, 1874-09-19

4H4RNEA III HUT. HnfnfIT, " ti1H
ton ytsts OF sorro~, llllcd with stingy aud rains"
Including ny alleged looking lor III room lnr
naS3 naS3 toFathor, aud depfising hor Ut fuod and
r thsor = eido-lsht on tho hnppy domestic
tmy@, WILL ndd hero 4 brinf letter. Mithnt,t
year, received by mo while on my IceturinY tray
90 from my then ofLce-assoclnto III tho JHdt3Hn-
ns7't hnd Mr.. Deocher'a progont editor Ut tho
Christian Onion:
oIiszN souxao1 ro rfroponr Triton.
i. 1htiErENnssSf OFrtut, Ddc. II.
Mr. DEAR TrsHnon9: wnuior wilut yo1t wollld
g!e f2s chane to k!aa Tie llltlo who only m
A. my dear fellow, II ii great sacrifice you make
IN seas'nS ssa1 ,s, tns!, home "a yn''rs:
vor rss @ a r Htn r On rse1,ynE Ss srn
on mo through hor tears ~ ste aoke Of you aud tho
Yours, lovingly, oltvEn Jonssos.
AIr. neeclaor himself strikes eiu,,lar blow at
Mrs. Tiltou'a protanaa Ut my illtrcatmant of
her,
kns .sssa T. a. nsssesr = s.,' 2ss ,ss!sn,s u"
f1F adoet the eons'aan rae< qf tHeH,
Mrs 1ilton's charge Of i}l-traatmens IL alroady
90 unvorsally aIacrcdted that ncod not answor
1t further. NeyorheoBs, tako Just pride IN
mentioning that my vonorated mother, who re-
contly matto journey from hor country homo
to visit nao In brooklyn, did mo the Bweot honor
10 declare that both sae aud my fathor in lately
looking back ovor my ncMrly 40 ye&rs of life,
we,o unable TO rcoollsct that ever spoko to
either Of my parents anglo harsh word. uhoth-
OF ns child, Yollfl or mail. hly own children
could testify that nevor QUO OF them hss re-
coiyed from ME solitary atroko fron whip or
rod, nor cvor once blow Of the hand In corpo..
ra!puushucnt. Ihayo had Offers from somo Of
my past asboclaseH hpth IN tho Independent and>
tho Golden dge to toht1fy that during tho Tcnrs
OF my . daily association with thcm
they navcr o,.oe aaw mo IN anger. Many
Ix.Ef rtf fvtuf ftfr
relatives, frientB. and domeBiics, atand ready To
testify to my, uniform gontIonosB t0wnslB Mrs.
Tilton and towards all other porAoi's in MY home
AS God ts my witness, solomnly aver that l
! Of = cascss. nor did ovor threaten her mith
viu1ouce,. nor subject !,ar to priyalion. Further
moro. silo hah At all ti1nes possesBod herself Of
at my means and resources, 1t being vol
known to my family that: my earnings wcro
srent always for tho boautfying of my home,
and mover for purposus, Ia which my vito 4ua
children l,ad not an eauists!,aro: Mith myself.
will insert hero the Following extract from
written staternont u'gued Jointly by my father
and mother: .."t
:, Kx1ronr, ", J., Ans. %, 1871.
Aho Ne further ,estfy thas 4; xe never he1ra n,l
ot nuy 1-fte'snx bstweon or +, Aon Theodore ana hia
Natds ber until lately hoaf Of 1t for he first tjind
u Ezahathu published tcstlmony, which wo le!losa
! tp nc untrnp.
| {slguoal srL4s TthroK,
EuaELA IiL1oH.
MRS. TsLYos's CONFESSION.
III. Having thus Qn Section ~ disposed Of
| my alleged vinlictY9u'sB towards AIR. Beteher,
anil iii sect1ot III Of my imaginary brutality
towards Mira, Tillon, npw cOin0 to Mrs. Iilton's
confession, Jny y, 1870, wherein aho narrated
tho story OF l,nr seduction BY her pastor, thu
! Koy. Horny WAld Eeetli6s. II ia . requirement.
OF tsyt11 Tint Rllnslld ssato explicitly tbs cir
| cunstances mt 1! which this confession npraug,
| aiul ll,s autStanco af tic cnnfcasiuu itself.
| 19tMng ssyeral wocks previous to July 5, 1870.
