New-York tribune., 1874-08-18
TALK WITH MR. TlLTON

GEORGE ALFRED rOwNsFND's REPORT or MIR. TIL
ross VIEWS AND FEELINGs-HI' OPINION OF
MIR. REFCHEB-How HE RECONCILE, Ills FEEL
ING- ToWAKD HIS WIFE WITH uER ALLEGED
fIr. fa7 y -orr.sponis- qr Inc Chcrgo Tr'aae
Sitting in that dim, funereal house where Tor
ten years the Triton family resided passing through a
tho pis-tEcs OF social, domestic AMI scnoi,t1 lat.
cours"-sitas there after mIdn2h., quito aIoue WIN
Theodore TltJu. ssih
Ihaye been all day trying 10 grasp you' character
and rrcDnc4 your serenity Of feeling - Nari your VIC
v,th the outrage III" has committed upon yon. shall |
te, yoJ the main points the world makes aH'lst you
Ic-,' be SAID III c'liu 10 out III tno "oIln il''
look upon niyss mgh, mahe mysei DstteT any , ~
,ol Do not be delicate. | don't think there remains
anything for people TO write against me watch tley
have not slil. used 20 re Theodore Illton thQus1t
Now hLd that am poltroon. Dlackmaier. fellow
Jealous another mans fame dnh my VIE, whose
letters ne. unless lm blind and c1nuot read show
an appreciation of me cAi-g, Fiteu SUI even
tells tne world that bad ~ tney say. lOu may
ask me anything down d the narrow
Then san l. 'the st9>at.I ourl'a YOU ~ nav" com
mitel the estmltCu ot yOIs o"h Sex. was cpltinu-
ng relations with your vile after yoI knew her to have
@PerIa4s" said }lr Tilt3n,i" many who say that
came 20 the opportunity oI showing "haJ the'T
conduct miSht be. NIen tannterOot stribes vessel
10 makes Immediate catastrophe so that one must do
what he had never prepared himself ior. lGo stotJ OF
lbetA's guit wa- !ttAei 10 ne N9untdrI ihcVcr
accused her She had been OIt IN the country staying
awhile aud poor ,tste Of health. That feyer-
sh rel Hous nature had pfODdby ufSeu her on 20 i'hG
hlfcon.ciOus 0rlCI tuat had only pcgpetrdtcI
= 7iIll .i ose ~ t IA! ~ az i,, r nln
of the element OF decrt oh' 'ltrtlp re- ~ Op.
the story 70 OF her own Volitlon, hoping tAdt |
would take the worst II was III tuS very ROOM oH9
was si.tag there where you are. came IN and stood
,onder sle addressed me ~ once, an 40 minute my
heart was pierced through ana thiOuSh. stJo thtrt
tIansilXed ana hundred things came 10 NINA, that
ankle scene among then sle used the "0Fds Oh ner
religious emotion To express the confession or adultery
She pa -sed our, lea there II standing neither
Cf einoilons' i't ba,ttt As IL 10 nthc @ , ni d.
eig2MPnt perfect aHf her confession abs llute she sent
M 10 ne that written sta emen' ana th2n. 10 II she
had done AL uet spirit bt'e way po1h oi W.
spent the night alone in tue midst Of this
nightmare. IN the morning | went early to my
office in Tie Brooklyn UHioH building, and | could not
write. lei- that must cone 20 some determination
;hs thins uou-hi ~ over IN an Us rt tition7 ny
children, my home 10 cM,ise' Alinsr.i, nay sool "a ne
To hereafter tatted down tie years, the peculiar
nature OF the victim ahd her feLSIoas intensity; Az
last s1li that ulan IS growing od. ne has out
few years live. | VIII punish him only 10 this ex-
tent. E.ztbeth -ha. ~ and tel him that know rom
am living, suffering sacrifice Tor hs children ~ wei a.
my OWN slld Yes. VIA DO N my secret sell con
Mr.. luton was standing up. Tie reputed rcsem-
oance he has borne TO tAe head 0t he CHRISTIAN SET
seemed to me no hction 1s WIN h- pure tcatFe ions!
haxen, curling haif, and large nH!passIoAei EYES ns
looked ~ me. He continued; " For two weeks Iiyrd
touched the ground. Tie greatness Of the temptation
had put away the magnanmity OF the ne was lead
labor Ny occupation was tasteful to me than 1t
had ever been. II / had killed my wronger, or
taunted him. Or conspred to dlsrO1s hlm eouid no.
"w1a{ revived the q4arreI then, Mr.. rilton 81
There must have come a relapse. DJmesGc Incidents
business references " Bcecher by my publisher.
hundred nctemen,s brought me back 70 tnc world
There the torture or secret itself saw, be-
sides that confession had brought no true peace O my
wife. The spell had been broken which attached her I'd
One day Bowen came To me aud SAID: i Want'you
TO be more careful To praise Plymouth Church IN me
Union II - great power here % Dud up our paper
You don't pay any attention 10 H.. DroAe @ Guy GUY
pdss.onately. SAID |: will never mention ty noua
Church any line write. never cross s threshold ani
never praise Mr.. Beecheg"
.'Why this q exclaimed Bowen. tYou must know
never permitted him The Independent TO give me
policy, nor TO alter or omit auJ lhlhS "loS'J
Why, SIR = said | to Bowen, Mr. Beecher ha. at
tempted 90 commit an infamous Insult on inc auu NY
family. AT tins Bowen walked up and down tuo nool
and oliver johnson, VINO present, neTu MN, oht
nnds II convenient to forget and Bowen pItterIy
denounced Beecher as a man "hO hlu ohe sn.i ,ti"
threatened TO cashier me II ever mentioned "hat no
had said" - .., Tor NJ Titan o.,
"Why because hc wanted 20 be- more Oh u man, hu..
the repuiad editor than he could be with me- ic hai
been restlye for long time over the comp.ete
cation 0f The independent with my name. lIIs th,Hs d.
home foo was kfilw,ng me aud Bowen believed tnit
some lay it would burst aud tnat would then be an
inconvenieDt fellow" .,,,.o, =, ,o
DO you know Mr. Tlton. that you are accused Oh De-
ing Jealous OF Mr.. Beecners nigh rcputalloht NJ,
Yes; am accused Of being 40 jealous OF nr p
ers fame that 10 remove nlm AS rlSa "o. 80
adultery my wife and disgrace my cur cI' -,
charge il not conducive 70 Intelligence propa9aeI
bv 80 great a teacher among his part1sans. why can
be jealous OF Shakespeare or cesari lhno" anu ''''e
nlZe his position In the land
MIR IILTON's OPINION OF MR. BEECHER
"Will you tell me, Mr.. IiltOn "n"' ~" 'A ~
BeecheTs merit, AZ an artstt ,,-...,,... -. -.
Yes do object. He IS speniiu pIuacucI, NY
great orator nor "A good writer He has mlnd, Iul oi
ine and rich conoeits and path0s OF dopcoh anu eA
preston speech very moving lhcIe - ~ ~
mel TO argument; IL smart, hii'e, iautastW va
his feet thr congre CATION, he s master OF every
faculty he has. IIe Is full without u'cipune ,neIe
the whole "a disspatiug elect upon ,uo n'ho w His
aXAaaglsas spleRdog. w rases tua iseulss siIaoa1