The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-23

NttfI III Ii'l built lil1 bOnis if' hoNit@ NV
further immediate use for The premises,
concluded to sell them tor S400. but he
found he could not make the sale at any
such price He therefore was obliged TO
retain them until recently, when he sold
that for which in 1850 he paid 500 for
So. 800 This docs not indicate that real
estate in the vicinity of Burlington is very
improbable to deal in. - burlington .76n-
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a acriou. Document for Escccher.
The statement of Theodore 'rilton rivals
in importance any which has been made on
his side OF the case since his original allie
CATION. ii derives weight both from the
new matter submitted and from the simple
setting ont again of the events precisely in
the order in which they happened. VIII
these two resources, Titon makes dan
gerous breach in Deccher's statement. and
riddles utterly the report OF the investigat-
ing committee to the church. Without
being az yet satisfied of Becchers guilt, we
do say, and we shall have in this opinion
the endorsement of all fair-miu led men,
that neither his statement nor the report OF
| his committee affords him at this moment
any tolernbc shelte, for his reputation,
much less any defense against the charges
imputed to him.
OF the very first Importance, ot course,
| is the confession and the early unsolicited
and untorccd testimony of Mrs. Tlton. 1t
is admitted ON all sides that Mrs, Tiiton
made confession of something in July,
1870. What was confessed 1t was not
a mere pla,onic love for Mr.. BecclcI, for
she had been confessing that for five
years She writes, December 90, 1866.
Il have been thinking of my love for Mr..
Beecher considerably Of late. So it was
not that kind of 4 love it was something
that wrought great Grange in the tone OF
her letters and threw bitterness into her re-
lations with her husband. Was it not tina,
sinful love, in which! tie PlalOnic kind a.
most inevitably ends 1ilton's story ia
that cffect-is slrikingly clear OF vilating
improbablites. 1t is backed up by let
ter which is Il virtual confession, and by
dozens of letters, some from other people
which on any other hypothesis, are
scarcely explainablc, and by Beecher's
apology, which, on any other hypothesis
is a riddle which he himself cannot solve
Again. Il plain and sensible law of evil
dence gives vastly greater weight Il
Mrs. Tilton's confidential communication;
to her mother than TO her formal and
consciously cautions testimony before thu
committee Mrs 1'ilton, although she i;
now an unreliable witness, must be be
ieved in the letter to her mother, which
she adjures her to burn, lest it ''discove
her secret" or fall into the hands o
Flory." There is no escape from this con
fession. Tilton did not force it., for it wa
written from Ohio 1t leaves Beecher, 5,
far rs we can see, no possible escape. Mrs
Tilton now perfumes herself for him, as
we fear. he does himself for himself. Th'
public are becoming calloused to the enor
nifty of the fall, but think for moment
who was Beecher? The great preacher o
the age, apostle at once of christian and o
civil liberty, destined to stand with Lin
coin, Chase Seward and the great states
men and soldiers of the emancipation
epoch. What WONDER that the woman no,
!. sacrifices the rest of her soul to save hin,
what wonder that Titon condoncd an
forgayo What man OF sensbility woul
| not have stood between this man and til
3 public discovery of his guilty passion, t
the very verge of human endurance,
verge that is soon reached when magnai
unity and forgiveness are repaid with il
4 gratitude and treachcy.
The next point In Importance is the sui
sanitation of the fact that the origin;
= charge against Beecher, Ms well as the col
n fession of Mrs. TiltOn, was of adulter,
n The investigating committee in their repo
u make great handle of Tilton's cquivoc
story that his wife had only been al
/ proachcd. Coudemning Tilton because
= had not sold his own soul to save Beeche
they condemn him with still greater VII
P lence for this petty equiyocation to say
his wife, and yet from this equiyocatic
y, argue that there was no crime at all. III
y ton cites from the records of Plymou
o church the testimony of Mrs. Bradsha
# that terminal intimacy was what
e charged against Beechcr as early as Au
ust 8, 1870, within thirty days after h
wfe's confession. The committee of i
e yestigation were ridiculously ignorant q
# or else wilfulIy ignored, this positi'
proof of the fallacy of more than ha
- their report. This matter has been great
magnifed in Importance by the committc
and has been accepted by Raymond al
L. other Beecher partisans as sufficient pro-
Of conspiracy. TiltOn's attempt
shield his wife was perfectly innocent, al
s. his overthrow of the allegation of his ~
he cusers is utter, complete and humliatin
r. 1t has real importance, moreover,
showing TO what poor material the Pl
- mouth committee were reduced in order
H. make out a case for their pastor.
Their reliance upon the testimony
IA Bessie and Of Mrs. Morse eyinces the sau
~. poyerty of resources. The testimony
a. those unfortunate and scarcely responsil
a persona is not to be believed a momer
m when they are conscious that it is bel
), taken. They are only capable of truth
As unguarded moments.
~, Titon's examination of the possibility
~ his Ii, wing been influenced by business CO
IN siderations in going to Beecher on the 80
Ia. of Decembcr is another damaging assal
vi on Beccher's theory of defense. At I
os moment OF that interview, Tilton was
", the possession Of his editorial position n
m of Gls salary of Sl4.000 year. In vi,
lv of all the facts, We do not see how il
III possible to avoid the conclusion that
N real and only Grand on that occasion "
to face Mr.. Beecher and to give him to I
derstand, at the earnest solicitation of Nj
Tilton, that his adultery was known a
IT. that he was walking on a volcano, as
of aflefward expressed IL. Tilton also esli
nd fishes Beechers entire miscOncepliOn
IT. misrepresentation of the state of his priv
,le purse and of the SUCCESS of his lecture
en- gagemenis.
,rs The tone of the whole statement is Gre
est table to Tilton and compares very fay,
in ably with either Moulton's or Beeche
mt statements in this respect We presul
ch that the partisans of Beechcr will aft,
ISL great distress over the lifting of the v
he from the discord Of Beecher's home, |
m the whole affair Is a tale of the woes
m wives, and Mrs. Beecher certainly suffer
ey the least of them at the hands of Mr.. I
ng ion. When it Is little clearer that
err, Beecher has not undone Mrs. Tilton, m
80 | 80 ,,ioit q nronor INDIGNATION an TiltOn