New-York tribune., 1874-07-23
TILTON'S STATEMENT.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
MR.. BEECIIERS FAME AND Ills BLAMELESS
LIFE UNINJURED.
From TIE Nep- York Herald.


ravesty OF logic follow 1t any further that this
famous letter Of conlrtiOn Is IN fact an eXoneraton
OF Mr. Tiltons charge. Upon what theD does 1t rest
In the first place. upon Mr. 1ton's own statements OF
verbal confessions made To him by his wife Now, Win
all respect for Mr. t0n he must excuse us for saying
that In matter affecting not only the honor ana virtue
OF "A who Is his wiie and the mother OF his emil
dren. and whom he ONLY Yesterday cerled 10 the worm
of dcyOut and banclesS character nut as also
affecting the honor Of the first Clergyman of his genera
tIOn-gray in years and influence aud dignity, Illus
triOus with the unstaned years oil Chrstan me- OF TO
less a mau than our incompatible Henry Ward Beechtr
In matter Ike TINS we must IaNc some mug iuulo m
than his avermcnts. This more particularly, When we
have the evidence OF Samuel Wlkeson thas these aver
ments arose from sense OF anger anu ,anYc Mi7 ~
when we have the reluctant evidence OF Mr. Bowen mat
Mr. TltOn not incapable OF writing menacing let
ter To Mr.. Beecher-a letter whch WOnd nave pen ,u
the subject indictment had 1t reached an intel-
gent Grand JuTy-simply to minister 10 the blsnrss
Interests of Mr. Bowen the proprietor OF rival news
paper. IL may he ungracous 10 recall there clicuh
stances now. and would not, perhaps, were III nOt
that we were dealing with such man as Mr.. Beecher
Having dismissed Mr. IltOn from this case as an act
OF Justice his great antagonist, we come 10 the eY
dence contained in the letters OF MI Beecher and Mrs
TitOn. We ind many of them marked with feeling,
not he regarded as happy We fad no letter that can
be construed into the admission O the crime OF adultery
as of "native delicacy and extreme sensbiity," ana
man who Is known to all the world as a clergyman OF
cisely the letters that would written by such
and such woman. The more closely we study them
the more are convinced that their relations were not
Incompatible with those Of true wife to her husband
1t Is duty to await the statement of Mr. Beecher
mis- is one of the most terrible that has ever
befaen public man. We are proud to feel that thus
far out OF his trial magnanlinOus, brave,
s0reystrcken SOUL who has suffered unspeakaDie sOr
rows, who shows himself IN no way unworthy OF his
genius his fame, aud the forty years oil his bdlneless
Christian life.
MR. TILTONs WORD WORTHLESS.
From IN. York World
With the nominal subject matter of this re-
voting paper not propose Just now TO concern
ourselves The questions OF Mrs TltOn's guilt or inno
and OF Mr. Beechers guilt or innocence have now
fort ne first.
such wise as 10 make 1t Imperative that they
should he settled. But this not because Mr.. Titon now
for the time after months and years Of dark innu-
endo and malignant inslnuatlon, plainly charges Mr.
ness to charge though he claims 10 be- Mr. Ton is
worthless witness for Mr It9n has wIten
nothing can be believed, nothing can be- al
firIned denied on the evidence OF a man VINO
exuts to show that with HIM nothing is sacred neither
ms pghtod word nor MS protested religion nor his self
respect a man. the nuptial chamber OF his welded
VIE The charge now made against Mr. Beecher rests.
so lar as Mr. ntOns statement enables us TO assign TO
any foundation at ALL upon the alleged knowledge had
of this charge ana the alleged action aAen III cOnse-
dueGce OF 1t by certain third parties, ana notably by Mr.
MoutOn, Mr.. Carpenter, and Mr. OhVer Johnson 1t Is
hut commonly just, by the way To say that letter
gwen in this statement as written by Mr. Oyer john
Mr. TlltOn this subject is absolutely tnc one
oasis manliness and right feeling which reireshes
this else desert waste sentimentalisn, puriency.
cOwardcc, aud fth. When Mr. Beecher shall have
ana Mr.. Boecner's testimony can be weighed
with or against theirs, 1t will be in order to form final
Judgment as 10 tue truth or falsehood OF the charge
which, 50 far 1t rests on anything now within the
vision the public. rests alone upon them aud
upon their testimony But rs to Mr. Iiton We need no
further evidence tnan has own. lie stands before us
by his act. naked, shameless, ana unaDished
Or rather lie does not stand IOr that j. tht
tic attitude OF manhOo Out sguats before u.s. eerng
obscene shape COirOphagous ana ioul' besIOOOerhB
with tears OF dramatic seIi-dluldOh the cteI5 oi t
woman lie had sworn To love- honor and cherish, and
spelling out with gecfu g0atng emphasis 70 the rlDald
crowd the syllabcs OF womans whispered tenderness
To enhance the picture he would pant Of his own mag
nanmo1s moral beauty aud Of that womln's ~retched
lapse from Loyalty 10 him and his great heart 1t Is
simply horrible.
