The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-27

pecially women On the eubject, and -
knew the truth should stand By il Win no
a'tempe at concsalmenf. I thisk that Dr..
Charming probably agrees With You IN H.
Dry, but he had the courage 10 announce his
before actine upon them. Ha
refused Intercourse with IN uncuneenial viS
Tor long time, and then left hes, and mar
Pied woman whom he still loves. lesyinea
1arling daughter With Ter mother and to-day
pays the photographers to keep him np.
piled with her pictures ~ often . DIV en-
be procured. She then begs him 10 conids
he whole truth to her, that che NAV help
him bring everlasting good out Of thie evil
story a. untrue, but believed il essentially
earnest discussion. She had observed that
his reading and thinking upon il had been
profound, and she invited discussion with
him after he had submitted to her his vievs
in writing. She had written an article On the
subject which the editors assured her vas the
best ever written, but they dared mot publish
il unless her name was attached. This she
refused to do ON account Of her children,
She quotes the opinion Of eminent thinkers
on the subject of social freedom, and says:
1.-THE one radical mistake you have made i
in suppOsing that you are so much ahead Of
your time, and in daring to at.emps to lead
when you have anytbiug to conceal. Do
not, pray you, deceive yourself with the
hope that to live, the Lore of your church,
or any other love, human or Divine, can
compensate for the loss of absolute truthful
ness to your own mental Convictions" Sc
concluded by telling low terribly she had
suffered in thinking for and OF him; bow she
has left her husband fer him, and how she
will come to him or meet him anywhere.
Mrs. Hooker also wrote letter dated
November ), 1872, 10 Tho. h. Beecher, in
which she expire sea the hope that be vas
better p-erarcd :or the bow which had fall
en- on account Of he interview they had.
She had asked Henry il she could help him,
and he replied, ''li you sill believe in that
woman, Won cannot help ne; il You think
Of her as 90. you can. Perhaps, though, 1
do not need nUch help. track the false
hoods direct from whence they sprsng. My
people have confidence in me, and would
give their lives for me. Their confidence
would make me bear far more than l have.
trust You give no confidence to the abomin-
able carnage that has been put afoat. The
specks Of truth are mere spangles upon .
garment Of ialsehood. The truth itself u
made 10 lie. Thank for the love and truth
and silence, but think OF the barnariiy Of
dragging poor dear child Of . woman into
this slough. Yours truly" Mrs.. Hooker
says she thinks Henry Ward hiss dragged
one poor child into tine mire, and - now
sending another to prison who is innoceha
of everything but fapa,icism to the truth.
She fears that awful struggle to live accord
ing to law has wrought absolute demoraliz-
alton SIS TO truihfulness, and 60 Henry can
talk about "spanslss on garment of false
hood," when the garment is truth and the
specks are falsehood. she quotes letter
written her by her brother Henry, un-
date OF April, 1872, in which he
expressed the most tender afec.
tion for her, and confidence in her
statehood, and begs her, living or dead. TO
love him. She thinks he hints at suicide,
which hin: she often thinks Of with horror.
She concludes by saying that Henry had
succeeded in buying her silence with her
love, but eventually truth, which is stronger
than all things. will triumph. She asks her
brother Thomas to come, or send Edward.
She Gays her heat aches fer that poor
child Mira. WoodhulD whom, though che
cannot understand, she knows il pure and
unselfish, and that she always speaks for
freedom, truth and purity.
Thomas h. Beecher replied as follows:
DEAR BELLE-To allow the devil him
sell to be crushed for speaking the truth, is
unsreikatly cowardly and cOntemtible.
respect. as at present advised, Mrs. Wood
hull, while abhor her philosophy. She
only carries out q philosophy against which
/ recorded my pro,es. twenty years sgo. and
parted lovingly and achingly from him say
ing, I'VE cannot work together" He has
drifted. and have hardened like crystal,
till am sharpened and exacting. cannot
help him except by PRAYER. cannot help
him through Edward. In my Judgment
Henry il following his slippery doctrines Of
expediency, and in his cry for progress and
the nobleness Of human nature, has sacri-
feed the clear, exact ideal of integrity,
''hards off," until he Is down, and then my
pulpit, my home, my church, and my purse
and heart ara at his services. OF the two,
Woodhull i, my hero, and Henry my
coward, as a, present advised, but 1 protest
againat the whole batch and all its belong
ings. | was no. anli-slavery, and am not
anti-family; bu, as | wrote years sgo, when
I assaulted slavery because Of it's abomina-
tICES, I sIIil oSSIuiL tiit bSdSc,
family and all other Institutions Of eel6sh
usage You canno. help Henry. You
must be true to Woodruff. am out Of the
circle as yet, and am glad of it. When the
storm line include me, shall suffer a. n
christian, saving ''Cease ye from man." Do
not write to ME. Follow the Truth, and
whenever You need me cry cut.
Yours lovingly, Tom.
A postscript; says that the writer il over
wheimed, and that though the letter sound
hard, lie is suffering With the rest, though
he thinks them ali wrong On social 4ues-
tons. | honor and love them who suffer
for the cake of their convictions. My turn
to suffer will come in due time. In this
world all Christians shall suiisr tribulation;
SO eat, sleep, pray, take good aim, and .hoot,
and when the ache comes say even kereuntO
were We called. But | repeat, you cannot
help Henry at present.
Another postscript says: unseal my letter
to enclose point and add that you have not
proof as vet Of any offence on Henry's part.
Iour testimony would be allowed in no
court. Tilton, wife, Moulton & Co., are
witnesses; even Mrp. Stanton can only de-
Glaze hear-ay-sO il you move, remember
that you are standing on uncertain iDforma-
lion, and We shall not probably ever get
the fsct-, and l am glad Of it. II Mr.. and
Mrs. Tilton are brought into court nothing
will he revealed. Perjury, for good reason,
is with advanced thinkers no Sin.
Mr.. Moulion here read extracts from cor.
respondence between Mr.. and Mrs. Hooker.
10 chow that they had discussed the question
ong before Woodruff published her story.
One from Mr.. Hooker expresses a readiness
o swear to the stiius Of the matter, and the
.elief that Beecher's wish 10 confess was
'veIruled by prominent church members.
vhieh would lessen the hypocrisy but leave
he original Elm. lie also remarks on the
ppareatiy unwif.llke character OF the pre-
eedinss, in staying at home, while he II
broad, and fears that she will be regarded
3 holding Mrs. Woodhull's views and as
rac,icins her principles. There is not halt
he un,ru,h in explaining it as simply de-
o.ion to Mr.. Beechsr, as there has been
a my pretended approval of Mr.. Wood
ulPs course, and yet people think me an
ores. man. 1 have lied enough about
nat TO ruin the character of an average
ian, and have probably damaged myself BY
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