New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-25
MORE ABOUT Mr.. TILTON'S ANIMUS.

Gentlemen. I have been abiding to the ami
mus of Mr. Moulton But Moulton Is not the plaintiff
back to Theodore Tlton tho hinge OF TINS CON
spiracy Now in regard to him there no conceament
no disguise. have made many notes which have
been compelled discard first because when came to
look at them they too cold to express the strength
OF my own convictions and second, because If were to
60 those notes should protract my argument until
your patience would be wearied and my strength would
be exhausted But occasionally there IL passage with
which must trouble you. Here arc some extracts In
regard to Theodore Tlon that enable you to see the
character of the He is talking about Nj Beecher.
will bring of these things together for though he
intended merely give you his idea OF Mr. Beecher he
was nvountarily giving you the means OF judging OF
Theodore Tilton. az always regarded him a. big boy"
that is, speaking OF his earlier recolectons-i was
very little than boy myself Then came the very
natural question by my friend Mr.. Evars lie had the
free frank, ingenious spirit of boyi" There ilton
saw his opportunity. "No."
O. What not frank, not ingenious A. No.
Q. You don't mean that he WAS 4 disngenuous man
O. And you meant to describe a crafty man by repre-
senting him as big Doyf
Theodore didn't quito like the look OF the question in
that form. He thought moment and brazened it
through YES" says he "the craftiest people have
ever known have been boys. newsboys for instance.
Now he meant you to understand that he thought, and
ut that time Henry Ward Beecher was, crafty, design
ing dishonest And almost in the next sentence he
and within two three pages, In those early years Mr.
Beecher was my man of all men," Now, this lie that
thrown by way of parenthess INTO his testimony was be-
cause opportunity 10 make hit at Mr. Evarts
There the crcss-examining counsel and he put a
question: and il gave him opportunity to give thrust
at Mr. Beecher and he thrust 1t in But IL lie He
afterward in effect admitted that it u lie. 1t
was merely to the purpose Of gaining
an apparent advantage over the counsel who
was examining him, and there was no stage OF his
examination at which he not quito ready, whenever
the opportunity occurred, to thrust dagger into Mr.
Beecher under the of question put by his counsel
We have another little touch which IL illustrative OF the
character Of the man. in the account he gives Of the
church missionary discussion in Plymouth Church in
1859. He would have you understand that he had OBJ
tanned great victory at that early the leading
orator in America He suppresses the little circumstance
that the church went with Mr. Beeeher unanimously
But the spapers went with himand the newspapers
that went with him the newspapers in which he
wrote. But Mr.. Evarts asked him. On the whole, Mr.
TtOn you felt that at any rate intellectually had the
advantage in the discussion He folds his arms: III
should say overmached him in that struggle 1t would
be immodost II should say had not should lie" That
is very serious dilemma for Theodore, who lies
and never boasts.
In the "Truo Story" there is little clause which has
some significance BY the way, there great trouble
about this mans nomenclature. The True story" he
says, was lie and he don't really understand how 1t
got that name, forgetting the fact that he himself at
earlier period OF the examination had called it the
"True Story" But that before Redpahs notes Of it
were resurreced that when he supposed it had gone
TO the ashes and could be reproduced But when
the True Story" rcappeared it was not True Story"
at ALL 1t isa horse Of entirely different color. Well
in that he says
During the Summer and Fall Of the year 1870 spoke
of the case to few friends, exhibiting than
charity toward Mr. Beecher though to Mr. Bowen, whose
two papers was then editing, was silent unwllngto
add any fuel TO his Indignation against the man whom he
seemed preparing TO destroy.
What you call to the stand man whom you swear TO
have been consprator against Mr. Beecher years and
years ago. in whose presence you chose TO be silent
it should add fuel to his flame and should burn and
destroy Henry Ward Boechcri Again:
There came from Washington story traceable
know not to whom, that Mr. Beccher preached every
Sunday to a dozen OF his mstresscs.
Well now, can tell Theodore where that from,
and can tell him tho authority of Frank Mouton,
for Frank that before the breach Of 1870 Theodore
Triton personally told him that story that Henry Ward
Bcecher preached to dozen Of his mistresses In Ply
mouth Church asked Mr.. Moul0n whether he believed
it, That was n question he not quito prepared
answer. He took time for delberaon "-Curia ruH ad
pisa came the conclusion the whole did not;
could not" Well that shows. you perceive, two things
First, 1t shows that this man. pretending to be friend
OF Henry Ward Beechcr pretending TO be covering him,
and shielding him from the calumnics OF Mr. B0weu
himself to his most intimate friend asserting lie
absurd and palpable that Mr. Moulton himself Is
PEELED to admit that no believed that Theodore Tlon
lied And the Judgment which he formed Of him then.
think you will form Of him now.
Again, II he had mado the proposed resgDaton-that
i on the 31st Of May 1s73-Mouton swears Tton said
he would shoot him the street. Tion swears that he
so told Moulton. Mr. Evi.rts asks Mr.. Tilton:
@. Did you what you saidt A. did
O. II Mr. Beecher had signed that paper, would you
have shot him on the spot A. presume would
Now lear III MUD the occasion Of that resignation was