The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-02

repeated illusions to her o~ffense, and speaks
Of a confession she had made to her mother,
known to her daughter Florence, which was
likely to be death-blow to the latter.
Z. After giving a statement Of Henry c.
Bowen's accusations against Beecher, sub
stantially as given by Moulton, Mr.. Tilton
gives an explicit account of his interview with
Beceher at Moulton's house, where Mrs. Til
toms confession was disclosed to him, and
shows by a comparison of dates that at that
time he had not lost his position on the hide
pendent and the Brooklyn Union, and was not
in an impoverished condition, but WAS in the
receipt Of an income of Si4,0 900 per year.
Consequently. that Mr.. Beecher's statement,
that he CTilton) was exasperated with him for
having caused him to lose his situation and
salary. is an afterthought and a falsehood.
8. Mr.. Tilton says that Mr.. Beecher's ALE
CATION that his despair Of mind, so poignant
" expressed in his letters to Moulton, was
caused by his having advised Mrs. Tilton to
separate from her husband, is likewise an
afterthonght and faltehood, because he Nicer
did so Gdyise her, but on the contrary, when
Mrs. Morse was trying to bring about such a
separation, advised the contrary. He points
long statement before the Brooklyn committee
admits that he never gave such advice in per-
son. although his first statement makes that
the cole ground Of his difficulty with the Til
ton family. The second Beecher statement
reduces this supposed offenso to a few words
written on a scrap Of paper to Mrs. Beecher.
Moreover, says Mr.. Tilton, supposing that he
wrote those words to his own wife, he knew
that they had lone no harm no separation
took place, and there was nothing to be
sorry for.
Q. A singular extract from the records of
Plymouth Church, the original Of which Mr..
Tiiton ssys no has in his possession, is intro
duced to convict the Plymouth Church Com
mittee Of prevarication. The committee al
legged that Tilton's sole aud only charge
against Mr.. Beecher down to q late period was
for improper advances to his wife. from
which they argued that his latest charge was
a new thing trumped up for the occasion,
whereas the church record shows that he was
cited on the 18th OF October, 1873, to appear
and answer to a charge Of slander-the SLAM
der being a statement by him that Nj.
Beecher had been guilty of adultery with Mrs.
Tilton. The dates of the utterance Of the
alleged SANDER are given, and the names of
the witnesses to whom the same was uttered.
10. Mr.. Tilton's association with Mrs.
Woodruff is stated to have been begun with
the concurrence and advice OF Mr.. Beecher,
for the sole purpose of suppressing the
dreadful secret, and protecting Mrs. Tilton's
reputation. Mr.. Tilton aflirms that it had
no other object than this, and that, right or
wrong, Mr. Beecher shsred in it personally,
and that it involved no criminal intimacy.
Il. The charge OF blackmsil is attacked with
uncommon viSor. Mr.. Tilton adds that Mr.
Beecher procured his own wife's consent to
the mortgage on his house by deception.
IL. Mr.. Beecher's letters are then taken up
and subjected to a searching analysis to show
that his agonized expressions are all consist
ent with one ~thing-the crime Of adultery
and are not consistent with any other fact
or pretended fact in the case.
-. Mr.. Tilton concludes with a startling re-
Fiction upon the remorse which must forever
assail Mr.. Beecher, in view OF the desolation he
has wrought. - have, in times past, he says,
seen him suffer from his own self-inficted
tortures in contemplation Of the very crime
for which he has now been exposed to the
scorn and pity of the world. l know well
enough how his own thoughts have bowed
him in agony to the dust; and this is enough.
Wherefore, in contemplating my empty house,
my scattered children, and my broken home,
l thank Heaven tina. l am spared the pans OF
this mans remorse for having wrought a ruin
which not even Almighty God can repair"