The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-22

Aas ia luC lolioNIiS htOAs- =
Aouiton, wishing to bind Tilton and
beecher BY mutual expressions Of good
spirit elected from them the following
correspondence:
BRooKLrN, January, 1871.
Ny DEAR FRIEND:--In several con-
versations you have asked about my feel
ings towards Mr.. Beecher, and Yesterday
/ you said the time had come when you
would like TO receive from me expires.
sions of this kind in writing. l say,
therefore, very cheerfully, that not with
standing the great suffering which he
has caused Elizabeth and myself, l bear
him no malice, shall do him no harm,
shall discountenance every project by
whomsoeyer proposed for any exposure OF
his secret to the public, and if know
myself at all, l shall endeavor to act
toward Mr.. Beecher, as l would have
him, in similar circumstances, act toward
me. l might add that your own good
Offices in this case have led me to higher
moral seeing than l might otherwise
have reached.
Yours sffectionately,
THEo. Triton.
To Frank .Mouiton.
y Affectionate Epistle.
On the same day Beecher wrote to
Moulton the following:
FEBRUARY II, 1871.
My DEAR FRIEND MoULToS.-I am
glad 10 send you book &c.
many, many friends has God raised up
to me, but to no one of them has he ever
given the opportunity and the wisdom
to serve me as you have. You have also
proved Theodore friend and ElizabethS.
Does God look down from Heaven on
three unhappier creatures that more need
a friend than these? Is it not an init
nation of Gods intent of mercy to all,
that each one of these has in YOU
a tried and proved friend,
but on Y in you are we thus united.
Would to God, who orders all hearts,
that BY his kind mediation Theodore,
Elizabeth and | could be made friends
again. Theodore will have the hardest
task in such case, but has he not proved
himself capable of the noblest things? |
wonder if Elizabeth knows how gcncr-
ously he has carried himself toward me.
OF course | can never speak with her
again without her permission. do not
know that even then it would be best
Moulton, on the same day,
asked Tilton if he would permit Bccchrr
to address letter to Mrs. Tilt"n, and
Tilton replied in the affirmative where
upon Beecher wrote rs follows:
BROOKLYN, February :, 1871. -
My DEAR MRS TILToN w hen saw
you last did not expect to ever see YOU
again, or be alive many days. God was
kinder to me than were my own thoughts.
The friend whom God sent to me MOul-
tom has proved above all friends that |
ever had. able and willing to help
me in this terrible emergency of my life.
His hand it was that tied up the storm
that was ready to burst on our heads.
You have no friend, Theodore except
ed, who has it in his power to serve YOU
50 vitally and who will do it with such
delicacy and honor. 1t does my sore
heart good to see in Moulton an un-
fcigncd respect and honor for you. He
will be rs true friend to your honor
and happiness a II brother could be- to Il
sister. In him we have common ground.
You and l may meet in heaven. The
past is ended, but is there no future, and
no wiser, higher, holier future? May
not this friend stand as priest in the
new sanctuary of reconciliation and me-
date and bless Theodore and my most
unhappy self? Do not let my earnest
fail Of its end if you believe in
my judgment. have put my
self wholly and gladly in Moultons
hands, and there must meet you. This
is sent with Theodore's consent, but he
has not read it. Will you return to me
by his own hand. am very earnest in
this for all our sakcs, as such Il letter
ought not be subject to even chance Of
miscarriage.