Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-08-08
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Beeeher and TYlton-Boss 7icted-Child-
Steaziag-Bereh and BarHUm.

Stealn1-Berch and BdrnUm.
Beecher, Beecher, Beecher. Tilton,
Tilton, Tilton. We are having a surfelt
of Beecher and rather too much ofTilton.
None of your senses can escape either
Beecher or Tilton. As you walk the
streets the newsboys howl "All about the
Beecher Scandal IL ~ You look over the
dead-walls, and portraits of Beecher and
Tilton, in advertisements of sensation pa
pers, stare you out of countenance Sit
down at table, and your next neighbor
will thousand 10 one, ask you, "What
is the latest regarding the Beecher Scan
dal ?" and insis is upon discussing the en-
tire case, commencing with the marriage
of Tilton, down to the absorbing conun-
drum, "What will Moulton testify to?
And by the way the whole thing just
now, SINNERS down upon this one man,
Moulton. The fate of Henry Ward Beech
er is in the hands of Moulton While Ill
ton has been gaining friends every day
and Reecher losing ground with equal
rapidity. after all TiltOn's unsupported
statemrnt will never drive Beecher out of
his n1oce For while Tilton, af1rms Mr..
Reecber and Mrs. TiIton deny, and The
odore has not kept his hands sufficiently
clean in the matter of miscellaneous love-
making to be accepted as a competent
witness, no matter how strong his state
ment. No one who knows the parties
doubts Mr.. Beechea's guilt, but the peo-
pie get very judicial in such cases, and
insist upon the charges being proved ju-
diciously. Now, Mr.. Frank Moulton was
with Tilton when Tilton charged Beech
er with the crime, and it has been stated
over and over again that Beecher con-
essed TO adultery with Mrs. Tilton in the
presence of Moulton. The great moral,
or rather immoral question is, will MOul
ton swear TO this If so. itsettles the en-
tire question and makes a funeral of Mr..
Beeeher. If not, while the people at
large, will believe all that Tilton has
charged, Plymouth Church. will affect to
disbelleve 1t, and hold its pastor
Why should not Mou lton testify to
what he knows, he being friend of Til
ton Because it is no small thing to in
cur the enmitY of so strong and powerful
body as Plymouth Church, and whoev-
er assaults Beecher does just that To
Plymouth Church Beecher is more than
man, he is demigod. They believe
him, in wild way, as the sum total of
everything tina: is good and great, and no
matter what tn proof may be, they pro-
pose to take him through.
If Moulton sides with Tilton TO the ex-
tent of supporting him by testimony, vi
ais of wrath equal in quantity and quail
ty TO those uncorked upon Tilton, will be
poured over his devoted head, that Mr.
Moulton cannot afford. 1t remains to be
seen whether he will have the nerve 70
do this.
Now that Tilton has been arrested for
libel and the matter has got into the
Courts, it is possible that Moulton may be
compelled to swear. If so, look out for
broken crockery. By the way,
ITIsA MISTAKE
to put Tilton down as bIaiherskIte, or as
an utterly unreliable man. He is man of
great genius, great and true friend and
in most things steady and level headed.
He has notions that take him out of the
channels in which men float, and his
cross couAtry expeditions have been fire.
Quent, and to him most disastrous. His
operation with Woodruff hurt him,
though l doubt if there was anything
more in it than what he stated She is
a wonderfully attractive woman-won-
derful in conversation, and with a pecu-
liar wierd way about her that could not
but catch and hold dreamy poet such as
Tilton is at times. Then they held views
to some extent in common on the ques-
tions of love and marriage, and there
was just enough of danger in supporting
her to make it fascinating to him.. Be-
sides all these there was a business con-
sideration involved which Tilton in his
circumstances could not overlook. AL
together Theodore is a'good fellow. He
has his faults-he is indiscreet, and i'm
pulsiYe, but who of US is perfect? pre-
sumo am not, at least am not go ing
TO hurl the first rock at Tilton.
Ipredict that Mrs. Tilton will come
back to him, and that despite all that
has happened he will take her back
For he loves her and he p11es her. She
is the mother of his children, and Theo-
dore Tilton can no more live separated
from her than fly. When this wretched
business is oyer they will be re- united,
and possibly change may be wrought in
both of them that will make their lives
happier.
BOSS TWEED
has well nigh gone out Of public sight. |
1t is astonishing how soon man is for.
gotten in New York politics, when he
has nothing to give. He might as well
be dead II is frue he has infIuence