The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-07-30

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GExTLExEx OF TIE CoNyITTEE: II
communicating to you the detailed state
rnent of facts Of evidence which YOU have
been several days expecting al my hands,
let me remind you Of tue circumstances
which cal! this statement forth.
In my recent letter 70 DR.. Bacon ! ALA
ded to an offence asa an apology BY the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. To whom>o-
ever e sc this aiiusiun seemed indefinite, to
Alr. Beecher it was plain. The offence was
committed by him; the apology was made
bv him-both acts were his own, and were
among the most momentous occurrences of
HE lite. OF ali men il. Plymouth Church,
or in the world, the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher was the one man who was best in
formed concerning this offence aud apology,
and the one mau who least needed to iuq uire
+ into either.
Nevertheless, while possessing q perfect
knowledge of both these acts done by him
( self, he has chosen to put on public at-
fectatiou CT ignorance aud innocence con-
eerniug them, and has conspieuously ap-
pointed a committee of six of the ablcst
men Of bis church, together with two at
! torneys, - inquire into what he leaves you
to regard as the unaecoun:able mystery OF
this offence and arpslogy; as if he had
neither committed the one nor offered the
other: but as If both we're the mere fgments
of another mans imagination-th adrolt
~ prompting the public to draw the deiuc-
rion that am person under some hatlu
cnaton or delusion, living in dream ami
forging fraud.
I Furthermore, in order to cast over this
explanation the delicate glamour which al
ways lends "a charm to the defence Of d
woman's honor, Mrs Elizabeth r. Tilton
lately my wife, has been prompted away
+ from her home to reside among Mr.. Beech
cr's friends, and to co operate with hIm in
his ostsns ibly honest and laudabIe inquiry
into facts concerning which she, too, as
well as he, has for years past had perfec.
and equal knowled gewith himself.
This investigation, therefore has been
publicly pressed upon me by Nr. Beccher,
seconded by Mrs. Tilton, both Of whom in
so doing have united in assuming befure
the public the nonexistcncc OF the grave
and solemn facts into winch they have cou
spired TO investigate, fer the purpose not
] Of elicitins, but O. denying the truth. This
Joint as,um' son by them, which has seem
+ ed 60 your committee to be in good faith,
has naturally led you into an examination
in which you expect to fnd, on their part,
nothing but innocence, ana on my par,
nothing but SANDER.
VIZ. 'Eiiton'' y - srIs settlement.
Whereas, the Rev. Henry " ara Beeeher
has Iustigated the appointment CT a com
mittee, consisting OF six members of his
church and society, to inquire and report
upon alleged a-persious upon his chara ctrr
by Theodore Tilton; and, whereas, Mrs.
Elizabeth X. Tilton, formerly the wife Of
in order ~ cooperate with Mr.. Beecher in
consriracv to overthrow the creilbihtY
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