Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-09-23
The Reecher.TiItOn Scandal.

statement of great length. 1t brings in
u few new documents. narrates events in
the order Of occurrence, and reviews Mr..
Beechers statement and the report of the
committee. 1t is document of great i'm
pOrtance in the case, and, with Mr.. MOul-
tons statement, will make most people be-
lieve Tilton right Us to the main point in
the case The document is without the
filth that was in Moulton's statement, but
it is terrible Arrangement, and rs u spec
linen of the English language, used to it,
full capacity. is superior to anything that
has appeared in the controversy.
We can give but Il small portion of it.
Mr.. Tilton gives the following letter writ
ten by his wife from Marietta, Ohio, in
/ November, 1916, to her mother. Mrs. Morse.
in which she copies one she had Just writ
ten to her husband. Nh Tilton SAYS:
This letter | received ut the office of
the Brooklyn Union in November, 1870.
well remember reading it twice over.
and then destroying it on the spot. |
have Snce come into possession OF Il copy
/ VI IL W llltll WI HUN Il'tit tllC lliIt
incorporating it in Il letter to her mother
! This is the doublc-letter to which have
previously alluded. 1t WI, written from
Marietta, Ohio. to chide me for the sup
posed rcckleSsne>s into which, she had
been informed by her mother, had lap,cl
ever since the time of Mrs. Tilton's con-
fes>ion of adultery. The letter is A.
follows:
| te,l my duty now, and love To YOU, my dear
mother, mpcls me to send You copy which ], this
morning, have written to Theodore which llsI-t
that you destroy, and use not IN conversation with
him. Ihl--JccauSc of my trust III you-y0H WtI
DO, Ins SIRE.
FRIDAY MoH>ISti.
ca, Theodore. Thcnlorcl What shall | say to
you: Ny tongue and pen are dumb and power
less but must force my aching heart to protest
against your cruelty | do not wlllin2iy rhFie.
You not know that You are fulfilling your threat =
that " | shall no longer he con7hlcrel IN" SAINT
My life Is before You. | have a~pIrcl II n"iinn-
save To ,io, thu oush manifold lnlImit!rS W1 b-St
and that not Tor human praise, but 1oF the ilciu
love feel tow ard Jesus Christ, my God. DO YOU
not know, also, that when in an! circle yuu black
en- Mi ;tcchcr's namc-anl soon after couple
NINE with it-you backcn NINE a well when.
by Your threats my mother cried out III a-ony to
me: Why. what have You done, ElMhtth my
chi:' her worst suspicious were aroused, ami |
lad bare my heart then Tat from a. H!H t!,i
not she may receive the dagger mt" her httIt
DI not my dear child (tlorcn ,e) learn rn"H-h by
Institutions, that her sweet pure soul a+onlhc.i IN
secret, I'LL She broke out with the drcttH I>fo'E
know not but II hath be n her death blow hen
YOU say to my beloved brother " Nh. Eecrhcr
prcache, t. iotv of hts IH--5, every >-ln lay,
then follow With the temark that aitel my Heath
Won have 4 dreadful secret to reveal, need ne he
told any mulc ere the sword pass into he soul:
Alter tins You my indignant Champion
are you: 1t i, now too Late; H"u have blachenrd
my characters, and it l. Tor my loved ones tint
c:tu>ed you, my cllc> ascend to Heaven night aunt
Il ~ taaI upon mine own heat all the auSul~t may