The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-08-27
Mr.. BEECHER'S STATEMENT |
A Detailed History Of the
Whole Matter.

Wh0le WATER
MS EARLY RELATIONS TILToN ANDTpHE TILT ON
FAMILY-TILToN's JEALOUSY AND srNaIITY-T HE
CAUSES -MoUIToN's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
THE LETTERS
MY DEAR MRS. TILToN: hoped that GU
would be- shielded from the Knowledge OF
the great wrong that has been done to ou.
and throngh.you so universal womanho Cd
can hardly bear to speak of it o., allude t % a
matter thanWhich nothing can be imagi ned
more paintui 70 pure and wOmslly natl Ire
pray daily tor you THAT yo&r faith Gels
not" Yon.yourself know the way and this
power o.. prayer. God has been your ref t@e
in many sorrows before He will now laae
you In his pavilion until the storm be @, rer-
past. The rstn that beats down the flo WEI
to the earth will pass al length and the
SEN, 5egt bat not broken, VIII rise again and
blossom as before Every pure woman on
earth will feel that this wanton and uni )saO-
voked assault is aimed at you, bat reache s ta
universal wolnanhoOd Meantime. your ear
children will love you with double tent sor-
ness, and Theodore, at whom the shafts are
| hurled, wilrhide you in his heart OF hea rts.
am gIaddaas revelation from tie pit has
given nim q sight of the danger that Vas
before hidden by specious appearances ant
promises OF usefulness May God keep linn
in courage lG the arduous struggle which he
wages against adversely, and bring him oUt
though much tried, like gold seven til nes
| fined. have not spoken OF myseit. No
words could szpress the sharpness and de pth
| oil nay sorrow on your behalf, my dear And
hoROred friend God walks IN the fire by
| the side or those lie loves, and in hea ven
neither you nor Theodore nor / will reg ret
| the discipline, how harGsoever 1t may 81 .em
now May Re restrain and turn those p oor
tara rx4YtsfN hau n .tn
this sorrowfcl harm by t3ose who have de-
served no.Euch treatment at their.hands l. 1
comEaend YoH TO my mothers God, my d ear
friend !! May. His smile bring light in da rk~
ness, and His love be a perpetual Summer 10
You. Very truly yours,
HENRY WARD BEECHER-
| The whole serious of events beginning W 18th
the outbreak of the Woodruff story repe at
anxieEies and perlls. Every thing that h ad
threatened meDbefote now started sup with
new violence tTilton's behavior Was at on ce
nexplioeble al d,uncontrola5le. Ills card to
sd complaining friend" did not produce tn e
effect he pretended TO expect fresn it, of
convincing the public OF his great magnani-
nifty. Tlheu hisir famous article snC letter
to Mr. Bowen made It's appearance IN the
Eagle, It had been suggested that the pub
lication of the triparite covenant would have
q good eject in caEnteracting tue slanderous
stories about Mrs. Tilton and myself, which
Theodore 9rofesseo to regard, but which his
foolish cara and justification of thai article
had done &c muchtto revive and render mis-
chievous. Mr. Monlton urged me to get from
the gentlemen who held the triparttee cove
naCt copy of it forqsss, when suddenly Mr..
Wilkeson came out with 1t on his oMa re-.
|sponsibility. Its publication in this manner
| made strenuous but eunavailng efforts to
prevent. He lad originally kept copy of
it. Everybody in this business seems 10
have copies but myselfD On the appearance
Of that paper Theodore got into rage. I'll
put him, ne said, in "ialse position" before
the public, and me said he would publish
another card giving asia tement something |
like what he afterwar6 wrote to Dr. Bacon
that is. as recollect the matter, declaringd
that had committed an ofFense. and that he'll
had been the magnanimons party in the bust 4
ness. 1t was necessary to decide what to dol
with him. Moulton strongly urged card \
from me generating Theodore Gas coulda
honestly do) from the authorship of the par
tlcular scandals detailed in his article to !
Mr.. Bowen, and alluded to Ia the covenant. |
said would think it over and perhaps |
write something. This was Friday or satur-
day. The covenant appeared on Friday
morning, and the alarm was sounded on me
mat theodore would do something dreadful |
II notrestrs ined. On Sunday hadmade up my
mind to write to Mr.. Moulton the following
letter, garbled extracts of which are given in
Mr.. Tilton's statement
BEECHER TO MOULToN.
SUNDAY MORNING, June /, 1878.
MY DEAR FRANK: The whole earth il
tranquil and the heaven is serene. az BELTS
one VINO mas about finished the world-life.
was confused. 1850
But good sleep has made it like crystal.
have determined to make no more resist.
ance. Iheodore's temperament is such that
Tue Iuture, even II temporarily earned would
De worthless, filled with abrupt changes. and
rendering me liable at any boar or dav TO he |
oDhged 10 stultify all the devises by which
we saved ourselves.
IL is only Ialr that he should know that the !,
publication OF the card, which he pr0poses :
would leave him far worse off than before.
1Ne GQTee?11e2t was made after nv letter I