Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-07-22
The Beecher.TiltOn Scandal.
TIE UNCERTAINTY MORE UNCERTAIN THAN
EVER.

. EVER.
Between what the Brooklyn reporter:
know and what they are left to guess at,
the present aspect of the whole Bcccher.
Tilton scandal is binder than ever. The
Brooklyn Eagle abiding to the promised
statement of Mr.. Beecher, aud speaking
as with authority says: Although not
yet officially before the committee. it is in
the hands Of his friends and will be SUBJ
mitted as soon as Mr.. Tilton's is put in.
Gentlemen who have seen it speak of it as
frank, straightforward. manly document.
Mr.. Beecher addresses himself in detail
to Tiltons case, explains the nature of his
trouble with I'ilton, denies that he ever
made an impure intimation to Mrs. Tilton,
aud concludes with an absolute and uu-
equivocal denial Of all the other SANDERS
which have been set in motion against
him. He acknowledges that Mrs. Til
ton complained to him other husband that
she spoke of his inidelity, and cited in
stances; spoke of his going with strange
women and proved that her statement was
true, aud finally begged him lBeecher) to
advise her as a man and minister what to
do. Mr.. Bcecher, after long elaboration
and considerable hesitancy. advised her,
it she felt she could not reclaim her hus-
band, to leave him. But after time Mr.. !
Beecher fel, he had made a mistake in
giving this advice; he thought, perhaps,
II left to the impulses of his own gencrou.
nature, MI. Tilton would have abandoned
the strange women after whom he had been
running aud return to the peace Of his own
household in this condition Of mind he
apologized to Titon for what he had done.
promised to extend to him the right hand
of fellowship in the future, and to bury the
past utterly. q
On the other hand, the Brooklyn Ar. G
gus says: The friend to whom Mr.. Beech i
ers statement was submitted read it care
fully, and then returned it to Mr.. Beech Il
err, saying to him: /" | advise you not to u
present that paper to the committee" u
MIR. Beecher asking the reason of such ad- P
vice, the :eply was: because Tilton's a
statement will SILVER it to pieces" On 6
further consultation and comparison of G
views, Mr.. Beecher determined to follow I
The advice of his friend, aud, accordingly, :
Mr.. Beecher's statement was not present.
ID to the committee. last night but, in. q
toad of a statement, Mr.. Beechcr sent G
tote TO the committee in which he an. 1
bounced that he had not prepared any ev- T,
dcnce to submit to that body. 1t is fur. q
her reported that the committee are now t
ngagod in debating the point whether d
'iton shall or shall not be called to tes- 7
ify.
Abiding to the statement prepared by
lr. Tilton, the Brooklyn Eagle says: 1t :
'il, it is said, disappoint the public great.
Y. The supposition has been that he =
'ould undertake to prove that Mr.. Beech. >,
had done him grave personal injury c,
nat he would specify that wrong and ad- Of
uce the evidence of its reality. Now it q 9
understood he has resolved to remain T.
eticent in regard to his own family, but "
III 60 into the general scardal; in other in
ords, no will attempt to show that Mr.. es
'cecher outraged not the Tiltons but III
'me other household. He reasons in this r
ay; My proposition is that Mr.. Beecher ;,
not fit man to occupy Christian pull fol
IL. What Mr., Beecher has done to me Bi
my own affair. The public interest is ii
,operly in my main proposition, and in an AZ,
ppor. of il | submit the following state fro
eut, etc. This document, there is good q
ason for stating, will effect the charac. gu
r OF two other women besides Mrs. Til. TIE
n. I
=, de-
Mr.. and Mrs. Triton are 10 have Ia. VIII
] separation without controversy or d. To
rec suit. She is to have the house in tru,
'ooklyn and the children--he, various ma ma
'mories. u. J.
The fair fame Of many of the wives Of =
mothers Of Brooklyn was attempted DO aSs
be sullied by the Woodruff women, but bra bra
:. hilton canaot revive their ISLANDERS won
hout getting into the courts in a way IT
~ ~ men
len ne may not now contemplate. Mr.. mer
lint
ton may regard his family affairs as this
subjects for public newspaper controy. rub
y but there are men in this community !, A
take quite a different view Of their {. GAY
'gations to their wives and children. out