River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-06-25

the discharge of the mortgage upon Mr..
Tilton's house, but when it was not ac.
cepted he reprcached Mr.. Moulton for not
having availed himscl of his proffer. On
the I'd day of May, 1874, Theodore Tilton
wrote these manly words to Henry Ward
Beecher:
TIE GOLDEN Ace, May 81, s74.
: SlR-l have Just this morning learned IN
my surprise and sorrow, that Mr. +. b. Carpen
ter, whose good will toward both Won and me
IS unquestionable, has consulted YOU concern.
ing the use OF your money, influence and good
Offices Tor the enlargement OF the capital of the
Golden Age. Mr.. Carpenter mentions
uons 70 me also your saying to him that, under
certain conditions involving certain disavowals
by me, sum OF money would, or could be
raised to send me with my family to Europe
for term OF years. Of course YOU need no
assurance that such an application or suqpes.
ton IS wholly unauthorized by me and Is in.
eXpressibly repugnant to my feelings. The &C.
easion compels me to state explicitly that so
long as life and self-respect continue TO exist
together in my breast shall be debarred from
receiving either directly or indirectly any Pc
cuniary or other favor az your hands The
reason for this feeling on my part you know so
well that spare you the statement OF il.
Yours truly, THEODORE TlLT0N.
And the man thus writing, thus reject
ing; not only pecuniary aid, but any ia
yor, from the hands Of Mr.. Beecher, is
still insisted upon before you by counsel,
before the world by every influence and
species OF engineering which can be
used to
AFFECT PUBLIC SENTIMENT,
as deliberate conspirator, blackmailer
and perjurer In May, 1874, this was
written. If he sought for money, if he
wanted encouragement and aid from the
strong arm of Henry Ward Beecher then,
when the Gotden Age was struggling un-
der adversely and misfortune, as my
friends say, if he was oppressed by the
public sentiment Of the world, why did
Theodore Tilton, if he possessed that de.
graded and infinitely mean spirit attrib.
uted to him, | ask you, in all confidence
and honor, why did he write letter like
this ! How can you account for it : Con.
spirators do not very often, where there
is proffer of the very object at which
they are aiming, when it is within their
grasp and needs only acceptance to be Sc.
cured. Conspirators are not very often
inclined to resign the spoil. "The rea-
son of this feeling on my part you know
so well that / spare you the statement OF
it," What answer did Henry Ward
Beecher make to thatl When Mr.. Til.
ton dsclaimed the friendly efforts Of Mr..
Carpenter in his behalf.-efforts upon an.
other occasion and in another direction in
the city of New York, which have given
my learned friends an accession, and a
topic for charging further blackmail--
II Mr.. Tilton thus disclaimed the efforts
of his friends and rejected aid from Henry
Ward Beecher implying that there were
circumstances in his conduct and his
treatment which would make it 6egre.
dation for Theodore Tilton to receive
any favor from his hands-why, if he
was innocent and unconscious of ofense,
was he silent? 1t is sworn to by Mr..
Moulton, detailing conversation between
himself and Mr.. Beecher that the latter
said che hoped Theodore would be sue.
cessful in the enterprise THAT was the
Golden Age, and he said he would like
to aid, if he could, in establishing the
paper, and told Theodore of that and
he said he could not receive any aid from
Mr.. Beecher in establishing the paper,
and SO told Mr.. Beecher. 1 said to Mr..
Beecher that was what Mr.. Tilton said -