letters received
from Beecher, and they are those to
which he alludes iC his communication
Of the fourth instant as the letters Of his
sister and brother delivered to me, and
which l did not believe that 1 could
hOnOrably give him up, because l
thought, aud I submit to the COM
mittee if 1 was right in think
ing that they form part of
this controversy, and were not,
as he therein alleged, simply given to
my keeping as part Of his other papers
which he could not keep safely, on ac-
count of his own carelessness in preserv-
ing documents. Beecher was exceed
ingly anxious that Tilton should repudi
ate the statement published by Wood
hull, and denOuDce her for its publica-
tion, and he drew up upon my memo
randum book the form of a card to be
published by Tilton over his own sigma
ture, and asked me to submit it to him
for that purpose. 1t is as follows:
BEECHER's PROPOSED CARD FOR TIL
TON.
In an unguarded enthusiasm ! hoped well
and much OF one who has proved utterly un-
principled. 1 snail never again notice her
Stories, and now utterley repudiste her state
ments made concerning me and mine.
Beecher told me TO say TO Tilton SUBJ
stantially, Theodore may, for his Own
purpose, If he choose, say that all his
misfortune has come upon him on ac-
count OF his dismissal from the Union
and the Independent, and on account of
the offense which l committed against
him, be may take the position against
me and Bowen that he does yet. The
fact is, that his advocacy Of Mrs. Wood
hull and her theories has done him the
injury which prevents his rising now in
order to get support from me and from
the Plymouth church, and in order to
obtain the sympathy Of the whole COM
munity he must publish this card, and
unless he does it he cannot rise. He
also said the same thing 10 TiltOn in my
presence. To this TiltOn answered in
substance to Beecher:
You know why 1 sought Mrs. Woodhull's
acquaintance. II was 10 save my family aud
yours from the consequences Of your acts,
the facts about which had become known 10
her These have now been published, and
will not denOunce that woman 20 save you
from the consequences Of what you yourself
have done.
After had carried to Mr.. Tilton the
paper Of apology, which had reference
to Beecher's adultery, and had received
assurances that all between 1ilton and
Beecher should be kept quiet, L imme-
diately conveyed that information TO
Beecher. He was prOfuse In his profess
sions OF tbankfulness and gratitude to
me, for what he said were my exertions
in his behalf Soon after that l was
taken sick, and while on my sick bed,
on the seventh of February, / received
a letter from Beeeher. This letter has
been published. 1t is the letter of Feb
ruary 7, 1871, in which Beecher speaks
Of Moulton as "whom God has given
of his many friends cam On the same
dav there was conveyed to me from
Beecher, areqCest TO Tilton that Beecher
might write TO Mrs. TiltOn, because all
parties had then come TO the conclusion
that there should be no communication
between Beecher and Mrs. Tilton or
Beecher and TiltOn, except with my
knowledge and consent, and l had eX-
acted promise from Beecher that be
would not communicate with Mrs. Til
ton nor allow her to communicate with
him unless l saw the communication,
which promise, / believe, was on his
part, faithfully kept, and, as 1 soon
found, was not on the part OF Mrs. III
ton. Permission was given Beecher TO
write to Mrs. Tilton, and he then wrote
the letter of February 7, 1871, in which
he says 10 her:
When saw you last did not expect ever TO
see you again, OF be alive many days.
This was letter of commepdatiOn, so
that Mrs. Tilton might trust me as be-
tween her and her husband as freely as
Beecher in me. Meanwhile BeecheT's
friends were continually annoying him,
and writing TO him about Tilton and the
rumors that were afioat in regard to
both, and on the thirteenth Of February
Beecher received the following letter
from his nephew, +. B. Perkins, which
he (Beecher) handed me with draft
of his reply on the twenty-third of the
same February, which he sent without
showing me sgain; and upon that draft
/ made the following note:
PERKINS TO BEECHER.
NEW YORK, -- l3, 1871.
Ny DEAR UNCLE-After some consideration
I decide to inform you Of a matter concern
ing you. Tilton has been iustifylng or eXcus-
Ing his recent intrigues with women by al
like Bdulteries, the same having been husheq
up out OF consideration for the parties. rms
know: I have thought other people base, put
Theodore 1ilton has, in this action, diVed IN
! the very sub-cellar of the backhouse OF IN
] fanny. In case You should choose 10 let nlm
! any concealment. Very truly yours,
/ +. b. PERKINS.
/ To Rev. Henry W. Beecher.
! PSI canuo. say Tilton said adultery"
] He was referring 20 his late intrigues with
/ Mrs. -- and Others. However, he may
] have described them what 1 am informed Is
/ the excuse by duplicating you in similar af-
fairs. F.B.P.
BEECHER TO PERKINS.
FEBRUARY .. 1872.
] MY DEAR FRED-Whattver Mr.. Tilton for
! merly said against me, know the substance
/ OF II. He has Withdrawn and frankly con-
! fessed that he had been miSled by the state
| ments Of one who, when confronted backed
! down from his charges. In some sense am
! ia part to blame for mis- Indignation for lent
! n credulous ear to reports about him. which |
have reason to believe were exaggerated or
/ wholly false. After a full conference and ex-
| planation, there remains between us no mis-
] understanding, but mutual good will and re-