New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-12

gentleman has not told that 10 tnere enytninB "
this evidence indicating any circumstances of difcuy'
any possible trouble which apprchcnded ny Ms
Mouton except that growing ont Of this very scandal
which we investgatlngi And Mr. Moulton'
standing in the attitude In which he Is Represented ny
the evidence and which is conceded in anticipation not
withstandng the arbitration and award nowltnstand-
ing the partite Covenant" knowing all the surround
ing circumstances and the knowledge which others pos
eessed OF this scandal Mr. MoutOn under these circum'
says These papers ought not to be- and shall
not be- destroyed unless both parties request their de-
strrcton This Ia q perniciOus and babbling secret
II never has been still. 1t never Will DC ~
rest, 1t is secret confded to too many
mouths; IL IL reaching too many interests II Is
grave and roubOus character to be trusted
to the hazard examination hereafter except upon the
truthful and the evidences in these documents
which possess and hold the representatives Of these
parties, and will hold them"
Now II is To my mind Of very considerable significance,
gentlemen. II has been said oil along by our learned
friends that Mr.. Tilton was worried and excited and
spurcd by his necessities and his difficulties with Bowen
He had fallen from high position his resources had
been reduced he in perplexity and want The
Golden Age embarrassed and failure, and he was
irritable and restless and forever stirring the hot embers
Of this scandal Why, all these things had then been
pacAed and senced. There no more trouble, re-
peat, with Bowen there was no moro irritation from
business difficulties; there were none OF those perpexi
ties ar sng from stratened income and resources The
man was relieved and at last stood erect able to pursue
his enterprise without any embarrassment or fear
What was the trouble which then disturbed inc
mind of Moulton and In view OF which he deter
mined to preserve these evidences bearing significantly
upon IT, whatever 1t vast 1t was this difficulty with
Beecher 1t was this secret in regard to Beecher Ana
It was in view Of that that he to this determination
and acted in the he did And yet the gentlemen
would have us believe by the testimony Of these arbra
tors that all this between Mr. Beecher and Mr. Tlton
had been composed by submission to these gentlemen
and by their award. 1t to OF the boldest
and most astounding propositions connected with this
case that the difficulties between Mr.. Tton and Mr..
Beecher formed portion Of the subject matter OF that
arbitration The submission to arbitration produced
Mr. Bowen testles Mr. Titon testi1es; Mr.. Moulton
testifes the written record, far there was any
record-there being no written award-the Written
record Is produced. 1t shows what was submitted. n
suit had commenced by Mr. Tlton against Bowen;
the friends Of the parties inerpose an arbitration
Is agreed upon, written submission Is made
a meeting is had before the arbitratOrs, the
parties relate their differences and claims an award Is
made OF money verdict it Is paid on the instant ana
the matter is closed And, now when difficulty arises
between Mr. Beecher and Mr. Tlton 1t is pretended that
that difficulty was submitted to this arbitration! Where
was Mr.. Beecherl Who represented hint Who pre-
sented his defcnsei Why TiltOn sientf Or was
there no representation of his claims and his complaint
as against Mr. Beecher before these arbitra:orsi Why
can right OF action and Of complaint, by the
nero will Of arbtrators chosen for another purpose
without any appearance Of the parties or any submission
of the cause difficulty be disposed Of as to the rights OF
parties The testimony upon all sides by the arbtrators
is that the only matter discussed by the only parties
appearing before the arbitratOrs was in relation to
the claim of Mr.. Tilton against Mr.. Bowen
No ausOn to Mr Beecher he having no connection with
that affair. And the arbtraos say that In their con-
situations something cOnct rning this difficulty was sue
gesed between themse that ought to he setted
and Mr. Storrs tells you that after the award was an
nornced, and not till time after that 1t was then
said that the papers relating to this scandal ought to be
burned. Well the gentlemen arbitrators, were members
Plymouth Church They were the ardent and devoted
friends Of Henry Ward Beecher, then and to-day, and 1t
may very well be that they felt great anxiety to
end these difficulties and they judged wisely in my
opinion They ought to have been composed them they
ought to have been composed before There ought to
have been quiet in the ranks of Plymouth Church, and
the friends Plymouth Church and the friends OF that
arbitration were persons who felt most keenly and
most sensbly the necessity OF composing this difficulty
Day after day fcrmentng in the midst Of their
bershp, creating distraction and contention and disturb
ing comfort and peace not only OF the pastor but the
congregation, and may well have been subject con-
santy pressing upon their thoughts and their anxcies
and very likely when considering this question between
Bowen and Tton these suggestions passed between
themselves, and that suggestion in regard to the burn
ing Of the papers, after the announcement or the award
may very likely have been made by Them But the point
is gentlemen, there any submission Of this difficulty
any OF that formal and solemn appearance before quasi
judicial tribunal which should conclude parties and bind
them to the conditions OF the awardi Well why didn't
my learned friends nterpose 1t as o bari
We have had no plea of that kind-no such defense in
these pcadings and my learned friends have not had
the bodness of arguing that that arbitration and award
was an estoppc upon this right OF action But II were
submted; II there any authority upon the part OF
that arbitration pass upon the interests and control
the rights of Henry Ward Beecber Theodore Tilton
and to make an award that those papers should be
burned or that the difficulties between those two par
ties should be held settled and satisfied by that arbra
tion why don't my friends present that as bar and an
estoppe upon this prosecution, as 1t would have been
had any such circumstances occurredf Well, asked
Mr. Storrs questions for the purpose Of showing that in
the determination which these arbrators advanced no
consideration whatever of the claims the rights as
between Mr. Tton and Mr. Beecher, considered by
them.
Mr. storrs was this $1,000 awarded by you to Mr..
Tton in your Judgment and to your conscience just
and true amount due to hint Yes.
Mr. Tilton, through all this difficulty, had been
insisting that Mr.. Reeeher had been guilty OF an
oetse toward him. Mr. Beecher hiTself had confessed
IT, NEAL not now by the general evidence, to which
shall allude hereafter prove the truth OF t> accus
ton but in his statement to his own packed Committee
he admitted ofense. Theodore TiltOn had been DC
nounced throughout the whole length and breadth OF
this land as the calumniaor OF Henry Ward Beecher
Everywhere he had denounced the assailan OF
the proudest pastor of the greatest pulpit OF the land
And did Theodore Tilton submit to those arbtrators
this question affecting his integrity and honor and fame
without claiming single word OF Justification In the
award; without, at least demanding that The Oh
ense to which Henry Ward Beechcr confessed how
ever limited 1t may be, and whatever may have been
its character should have been declared by these arb
traitors that no might hold it up his justification
against these foul and destructive assaults upon his
honor and famel Why, gentlemen, 1t seems to me one