Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-23

the condition of affairs, as regards
/ Beecher himself, after the fall OF 1871 as
| disconnected with the affairs Of Bowen.
( At about this time / received letter
I cent by Mrs. Woodruff to Beecher. She
/ says to him:
/ FOR reasons in which yOa are deeply Inter
I ested, as well as myself, the cause OF truth, I
desire TO have an interview with you, without
/ fail, AT some hour tomorrow. Two Of your
sisters have gone out OF their way to assail my
character aud purposes. and by means OF the
{ public press, and by private letters written to
/ various persons, with whom they seek To in
] iure me, and thus to defeat the political ends
! at which aim You doubtless know that II
l is in my power 10 strike back, and In ways
/ more disastrous than anything that can come
I 70 me. repeat tnat must have an inter-
I view tomorrow, since am 70 speak 10 NOR
/ TOW evening at Steinway hall, and what 1
/ shall or shall not say viii depend largely upon
/ the result Of the interview.
! The letter Occasioned Tilton much
anxiety, lest Mrs. Woodruff, In pro-
/ ceeding against Beecher and her sis
ter7, would thereby involve Mrs.
/ Tiiton accordingly. Knowing that
Beeeher and Mrs. Woodruff we're to
have an interview at my house the next
day, be came to it unlimited, and urged
Beeeher to preside on that evening at
/ Steinway hall. After Mrs. Woodruff
| left TiltOn repeated his urgency to
/ Beeeher. On that evening / went to
/ Steinway hall with TiltOn, and finding
no one there to preside, Tilton volun-
/ teered to preside himself, which, be-
lieye, had the effect of preventing Mrs.
I Woodhull's proposed attack on Beecher.
On the thirtieth of December, 1871 ,
D NTra KTalaIat,n ~. -
Bsecher, desiring he would speak at the
Hcman's suffrage convention in Wash
I ilgtoD, to be held on the tenth, eleventh
sld twelfth Of January following. That
letter Beecher forwarded with the fol-
loving note, of the date of January 2,
1872:
BEECHER TO MOULTON.
BEooRLYN, Tuesday evening"
January 2, 1872.
MY DEAR MOULTON-I send you V. IS let
ter TO me, and "A reply which l submit TO your
judgment, Tell me what you think. Is It too
long? viii she use IL for publication? ! do
not wish TO have it so used. do not mean to
speak on the platform Of either Of the two
suffrage societies. What influence [ exert L
prefer TO do on my own hook. l do not mean
TO train with either party, and il will not be
fair TO press me in where do not wish 10 90.
But leave 1t for you TO judge for me. 1 have
/ leaned on you hitherto, and have never been
sorry for it. was mistaken about the ChYfstiGll
Cntoi coming out so early that he couldn't get
notice Of the Golden A0s in IL. II was lust the
other way 20 be delayed, and to send you a
rough proof of the first page and the star artl-
ole in the paper tomorrow. line or so will
be inserted 10 soften a little the touch about
the christian. Do you think I ought TO
keep copy OF any letters to V. W? Do you
think 1t would be better TO write 1t ag9in, and
not say much viii you keep the letter TO
me? and send the other, II you Judge IL wise
VIII you send line 10 my house in the morn
| ing what you conclude? l am full OF com
{ rlrrg ff.rlN~ n a1aTa Ffr.sas
p1-'' '''- u '-' anu 'l'''''H"s sR!w. B.
There is a paragraph in this note
which needs word of explanation. l
had advised Beecher, in order that he
might show that there was no unkindly
feeling between him and Tilton, to pub
lish in the Christian Union a response
to the Golden Age He agreed to do so,
but instead of that he had q notice
which thought was worse than il he
had said nothing; and the allusion in
the second paragraph of this letter is to
the letter which had written to Beech
er upon the two topics, this and Mrs.
Woodruff.
On the fifth of February, 1872, re-
ceived from Mr.. Beeeher q letter OF that
date, which is included in the statement
of Mr.. Beecher already published. This
letter was to let me know that Elizabeth
had written to him, contrary to her
promise, without my permission, and
also to inform me of his fears as to the
change in TiltOn's mind, and its clear
statement of the case, as it then stood
cannot be further elueidated by me. On
the twenty-ffth Of March 1 received a
portrait of Tilton as a present from Mr.
