National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-12
M0ULTON---BEECHER.
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KLINE. and the letter was the produe, of ia,
mood into which was throunf-Ein syounr
Raymond really think that be was the confidani
81 5eeeheF. ne certainly never was a conadani
q mise; iori measuTing him at glance, never
nae an iatervieF With him after Beecher intro
lused him % me- Which VIII Plymouth Church
Dstiele, thoir pastors statement that Raymond
olo and could know nothing Of the fsets Ia this
case, o. believe young Raymond when he says he
knows allg
THAT SMILE, coEFIDIEG HALLIDAY
Nay, even more. Beechers committee rest HIS
s&cnlpation unon my interview with the Rev. Mr..
hallleay, IN which, in language guarded, but in.
tended TO mislead that simple, eonhding agent OF
Bescher, his assistant i spoke to hin what
Eeecher desired and Instructed me to say when
even that supplemented old mans suspicious had
oeen aroused BY conferences with Tilton and
stEefs and for that speech, y which 1 admit
Halliday was misled, received nom Beecher the
following letter heretofore published sent on the
Lords day uy Christian minister, giving his
thanks for ny preyhneation in his behalf 70 his
assistant;
'ldr DEAR FRIEEp: Halliday called last night
It's interview With him did not satisfy, but DIS
present. II tended directly to anssttiing. Your
Interview last night YVES verg beneficial and gave
eonfasnce. This mist be looked after. Il is
rain 70 build If the foundation sinks under every
EFFORT. shan see you to-moroE-if you return
BY way OF 49 Remsen."
oHTvALRlo ooScEALNENT.
Il has been held honorable for men who had had
amours with 4 reputable woman to deny even
under o6th those amOurs, 70 protect from ex-
pos1re the fair fame and name which had been
eOnhded 70 their keeping. Not BY any means In
tending 70 set up any such standard Of morality
but which is sustained In Beecher BY portion of
the press which says he ought TO stand BY the
woman, under how much more temptation was
acting when in my charge had been placed with
out any guilt on my part, the honor of women Of
fair name ana high station, the welfare Of 3
church, the UNFOLDING Of the fame and reputa-
tioD Of the foremost preacher Of the world the
Usll-6eing Of christianity itself, and the morals
the
failure % hold the faets concealed from every
The silent VOLCANO on which he saws be YVES
walking might have been ct any time caused 70
burst forth BY my imprudent answers to scandal
loving, euriously-pryfng men and women, or min
lsters q the gospel who were engaged in en-
deaTUring 20 ind out; and my silence when their
questions were put TO ne, stating supposed facts,
would have been at once deemed assent.
But II there was any wrong in my coneealment
Of these facts from the world, let Plymouth
church labor with Mr.. Bowen one Of its leading
members, who concealed them from the church
IN consideration CT the publication Of his pastors
letters and sermons in The Independent Let Mr..
Claim, Beeeher's chosen committeeman, who,
presumably, had been told the 'very bottom
facts," be dealt with; and indeed, let him who is
without sin among them all in that regard, first
east stone.
SOME WORDS FOR TIE COMMITTEE
/ do not review or animadvert upon the report
OF the committee, because every one has expected
the result Of its labors from the beginning. No ]
disclosures were made to them, and they took 1
knew the facts except the parties implicated, and |
have clearly shown that It was a partisan tri- !
puma org Snlzee % s991 ~, beeeher confessed
men no weight will be given u its unsupported |
opinions, however speciously argued in report |
which is but q rehash Of the statements OF tlIe |
accused criminals, both written In whole or IN /
part by his lawyers.
was quite aware that 1 was to be struck down |
In case did not side with Beecher, # 81 did not
choose between TiltOn's statement and mine az
be states he asked me 70 do. Ny friends put be- /
what knew 70 be the truth and the right; that |
must incur the enmity, as have felt the assaults,
Of Plymouth church; that great financial inter- |
eEts were involved In the standing Of that church,
whereby much gain cOmes in money II from moth 1
ing else TO some favored members thereof; and l
feel that have right to say thRtif could have /
been sWerTed from my sense Of duty to myself and 1
70 justice, every outside tndueement urged me 10 /
stand BY "Beecher's statement" CT course dis
ruinous % Mr.. Beoeher, and If madeit must be /
taken as siding With the falling cause Of my |
nearly ruined friend, Theodore TIlton. And
APPEAL TO THE PAIR JUDelEET or ALL MEN.
ally end the enemy Of Mr. Beeeher, except i'm
PEELED By integrity Of p1rpose and all that makes
up the word "duty, 70 stand BY the right d /
knew the right TO be /? have, however, the con-
ISOLATION Of knowing that only suffer as every |
BODY else suffers who has dared 70 say word for L
The truth against Beeeher. Each and al in surp I
have been assailed by every form Of ObloquY and i
detraetiOn as the new phases Of the case required
for the exculpation OF the accused. FifEt Il was
lGaLN AANuEl E4E IlLeeh LIEk kzl6 leEtere WHICH
Ttlton put in his sworn statement were forgeries,
when Il was supposed that the originals would
not be forthcoming. Then Tiltcn was insane, and
labored analysis Of all the maladies Of HIS fam-
ny was paraded before the pubic. to show that
he was insane; but the "methOd IN his madness'
Exploded that theory. And then, the last refuge |
was that all he had done was for the purpose Of
blaekmsili1g BeecheT, and as all that was done
was through my hand, Of course must be de-
ssIoyed, OF the new theory Of conspiracy Of four
years duration would come to nought.
