New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-17
sit. This was declared to be The condition of Mr..
vTnD paooEBDIyGs-- yEReA1IM
MRS. TrLTOv'S EXTRACTION.


TIE Court met at IL pursuant to adjourn
neat
NJ, Beach--NAy 1T PLEASE YOUg UoSog: assume.
goll. that the retraclion considering was
qoaiueI FROM Ms. Triton through the influence OF Mr.
e cher. and was dictated by him. She asserts IL Ia the
document which she executed the evening all she
r,iteaer thai d.cIa aOn you Will remember. in tho
better she subsequently addressed 10 DR. sorrs, at the
solicitation 10 dcciao OF Mr.. Carpentor. There are
soe pecaariles about the document Itself which would
| seem pretty clearly to Indicate its origin.
Wearicd with Importantly, and weakened BY sickness,
igavc letter ncupdiRc my ttend ilpnTy War lRoecer
phst word "incUlpang in not womans word. IL Il
rather unusual phrase. II is commonly used
amony professional men, although by means napprp-
pirate unused by Guilty tel under al circin-
Stances hat it does not belong to the phIase,losy Of the
houseloi, and 10 the orl n1ry style OF expression Of
wouianhooI and when fna in the " Letter Of Con-
titiOn," IL Ia called OF Mr.. BeCChor somewhat SIM
lar phrase used it rather suggests TIE probability that
Mr. Becoer had something {" d, IN framing t'iis retFa-
ton Mr. Bcecher in tiat Letter Of Coniron" uses
| this expression:
Bat others must hive AMI suffer. viii die before any
one bat myself shall he nculpated
Mrs. TiltOn writes:
I gave u letter inculpatng my friend Henry ward
Dcechcr.
Well. that j. rather slug liar coincidence I said to
while ago that we identify persons AZ much by tier
style Of Rhetoric their ordinary form OF expression, as
pcculri;ies of language, as niub haze sho~n yoi ;
AID when lind In dozen nent the nso OF word n-
common female lips and in another d0aieut attlo-
utci Mr. Bcecher the use of the same phrase IL
rather supports, tank. tire declaration of AIRS Tton
at Henry Ward Beeccr dictated that document In tho
rassertion OF her original declaration Ms. Ilton says
He II w. Beecler dictated letter which COPIED rs
NV own be used az inst any otec acoastr except
nv husband.
In the sforrs letter she says:
Late the same evening Mr. 2. - me, Twin very
81 K at fhr time and he with distress. -ayirl had
SsI S an i Sa. c@E,a u Odd GS Mt n'' MEAN - & H
tn Thought was asonging t. me- th-n signed % paper
| which he wrote to clear li,' ia case OF trial
Now Ms Be.cher t'sties that Mr Tilt,u wrote this
| naner with her own hau'ls. She did uui1ubicy bat
WI Deeeher she says, the aor OF 1t, ana she ~
claes that written by Mr. Beecier AMI tin COPIED
nv her This suggestion has besn IN de 70 M by g'l
eman Of intel ,once, and present 1t - you 80 one
worthy of considerable reflection in connection with the
production Of papers II Is in proof by Mr. Bescier
hiulseli. that when he returncd from Mi. TLtons 10
,uitons 10 communicated to nobody tUit hc had OBJ
hined this roSracton. That IS certain How was II mat
on thlt same night Me-. rhOns rotarn 10 hs hoaic
he le.sael that Mrs. T0n hli given that rc.sacton
NoultOn dIi not know il. Beocber had not e,nnln-
Gated 10 10 either M0ll,onUr Titpn; anlyet We find On
that srne night this woman, ~ is said by the
,ier side under the domination AM contol ~ her hs
d. al, making - reLsseltiOu ~ tIo O.ignh accnsltJn
TOw the force Of this sheraton Is not 10 be aNoHo'
Ve mus certain tat IL. BcO3her ee'e ho ~
orullon Of the paper All these WIS no o. er sOuee
through which Mr. Tdt0n could learn OF itS existence
except Nr Be,:ler Mrs. Elton None Of tla inn las
If the house present at te interview betWSla them,
Tor you remember how The apartment WAS deserted ~
Mrs Mitchell, and LEFT the oecuPinoyof Ms Elton
and Bsecher alone. Is it not perfectly obvrs, gentle
men, that when Mr.. TOn o. tat n,sat reon.hrt /" Ms
house. the wife eonnuncltd ia him tie G,ct that at iiic
visit Of Ir. Bahrr Mr.. BeooIer Ia extracted from heF
RI,
acted anon her own voluntary i'm y,lsel In giving to
her hehinl mtIng this conn lncaOl of w11t iti1s-
prcI az her interview vita III Bcocder, SIC m W.
