Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-07-03

favor at your hand.
The reason for this feeling on my part |
you know so well that | will spare you the |
statement of it. Yours truly,
THEODORE TILTON.
Why did Mr.. Beccher desire the absence
of Tilton enough to raise money to keep
him and his family in Europe for term of
years ? What were the disavowals upon
which the raising of the money was condi-
toned These be conunGrums
In Mr.. Bacon's speech on the Brooklyn
Council, the following occurs
"Another part of the theory is that Mr..
Beecher's magnanimity is unspeakable. L
never knew man of a larger and more
generous mind. One who was in relations
to him the most intimate possible, said 10
me, IF l wanted to secure his highest love,
/ would 60 into a church-meeting and ac-
cuse him of crimes This is his spirit.
But l think he may carry it too far. A
man whose life is treasure to the Church
Universal, to his country, to his age, has
no right to subject the faith in it to such
strain. And ] think Mr.. Beecber would
have done better to have let vengeance
come on the heads of his slanderers.
Whereupon Mr. Tilton publishes the fol-
lowing which he has held in his possession
four years:
BROOKLYN, Jan. i, 1871.
l ask Theodore Tilton's forgiveness, and
humble myself before him as l do before
my God. He would have been better
man in my circumstances than i have been.
can ask nothing except that he will re-
member all the other breasts that would
ache. L will not plead for myself. 1 even
wish that l were dead.
III. w. BEECHER.
This letter was written oy Mr.. Beecher
at the demand of Mr.. Tiltou. The act for
which he begs forgiveness is stated to have
been an attempt upon Mrs. Tilton of the
most gross nature, which Mrs. Tilton in
dignantly rejected, and which Mr.. Titon
as Indignantly resented. Whether it is
true or not that Beecher made base pro-
posals to Mrs. Tilton, there is no doubt as
to the genuineness of the letter. What is
omitted from it no one knows but Tilton,
Beecher and the friend who was present
when it was written. 1t is presumed, how
ever, by Mr.. Beecher's enemies to be the
confession of specific sin, while his friends
insist that there is no such thing in it,
My opinion is that Mr.. Tilton has said
either too little or too much. If he has
proof positive that Henry Ward .Beecher
did make infamous proposals to his wife,
no delicacy should stop him from making
that proof public. If he has this proof he
owes it to himself. to his wife, and to the
public that such great hypocricy he un-
masked, and so great hypocrite be pulled
from the place he dishonors. But his
charges are vague, indefinite, and indirect.
He says Mr. Beecher committed an offence
against him, but he does not state what
that offence was. He addresses note to
him, declining pecuniary assistance, but
does not give the reasons therefor. He
publishes an apology from Beecher, one.
half of which is omitted.
submit that if the public are entitled
to any knowledge Of this :hing, they ART
entitled to know all about it. Mr. Beechel
is guilty or not guilty. He cannot be tried
on indefinite statements. So great n man
can only be killed by indefinite charges
with proof enough behind them to carry
conviction. Nothing else will do. If Mr..
Tilton has the proof-and i. looks as though
he had-he makes mistake in not putting
it forward. 1t is what the people who be-
lieve in Mr.. Beecher will demand, and they
will take nothing less. The course Mr.
Beecher's friends will take is foreshadowe6
in their remarks last night. They propose
to ignore the whole thing. They say thai
an offence for which an apology was offered
and accepted, could not have been anything
serious, or anything beyond misunder
standing. They reiterate their confidence
in their pastor, and express their determi
nation to stand By him. This will compe
Mr.. Tilton to make specific charges, fol-
nothing else will vindicate him. We shall
see what he will do.
: BUSINESS
has little better look The action of Con
gress in fixing permanently the currency
so that business men may depend with
some degree of certainty upon what to
morrow is to bring forth. has done some
thing toward reviving trade. That is tc
say, usiness men are gathering themselve:
together and getting ready to do something
The settlement Of the currency question
and the prospect of n glorious crop encour
ages them to hope at least. May thei
hopes be realized But the times canno
by materially improved here till next spring
Men who wanted TO build and improve
were afraid to in the spring, and it is nov
too late in the season to commence
, There will be great deal of suffering thi!
, season and next winter.
THE WEATHER.
New York is parooifing now. The ther
mometer gets up to % degrees just easy AZ
possible and it stays there too. Everybody
is out of town who can get out. Would
that I could 90 with the crowd