Bescher, with q note, as q token of his
confidence and respect.
BEECHER TO MoULTON.
Ny DEAR FRIEND-I sent on Friday or Sat
urday portrait of TiltOn to the store for you.
I have been doing ten mems work this winter
partly to make up lost time and partly be-
cause / live under cloud, feeling every
moment that may be doing my last work,
and am anxious to make the most OF IL.
When EsaU sold his birthright he found no
place for repentance and tears, but have one
abiding comfort. have known you and
found in you one who has given new mean
ing TO frndship. As soon as the warm days
come want you to go TO PeekSkl with me.
l am OF in an hour for Massachusetts, 10 be
gone all the week. 1 am urging forward my
second volume OF the lie Of ChTiSt, for the
night cometh when no man can work. With
much affection and admiration, yours truly,
II. W. BEcCHER.
MONDAY MORNING, March 25, 1872.
After Tilton had written q campaign
document against Grants administra-
ton and in favor OF Mr.. Greeley's elec-
tiOn, Beecher discussed with me the po-
sition taken by TiltOB. Beecher also
gave me copy Of his (Beecher's) speech
opening the Grant campaign in Brook
Iyn. After the speech was delivered he
sent me the following note Of May l7th,
1872, whichI here produce.
BEECHER To MoULTON.
MAY II, 1872.
Ny DEAR FRANK send you the only copy
have OF my speech at the Academy of Music,
n n Grant and have marked the naESngR that
We spoke about last night, and you Will see
just what said, and that 1 argued then just
as I do now. Pray send IL back, or l shall be
without a speech. read fheodore's on
Grant. I don't think 1t Jest. Ii is ably writ
en-. This is a case Of grape shot; yet l think
ir viii Overact. II is 100 strong and will be
i=ely to produce feeling among those not
algeady intense. 1t is excessive. Yours sim
cerely, etc, II. WI Il.
Dom forget to send me my speech.
About the time of this occurrence
Mr.. Beecher and Tilton met at my
house on friendly terms, in fact l can't
exhibit better the tone of TiltOn's mind
in the winter and spring of 1871, than to
produce here letter written me at that
time without date, but can fix the date
as early as that.
TILTON To BI0ULTON.
HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD,l
MONDAY MOENING.
train is IN motion, which accounts for the
apparent drunkenness of the shaken chiro-
grsphy. Mrs. Beecher sits in the next seat.
We are almost elbow to elbow IN a palace
car. She is white-haired, and looks a dozen
years older than when last had near view
Of her. NV heart has been full OF pity for
her, notwithstanding the cruel way in which
she has treated my good name. Her face is
written over with many volumes OF human
suffering. l don't think she has been aware
of my presence, for she has been absorbed in
thought, with her eyes rooted TO one SPOT. A
suggestion has occurred 10 me, which ! hasten
to communicate. she IS going to Florida, and
may never return alive. If l am ever 10 be
Vindicated from the ISLANDERS which she has
circulated, or which Mr.. Bowen pretends 10
have derived from her and Mrs. Morse, why
would IL not be well to get from her and Mrs.
Morse, a statement under oath, by such
process SIS last evenings documents, and
make easy and harmless OF the exact
narrations which they have made to
him and Others II would be well TO have
them say what they said before he gets
chance to say what they said to him. speak
to MIR. Ward about it. Of course 1 leave the
matter wholly TO you and him. am unusu-
ally heavy-hearted this morning. A sullen
neighbor keeps the dark and lurid past WV
idly before my mind. II she actually knew
the condition which her priestly husband
has been guilty Of, 1 believe she would shed
his blood; or, perhaps saving him, she would
Wreak her wrath on his victim. There is a
look OF desperation in her eye to-day, as if
she were competent to do anything bitter or
Tevengeful. But perhaps misjudg her mind.
l hope do. snail moi be home till Thursday
evening, instead Of morning, as / said-leav-
ing for Washington nine O'Clock that evening.
Ever yours, THEODORE.
On the third of June, 1871, Beecher
received from Mrs. Woodruff the follow
ing letter Of that date:
MRS. woODHULL TO BEECHER.
IS BROAD STREET, June 3, 1872.
Rev. II. Ward Beeeher:
DEAR SIR-The social fight against me
being now waged in this city is becoming
rather hotter than l can well endure longer.
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