The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-09-19
Another Manifesto from TiIton,
A Singular Letter from Elizabeth

CHICAGO, Sept. 1s-The Tribune pub.
lishes an extra this afternoon contafninl
/ the full text OF Tlltons second statement
and entirely filling four pages, or twenty
eight columns. The first TWO columns
j are devoted 10 proving, by extracts iron
:, letters, DC, the friendly relations existing
between Beechcr and TiltOn and theil
strong affection Tor each other, and tn,
marital felicity Of Tilton and his wife ur
! TO the time OF the alleged infdelity OF tht
latter. lie contradicls the allegation
OF Beecher OF Tilton's yindictivenesl
toward him and OF his and Mrs. Tilton'l
,. claim OF his brutal treatment OF her dur
ing ten unhappy years. He then comes
: TO the story Of his wile's confession made
! to him July 81, 1870, just after her return
, from visit to the country and tho cir
! cumstances under which the confession
! was made, and the substance OF II he
states explicitly, and which does not differ
: materially from the previous statemen,
! except that II Is more circumstsntal, he
giving the date Of infiielity as October
10, 1868, at the time when Tilton was
absent In New England. Shc showed her
husband q memorandum marked at that
date "a memorable day" She further
said that on the next Saturday, while her
husband was still absent, Beecher visited
her and again committed adultery with
her, and also stated various other times
! and places OF similar occurrences during
the ensuing fall and winter and the fol.
lowing spring. This confession, he de-
clsres, was made voluntarily, and not in
, response to any accusation Of guilt by
HIM, as he had made none; and this con.
lesion, be says, was also made by her
subsequently TO others, including Susan
d. Anthony, and In proof OF this he pro.
duces portion Of the letter from Miss An.
thony to Mrs, Isabella Hooker, dated No.
yember, 1G, 1879, which plainly indicates
that the writer was possessed OF Mrs.
Tilton's secret, and also that she laid the
entire blame in the matter upon Beecher.
Mr.. Tilton here refers to Beecher's in
timation that Mrs. Tilton gave him her
love unsought by him, aud declares ii
false, and in this connection quotes por.
tion OF the note from Mrs Elizabeth Cady
stanton to Moulton, dated September
1874, in which she speaks Of Beecher's
base charge that Elizabeth Tilton thrust
her love on him unsought," and adds {:
You know better than Susan or do the
time and arguments by which he achieved
his purpose" He also quotes from letters
OF Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, and enumera,es
the presents made by him 10 her un-
known to himself (Tilton), as a proof OF
the affection proiessed by Beecher. He
next takes up Mrs. Morse, his mother.in.
law, and shows her unreienriug hatred of
him and her constant attempts to ruin
his character, giving copious extracts
from letters written 10 him by her, ex-
pressing the fercest hate in tho most
Incorporate language. This Is p.elimi.
nary TO the proof sdduced that Mrs. Til.
ton made confession 10 her mother OF
her crlminality with Beecher, which con.
fession he says was first made verbally
at the time when, in reply 10 Mrs. Morseis
accusation OF him in presence oil her
daughter Of liason with lady friend
OF the faulty, he told her she must speak
more respectfully OF the master O. the
house and its visitors or leave 1t, and that
he would hold her daughter responsible
for her behavior In this respect, and he
produces the following letter written to
him by Mrs. Tilton from Marietta, Ohio,
In November. 1870, and inclosed in note
to her mother.
NOVEMBER, 1870.
feel my duty now, and love to you,
my dear mother, impels me to send you
a copy of letter which l this morning
have written to Theodore, which insist
that you destroy and not use In conver:
sation with him. This, because OF my
trust in you, you will do sure.
| FRIDAY MORNING.
| Oh ! Theodore, Theodore what shall l
say to you! My tongue and pen are
dumb and powerless, but ! must force
my aching heart 10 protest against your
cruelty. l do not willingly chlde, suffer
most whenI ! discover toyou my feelings.
| Doyou not know that you are fulfillipg
your threat that II shal! no longer be
considered the saint" My life is before
you. Ihave aspired to nothing save 10
DO through manifold infrmities my best,
and that not for human praise, but for
the grstiul love l feel toward Jesus Christ,
my God. Do you know also, that when
In any circle you blscken MI. Beechers
name, and soon after couple mine with
it, you blacken mine as well! When.
by your threats, my mother cried
out In agony to me, why, what
have you done, Elizabeth, my child ?"
her worst suspicious were aroused, and
laid bare my heart then, that from nv
lips, and not ydhrs, she might receive the
dagger into her heart. Did not nv dear
child Florence learn enough by insinua-
tions that her sweet, pure soul agouized
10 secret till she broke out with the dread.
iai question. know not but it hath been
her death blow. When you say to nv
beloved brother that Mr.. Beechef preach,
es TO forty of his VS. every Sunday; ther
: follow with the remark that after nv
death you have dreadful secret to re-
veal, need he be told any more ere the
sword pass into his soul? After this YOU
are my champion are you? II is now Toe
late You have blackened nv character
and 1t ia for my loved ones that suffer,
Yea, Tor the agony which the revelation
: has caused you, my cries ascend to
, Heaven night and day that upon mine
own head all the anguish may fall
Believe you that l would thrust a
like dart into you sisters or brother's
heart were there occasion? No would
: not indeed. SO alter my death you will
, to the bereaved hearts Of those who love
me add the poisoned balm. In heather
lands the sins Of our beloved are buried
and only their virtues are remembered
Theodore, your past Is safe with me, roll
b ed up and put away never to be opened
: though il is big with stains oil various
/, hues, unless you force me for the sake oi
my children and friends TO disclose II in
self defense or their defense Would you
suffer were | 10 cast shadow on any
lady whom you lover Certainly, If you
have any manliness you would. Even &C
every word, look or intlmatiou agains,
Mr.. Beecher, though | be In nowise
brought in, Is an agony beyond the pierc