The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-22
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| NSchNiupSu liptu cSSph0 FeSS'b
was persuaded to it, almost forced, when ]
was in weakened state of mind. / re-
greet ii and recall all its statements.
| (Signed) K. X. TILToN.
Il desire to say explicitly that Mr. Beech
er has never offered any improper solicita-
ton. He has always treated me in man
ner becoming Christian and gentlemen.
Signed ELIZABETH X. TILRoN."
On returning the above document to
Titon through Moulton, Beecher request
ed Moulton to call at his residence in Co
lumbia street on the next day, which he
did on the evening of Jan. |, 1871, A
long interview then ensued in which Beech.
err expressed to Moulton great contrition
and remorse for his previous criminality
with Mrs Tilton, taking to himself the
shame for having misused his sacred office
as a clergyman to corrupt her mind, ex'
pressing determination to kill himself III
case of exposure, and begging Moulton to
take a pen and receive from his Beech
er' 81 lips an apology, to be conveyed to
Tilton In the hope that such appeal would
secure Tilton's forgiveness. The apology
which Beecher dictated to Moulton was as
| follows:
BEECHER' S APOLOGY.
my dear friend Momton., | ask
through you, Theodore Tilton's forgive
ness, and | humble myself before him as |
do before my God. He would have been
better man in my circumstance, than |
have been. | can ask nothing except that
he will remember all the other breasts that
would ache. will not plead for myself |
even wish that | were dead but others
must live to suffer will die before 9TH
ers but myself shall be inculpated All
my thoughts are running out toward my
friends and toward the poor child lying
there and praying with folded hands She
is gultess sinned against, and bearing
the transgression of another ii er for
giveness | crave, and humbly pray to God
to put it into the heart OF her husband to
forgive me have trusted this to Moul.
ton in confidence, ..
HENRY WARD BEEcHER.
That in the following month Moulton
wishing to bind Titon aud Beecher by
mutual expressions of good spirit elected
from them the following correspondence
BROOKLYN, Feb. 7, 1871.
My DEAR FRIEND: In several CONVEX
sations with you, you have asked about
my feelings towards Beecher and yester-
day you said the time had come when you
would like to receive from me an express
sion of this kind in writing | say, there
fore, very cheertully, that Notwithstanding
the great suffering which he caused to
Elizabeth and myself, l bear him no NAL
ice; shall do him no wrong; Shall dis
countenance every project by whomsoever
proposed for any exposure of this secret to
the public, and if | know myself at all,
shall endeavor to act toward Mr. Beecher
as | would have him in similar circum-
stances toward me. | ought to add that
your own good offices in this case have led
me to higher moral feeling than | might
otherwise have reached.
Ever yours, atfectionately,
THEODORE TILToN.
| To Frank Moulton
On the same day Beecher wrote Moulton
the following:
FEBRUARY I, l9TI.-M Dear friend
| 4KoultOn: am glad to send you book,
&c, Many, many friends has God raised
up to me, but to no one of them has he
ever given the opportunity and wisdom to
so serve me as you have. You have also
proved Theodore friend and Elizabeth's S.
| Does God look down FROM Heaven on
| three unhappy creatures that more need a
| friend than these. Is it not an intimation
of God intent of mercy to all that each
one of these has in you tried and proven
friend, But only in you are we thus unit
ed. Would to God, who orders all hearts,
that by his meditation Theodore, Elizabeth
and ! could be made friends again The
odore will have the hardest task in such IL
case, but has he not proved himself capa
BILE of the noblest things. | wonder if
Elizabeth knows how generously he has
carried himself toward me. OF course |
can never speak with her again without
her permission and do not know that even
then it would be best
HENRY WARD BEECuER.
Mr.. Moulton on the same day asked Til
ton if he would permit Beecher to address
letter to Mrs Tilton and Tilton replied in
the affirmative. whereupon Beccher wrote
as follows:
BEECHER TO MRS. TILTON.