The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-09-24

srapAs which gave in my sworn statement
from his letter., were not sftsrvard softened
but intenei6ed, By the publication of the
lettess IN full. The brief extracts were The |
vind-ths cooplete letters were the vhirl-
sind. / no more ssrbled Mr.. Beecher's |
Letters b. making from them the extracts |
which ! did, than would gsrble The deca-
lcgue b. quoti0g to him from il the single |
co0naDd0ent, Thou shalt not commit |
sduhesy."
Mr.. Beecher's adro;t effort 70 persuade |
the public 10 accept false in.espseiaiion Of
there letiers b vain. They have . plain |
meaning which no counter explanation can |
ever blot out. They are all
BASED ON THE CENTRAL FACT,
q criminal intim' q between himself and |
Mrs Tiltos, vb b has hem confessed by |
both parties to her husband and to Mr. |
Noulioa. This sinple fact l. the key which |
unlocks all the mysierias Of there letters-if |
mysteries they contain. All thee letters,
notes and memor anda refer TO the crime Of
adultery, and the Consequent "devicss" for
The safety Of the participants.
When An. Tilton inside to me her con-
lesion Of July 8. 1870, it was . confes ion
Of adultery. When in her note Of Deem
Der 80. following, che said, 81 gave letter
imp!icating my friend Henry Ward Beech
er," il was implication Of adultery. When
in Ter secood note Of the same evening, she
sid that Beecher had visited her bedside
and reproached her for having ''strucS him
dead, It ~ because she had disclosed his
adultery. When Mr.. Beecher cast himself
upon Moulsoo's sir0rg and faithful protsc-
ton, it Vas because the wrethed man had
L. Ii A>ls = LII .J,,,
ing the four years that followed the lst Of
January. 1871. hardly . month or week
passed which did not witness Mr.. Eeecher
In some consultation With Mr.. Mou!ton.
either By letter or in p<rsor, it vs. to concoct
measures for concsaling this adultery. Wien
MIR. Beecher, conscious Of his gull,
gloom At the prorpect Of disclosure, it was
ADULTERY.
When from the beginning to the end OF NJ.
Moulton's relationship With Mr.. Beechsr,
those two msn pursued . common plan-in
which /, too, participaied-th's plan vas to
guard two families Of children from the con-
n Quel ces of this adultery. When Mr..
Beecher wrote to me his letter Of coLtrition,
il vas because he thought TO pl.caie me into
forgive ness Of his adultery. When he asked
me to remember AL the osher hearts that
would sche," il vas because Of the misery
which Two households and their vide coz
uectioos would suffer BY the discovery OF
his adultery. When be wrote to Mrs.. Til
ton that Mr.. Moulton had tiled up the
storm that vas about 10 break upon their
heads," it vas becauee Mr.. Moulton had
tkillfully held back Mr.. Bowen's meditated
proceedings against Mr.. B.echer for adul-
iery When Mr.. Beecher wrote that it
would "kill him il Mr. Moulton were not
l friend TO Mn. Tilton's honor" he meant
ihst this lsdy's ''honor." like every other
Gladys honor" wss her reputation for chas-
tity, and he relied on Mr.. Moulton to keep
the world from knowing that this lady's
pastor had soied her ''honor" BY adultery.
When be a.ked Mn. More to call HIM her
son." which she did, and when she begged
him to come and zee her, pledging herpelf
not to allude to her daughters secret" it
was because this mother knew that this
"son" and daughter had committed adultery.
When this mother gave this ''sOn" the
troublesome information that ''twelve per-
sons'' had been put in POSSESSION Of this
secret, il Vas the guilty and perilous secret
Of adultery. When Mr.. Beecher shuddered
Il the likelihood that NJ. Bowen had com
municated to Mr. lsh . The ''bottom facts," "
il vas because the chic net lying at the bot.
tom Of all Vas adultery. When Mr.. BsecheI
said to Mr. Moulton, ''Can't We lit upon
some plan 10 break the force Of my letter tt
Iiltonf' it vas because the letter Whoss
force he wished to break vas his letter oil
contriiion for his adultery.
when in his despair he wrote: "Wonld to
| i LII I L.
friends sga;n-Theodore would have the
hardest task in such case" il vas be.
cause this 'haTdest task" would consist oi
foreising = vile and her paramour for tte:I
adultsry. When Mr.. Tilton wrote implOr.
ingly 10th TO Mr.. Moulton and Mr.. B.echeI
that the papers should be destroyed" II
was because those pspes were records Of
adultery. When in brokenness Of spirit Mrs.
it was because Of ter womanly di.tress al
in one Of her claDdesiine notes to him che
referred to her "ne,t. hiding" it was a
means Of more plea aantly reminding him OF
his own poetic expression for their adultery.
When her destroyer wrote to MIR. Moulton,
Feb s, 1872, saying: 81 would no, bell, We
that any one could have passed through nv
expert. nee and be alive or sane," he con-
fessed the agony Of living on the verge Of
public punishment for adu terry When he
said 10 Mr.. Monlton, "YOn are literally
al my stay and comfort" it va,
because this brave AMI tender friend
was the barrier between the public
and the knowledge of clergy.
name adultery. When Mr.. Beecher. who
was never tired Of sending to thi. friend
such love letters as man .. llom writes 10 a
man, said to him: 81 would have fallen on
the way bot for the courage with which You
in pired me-" it was his ever grateful ac-
knoxlejgement to one who vas saving from
the fate winch Furnishes clergymsn fl adult
terry. When be bewsiled the keen sil.pi-
cons with which be WIS pressed" these
were the dangerous surp;cions Of eongregs-
tioa to whom public rumor had carried q
horrible hint of their pastors adultery.
When he feared an "sppeal to the Church,
and then Council" and prognos:icsted
thereby ''conAsgration, it wa because he
foresaw how the public mind would be inhu-
enced by the knowledge Of his adultery.
When he portrayed himself A. standing in
daily dread Of these psrsonal friends Who
we're making 'ruinous defense" Of him, il
was because he feared that their clsmorous
statements Of his innocence would bundtr-
in3ly lead to
THE DETECTION OF HI, ADULTERY.
| W hen he cried OFT that he was Suffering
the torrents Of the dsmned," he was pour
| ing out his hearts ansui.h to the only man
to whom be had liberty to unburden his re-
morss for his adultery. When be said he
could not carry this burden TO his wife and
childesn, IL VS. because he was ashamed 10
acknovledse TO them his adultery. When
he wroas 10 Moultop, saying. Sacrifice me
without hesitstloo il you can clearly see
your way to his Mr.. Tilton's) safety and
happiness thereby" he alluded to sacrifice
Of his good name in e1piation of his adulie- |
~. Whsn he said OF himself 81 should
be Destroyed, bot he Mr.. T,lton) would
not be saved" il vas because oil that |
vas needed for his destruction was simply |
that the world should be told Of his adultery. |
When be aid "Eizsbesh and her children |
would have their future clouded," he saw |
hanging over this ruined mother and her |
brood the back and awful clond which |
hangs over every matron guilty Of adultery.
When be wrote "Life would be pleasant if
could see that rebuilt which il shattered"
be referred to the moral impoesibili,y of re-
noastruefing home oocs broken BY adul-
tesy. When he compares himself TO "Esau
sho sold his birthright and fcurd NO place
for repentance, though he sought it carefully
With tears" it VS. because the unpardon.
able crime which the minister had commit
ted "a. adultery. When he spoke With Gu
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