nary 81 ulcnt her lr,b nj g, ppteet him tn he
colss .aIces tlt retr aDl. an ~ OK h naiOfy OF
ID. ercuns bgcos mier which sle had nriie Il.
Wci IL seems to somewhat sin 7.nir 'tlat tir
BecIer should have gone to the house OF Mr. Elton
ui ~ the cigcIl,tIicss, without insisting That some
third rsn should accompany MIA. Tx, his pics mr." OF
lhe ID ervisW between Lin and Triton; accept his theory
tia ne was perfectly nnooent-tht tlore hid boon n,
act upon his part consciously which pr1daood any d
tu,,ce in tue household ~ Mr. riitor or wnch Accord
IN TO . nproesoa lo in any ieIiee to aIien,r Tie
,fefi"ns ~ Nrs. Elton frOn Der htsbanL Wei. what
would nave been yoir conduct either or yon gentlemen
md = such c.rcdn,Lincesl Acoussl az vie AMI 80
grading 0flse, over the signlue OF LADY upon wIrin
ms ccs wer, sail 10 hare b'cn evertcl, he, hnugi
face to face VITA tie hIDuI holding the cJil's'i0h OF
the wife, anl he, the man VINO il represented TO
he frank and u0lie and brave, and armed al
the sune t;,ne with conscious innpcence-w"nld
Henry Ward Beecher, judging by yoir own Observation
and experience uDler Ctese circumstances nave gone
r vatey AM alons the bel chamber Of this sick liy
and acid win private interview AMI gained from
her a private wrn, .ns lin. AMI he'll it sscfet
fon the very parties with whom hpur before he hal
be N ia coavprstti III ilp the vera ,cf WHAT would
have been the inplss oil man of Ike ehnr tetei. an
conscious his entire parityi Way. he would have sId
10 This husband: rhis IL mast sfevois ma mn'n@
bic s,ae This l~iYis sut'ring IN Ter SOHO halucin-
ton have been guilty OF this wrong II Is shoeN-
ing AMI terrible. Go with Sir. t. the presence %
YOUR wife: let IA have interview let probe ani
examine the motives to this declaration let rs SEQ what
are the influences, IL there bs any, unworthy ami i'm
proper. what Is the misconcepion uniir winch t'is
woman ltbors inducing her 10 make THIS false accusa
ton" Why, this would have been the language AMI tLe
conduct 1T great ami noble and an honorable man as
Mr. Beecher is represented be- If he had beon limo
cent
And after he hal tins sought private interview and
ylined this retTcion ful exoncrtdOn OF the charge
nnde az iist him. il he consciously innocent, IL the
deep load Of modification. astonshnent, AMI appreheI
sion which the accusation but an hour before
hai thrown upon him hal been iiffei. why how
gla lily AMI cheerfu'ly wonll he have gone Into the
presence OF Ti,olore TLtOn and presented 10 MN
that retraction. Here. Sir Is the declaration of
vor wife You have charged me with an lnianons or
tense believed that You we're honest In miNnS tue
charge aud that you trnsed tbs ev iencs furnished u
you by your WIFE, anl with your permission have seen
hor have appe led 70 her justice her integrity her re-
gard for nv position AMI character. And this L. tas 70
suta fun AMI complete vim lcatiOn and askyou, Sir
o believe that am Innocent AMI to rctnct the charge
Won have made" Now ia there any doubt geislenen
lsug Of an ordinary man, and according 10 oar o-1-
nary conceptions of character and action IL t"ie any
dont II Mr Beecher had bsea tue character he Is repre-
scented 10 be- and htd pursuei the innocent AMI honor
HE conduct he claims 10 have follo~ed-s there any
d,ubt tint that would have been the prompt aud the
ry,dy respon5e which Mr.. Beecher would tnat night