New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-25

which had hitherto been ono OF improper solicitations
was now TO be changed TO one OF adultery
The Committee appointed TO inquire into the Ofense
and apology by Mr. Beecher alluded 20 in Mr.. Titoni
letter To DR. Bacon respectfully report: That after exam
naOn they IND t1as an by Mr. Bcccher against
Mr. and Mrs Theodore TiltoD, Tor when no made snut
Syeness and good Will Tho Committee further report
that this seems to them most eminenty Cnr1tan way
for the settlement OF difficulties ana rcnecS pohof u"
all the parties concerned"
There the recorded judgment Of Theodore Tton ~
made upon tho 18th Of July 1874 and which he asks you
falsify. Observe, gentlemen " you please that
there mpuaton In this report OF Auditory On inc
contrary the unnamed onse is stated to DO one against
Mrs Tton Tton certines that the ofrense was for
which ON apology suitable rcparation He eeries
that 1t was an OfeDse against Mrs. Triton wbich
called for apology to her. what! para
mOur apOlogziDg TO mistress Tor eighteen months
OF adulter0us intercourse In mutual prostitution! But
more tho cuckold husband and debauehed vile unto ID
accepting the apology, and the betrayed and dishoDored
husband his good will to the clerical deoachce
and In his own handwriting Theodore Tilton, knowing
then every fact which he knows now asks committee
Of the leading citizens Of Brooklyn TO certify that such
foul and infamous transaction reflected honor on all the
parties concerned These the ideas OF truth ana
honor entertained by Theodore Titon and Francis d.
Moulton. On the Sabbath before Tilton had sent his
threat to Redpah to change the charge TO adultery
Moulton had his false and treacherous message
that Ton enraged with him because he loved
he, tho mutual friend, stood ready with his well
ground battle-ax 10 sInite either to tho earth
that should attempt to cruelty the other.
This Is tho precious document OF which Theodore III
ton was the writer and Francis Moulton the bearer 10
thenerview Beecher and Moulton on Thursday
the I4h of July, after Mr. Beecher5 return from fecAs
kill Now observe gentlemen, havo idea that Theo-
dore Titon Frank Mouton for one moment contem-
plated tho final adoption Of any such report They had
another object But does not lie in the mouth OF either
OF them to say We forged Lie for the purpose OF de-
frauding and misleading Mr. Beocher" They were
both treacherous They intended to deceive MI.
Beecher, and to entrap him, in the statement
he was about to mako to tho Church Commit
| tee, into the Of language corresponding
TO that in this report-that is, that he had.
| it Is true, committed ofense without defining it,
They expected that they would entrap him into the
OF language In that statement which they could con-
strue admission OF undcned oensc and then
turn and rend him. turn and rend him they could
because II they could get him 10 admit onense and
leave them define it, they could define il TO be
adultery, and bring Mrs. Moulton TO the stand To aid
them in defining 1t. Mouton with his usual plausi
bllity succeeded in deceiving Beeohor Mr.. Beecher
was glad to accept the Of Moulton and OF
Tlton sincere. MOulton testies follows, at
100, Volume l.:
O. Did Mr.. Titon present proposed report for the
Committee to make A. Yes sir. Mr.. Tilton did ana
submitted on tho first interview OF the week vi the l2th
to Dr. Beecher.
That was the week commencing on Sunday; the date
OF the first interview elsewhere fixed it was on the
Tuesday following
told him thought could induce I would try and
induce Theodore to Withhold tho statement lac was pre-
pairing from the Committee; , A.,
Q. And you showed him then as understand you, Mr.
Tiltons proposed report for the Committee TO make A.
submitted ted T. h% KS n % TafH NJ t. a5s
| by 1t before the Committee.
Now, TOn admits that he wrote this and The proposed
long report and sent them both by Moulton to Beecher
and to his language, said that =" would be salts
fed either" Mr.. Beecher, with his usual conding
frankness and relying on Moultons good faith and Til
toms pledge, resolved that no would make statement to
the Committee which should take the whole blame
himself make clean breast of it far as he was con-
cerned and exOnerae Ton from all censure. He stated
that purpose Redpath the 1ith and carried out
on the by that eloquent statement submitted 10 the
Committee (which appears page S92, in the second
volume Of evdence) in reply to tho request of the Com
mttee for a statement OF his relations with Mrs Tton.
That statement he read to Mouon. That statement
he presented to the Committee. 1t dealt gcner-
| ously and magnanimously with Tilton. But,
| usual, Tilton proved false and renewed his
threat of the 10Th, which he followed the 10th, to
change his accusation to one OF adultery Mr. Beecher
had redeemed his promise Mouton and TO Redpath
exonerate TOn; but they foiled in their purpose
obtain from him admission before the Committee Of
an underlined oense which they might aerward, in the
light OF the Bacon letter cOntrue into confession Of
cally defined what it That was not what they had
counted But Tilton forgot when he writing this
report that no was making a report against himself
admitting the falsehood Of his meditated charge OF
adultery.
THE "LONG REPORT" FOR THE COMMITTEE.
Now, let us look for few moments at tho
long report, which went at the time That is tho
one which Tilton says he and his wife had both agreed
on that he dictated it, and she wrote 1t OFF 1t
thought that would certainly bring Mr. Beecher In that
report Mr. Tton admits the alsehood Of his accusation
With the shortsghtedness and shallowness which
often betrays who plume themselves their cunning,
he supposed that inasmuch as he writing report
for other people to sgn 1t had operation until they
did sign it, He did not know that in judgm mt Of law
well of any OF ordinary intelligence. what man
writes another to sign Is evidence against himself OF
the truth OF what he has recorded His counsel under
stood it better than he did, and when they
this long report although they had marked for ndcn
tifcaon could not get them to introduce it in evil
dence and compelled afterward TO introduce it
in evidence ourselves. They the effect Of it, That
port contains many matters Of significance and really
think gentlemen that shall not be asking too much OF
You to allow me read it, 1t is long. Here tho
verdict rendered by Theodore Tton before he called
to the box False, admit for in the in which no
the term ofense," meaning by it improper socita
TONS true that any such oense committed
it is not true that such solicitations were ever
made by Henry Ward Beecher; but this report shows
that that was what Tlton had charged him with. and
that that the ofense and the only oferse, that I'll
ton had imputed to him.
The undersigned, constituting the Committee OF
Plymouth Church to whom we're referred certain recent
publications OF Dr. Leonard Bacon and Mr.. Theodore I'll
ton, hereby present their unanimous report.
Allow ME say gentlemen. In passing that the paper
which has been called the Letter OF Apology" the
Letter OF Contrtion" is embodied in the Bacon letter;
not Of honestly; Of it is garbled; every
hat in tba of