The New York herald., 1874-09-19

suffer by the discovery oil MS auultery. when ne
up the storm which was Ieauy 70 ourst upon
their neads,n IT was because IN, Mr.. Moulton
proceedings against Mr.. Beecher for adultery
When Mr. Beecher wrote that 1t would "kl him
honor. he meant that this ady's 'honor,n like
every other Gladys honor" was her reputation
for CHASTITY. and ne relied on on Mr.; Mouton to keep
had soiled her 'hOnor" by adultery. When Mr..
Beecher requested Mrs. Morse to call him her
son. which she did, and when she begged him
to come and see her, pledging herself not 70 aude
to her "daughter's secret,p 1t was because TINS
committed adultery. When this mother gave this
''sonn the troublesome information that "twelve
persons" had been put IN possession OF this secret
Il was the guilty and perlous secret OF adultery.
When Mr. Beecher shuddered at the likeii-
hood that Mr.. Bowen had communicated to
Mr.. Clanin 'the bottom iacts," it was because
the chef fact lying at the bottom Of all
was adultery. When Mr.. Beecher said to Mr.
Moulton, cant we mt upon some plan to break
the force OF my letter To TitOnY" 1t was because
the letter whose force he wished to break was his
letter Of contrltlon for mis- adultery. When In his
despair he wrote :-"WOuld to God Theodore. Eliza
beth and could be friends again-TneodOre would
have the hardest task IN such case u 1t was be.
cause this "nardest task" would consist OF orgiv-
ing Wlle and her paramour for their adultery.
When Mrs. Tllton wrote mplorlngy both TO Mr.
Moulton and to Mr.: Beecher that 1.-THE papers
should be destroyed" it was because these papers
were records of adultery When III orokepness ol
spirit Mrs. riiton wrote to ask her seducer's for
glveness, It was because OF her womany distress at
having betrayed him lOr his adultery. When in
one oi her clandestinc notes 10 him she referred
TO her .nest hiding" it was means of more
preston for their adultery. When her destroyer
wrote to Mr.. Moulton, February s, 1872 saving II
through my experience and be alive or sane,n he
confessed the agony OF living on the verge OF pub
nc punishment tor adultery. When he SAID TO
Mr.. Mouton, "You are literally all my stay and
comfort" 1t was because this brave and tender
friend was the barrier between the public and the
knowledge OF cergyman's adultery. When Mr..
BeGC1er. sending
friend such love letters as man SELDOM writes 10
man, said to him, a would nave fallen on the
way but for the courage with which you inspired
me-" 1t was his ever grateful acknowledgment
to one who was saving MIN from the late which
pewailed the the keen Keen suspicious WITH When he he
was pressed" these were the dangerous sus-
Saa Of to ~
adultery When he feared an "appeai to the
church, and then q council" and prognosticated
thereby "confagration," 1t was because he lore
saw how the public mind would be Influenced by
the knowledge OF his adultery. When ne por-
personal friends who were making ..ruinous de.
fence" OF HIM, it was because he feared that their
clamorous statements OF his innocence would
THE DETECTION OF HIS ADULTERY.
WheE he cried out that he was suffering the tor
hearts anguish to the only man to whom he had
liberty 10 unburdeD his remorse tor his adultery.
When he said that he could not carry this burden
to his wiie and children, 1t was be-
cause he was ashamed to acknowledge to
them his adultery. When he wrote to Moulton,
saying, "sacrifce me without hesitation If you
safety and happiness thereby" he alluded to the
sacrifice OF his good name in expiation of his
adultery. When he said OF himself 81 should be
destroyed, but he tMr. Tilton) would not be
saved" IL was because all that was needed for his
told OF his adultery When he said elizabeth
and her children would have their iuture
clouded, " he saw hanging over this ruined mother
be wrote life would be pleasant pleasant Il ID j
da to se moral ap II o aeoon he
structng home once broken by adultery.
