National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-22

himself, which, / believe, had me eject Of ORE
venting Mrs, Woodhull's proposed attack on tn
| beecher family at that time. On December "a
ISL, Mrs. Woodruff also sent a letter to Beeche
desiring that he would speak at q Woman's sui
! rage convention in Washington, 10 be held Of
Ine l9th, 18th and 18th Of January following
| That letter Beeoher forwarded to me, with "a
| following note Of the date Of January 2 1877:
BEEcHER TO MoULToN.
~, BRooKLYN, Tuesday Evening Jan. z 1874.
MY DEAR MoULToE: send you V. w e letter
Tell me What You think. Is il Too ICnEFS WIFI VIII
she use i for publiShing3 I do not wish TO have
nSI 70 uSea, 90 not mean 70 speak on the plat
I2Tm 81 either Of the two suffrage societies
" nav influence exert ! prefer to do on my OWE
hook.and do not mean totrain with either party,
S nna y Will mot be fair to press me IN where Dc
not Wlsh 70 60 But leave It for you to judge
,oI me ! have leaned on you hitherto and mover
2 was mistaken about the cAriitian Union
coming out 90 carly that could not get notice
OF Tilton's Age IN Il.
II was just the other way to, be delayed, and I
Star article. In the paper tomorrow line or M
will be inserted to soften little the touch about
the Lib Christian.
s. Do you think ought to keen 4 copv Of anv
letters 70 V, WI Do you think Il would be better
10 write u again and not say 90 muehY viii Won
Keep tne letter to me and send the other II you
4 Will you send q line to my house in the morn.
,in laying what you ooneludeH an full Of COM
Yours truly and afsctIonately, H.w.B.
There is q paragraph in this note which needs
wore 81 explanation. had advised Beecher, IN
SrdeT that he might show that there was nc un-
ikinaly feeling between him and Tilton to publish
IN the Chrtsttdn Union q reference TO tho Golden
age. He agreed TO do so, but instead OF that he
had notice. which thought was worse than n
nc had said nothing, and the allusion in the sec
9nd paragraph Of this letter Is to letter which I
had written TO Beecher upon the two topics this
and Mrs. Woodruff. / retained COPY Of my let
ter. herewith submit:
NoULToN TO BEEcHER.
MY DEAR SIR: FIRST with reference to Mrs.
WoOdhull's letter and your answer, think that
you would have done better to accept the invita-
lion 10 speak in Washington, but If lecturing in
LeTIeres your letter In reply is good enough, and
With reference to your notice OF the Golden Ace,
toll you frankly as your friend that 1 am
ashamed oft, and would rather you had written
nothing. Your early associations with. and your
present knowledge OF, the man who edits that |
PAPER arc grounds upon which you might have |
% written so that no creature would kaVe doubted
hat, in your opinion, Theodore Tilton's public |
nd private integrity was unquestionabIe. Ifthe |
rticle had been written to compliment the Iade- |
sndent Il would have received my unqualified
On the 5th Of February, ls72 I received from
IT. Beecher the letter which here produce Of
Here follows the long letter from Beecher to
loulton, dated February, 1872, in which be says:
bout three weeks ago met T. in the cars, going
u. He was kind. We talked much" &c1
This letter was to let me know that
ELIZABETH HAD WRITTEN HIN,
,ntrary to her promise, without my permission.
ID also to inform me Of his fears as to the change
Iilton's mind. Its clear statement OF the case,
e. On the 25th of March received a portrait Of
lton, as present, from Mr.. Beeeher, With the ,
lowing note as q token Of his confidence and i
sPect:
BEECHER TO MoULToN. '
M DEAR FRIEHD: I sent on Friday or Satur-
a nf IN ha gfn for, |
pc II may suit you. have been doing ten
sn's work this winter, partly to make up lost I
ne, partly because 1--we under q cloud, feeling 4
cry month that may be doing my last work, | D
anxious to make the most Of it. When | Ii
au sold his birthright he found no place for O
1entanee, though he sought it carefully, with t
Irs. But have one abiding comfort have /
own you, and found in you one who has given v
" meaning to friendship. As soon as warm
Is come want you to go to Peekskill with me. 81
the week, am urging forward my second e
ume Of the Life Of Christ" for the night b
geth, when no man can work. /
y y much affection and admiration, d yours .
IARCH Is, ls72-Monday morning. h
IN the Sd OF June, 1877, Beecher received from
5. woodruff the following letter Of that date:
MRS. woodruff TO Mr., BEEcHEa. n,
H.. NJ, BROAD STREET, June 8, Is72. u
IL DEiR Sir: The social fight against me be- q
now Waged In this city is becoming rather 90
ter than can we'll endure longer, Standing Sc
hin the past two days have boon shut out OF b.