WHAT MR. BEECHER MUST Do.
From The Yer. York star.
IL is needless now to ask what IutOnS
motive could been. Suffice 1t that SO far as he
was able he has blasted the reputation of his wife,
branded his children. and detained the man whom the
world honors and countless thousands love We believe
the world Will be better than he t Will shield the Wle,
BeecLer. Obviously the public Will deal Will tins
evidence precisely as With any other They VII ask
who ana what is Mr. TIlon and are his assertions
unsupported worth considernsl
Tne friends OF Mr.. Beecher wal claim that Tlton Is
liar, debauche, undithful In every phase Of lie dest
tute of honor and worthless witness. But the
public Won't be content with that: They want aud mns
while the puDic are quite ready to put lltOns charges
in the coventry he already occupies they are not pre-
pared TO swallow the letters purpOrtng TO come from
Mr.. Beecher without an explanation. And about them
arise three questions: /. Where are the cxpurgated
parts1 o Are they genuine forgcdi 8. II genuine,
what do they meant But one man can answer the last
question and would be glad 10 nave him, at once,
answer all three That he eau do so we believer that ne
will do so believe And yet II 1t not for public
pressure aud the nsstance OF his advisers we fear Mr.
Erecher would keep STILL OF all he l. most singular.
Only those who know him well, know him ~ alt On ms
magnanimiy TltOn has traded for years on 1t he and
Mention rely to-day To the Committee we address this
appeal Compel Mr.. Bcecher to think little Tor his own
reputation. He would to-day 80 on his knees from here
more because Tlton has to the devil in the
deavor TO iujure him. No greater brain. no warmer
heart foolish man lives His BRAN feeds the
nation His heart humanity. HIS folly shields
guilty, protects the worthless aids tue mean ana
warns the snake We trust in the Committee. To them
have been committed Ton ana his beastliness. To
them Mr.. Be'cher and hls fame Compromise Is done
IL nInH
can be furnished. The public believe In Beecher-Dut
they want the facts aud are entitled to have them
NEVER OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC
From The Eeo. YorE Commercial Adterfi.r.
Mr.. TitOn's "statement" does not alter the
condition the Brooklyn scandal, eXcep In rendering
il incnmbent on Mr. BeeOher reply TO its allegations.
Eyerybody has known tho nature OF Mr.. Tou't accu-
satuus from the be ginning. The statement" simply
lets tie light OF day in upon the of abomnation,
and enables the world to more clearly the charac
of the crawling wrigglng Things tnat make up its
remembered that but side OF this most melancholy
tale been heardsave and except the loose utter,
with equal activity and pertinacity, according to
the quality OF Temperature required at the
cradle and disgraceful should have ever been
permitted to be made public. Wnat are the wrongs OF
one of one woman TO the deep and widespread
ing agony and which have been and must be
occasoned by disclosures There was evidently
such atmosphere OF degradation and OF intimate SIN
surrounding the characters in this drama that a
very demi-god could not have existed in IT without
can be subserved by opening up this moral sink OF
niquty TO with its mepilic yapors the sancnty OF
leety Of the domestic hearthstone' the very
life Of society Upon the shoulders of those who have
done tins thing shall here and hereafter awful
responsibility. Whether time and future disclosures
shall display the secret OF this cruel indictment
awful SANDER shall to pull down from his lofty
emnence great noble exponent OF the best prnci
pes OF human and the wOrthest aspirations
the heart-whateyer shall become the result OF 1t all
nothing will have been gained and civilization itself
viii have refrigerated through the wicked mOnstrosity
OF this most base ana unnecessary exposition.
ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE CASE
From The Nee- York Erenia0 MGiL
We do not know through whose fault it was
that this document gwen to the paper which
published it, IL would have been infinitely better for
the ends of Justice all the evidence before the Ex