The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-07-30
HENRY WARD Z
Brooklyn. y. V. July -. 1874.
MFRS. TILTON'S STATEMENT.

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Mrs Titlton says that she shall not at
tempt to reply in detail to her husbands
articles OF arraignment. She addresses
herself to only one or two Of them. She
charges that Nh 1ilton has hated Mr..
Beecher for years, and the aim Of his life
has been to ruin him.
In reference to her letters of confession
she says;
"The letter referred to i'll Mr.. Tilton', tenth
paragraph was obtained from me by importu-
nifty and by representation that il was neceSsa
ry for him TO use i'll his pending difficulties
with Mr.. Bowen. | was then sick and nigh
unto death, having suffered a miscarriage only
four days before. | signed whatever he re-
qured without knowing or understanding lis
import. The paper have never seen and do
not know what statement it contained. In
charge Is Il letter of mine addressed to Francis
Mon1on is quoted to prove that | never desired
a separation or was advised by Mr.. or Mrs.
Reecher TO leave my husband. | reply that
| the letter was of Mr.. Tilton's own conrocing
| which he induced me TO sign aS my own, an
act, which in my weakness and mistaken
| thought to help him have done loo often ,lur-
| inc these unhappy years.
Her charge of Free lovciSm against
her husband is made in these terms
"Thc implication that The harmony Of The
| home was unbrokcn until Mr.. Beecher entered
| ii as frequent guest and friend. is a lament
| able satire upon the household where he. him
| self wears before. laid the cornerstone of free
| love and desecrated its affairs up to the time OF
| my departure, so that the atmosphere was moi
| only Goddess. but impure for my children
| And in this effort and throe of agony | would
fam lift my daughters and all womanhood from
| the insidionS and diabolica teachings of these
latter days. His frequent efforts to prove me
| insane. weak-minded. insignificant. of mean
presence, all rank in the category of heartess-
ness, SelshnesS and ialsehoOd, having lis eli
max N his present endeayor TO convince the
world that | am. or ever have been, unable &c
distinguish between an innocent and 4 @niliy
| love-"
Her innocence of Grim nal connection
with Mr.. Beccher She declares rs follows
In summing up the whole matter | affirm
| myself, before God, To be innocent of the crime
laid upon me; that never have been guilty o
| adultery with Henry Ward Beecher, in though
| or deed. or has he ever offered To me an indie
corous or improper proposal"
Mrs Tilton then goes over the matte
Of the Bacon letter, and details the cir
cumstances under which She left her hus
band and went 10 the Oyingtons. Sin
then tells how she returned TO her hons'
at night:
'On going home :ound my husband in bed
! told him where / ha6 BEEN and that did no
conceal ANYTHING from him as was his habl
with Inc. He asked who the gentlemen were
G said no more, rose, dressed himself, and bad
l. me 'tGood bye, forever The midnight !tol
n lowing, was awakened by my husband stand
ing by my bed. In q very tender, kind vote
he said he wished to see me. I rose Instantly
V followed him to his room and sitting on tn
s bedside drew me into his lap and said he wa
= proud OF me; loved me; that nothing eve
gave MN such real peace as to hear me wei
spoken of; that meeting member of the com
mittee he had learned that he had been mistaI
+ en- as to my motive in seeking the committee
Y and had hastened to assure me that he ha
J hoen thoroughly wretched since his rash trea1