The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-04-23

help and should Join h with him he ought 70
tell me 80; that kind ~ delicacy should not hin
asr MN am ,, tiss sad 10 him ~ will give
ne DIDN'T urge u he was very delicate about H.
7 anu aitcr"ari set on foot the operation for
money, then did not have H.
Y. lon went 90 work and got money by a
mortgage on your house, A. / did
~ Diu you take The money ~ Moultons A. /
I did. In rolls ofbillr
u And what occurred when you gave IL %
nun. between you and himy A. lie expressed
him-clfa a. extremely gratifed for H. and thought
Il Was very friendly act.
BEEciIER's LETTER or RESIGNATION.
The publication 81 tho ''tripartile agreement
wac matter 0f onense % Tilton, and be there.
Tore pr'phred card for publication, In which
was embodied portion Of Beecher's letter Of con
Triton The led 10 many conferences between
Bcecher and Mouton, as TO the best means Of
averting the proposed publication aud IL was in
this connection that Beecher drew up his resigna.
ton a. pastor Of Plymouth Church, which has
been heretofore offered IN evidence At one Of
these Interviews iieecher said 10 Moulton. IN ~.
terence 10 Iilton's proposed publication. IN
that card comes out, that IL going 10 be my
swer-my resignation 10 my church, and that is
the reason. 4"
Q. When you made that proposition to Moul.
ton Of your purpose 81 resignation. did you so in
tend 10 do II this publication was madef A.
Jus as sure as the Lord lives should have done
IL.
ANOTHER LETTER EXPLAINED.
A letter from Beecher % MOulfon dated june
/, le93, was Eext taken up for review. In IL the
writer says
''Ihaye determined TO make no more resistance:
Theodore's temperament IL such that the future
even II temporarily earned. would be absolutely
worthless, filled with abrupt charges. and rem
dering me liable at any hour or day 20 be Obliged
Ia stulty all the devices By which we have saved
ourselves. II is oniy fair that he shonld Know
that the publication Of the card which he pro
poses would leave him far worse OF than before.
The agreement was made after my letter through
you Was written he had IL year. he had con
doned his wife's fault, he had enjoined upon me
with the utmost earDestness and eoleVnnity, not
- betray his wife, nor leave his children To
blight had honestly and earnestly Joined in the
purpose. then this settlement was made and sign
ell by him, II was not my making. he devised his
part 90 that Il should wholly suit him and signed
IL; Is stood unquestioned and Unbalanced for more
than year. then IL was published, nothing but
hat-that which he did in priyatc-~hen made
public, excited him 20 fury, and he charges me
as making him appear as one grsciously pardon
cd by me; IL was his own deliberate act, with
which was perfectly content till others saw H.
and he then charges grievous wrong home on
me. My mind Is clear, am not in haste ! shall
the light 81 the judgment day. tod will take care
of me and mine Therefore there il no use in
further trying ] havea strong feeling upon me,
and Il brings great peace with H. that I am
spending my last sunday, and have preached my
last sermon. Dear. good God | thank Thee
am beginning TO see rest and triumph. The pain
OF life Is but a moment. The glory Of everlaSt-
ing emancipation is worthless. inconceivably full
of beckoning glory. Oh my beloved Prank /
shall know YOU there, and forever hold fellow
ship " It'll you, and look back and smile 1T the
past. Your loving IA. W. b."
Y. Now, sir. what situation and what devices
had you in mind IN that clause Of your letter. 4.
The situation was that ~ man that had been
bankrupted in every way, and whom we were
endeavoring u recuperate ani restore, the de
vices Were. among others. 800 in April, Q 10
and go at different times along through that
period. and various other things, that helped
him; the devices Of soothing the prciudfcez
against him. and Of preventing men talking to his
diszdv anrge, and every thing else that would
help him to become a man again-a man, mean
that had overcome distrust, and become, appar
entity, again a man.
Judge Nelson. Wen, the expression saved
ourselves, Mr.. Beecher-the last clause-what
Of that. A. n was partnership, cir. we were
all m the same boat together; he had reasons
why he did not want matters 70 come out about
hir family, and had nv reasons.
Mr.. Evarts. Now ask your attention % this
clause "IIe had condoned his wife's faults; he
had enioined upon me. with the utmost earnest
ness and s0lefnnity. not 81 berray his wife nor
leave his children D. n blight" What facts and
circumstances did YOU refer 20 In writing tns.t
clauzes A. understood the matter 10 be sim
ply, AZ then understood Il and assuredly be-
lieved 10 was that his wife haf transferred 70 me
her affection. That. in consequence Of such trans
fer, she was led 10 separation between herself
and her husband and 10 almost breaking up Of
the household. That regarded a. her fault 80
far as he was concerned and which he had for
given.
o. Now. in the next clause freadipg). "He
had enioined upon me. with the utmost earnest
ness and solcmniiy. not 70 bctray his wife or
leave his children to blight A. That was a
part of the interview ~ February, ISL when he
cleared himself Of imputations and charges Of in
temperance, and want uf care for his household
and what not. and then alluded 81 tine disagree
ment that had come ~ and the Misunderstanding
that had passed between US, and desired in a
most earnest manner, that the state Of things he
tween him and his wife should not get ont and
should not be known, especially that II should
not be any thing out that had reference a. the fact
that Mrs. TiltOn had len him at all and come
back again. under plea Of in usage.
q. Vow, you say, in another clause lower
down ''l shall write for the public statement
that will bear the light 81 the judgment day -
did that express purpose that you had At the
times a. Most certainly il did. I had never
kept any ~ the documents nor anv record nor
made explanations, and meant r. DO this.
q. Now toward the close Of the letter you say,
Therefore. there l. no use in further trying I
have strong feeling. and i brings great peace
with Il. that am spending nv last sunday and
preaching nv last sermon" Now, cir, what fact
or feeling In regardt yourself. or health, or con
dition did you refer o. m thafclauses A. Nothing
whatever, except that felt so-not thst time
alone. those conversani with my ministry know
very wei what that ~.
q. In regard % temperament, in respect 10 de-
PRECISION OF spirits what IL the fact in regard 10
yourselfs A. havethe very beet and highest.
I pity any body that has sny worse ones than I
do NJ the other extreme, although good spirits
predominant. but Illness or oyerwork and ex
hauston continued. bring me down sometimes
in a single day 10 consecutive week Of the most
profound depression.
O. Does " go % the extent ~ hypochondrias
A. II did In my bOyhoOd. think, a. / have
grown Older and tougher. that IL stops in that Of
profound sadness. rather than in the more de-
velopcd form Of hypochondria. which my father
had and my ancestors.
o, Now have You nj any time during this
course Of things had in mind any purpose OF sui
cdes A. No, sir. No. sir.
q. Have you ever expressed any such pur
porc a. any one A. No sir.
O. In what sense, then, OF death have you
used expressions Of being near the end If your
life A. In the sense OF a sentiment or feeling,
not 81 a purpose or n design.
Adjourned TIL Monday.
seventh Day OF Beecher's Testimony.
APRIL is-Ihc examination Of Mr. Beecher
to-day was principally confined 10 the evidence
~ Mra MnlIfnn which WAS cnrcfnllN dissncted