Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-10-01

80, Theodore, God might strip all other
gifts from me if He would only give me a wife
like Elizabeth and home like yours"
II dread to go back to my own house;
wish the earth would open and swallow me
up" ~ tl tna
Triton closes this part of his rejoinder with
these words:
81 know that my illusions to Mr.. Beecher's
home-life is rough and harsh, but 1 know,
also. that it is true; for, as pen it down,
there rises in nv mind vivid recollection Of
the many years of my daily association with
Mr.. Beecher, during which he taught me to
sympathiZe with him for the very reason that
his house, instead of being what he now calls
it, a refuge from the storm, was more often
the storm itself, from which he sought refuge
| in mine"
commenting on Beecher's statement that
his greatest error consisted in simply advising
Mrs. Tilton to separate from her husband,
Tilton holds that such advice. given on the
theory that che had been deprived of food,
fuel and personal liberty, was good, and that
the giver of it would never need to have re-
/ pented of such action. Tilton concludes this
part of his argument as follows:
But will 60 further, and say that, grant
ing such advice to have been given, and to
have been bad, yet since Mrs. Iilton did not
accept this advice. but rejected it-since she
did not separate from her husband and home,
bu. remained with her family as before-in
other words, since Mr.. Beecher's bad advice
was not followed by i'll consequences, but no
harm whatever came of it ;-it is a mockery
of human reason to say that he spent four
years of remorse in contemplating the giving
| of bad advice which was never taken and
| which produced no effect of harm or ill W
Beecher's charge of matchmaking is dis
posed of by Tilton. who shows that at the
period Mrs. Tilton was instructed to say that
she was deprived of food and fire, and
IL A1,& -
paid he would not be worth a cent. Mr..
Beecher was informed by one of the custo-
dans of Tilton's money that he had no debts
unpaid and that he had several thousand
dollars in cash to his account. Tiltons de-
NAL of the charge of Matchmaking is couched
in these words:
81 have pride enough to say that, were 1
clothed in the rags of beggary and perlshIng
with hunger, would not accept penny from
Mr. Beecher for food raiment- Had L
known of this mans surreptitious gift to the
Golden Age, would have returned it to him,
saying, Thy money perish with thee! ="
A visit from Mr.. Kinsella. editor of the
, Brooklyn Eagle. is described by Tilton. in
which the following language Is attributed to
Mr.. Kinsella-the interview having occurred
few days previous to the reading OF Illtons
sworn statement to the committee
''Mr. TIltoH, l know the justice of yoar
case Mr. Beecher has himself admitted to me
his guilt he has wronged you most foully; 1
acknowledge it all. But remember that he is
/. . an old man his career is nearly ended, and
yours has only just begun. If you Will with
hold your forthcoming statement and spare
this old man the blow which you are about TO
: strike him. l will see that you and your family
shall never want for anything in the world. >
This proposition was politely declined by
Tilton.
The remainder of this statement is devoted
to Tilton's magnanimity in condoning his
: wife's grievous sin, and Beecher's seltshness
y in sacrificing every one SO that he might be
shielded, and concludes as follows: mo re-
y greet beclouds my mind for this forgiveness of
my wife-which, am sure, / shall lock back
|, to from my dying bed with pleasure not with
!. pain. forgave this gentle woman because
!. 1 loved her; 1 forgave her for her
I, childrens sake; 1 forgaye her because
1 despise the public sentiment which
: condones such faults in men, and then com
{ pei sunen to punish them in women forgave
. her because, even after her grievous error, she
: still remained a woman, loving right rather
u than wrong, and seeking good rather than
evil forgave her because tenderly remem-
. bered that Christ Himself forgaye similar
! fault in more wicked woman-and who was
= 1 to scorn the law OF His great example? No
! criticism of my forgiveness of Mrs. 1ilton can
= prick me with any pang Ii all the acts of my
life had been as righteous as this good deed OF
' charity-abeit toward woman who has since
I. but poorly requited me for i'll would now be
better man than am"