The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-03
OUREEW YORK LETTER.
EHE BEECH F.i:-T-:.-OE EsL5.-N=E1T
TILTOS -g--IlESs, AND THr;
WEAlLEI..

EGE IE.i:-T-..-OE ELz.-T51E
TILTOS BUSINESS AND THr,
WEATHER
TIE GREAT sI-EgEEE-lLLrcE I,-BHoGiIo
The topic 81 tHe town at this present
moment = tie revival of the Be-cae--
Tii.ou quarrel IH- last number "l
TUruu'- paper. on" holdsu Ige, contains
3. l--r-r Uv-r,is, .i-aaru-r ci tie editor.
:,f.!r.--.fr3 E-v. !-onaai Bacon. ol
.s..r Haven. wir... pats Hr B-echer in
a rdfL-raE.awarI pJ-ition- Tie -ifHa-
l-aa E. -nM.t..iug i.r 1.i.--
.sur readers .'ii r-'l-uJer that some
-.4rs -... sA- u.f.s..G- Ir-. Hp"lh..
-.s.. .. ...- ....s ;.aJ Henry War
8-anil-r .ra Hr.H -Es:!ry Oi criminal li.-
i-rrDur.a wi5nt.s. ".-. Of Tilrou. Tho
v.lp ku-.. Es Triton knew r.sat Eii"
a!lrry. ua- frl-.. bat tu.-. ia position
90 .,uYw. 5-.r tisat fr-9- was something
iH" Gatrer -afH-u!-r-- Triton with
drew from Plymouth Church. and the
talk circulated with great freedom
Since r.sn, time. some friends o!
Bearher Lavr prosecuted Triton Unre-
ulJ;iu-y. Dr. Bacon. in hi- address 20
the council. spoke 20 poiutediy Of the
ulaglauimiry Uf B-,cher toward Ii!tUn
iu refusing 10 -'arJl-.I" him, ti.ut IiiJom
f.i- Obliged 90 give To- tile public the facts
iatiln cs-.. 30 IA" end Of showing vino
was the lHaZa=liHgu- Ilau Oi TIE Two
Sir. I!s.gu states that aiyer Er lad
been r3- fifteen wears q member Of
PIvmouta Church. and Lad become
meanwhile H& Intimate Trend oi Tire
u.~ror. knowledge came to him IN lSio.
riat IL. hal committed against him an
aEeu~- which he forbDre TO name or
c:..racsa=.1.. Prompted by his sglf-re-
-3-rt. ne Immediately and forever ceased
his utteHGauca on His ministry. Then
hc gives q long account OF how he closed
hi- connection with Plymouth Church.
Tire church had knowledge through
WoodhUll'S paper OF the charges against
Beecher but it refused TO believe them.
Mr.. ShearIuan. the clerk Of the church,
was reported In tie brooklyn JHfDE as
saying:
..As for Mrs. T'i.tnu. she had occasion
ed the trouble while in a half-craZed
condition. She had mediumistic fits,
ana while under the strange power that
possessed her often. spoke Of the most
Incredible things. declared things posi-
ble that were impossible. and among the
rest had slandered Mr. Reecher. Mr..
Tilton himself had acknowledged that
all the other things she had told him in
her mcdiumistic trance were false and
impossible"
This language, however, Mr. Shear
man afterward retrlcted.
But ia all the discussion OF the quoS-
ton. great stress was laid upon the fact
that Tiltol had slauderad Beecher; that
hc was bringing reproach upon the
church. and that Beeciler's sparing him
was really saimt-iilsc. SO Tilton pro-
ceeds t. show dir ely who is the magnan-
imouS man. and ne publishes Il letter he
wrote Mr. Beeeier, dated May !, 1874:
Henyy Ward Bsschrr:
SIR: Mr.. T. II. Carpenter mentions to
me your saying 10 him that under certain
conditions, involving certain disavowaIs
by me. a sum of money would or could
be raised TO send me. with TIy family. TO
Europe for q term of years.
The occasion compels me to state cx-
plicitIy that so long as life and self-rt.-
Spect continue to exist together in INV
breast. | shall be debarred from 'receiy-
ing, either directly or Indirectly. any
pccuniary or other favor at your hand.
The reason for this feeling on my part
Won know 50 well that | will spare yuu
the statement Of it. Yours truly.
THEODORE TiLTON.
WHY did AIr Baecher desire the alb
sence OF l'iIton ienough to raise money
to keep him and his family in Europe
for a term of years! What were the dis
avowaIs upon which the raising of the
money was conditioned! These De CO.
nuudrwus,
In Mr.. Bacon's speech on the Brook
Ign Council, the following occHrs:
Another part Of my theory Is that
Mr BeeciIer'S magnanimity is unspeak-
able. never knew Il man OF a larger
and more generous mind. Gne who
was In relations 10 him the most intimate
possible. said to me, If | wanted TO
secure his highest love, | would go
ialo;l church Inectiuga and accuse him Of
crimes" This is his spirit. But think
he laly carry il too far. \ man whose
Er2 i, treasure to the Church
Universal, to his cou.try, TO his age,
has 10 right to subject the faith in it to
such strain. And think Mr.. Beecher
would have done better to have let
vengeance come on the heads of his
sianderers.
Whereupon, Mf. Tilton publishes the
following. which he has held in lis posses
sion four years:
BROOKLYN, Jan. l, 1871.
ask Theodore Tilton's forgiveness.
and humble myself before him as | do
before my God. He would have been a
better man in my circumstances than
have been. | can ask nothing except
that he WEI remember all the other
breast that would ache. | will not
! plead for myself. l even wish that |
were dead.