The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-16

Mrs. Tilton was an extremely sympa-
thetic woman, willing to yield to the IN
huence OF others and ready to take advice
l knew Elizabeth when | WIZ ten years
old; we decame confessed lovers ut six
teen, and were married ut twenty; when
she came to her downfall, | found that
she was wrapped up in her religious be-
lei, and Sinncd when IN trance at her
teachers bidding; my protest was pub
liShed in the independent after the pub
lcatiou of the Cleveland letter; the point
of defense between Bcecher and myself
was that in the year of 1866; Mr.. Beech
er and were members of the Republi-
can party. ard the independent was one
of It's mouth-piccr>; Mr.. Beechers
Cleveland letter WAS an offence against
that parry III that letter. He rccom-
mendcd the restoration of the Southern
States without making any condition Cor
negroes. He wanted the Southern States
to come back without condition, and |
wanted them to come back with the con-
dition named BY the electoral franchise
for negroes. Witness recognized paper
-hown him as a copy of the protest and
it was read in evidence by Fullerton.
The writing of this protest continued.
witness, did not break up the friendly
relations between Becchcr and myself.
Bcechcr', part in the woman movement
was never marked. He was
one of the first. men to take
part in the movement. Mrs.
Tilton was also active in the movement,
and it was ,hr, in large degree, who
inspired me to take part IN it, as ! did;
as to marriage | think it is the union of
one man to one woman for life, for bet
ter or worse calm or storm, not only in
life but pcrhap, after and as to divorce,
TiIton on Divorce.
think this State Is behind other States
rs to the reasons for divorce; in this
State there are only one cause for divorce
and in other States there are other
causes; | hold that if man neglccts his
wife, or refuses to maintain her, or Is II
hahltuul drunkard, she Is entitled to Il
divorce; | thought civilization demanded
that our code should be changed to the
New England code giving divorces for
various aud satisfactory reasons;
in New Hampshire Il man II
he remains away from his wife one year
she can obtain divorce but Il man mar
ricd TO IL woman here might remain away
seventy years and his wife could get no
divorce; ! never advocated the doctrine
of free love, or said that if man found
that hr had an affinity for another wo-
man that that was sufficient cause Of
divorce; | never advocated that civil
law should have no control over this, !
only held that the law should be more
liberal; the allu>ion in my poem to
orange buds was in no way immoral, Is
the orange buds are symbol of marriage,
and it was IN that sense | used the
words in the last when II man prof
fcrS marriage 10 Il woman he asks
her if she will accept some orange buds?
| cannot fix the date of the removal of
BccCher's portrait from my house, but
it was in consequence Of Il threat Of Mrs.
Morscs to cut 1t to pieces; she threaten
ed 10 plunge her scissors into it; she was
in earnest then, and in "A perfect frenzy:
the portrait was then in my house stand.
ing on the floor; | had taken it down
july Sd removed it and sent it down To
Mouton's because ] thought she would
destroy it; found some Of my witcs
correspondence with Bcccher in small
closet after she left, together with some
photograph, and books he had given her;
this produced and it, contents | found
in the same closet, and it contained gifts
from Bocchrr. and among them these