Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-15

: tences. nor is il q correct report Of
what said.
F; 1t is a string Of hints made by an
I unpraetieed writer who keeps to his
8 memory IN representing Tilton how felt
, toward his family. III more than this
be claimed, il it be set forth as in any
proper sensein my letter, / then disown
it, and denounce ii. Some Of its sen
tenees, and particularly that in which I
: am made to say that l had obtained
J Mrs. Tilton's forgiveness, never could
have said this even in substance. 1 had
not obtained nor asked any forgiveness
from her, and nobody pretended that
had done so. Neither could / ever have
said that l humbled myself before Mr..
Iilton as before God, except in the sense
that both to God and to the man /
thought had deeply injured, I hum
bled myself, as / certsinly did, but it is
useless to analyze q paper prepared as
this was.
Mr.. Beecher gives considerable space
to Moulton's treaehery toward him, and
theS renews his story; Soon after this,
l met ktr. Tflton at Mr.. Moulton's house;
either Moulton was sick, or was very
late in rising, for he was ia lei. The
subject of my feelings and conduct To-
ward Tilton was introduced. 1 made a
statement of the motives under which I
bad acted in cOuselliDg Bowen, of my
feeling in regard to TiltOn's family, dis
claiming, with horror, the thought OF
wrong, and expressing the desire to do
whatever lay IN human power to rem
edy any evil l had oecasioned, and to
reunite his family.
TILTON WAS SILENT AND sULLFN.
de played the part of an injured man,
but Moulton said to him, with intense
emphasis: THAT is all that gentlemen
can say, and you ought TO accept it as
an honorable basis of reconciliation -
| he repeated it two or three times, and
IIiton's countenance cheered up under
! Moulton's strong talk, and we shook
hands and parted in a friendly way.
| Not very long afterward Tilton asked
meto his house, and said he should be glad
to have the good old times renewed. l
do not remember whether I took meal
| after that under his roof, but I certainly
was invited by him to renew my visits
| as formerly. l never resumed my init
macy with the family but once or twice.
L went there sOoG after my recOncilia-
ton with IiltOn, and at his request. l
particularly remember a scene which
took place at his house, when
he talked about his wife and
me in very gracious mood. He began
by mourning his sorrows. He was
very desolate and the future seemed
quite dark. After impressing us with
his great patience he grew generous,
praised me to his wife, saying that |
had taken upon myself all the blame Of
past troubles, and had honorably excul-
psted her. and telling me that his wife
likewise had behaved very magnani- |
mously, had blamed herself. and de- |
clared that | was blameless, and closed /
his remarks with iDcTe asiDg hone and |
cheer, saying that deep as was
his misery he did not know |
but that il would vet work |
out in future a more cheerful home than I
be had before. l restrained my smiles /
at the absurdity of the thing, well con- /
tent TO have it evapOrate so, and even .
thinking he was generous N his way.
Ihls seemed to ne the end OF the trou-
bles. With sensitive and honorable
man, who had no ulterior designs to ac-
cOmplish, it would have been the burial
OF the difficulty. l supposed TiltOn had
given up the idea of intentional wrong
on my part, and had for my unintentional
wrong. MOulton lost no occasion of pre-
senting to me the kindest view of Tilton's
character and conduct. On the other
hand, he complained that Mrs. Tilton
did not trust her husband, or him, and
did not assist him in his effort to helm
Theodore knew that
SHE DIsTRUsTED MoULToN,
and felt bitterly hurt by the treatment
OF her husband. | was urged to use nv
lnhuence With her to inspirO eonfidsnca
in Moulton, and to lead her to take q I
kinder view of Theodore. Accordingly
three letters were written ou the same
day, February II, 1871, on one common
purpose, to be shown to Mrs. TiltoD and
to reconcile her to her husband, and my
letter to her of that date was designed
to effect further or collateral purpose
OF giving her confidence in Mr. MOul-
ton. This will be obvious from reading
OF the letter. Here follow the full text
of the letters which have already and re-
peatedly been published l have no
recollection OF seeing or hearing read q
letter Of Mr.. TiltOn's of the same date.
In my letter to Mrs. TiltOn, l alluded to
the fact that l did not expect, when l
saw her last, TO be alive many days
That statement stands connected with a
series of symptoms which l first expe-
rienced in 1856. / went through the
Fremont campain, speaking in the open
air three hours at time, three DAYS in
the week. On renewing my literary la
bors, | felt that must have given way.
L very seriously thought that l was
going to have aPpoplexy, or paralysis,
or something of the kind. On
TWO or three occasions, while
preaching, l should have fallen in
the pulpit il l had not held on to the ta-
bic. Very often | came near falling ia
the streets. During the last ii teen years
L have gone into the pulpit / suppose a
hundred times with a very strong i'm
preston that 1 should never come QUITO
it alive. l have preached more sermons
than any human would believe when |
felt all the while that whatever ! /
had to say to my people [ must say it
then, or L would never have another I
chance to say il. Had / consulted a
his advice would have been,
''YOu must stop work" But l was in :
such situation that / could not stop
Mr.. Beecher continues the story OF the
of human life, especially in ,
his case, at considerable length, and
then takes up the story of the hopes he J
at this stsge of the game Of
smoothing matters over to the satisfac- {
ton of the public and Plymouth church,
and reclaiming Mr.. Tilton as worker
in the Lords vineyard, and goes on to
state
THE WOODHULL BUSINESS.
10 May, 1871, Mrs. Woodruff adver- !
tised forthcoming article shddowiag
an account OF disturbance in Mr.. Til
toms family, but without using names.
1t was delayed, 0stensibly through Mr..
Tilton's influence with Mrs. Woodruff,
until November, 1872. During this sus- /
pension of her publication she became
the heroine of Mr.. Moulton and Mr.
Tilton. She was made welcome to both
houses, with the liberation but not the
cordial consent Of their wives. / heard
the most extravagaat eulOgies ,
upon her. She was represented as q
genius, born and reared among rude in
1uenees, hut only needed to be sur
rouRded by refined society to show no.
bic and commanding nature. / did not
know much about her, and thought my
impressions were very unfavOrahle.
Her real character was not then really
known to the world. l met her three
times. At the first interview she was
sagacious; at the second she was cold I
and naughty, but at the third, was an !
CRY and threatening, for had peremp- j
torly refused to preside at 3 lecture I
she was about to give at
Steinway hall. The most strenuous
efforts had been made by both Tiiton
and Moulton to induce me to preside at
this lecture, and to identify myself pub
Iicly with Mrs. Woodruff. It was rep
resented to me that l need not, in so do /