Everybody who should come forward 10 say Q ]
single word upon the subject unfavorable to the
accused has received the same treatment. Mr..
Carpenter is plhcarded to the world through
Beechers statement Is "a kind Of genial good
natured FOOL and Mr. Beecher's sister, the
headed Mrs. Hooker, now, happily for her peace,
abroad, who had become the recipient Of the
placarded as insanei and when she had advised
him 70 make aeleaT and full confession, In the in
terest o. truth and justice, 70 rescue woman
from jail whom Mrs. Hooker believed was incar-
oerated for having told the truth, and threatened
20 disclose the truth from his pulpit II Beecher
Eelld not 6y BeesheIs authority and under bis
ti6n. Tilton went % poor Mrs. Hooker and
preached the Islander that she, too, was charged
source as his wife was, and when Mr.. Beecher Was
told that his sister sunk down in tears and gave
mp uader such gross acensationi he
CHucKLED AT rHH SUCCESS OF THR aDEv1cE."
H'Whstever devices" wers used 10 protect
Henry Ward Beeeber to save himself, it was not
ore Of mine to dehle the fair fame Of his sister
And, until il was ascertained what part she would
take in the controversy, BIS wife Mrs Beecher
brother, Rev. VIM. Beecher, in an interview pub
sished in 3 Western paper, from which extract
the following, the eorrectness Of which has not
been, 50 far az know, denied.
Il believe be CBeecber) looks upon the mar
rage relation az saeredly as any one. In TACT
know he has suffered great trouble on account Of
his WIFE, and has endeaTored 10 be faithful 70 her.
notwithstanding the sore trials she has cost him.
It has separated him from his kindred, from his
Nrufh q u uaTa N
coming to the house on her account. Yet he bore
with her, and IN every way endeayOred t. arrange
think she loved him and
WAS FAITHFUL TO HIN"
Notwithstanding this, Beecher appeals in his
statement 70 "his happy bomen as one OF the rea-
sons Why be could not have been unfaithful TO
Again, il Is paraded IN the newspapers that
MRS BEEczER PRODUCED
before the committee sll Mrs TfltonIs letters
having opened them before Beecher had had an
opportunity 70 Tead them, as she did all his other
letters and this report gains eredonee from the
faet that he wrote 10 Elizabeth sfter he declares
he had stopped all intimacy, az he had promised
because he was living alons with HIS sister" and
in another letter taSes care TO inform her Of the
fact that his wife had sailed for Havana and Flor
ida And Mrs. Tilton, TOO, amer having said aad
unsaid everything IN order to save Beecher after
having falslned and stuitihed herself in every
possible way for his salvation, and 80 become
less hereafter ss o witness s.refreshment only
remains in his mind under divided conscious
nesEn that ''she was saint ard chief Of sinners"
And she is thrown aside Ike q worthless weed IN
this ernel paragraph Of the report Of his commit
tee: at Is not for The committee TO defend the
course Of Mrs. Tlton. Her c0Educt upon human
responsibility il indefensible"
AL TEEsB ATTACKS
were before me, and knew i should not escape
and Fave not although all the blessings q
HeSTeT were called down upon ne b. Beeoher In !
every note be ever wrote, al Of which breathed |
the fullest confidence IN me up TO the ath OF J
August nine days before lie made his statement. |
wherein be charges ne with most contemplate |
crime because refused 70 give up the papers 20 |
him which / knew were nv only protection |
AGAINST him; fol had learned 70 know The sell |
hshnesE and cruelty Of the man who sacrifices all
for himself And yet, in view Of our relations Toy
the past fodr years scarcely realize the fact
that he turned upon me, even when ct HIS request |
was keeping Silent for his sake; and now, with al
that be has put upon ne, 10 is with difculty that
summon SUFFICIENT Of resolution, in anguish Of
spirit, TO enable me 70 put forth the statement
that am now compelled 20 do. Fer here aver
that never have made public what was the ma |
Lure OF Beechers offence, OF what was the cyl |
qenee n ny possession 70 prove IT, until did 60 !
N my former statement prepared for the commit |
Tee altnough statements were made In the news
papers q thet effect, which nay have inhamed
tie mind Of Beecher against me. had pledged !
my honor TO Silence except was attacked, and
IHAVE REDEElIzD THAT PLEDGE