When he compared himself to "Esau, who sold
his birthright and found no place l0r repentance,
though he sought it carefully with tears" 1t was
because the objectionable crime which this min.
spoke in euiogy OF Mr. Moul toms wife as revivng
'his waning faith In womanhoOd,' it was because
his thoughts were then OF another and weaker
woman whose moral nature he had overcome, and
who afterwards had betrayed him Tor his adul.
terry. When the strong woman who thus restored
"his waning faith in womanhood.n counselled MIN
TO MAKE "a frank and manly confession OF his SIM
asking mans forgiveness lOr it, as he expected
Gods" and when he Afterwards wrote that ''her
clear truthlulnesS laid him nat'-all this shows
how
HE QUAILED BEFORE A vIRTUOUs woMAN's REBUKE
Tor mis- adultery. When he said OF me tnat l
''would have been better man than he in such
circumstances" he meant that would have dis
dained to stoop to the crime OIL seducing the wife
OF an intimate friend, or OF using the power of
clergyman to corrupt trusting parisnoner into
adultery. When he said OF me that had 'cOn-
dOned my wiie's fault" pointing me to this con-
donation as constituting on my part pledge OF
forgiveness toward him, he wrote 10 that word
"c0ndone" the plainest possible confession OF his
adultery In like manner all Mr.. Beecher's letters,
when read in view OF the one sad and guilty TACT
which Is the Keynote to their tragic meaning,
constitute our years. history OF mind afflicted
with "anXiety, remOrse, lear and despair"-all III
consequence OIL discovered adultery.
II have been thus explicit in reiterating Mr..
Beechers crime, IT Is not or the sake OF proving 1t
from his letters for have sufficiently proved 1t
without help from these, but only to show that
did not garble these letters when / pointed to
them as proofs OF adultery; and | repeat that. If
Beecher's letters have been (as he says) ''wick-
edly garbeo," 1T is he who has garpled them
It Is l who nave restored them to their true
Mr.. Titon gives his reasons for writing the Bacon
letter, ana reviews the subsequent PROCEEDINGS,
placing the blame OF the scandal and lis woes upon
MS enemies He then thus concludes:--
Next, have an equally plain answer to those
critics who condemn me lor having committed. as
they say, blunder in
coNDoNlNG MY wIFE's FAULT AT FIRST.
And my answer 81 am perfectly willing to ac-
cept this condemnation from all who choose to
offer it-whether from lOes or friends. Before God
hold that did right, and not wrong, in lorglvlng
an erring woman who went astray through pow
eriul temptation. No regret beclouds my mind
for this forgiveness OF my wiIe-which, am sure,
VIZ sna pleasure sSx sa0n Not to WITH pa fns sraasa se
this gentle woman because loved her; / for-
gave her ior her chidren's sake; iorgave her
dOnes such faults IN men, ana then cOmpels men
to punish them in women; Ilorgave her because,
even alter her grievOus error, she still remained
woman loving right rather than wrong, and seek.
Ing good rather than evil; lorgave her because
tenderly remembered that Christ himself forgave
. similar fault In more wicked woman, and who
was to scorn the law of HIS great examples No
criticism vi my forgiveness Of Mrs. TiltOn prick
me with any pang II all the acts OF my life had
been as righteous aS this good deed OF charity
albeit toward woman who has since but poorly
requited me Tor i'll would now be better man
than am.
have only to add that know no words OF mea-
BHred moderation IN which to characterize fifty
Mr.. Beccher's recent treatment OF this broken
hearted lady, whom
He HAS FLUNG
against the wall OF Plymouth church and dashed
to pieces. FIRST he instituted public committee
to inquire into her adultery with him, whereas he
ought to have projected her against this expos.
ure: then he Deckoned her away IRON her hus-
bands house, making her very dight bear witness
to her guilt; then he suborned her to give iase
testimony against her husband, with q view to
destroy nm before the world; then, with unpara.
leled baseness, he turnei upon the companion OF
his crime and accused her OF having been the
tcmpter rather than the tempted, declaring that
she had 'thrust her affections upon him un-
sOught;n then he varlously indicted her for what