New-York tribune., 1874-09-19

familiar friends IN whom trusted which did est of
our III do me the favor to AK NJ Beecher whether
or not the above aasiOn to sanOsIlat OF Tobias
psass ssy TO in my that win give hun
opportunity to undo such impression he wishes 70
embrace i. II not shall feel at liberty 70 take such
potce Of it as think my own selfrespeet REQUIRES
Truly yours, THEo. IILioS.
Mr.. Carpenter, on bearing the aoove message to MI
Beecher received from HIM, in reply, the statement
NO. I did not refer to Theodore for sanoallat ana
Tobias are storrs and Burlington" Before MI Car
penter came away, Mr. Beecher, apparently forgetting
that he had already made answer wrote anotner 70
be sent 70 me- as follows;
Mr.. BEEcHER TO YR. CARPENTER.
NV DRAR Mr. CARPENTER: The paragraph Wnlcn ap-
pesred The UaOn respecting sa1oasT ano iOpSs S
was not in the copy read 10 tne III G9une. nc G nor ~ 40 & @
number of things in the original draft stricken
ont as having much feeling toward our ANTAGONISTS
mis- was among them. It directed TO Buck and
u was struck out going the printer When the
reviee this morning had 1t struck out OF the
sR or twelve 'ODe'And the regular e''i0n does
But nothing was further from the mind Of the writer
and nothing further from the thought OF the committee
and certainly from nv thought than that referred 70
MI nlt0n. Yours cordially, H W. BEEcHER
have little respect for any man, and particularly Tor
clergyman. who trie with the truth In the man
indicated by the two different answers which Mr.
Beecher gave to Mr.. Carpenter within the same hour
Mr Beechers whole charge against Mr. Carpenter as
false as the spirit OF the above nOte
Nor eau understand how Mr.. Henry NJ. Cleaveland,
who has visited my Office many times in company with
Carpenter. and has always prOfessed to be warm
friend Mr.. Carpenter and myself could consent
referred Mr. Beecher having received from
Mr. Carpenter proposition OF baekmaI. My associates
in The Golden Age will testify that daring the last
year whenever Mr. Ceayeland has called to see
as frequently done) he has always expressed
cordial interest my welfare and evinced an esteem
for OF than ordinary kind. He has repeatedly
referred to the pleasure which he professed TO take IN
my society at his country residence. Moreover only
few months ago, being Of the proprietOrs OF The
Christian UaiOn aud finding that that paper was In
need of 100000 to carry forward. he intimated to me
his intention quit Mr.. Beecher "a sinking ship"
About the time OF my publishing the Bacon letter. Mr.
Cleaveland called me- and, taking from his pocket
letter from his wife, said that he felt at liberty 70
read it me, which he did not, would
be glad TO hear that that good lady sym
patlized with my side of the controversy as
thus far developed During the session of the present
Committee. Mrs TltOn came home the night Of her
first meeting with 1t, and quoted to me remark which
Mr. Ceaveand had made to her in the presence OF the
whole Committee in these words MRS. Tlton, you
don't know how much love your husband" And yet
this the gentleman who-having pecuniary interest
Mr. Beec his business partner-undertakes, for
the Of desperate defense, to accuse his
intimate friend, Mr. Carpenter Of being conspirstor
with me- another friend in the heinous crime Of black
mail do not wonder that neither Mr.. Ceaveland nor
OF his nye associates IN the committee Ddd tue
courage, in making up their verdict, TO perpetuate
charge Of which they grew so quickly ashamed.
Let adduce few further particulars touching this
charge OF blackma for IL is enough that the Com
abandoned t-they ought never to have en-
tertained it, Mr. Beeeher, after mOrtgagng his house
May l. 1S73 mentioned that fact" he Ito Oliver
Johnson" This statement leads me TO refer TO srik
ing evidence the profound effect whlch this norma
tiOn-namely, my cOnsprng in scheme Of blackmail-
must have produced Mr.. JohDson's mind. Among
my souvenirs q beautiful little book, printed on
tinted paper, entitled In MemOram," containing
a funeral tribute spoken by at the bier Of Mrs.
Mary A. johnson, wife Of Oliver johnson, on June
TO- 1874 II was about year afterward-May l. 1873
that Mr.. Beecher mOrtgaged his house. and "men-
toned the Oliver Johnson" On the ensuing
June 4th of that year, when the mortgage must have
been a fresh and topic Of reflection by all who
had been informed Of 1t blaekmailing operation,
Mr. Johnson wrote me an afecuonats letter, from
which make the following quotation;
MY DEAR THEODORE; / have often thought
that when should be dead should wish you TO speak
OF comfort TO those who love and pay tribute
10 my memory. Yours lovingly OLIVER JOHNSON
Mr.. johnson omitted good opportunity in the above
note 70 accuse Of bllckma, If he then believed me
guilty Of it, Moreover. few months afterward. Mr..
Beecher neglected striking opportunity TO expose me
when 3st OF October 1s3 just about six months
after the mortgage l ascended the platform in
Plymouth Church, and asked II the pastor had any
charges to make against me- and he replied IN most
conspicuous manner as follows:
Mr TiltOn asks me If have any charges 10 make. l
have none.
II Mr. Beecher then knew me TO be blackmaler, who
had extored mortgage from him Of 5000, why did he
not brand me spot and have me mobbed at
once as the same congregation afterwards moobed Mr.
MoultOni
Will not forgotten that during the proceedings OF
the Congregational Council held in the Spring OF ls74
year after my alleged extortion Of money from Mr.
Beecher through MOulton. Mr. Beecher wrote let
ter TO Mr. Moulton in which. while denouDcing good
man as the Rev. DR. Storrs he at the same time took
occasion to pay tribute TO myself in these words:
Theodore, who has borne so much, &c
These are Mr.. Beechers words, written year after
the mortgage Against all Mr. Beechers present plead
ings and pretenses these words, Theodore who has
borne SO muoh" show that when Mr.. Beecher thought
of me in private he thought of my forDearance, which
gives the lie to his public pretense of my extortion.
IL only remains for me TO say further touching the
charge OF bIackmaa charge impossible to attach for
day 10 a man like Mr. MOutOn. whose honor is above
such iuRamy aud whose wealth is above such tempta-
tiopthat this charge false defense OF desperate
man who in basely pretending that his best friend
backmaled him, thereby unconscously confesses the
guilt winch would have made backInailing possible.
Wherefore as the Committee dismissed the charge OF
blaekmail from their verdict so dismiss 1t here.
XVI
THE GARBLED LETTERS"
Mr. Beecher says that | have garbled his
le,tersY presented in my statement brief ex