The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-22


r certain Infamous stories against me. Sh
has two business letters, one declining ai
: invitation to suffrage meeting and Oh,
! other declining TO give her assistance so
licitcd. These and all letters of mine in The
hands of any other persons, they have my
: cordial consent TO publish. | will only ado
in this connection that the stories and rit
mors which have for n time been circulated
about me are grossly untrue, and ! stamp
them in general aud in particular as utterly
false
saw the editor of the Brooklyn Eagle
at his Office and after consultation with
him the care was published as follows.
BEEcngRs CARD.
To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle:
Sir-In long and active life in Brook
lyn it has rarely happened that the Eagle
and myself have been in accord on ques-
tons of common concern to our fellow
citizens. | am for this reason compelled
to acknowledge the unsolicited confidence
and regard of which the columns of the
Eagle of late bear testimony. have just
returned to the city to learn that spplica-
ton has been made to Victoria Woodruff
for letters of mine supposed to contain in
formation respecting certain Infamous
stories against me. have no objection to
have the Eagle state in any way it desires
fit that Mrs. Woodruff or any other person
or persons who may have letters of mine
in their possession have my cordial consent
to publish them. In this connection and
at this time can only add that the stories
and rumors which have for some past
been circulated about me are untrue, and |
stamp them in general and in particular as
utterly untrue
Respectfully,
Henry WARD BEEcHER.
| would have submitted this card to Mr..
Bcecher before publication, but he was alb
sent. For obvious reasons | held myself
excepted from this call for publication, ms
was well understood by Beecher, / know
nothing further of the relations of Bowen
and Beecher in this connection which is of
importance TO this inquiry. | have traced
them thus far because that controversy
at each stage of it continually threatened
the peaceful settlement of the trouble of
Tiltcn and Beecher, an account of which |
now resume. Another curious complica-
ton of the relations Of the parties arose
from the publication by Mrs. Woodruff of
the story in her journal 1t Is matter of
PUBLIC NoroRIETY,
and Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, the sis
ter of Bcochcr. had espoused the cause of
Mrs. Woodruff on the question of woman
suffrage, and had been accused still fur
Their of adopting her social tenets. Mr..
Beechers relations to Mrs. Tilton had
been communicated TO her. This had
been made the subject Of communication
from Mrs. Hooker to her brother, aud af-
ter the publication by Mrs. Woodruff, Mrs. |
Hooker addressed the following communi-
cation to her brother, which contains so
full and clear an exposition of all the facts |
aud circumstances that ! need not add q
word Of explanation. l produce Mrs.
IIooker's letter to Beecher, under date of |
November l. 1872:
MRS. HOOKER TO BEECHER.
HARTFORD, Nov. /, 1872.
Dear Brother-In reply to your words,
..Tf Won e.;ll bnliava in tho. ,ror,on Go
let Inc say that from her, personally, l
have never heard II word on this subject
and when nearly Il year ago | heard that
when here in this city she said she had eX
pected you to introduce her at Steinway
and wrote her most indignant and rebuff
ting letter, to which she replied in man
ner that astounded one by its calm asser-
ton that she considered you as true a
friend to her as myself. | enclosed this
letter to Mr.. Tilton, asking him to show it
to you if he thought best, and to write me
what it all meant. lie never replied, nor
returned the letter Ia me rs I requested,
but | have a copy of it at your service.
In the month of February after that, on
returning from Washington, went to Mrs.
Stantons to spend Sunday. At Jersey
City met Mrs. Woodruff, who had come
OH in the same train with mt. it seemed, and
who urged me in hearty way to bring
Mrs. Stanton over on Monday for a suf-
frage consultation rs to the spring conven-
ton. Remembering her assertion of the
friendship between you, and of her meet
ing you occasionally at Moulton's house,
think this is the name. Il thought would
put this to test and replied that if
could be sure of seeing YOU at the same
time | would come. She promised to
secure you if possible, and fully meant
to keep my appointment, but on Sunday
remembered-an appointment at New Haven
which | should miss if | stopped in New
York, and SO passed by, dropping her
letter by the way. Curiously enough, sis.
ter Catherine, who was staying at your
house at this time, sent to me here casually
the letter of that same week, Belle"
Henry went over to New York to see you
last Monday, but couldn't find you, of
course. My inference was that Mrs. Wood
hull either had power over you, or you
were
SECRETLY FRIENDS.