81 after hotel, and am now, after having OBJ u
ed place in one, hunted down by q GOT Of m
GO and females who are determined that | FRI
II not DO permitted to live even II they can
rent Il. Now want your assistance. want
sustained In my position in the GIlsey house, tt
! which am ordered out, and from which do mi
wish 70 go; aud oil this simply because am an
oria Q Woodruff, the advocate Of social free ca
b. have submitted to this persecution Just so tbi
as can endure II. MY business, my pro. me
J. in fact everything for which live, suffers pa
Il, and It must cease. VIII yOulend me your col
IN thls7
Verona Q. Woodruff. tor
70 above letter was sent 70 me inglossd In o anl
from Beeohor Of the same date.
BEEoHER TO MoULToN
MONDAY EVENING, June T. is77.
Ili you SEQ that she iS 10 undeFstSnd thai / up
10 not Ing. certainly shall not at any and pc
afGrdS take single stop IN that direction, Iui
u " brings trouble u must como, Please
line 70 say that ell 10 right, II IN your judR. nc
lly, yoiTiE II. WE. i
z letter o. Mrs, Woodruff, together with the
before produced asking BoooheF 10 speak 2ne
outrage convention, are all the letters have JOIN
her 70 Boeohor. To this letter no reply was thr
: A h the publication q the trlpartlts 6 'al
2gth Of May, 1870, the story Of the troubles 90
sou Be0ohof and Triton was revived with AN
nor we're endeayorng, As Tflton thought, 70 Eus
.In tho terms Of that covenant In ala
MANNER PREJUDICIAL TO HIN, u1y
no enemies Of Beeeher were endoAVoFlng to- lat
me clue 10 the proofs Of the facts lying at the maj
N Of the scandals. After the publication Of sIon
rlpartite covenant was made, TIlton deemed nTe,
me comments OF the press that the statement con
ted upon him, and he desired that IN some ~ ~
leecheF should relieve him from tho Imputa- ION
having circulated slanderOus stories about mn
Iithout Justification, for which no had apollo trut
and BY advice Of friends he prepared card cha,
) TO submit TO Beocher TO have him Sign and RoH
~ In his Vindieation. Tho original card and
18th produce: Thar
CARD FROM HENRY WARD BEECHER. or
liter written by Theodore Tlton to Harry s siII
wen, dated Brooklyn, January l, 1871, mar mad
'naIges made public In community In Vers
me- by no agency Of my own what / could
tn propriety invite for myself namely an no
An 70 Con maze t9e follTWing Statements
loWn to me at the time It was written, and Will
II was conveyed to Mr.. Bowen, two and The
ears ago. By legal and other advice Mr. that
was urged to publish It then without Ssiay upon
mlLaE statement, explaining his sudden col had
with Mr. Bowen and HIS unexpected retire. oalle
as editor Of the Union and contributor to the lite
although Mr.. Tilton's public statement to tn
such an explanation to be made, and ton q
Ugh he had my free consent to make IL vet lette
2gnaEtmoqsly RETAINED from doing SO to b
n an unWlIlingness to disclose to the pub Of i'm
SSESR9 sRs6lSR' S2n Sg 6aKn P s6d
ton, thus eTtneed at the beginning. has the D
I 1S5 to tBs end spd have never ceased to ten
SSAH' % MN ava al UucUms. on greatness In
ing wounds TO his own reputation for the
ana ri %n Pub SSSGRa
Inday Of Mr. Tilton's letter, publication AZ ~
Without the knowledge either Of Mr.. TiIton aTo,o
elf, gives me the right to say that Bowen ~ =
go retrncted his mistaken charges IN the s nH
ng words, under his own hand and seal, Th.oi
=, namely: hns9,
TIyen SoIsTnI r 5tatement affair
:, one and ALL and to be without any color S an
On or foundation in fact. I'M
my differences with Mr. Bowen, and all test q
airy Misunderstanding between Tilton and OF my
growing out OF these, were long ago set 9Ate
silly, amioably, and in the spirit OF mutual neari
III. HENRY WARD BEECHRR cure
her felt much aggTieYed at this claim uDon enter
Tilton, feeling that the matter had been pears
led and adjusted, and he answered TIlton's
lion In this regard by the letter herewith A.
ID, under date Juno i,slSi5.
,i-aSe follow letter Of Beecher To ORA
q, OF JUNE /, 1873, beginning, "The You W
earth is tranquil, and the heaven Il yiEing
as 6ehts one who has about finished his speak
while charges we're preferred against TIL. Pacfh
~ purpose Of having him dismissed from pied
lth church. This action, which seemed to fish.
the discovery Of the facts IN regard 70 time
u0les between Beecher and TIlton, an
ON very much, and myself feared that m
oihcuity would arise therefrom. Upon aftsr
~ Wbicb tbot sha luton suggested TIlton
&kioS lu aSGS e t 5SH desire
ution should be passed by the ebnreh ~ Ma,
NJ It's roll, alleging that Tilton had | re-,