Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-15
Conclusion OF mr.. Beecher's Narra-
rIua.

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Conclusion OF mr.. feecher's Narra-
tive.
Our report yesterday, OF Mr.. Beecher's state
ment broke off at the Wait OF Moulton to him,
after Mrs. Tilton's singular conduct, in first
"confessing," then " "retracting, and then de .
nying the retraction. We give few of the
further most important features of Mr.. b. 3
statement.
Within day or two after this Mr.. Moulton
made me the third visit. His manner was kind
and conciliatory. be seemed however, to be
convinced that had been seeking Tilton's down
fall, that / had lesgued with Mr.. Bowen
against him, and that / had by my advice
COME NEAR DESTROYING HIS FAMILY.
did not reed any argument or persuasion to in
duce me to do or say anything which would rem
edy the injury of which I then believed had
certainly been the occasion, if not the active
cause. Mr.. Moulton assured me Of his own
knowledge that the stories which had heard of
Mr.. Titons impurities OF hfe and which / had
believed and repeated to Mr.. Bowen, were all
false, and that Mr.. Tilton had always been
faithful to his wife. l was persuaded into the
belief of what he said, and felt convicted of
sander in its meanest form. / went into a.solilo-
guy over Mr.. Tiltons pictured wrongs, which
apparently affected Mr.. Moulton.
He said that il Mr.. Tilton could really be per-
| suaded of the friendliness Of my feelings toward
him, he was sure that there would be no trouble
in procuring reconciliation. gave him leave
to state to Theodore my feelings He proposed
that should write a letter. declined, but said
that he could report our interview. He then pre-
pared to make O memorandum Of the talk, and
sat down at my table, and took down, as sup
posed, condensed report Of my talk, for went
on still pouring out my wounded feelings over
this great desolaton in Mr.. Tilton's family. 1t
was not dictation of sentence after sentence.
he mere amanuens!s, and composing for him.
Mr.. Moulton was putting into his own shape
parts of that which was saying IN my own man
ner, with profuse explanations.
WHAT MR.. BEEcHER EXPLAINS THE APOLOGY TO BE.
This paper of Mr.. Moulton's was mere MEM
orandum of points to be used by him in setting
forth my feelings. That it contains matter and
points derived from me is without doubt but
they were put into sentences by him, and ex-
pressed as he understood them not as my words,
but as hints OF my figures and letters, to be used
by him in oonversing with Mr.. Tilton. He did
not read the paper to me, nor did read it, nor
have ever seen it, or heard il read. that re-
member, until the publication of Mr.. TiltonB re-
cent documents, and now reading it, see in it
thoughts that point to the matter of my dis
course but 1t is not my paper, nor are those my
sentences, nor is 1t a correct report of what
said it is mere string of hints, hastily made
by an Impractical writer as helps to his memory
in representing to Mr.. Titon how felt toward
his family. II more than this be claimed-if it
then disown it and denounce it. Some Of its
sentences, and particularly that in which l am
made to say that had obtained Mrs. Tiltons
forgiveness, l never could have said, even in
substance. l had
NOT OBTAINED, NOR ASKED, ANY FORGIVENESS
from her, and nobody pretended that had done
3d. Neither could l ever have said that hum
bled myself before Tton as before God, except
in the sense that both to God and to the man
thought had deeply injured, Ihumbled myself,
as certainly did But it is useless to analyze a
paper prepared as this WAS. The remainder of
my plain statement concerning it will be its best
comment. This document was written upon
three separate half sheets of large letter paper.
After it was finished Mr.. Moulton asked me II l
would sign it. said mo it not my letter. y
He replied that it would have more weight if |
would in some way indicate that he was author
lied to explain my sentiments. 1 took my pen,
and at some distance below the writing, and
| upon the lower margin, indicated that had
committed the document in trust to Mr.. Moulton,
and signed the line there written by me.
| Here follows an account of the subsequent
meeting of the accused aud accuser at Moulton's
| house how Tilton, at first sullen, became more
friendly under Moulton reconciliatory influences
| how Beecher became once more an honored
| guest at Titon's at the latters invitation how
| in his gracious moods Tilton would mourn his
sorrow and praise his wife by turns, and then
| exculpating Beecher would praise his magnani-
| nifty until Beecber was ready to believe the end
| of the troubles had come. Mr. Beecher then re-
lates how Moulton led him to believe in the
purity of Tilton of the justice of his complaints
| of his wife's distrust and of his own efforts at
reconciliation between them. We are then told
all about the Woodhulls connection with the
scandal, of the origin and meaning Of the tri-
partito agreement, and Of the great error OF
| Judgment of Mr.. Beecher in the whole system
| HOW MUCH MIR. BEEcHER PAID TO MR. TILTos.
The full truth of this history requires that one
more fact should be told, especially as Mr.. Til
ton has invited it. Money has been obtained
| from me in the course of these affairs, in con-
siderable sums, but did not at first look upon
the suggestions that should contribute to Mr..
| Tiltons pecuniary wants as savoring Of black
mail. This did not occur to me until had paid
perhaps $4,000. Afterwards / contributed al
one time $5, 900. After the money had been
paid over in five $1,000. bills-to raise which
mortgaged the house live in-I felt very much
d satisfied with myself aboutit. Finally square
demand and a threat were made to one OF my
confidential friends that if $5,0 900 more were not
paid, Tiltons charges would be laid before the
public. This. saw at once, was black-mail in
it's boldest form, and never paid cent of it
but challenged and requested the fullest expos