! 3]rs. TiIton had been in tho country, having
] gone ththcr in spirit. Of alienation. had re"
| tu deceit a,sl felschooa fUrogn to her normal
! and pure NATURE. Accordingly, cloud wns OIL
lcr Hplfit at parting: But 1snolthet knnw nor
| nuspn'ted lhet hor depression had its root in her
| roiatinna wifi ail. Dcecnor.
! Dnring her abaonco wroth to her TINT sho
NnMid furlcit my renreot Tho moment rho cenaot
! 1o toll tho tnth-a |otsef which Aiie nttcrwnrdH
remin,'ot no Of, saying that ",s haa pierced Acf
| After or absence had heon prolonged for sev-
| ,erul wccks, during which only slight cor.e~
! sromlolsce passed hctweon III. size came unox-
I pecteilly to Brooklyn renching home abont .
| o'Glnct IN tho ovcping of )uly3. lexpreAhed my
surprise ut uceils: her, groctc llor with cordatl.
| iook:
Within IN hour after hor arrival. sitting in l,er
fa,urie clan,bor, wherein her infant Aon Paul
Ind died tno year6 before, she made tender al
I 2Ralpu u mn lHntn, hnu AnGA nam llhh Eao aAA
coma 10 thl ma = Hecros which Btlo had long kept
| IN ter hcArt In connection with that ovent,-a
| eecfet which slo had several months 6esore,
| while on = hick-bed. resolved to tell me- but
!nekcd she courage. SINCE thoh the tone OF hor
nina rho said. had improved NTH her health,
! md. having prayed for strength to toll no tho
! truth Without fear, Ahp int. now comn On DnrpDsu
tn clear her unsl Of burden which, II ]ougor
concc sled, she folt would by-aud-by grow too
! great Tor hor to bear.
| What lilo uecrat was wl.!cr ahe Was nbouE to
diacnsc, lcon}1 not cnnfuctt1re.
Before 1iscloaing it Bl,s e1ncted from mo gol-
| ensn plelart)lat would no: iu}ure the PERSON ot
whom she WIS about to speak, nor communicate
| for slio un,,cd TO Inform him in her own way
that Ec had diswlgad to Inc tho facts IN the case.
After cxac.iug thoto conditions. to which
pledged mJaelf, Ahe nasratsd. with uodcsty and
Of guilt detailed history of her long aclualut.
nuco NTH Mr. Beecher-nf growing frlonlshiE
| bstwcen thesa-of l. flaes!onate fondncHs wi,ic,
he A. lentth 6ogan Ia c.htit towasda her--of tlle
M,saeauany OF his home life and Ais conaaques,.
need TINT some othGr woman thnn Mis-. Beuche,
nhonid act thu part ot wifp to him-of ths
great tieaa,1re Which ho fol.nd in Mrs. T,iton't
sweet. and touder aiIection-of Ills protesta-
tim Of creator honl' for her than for any
| other NNntn1i.--of her LutY to minister to his
mind and Ludy-aud OF lilo many apecious argu.
nlenls Iy-which he commended thseo views tt
her. in order to. overcome Aer Puritan repug
nancs to them; and xsa raid TINT finally. III at
irtcryew between herself and hIr. Dccc1er a
llia nouso, no: long atsor her little pauls death
md as lecump6nse for tho sympathy which
hor pastor had shawn llor during TINT bercavc
mept, si,o thpn an' there yielded hvr pelson tt
llih sexual embrace.
Yhib event. she sta.cd, occurred Oct. 10, 1868
during my ahscllco IN Nov England, and Hh'
e, showed MO memorandum in hnr diary mar1et
ut ilut date with tho words, IA day sne,nosabe.'
She fs.f,!,er said that on the t,ext SHturan.
eyonltig {w!ne was still abseut) mir. B:acI,e
viAitcd her at laor hou.o in Livingston atrent aux
contaminated with her another net Of ,ho1ua
intimacy.
y Hho further confessed that at intervals durln,
tho ensuing fall and winter h.mt in tho sl,rinE
following, sl,o ropoated with him certain nets q
criminal interconrac, yielding tn lin seldom
though so!.oitod often.
1 Furthermore, with great partscnarity, nj
[ n.cntoncd tho several places ,of these intor
viowa. v4Ich canuot buug mYao}f to chroniol
| bore.
| Tllia confession vas mado by Mrs. Tilton vol
uutarily, aud not u responae to any acoaAatiul
by me. for I had never aconsod her of gull
either with Mr.. i}oocIlor or with any othor por
aon, nor lad I oyor suspcotoa her Of ssot
, wrong-doi,g. Noithor WAS her confession nsad
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