New-York tribune., 1874-09-19
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| THE INTERVIEW AT MOULTON'S HOUSE

THE INTERVIEW AT MOULT0N'S HOUSE
The interview which followed between mr'
Beecher and shall relate somewhat Tn detail oo
cause his recent distorted description OF Is mainly
pretense not the truth. Mr. Beecher hiis DIS ia'o
account with invented particulars OF what he calls
complaint TO him of my business troubles "ioSs u
place and salary and the like with coSnate Complaints
against him for his supposed agency in bringing aDou.
these results whereas he orgets that had not e' o'
my place and salary" aud had not yet come INTO NY
business troubles" did then dream tlat ne nau
conspired with Mr.. Bowen TO dIsplace me from INC H
dependent TIE Union or that any such disaster "a
then pending over my head, particularly as had onIy
few days before signed two new contracts securhS "
mo lucrative connection with those two Journals io'
years to come.
1t was not because had lost my place" that ne'u
this interview with Mr.. Beecher, for did not joso my
place" until after ths interview was held Mr. Beecne'
coniesses 10 an imperfect memory Of dates" THIS n-
pefecton OF memory has betrayed him here MY iD'er-
view with him. as he Acknowledges on Friday even
ing Dee 80, 1870 This s correct But IL was ho. un'
Saturday evening. Dec. 81, at o'clock at night durnt
the closing hours Of the year. my notification OF ais
mssal came from Mr.. Bowen. See The Daily 0rdp"'e'
fac sime OF my letter TO Mr.. Bowen, Jan. ]. 18Th I'D
which / said
received last evening that is not Dec 80 but tit S
your sudden notice breaking my two contracts one VIZ"
The Independent the other with The Brooklyn Un'oh'
II is thus plainly proven as by Mathematics that my
interview with Mr. Beecher-whch he says occurred on
account OF my having lost my place and salary
occurred before ost my place and salary and beiore
imagined that my two coDracts-'ince both were he"
and fresh, and hardly q week old!-were 70 De sum
mariy broken. Indeed, even when received Oh 'he
night after my interview with MI Beecher MI Bowens
notice OF their fracture had suspicion then that Mr
Beecher had mean while been using what he now admits
TO have been his decisive influence to overthrow me-
and TO entail upon Z" loss Of place and salary" oh
the contrary, still supposed that Mr. Bowen was more
the enemy OF Mr. Beecher than OF me- for he had gwen
me abundant to believe so IL was not uh a'ei
Mr. Beechers written apology to me that learned from
his own humble and dustcovered lips that he had oecn
guilty only Of running my home but OF dispaeips
me from my public trusts.
Let refer little more in detail to this interVie"
with Mr. Beecher Dec 30 1870, to show how Thoroughly
msreprcsented 1t. Mr. Beecher describes me aS
opening to him occasion budget OF particulars
touching three points first that accused him OF pro-
curing my downfall whereas my downfall had not
yet come; next, that he had advised my WIG 10
separate from me-a story Of which never heard until
heard IL in the Investigating Committee and third,
that charged him with improper proposals to EhzaDeth
which was indeed true, but only half the truth Ior
informed him n detail OF Ezabeths confession OF the
adultery. must be repetitiOusy explicit on each OF
these points, that neither Of them shall escape tne
readers mind.
flrst, tnen, tlOuculug VI
difficulties" or Gloss of place aud salary repeat that
had not yet suffered any these losses nor did then
suppose that such disasters in store for me.
Next, as to his alleged "adyice to my wife to sepa-
rate from me-" solemnly aver that Mrs Tilton mas
never to this day informed me that Mr. Beecher ever
gave her any such advice, nor did she SO inform the
Committee that Mr. MOulton, like myself never hearu
OF such advice having been given until we Doth heard
OF It, to our SURPRISE during the present inquiry; and
,ba tba only ho na1 /
Mrs. Tilton TO leave Mrs. Morse and Mrs.
Beecher but not Mr.. Beecher What evidence does Mr.
Beecher give TO show that he ever ADVISED Mrs'
Tilton 10 separate from her husbandi
asked permission he saysl to bring my wife to see
NY wife (he continues extremely indignant toward
Mr.. Tlton. L felt strongly as she did, but
separation agreed that my wife should give her
(Mrs. Tlton) final advice at another visit Tho next
there company and the children were present ana
Vonr view is right and that a separation and settle
ment OF support will be Wlsest"
Admitting for the arguments sake that Mr.. Beecher
NAV have written such scrap OF paper Uhough do not
believe he did, the testimony OF Mrs. Tton makes no
mention Of having received such advice from her pastor
The only advice TO this effect which she mentions she
accords to her mother and her pastors wife, but not
to Mr. Beecher. Furthermore If Mr. Beecher had given
the advice which he pretends to have gven Mrs Morse
would have known Of would have eagerly made use of
It, and would urged perhaps forced her daughtero
act upon 1t. Now, Mrs. Morse gives explicit testimony
over her own that Mr. Beeche gave any such
dvice the contrary she shows that the only ADVICE
which Mr. Beecher concerning the proposed separ
alton was that Mrs Tton should not separate from her
husbandI refer TO Mrs More's letter TO Mr. Beecher,
indorsed in his own handwriting as having been re-
ceived from her by him Jan. a. ls7l-ony few weeks
after his apology. Mrs Morse speaks in this letter com
plainingy TO Mr.. Beecher as follows:
You OF any one else who advises her (Mrs Tlton to
live with nm (Mr Ttonl when he Is doing al ne can
TO kill her by slow torture Is anything but a friend.
II will be seen from the above that at the very time
when Mr.. Beecher pretends to have been suddenly
thrown into remorse and despair for having gwen
Elizabeth bad advice, namely, 70 separate from me-
Ezabeths mother writing to Mr.. Beecher to chlde
him because he had given that advice but just the
opposite Mrs Morse's letter accuses me OF " killing
her daughter by torture" and accuses him at the
same time OF advising her against separation from
such brute In the presence OF this letter OF Mrs'
Morse-who OF all persons 10 the world was most Solicit
GUS to procure Ezabeth's separation and who woud
be most likely to know which side OF the question
Mr.. Beecher had advised-I respectfully submit that
Mr. Beechers recent and pretended claim to have gwen
such advice and that this advice was the Keynote 10
his four years OF subsequent remorse and
Is blown to the withstand the CoDHitIeo fcPoi' 10
whisked away with 1t.
Third Mr. Beechers statement that at this interview
OF Dec. 80, 1870, charged him with making impure
proposals Mrs Ton (as have said true so ar as
goes but Is only part Of the truth, for charged
him with adultery. It this last topic, namely, MS
criminal relations with Mrs Tton, and not at all my
financial troubles since these had not yet come upon
NE nor his advice to my wife to separate from me- OF
which had not then heardt was his criminal assoca
ton with Mrs Tilton-this. and this only-that oon'
stituted the basis OF my interview with him on that
memorable night This interview, repeat was held al
Mrs rlton's request and my object In holding IL was
20 quiet her apprehension concerning the possible e1
nore OF her secret through what both she and then
supposed 10 be al imminent assault upon Mr. Beeehef
by Mr.. Bowen. TO this end informed Mr. Beecher of