Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-04

Ii must be a false idea Of dclica-
cy which would suppress from the
public the developments Of any
such a case as Mr. Becchcr's. The
most conspicuous and widely trus-
ted minister of modern times,
stands charged with crime so re-
voting, that if it shoald be proven
true, there is no household in our
land which must rot feel the ncces-
sity for stronger safeguards about
i. TO maintain that its details are
unfit lor the columns Of newspa~
per, is 10 maintain that no family
should be made acquainted with
the social danger which it reveals
1t is to affirm that society must not
arm itself against such fcnds as.
wear the disguise Of priestly robes,
and hide their c,ovcn hoof5 beneath
The velvet CT culture. Beecher Is
guilty in some degree lie has
Certainly broken a family circle
wh.ol. he found unbroken. When
first he entered the household Of
Theodore TiltoI, he found it the
abode of happiness. To-day Its
gods lie shattered on its hearthstone
and It's melodies only mock the car
through the avenues Of memory
II is equally evident, that if the
Pot played by Mr.. Bcccher could
be Withdrawn, there wcnld be no
rapture at all. There is not q
wound in the Tilton marriage COW
pnant, which docs not cape ana
$ are at Beocher. Now, whether
lis Spiritual love- for Mrs. Tilton
produced the alienation Of her af-
fections from her husband, or
whether il Was the open door
through which his brutal lusts were
allowed to come and 90, in eth
case, society should be made ac-
ouainted with the main details
Let rs see how tie case now stands.
Triton charges that Roechor took
advantage Of his ministerial and
pastoral license to dcflc his home,
keeping M for years, unsupported,
his adulteries with Mrs. Tiltcn.-
Beecher flatly denies this, and Mrs.
TiltJn sus:a;n5 the denial, but rs
he and Mrs. Tilton would be enc
in the cline, their double denial
amounts to but single one and
the case would seem tostand even.
Tilton next asserts that Beecher con-
fesscd it 10 him, and produces the
following letter as evidence.
MR.. BEECHER'S APOLOGY.
TTn trust with i. ID. Mouton.l
Ny DEAR FRIEND M0CLTON: l ask
through You, Theodore Tilton's for
piyeness. and humble myself. before
Kim az do before my God. lie would
"a I'VE been 2 better mau in my circum-
stances than have been. l can ask
IA ,thing, except that he viii fcmem-
her All tie Other breasts that would
acne. will not plead for myself l
even wish that | were dead. Bat
others must live to suffer. I viii die
before any enc bat myself shall be
incn!pated. All my thoughts are run
njng out towards my friends, and to
ward the poor child lying there, and
nravine. with her folded hands. she is
,guiiless. s:nned against, hearing the
TRANSMISSION ofan0ther- Her forgive
ness / have. humb!y pray to God
Ia MA Il into the heart Of her husband
10 forsive nae. ] have trusted this to
Aoulion. in confidence.
II. w. BEEcHER.
Beecller denies the confession
and alleges that the letter refers
to certain advice he gaze Ars. I'll
ton. AZ 10 separation from Tiiton.
qhus the matter is at least unpro-
s.n. Mr.. Tilton, then charges
fiat Mr.. Bceeier confessed it 70
Mr. Mouiton, who was their muta"
:. f-iena. and when Mr. Moulton