The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-24

about the H. w. Beecher mater. l
am getting much more at peace about the
matter, but l cannot look on it in any
other light, and it is relief TO me to
speak my mind right ont about it, and
then let it rest.
Wouldn't have been easy till had
'--' ''' sworn Little.
The only mitigation Of the concealment
of the thing that Lean think OF, is this,
and'it seemsto me that some excuse, or at
least explanation, may be founded here,
viz: that consideration Of the happi-
ness Of both Mr. Tilton and his wife re-
quired it, or seemed to, and the very pos
sible further fact that he preferred to dis
close it, but took the advice Of few of
his leading friends in the church, and was
overruled by them; they agreeing to take
the responsibility Of the concealnent.
This would take off somewhat from the
Hypocrisy of the thing, but leaves the
original crime as open to condemnation
as ever. But enough Of this. Only let
me request You to keep me informed of all
that occurs, and do not rely upon my get
ting the news from the papers. see BY
an extract from the Boston advertiser
that Mrs. w. has employed two Boston
lawyers; it gives their names, to bring
suit against the Republican and Womd1,'S
Journal, SO that it looks as if
The Exposure is Near ut Hand.
l want to say one word more, however.
Can you not let the report get out after
the H matter becomes public, with
out being exactly responsible for it.
You have kept up the friendship with
Mrs. Woodruff in the hope of influence
ing her not to publish the story, YOU
having learned its truth, and that is sub
stantially the fact as l have understood
it, and that you gave mp going to Europe
with me so as to be at home and comfort
when the truth came out, as YOU expcat-
ed it to in the course of the summer.
THE above portion Of Moulton's state
ment is from Saturday mornings Second
Edition.
Beecher Apprehensive.
Beecher then informed me of his APP
prehensiOn 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 con-
sequences of having published the truth
from which she was then suffering.
would go into his pulpit and insist that
the Woodruff publication was sub>tan-
TALLY true and he desired me to do what
in me lay to prevent such disaster.
suggested to him that he should see Mrs.
Hooker speak to her kindly, and cxhort
her not to take this couse, and that Tilton
should see her and so far induce her to
doubt whether she would be safe in max
ing the statement public. In this course
Beechcr agreed. and such arguments and
inducements were brought to bear upon
Mrs. Hooker rs were in the power Of
all three of us to prevent her from doing
that which would have certainly brought
on an exposure Of the whole business.
During the consultation between Bccchcr
and myself as to the means of meeting
Mrs. Houkers intentions, no suggestion
was ever made OIL the part of Bccchcr
that his sister was then or had been at
any other time insane. All the three
letters | received from Bccchcr and they
are those to which he alludcs in his COM
municatiOn Of the 4th inst, rs the letters
of his sister and brother delivered To me,
and which | did not believe that | could
honorably give up because | thought
and | submit to the committee that !
was right in thinking that they form a
part of this controversy and were not. n
he therein alleged, simply given to my
keeping as part of his other papers which
he could not keep safely on account of
his own careleSsncss in preserving docu-
meats.
Beecher was Exceedingly Anxious
that Tilton should ropudiatc the state
men: published by Woodruff and de-
nouncc her for its publication, and h.
drew up upon my memorandum book the
form OF card to be published by Tilton
over his signature, and asked me to sub
NIT it to him for that purpose. 1t Is Us
follows:
"In an unguardcd enthusiasm hoped
well and much Of one who has proved
utterly unprinciplcd. | shall never
again notice her stories, and now utterly
rcpudiatc her statements concerning me
and mine
Beechcr told me to say to Tilton, sub
stantially, "Theodorc may, for his own
purpose, if he chooses, say that all his
misfortune has come upon him on ac-
count of his dismissal from the Union
and independent and on account of the
otiense which committed against him.
He may take the position against me and
Bowen that he does. Yet the fact is
that his advocacy Of Mrs. Woodruff
and her theories has done him the inju-
ry which prevented his rising. Now, in
order to get support from me and from
Plymouth Church. and ia order to suS-
tain the sympathy of the whole commu-
nifty, he must publish this card, and I'M
less he does, he cannot rise. He also
said the same thing to Tilton, in my pres
cnce. To this TIlton answered. in sub
stance, To Bccchcr: You know why
sought Mrs. Woodhulls acquaintance.
1t WAS 10 save my family and yours from
the consequences of your acts, the facts
about which had become known to her.
They have now been published, and
will not dcnounce that woman to save
You from the consequences Of what You
yourself have done
All 10 be Kept Quiet.
After | had carried to Tilton the pa
nor ,f upnlnuv which hoI r.f.r,,,,n I,