The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-04-09

stood unquestiOned and unblamed for
more than year, then it was published.
Nothing but that. That which he did
in private, when made public, excited
him to fury, and be charges me as max
ing him appear as one graciously par
doned by me. 1t was his own deliberate
act with which he was perfectly content,
till others saw it, and then he charges q
greivious wrong to his home on me.
Ny mind is clear. am not in haste. |
shall write fer the public statement
that will bear the light of the Judgment
Day. God will take care ofme and mine.
When l look on earth it is a
deep night, but when look to the
heavens above ] see the morning break
ing. but, oh, that | could put in golden
letters, my deep sense of your faithful,
earnest, undying fidelity. Your noble
wife, too, has given me fresh faith in
womanhood. Now, Frank, | would not
have you waste any more energy on II
hopeless task. With such man as Il.
T., there is no possible salvation for any
that depend upon him. With Il strong
nature, he does not know how to govern
it with generous impulses; the undercur-
rent that rules him is self; with ardent
affections he cannot love long that
which does not fully repay him
with admiration and praise. With
a strong theatric nature, he is constantly
imposed upon with the idea that posi-
ton, great stroke coup a etat is the way
to success; besides he has hundred good
things about him, but these named trials
made him absolutely Y unreliable, there.
fore there is no use of further trying. |
have a strong feeling upon me and 1t
brings great peace with it that | am
spending my last Sunday and preaching
my last sermon. Dear good God | thank
thee | am indeed beginning to rest and
triumph The pain of life is but a
moment, the glory of everlasting emanci-
patton is wordless, inconceivable, ,ull of
beckoning glory. Oh my beloved friend
l shall know you there and have for
ever u halo of fellowship with you, and
| will look back and smile at the past.
Your loving friend,
II. w. B.
Q-Now NJ r.Beecher in the first sem
tence of this letter did you refer to you
self2 A-Yes sir.
Q-In what sense? Al am never car
ried up by Xcitemcnt very high that |
do not feel that l can touch the Heavens
with my hand. The experience is not
characteristic Of this, but my whole life,
but it is especially SO on Sunday,and when
/ lN,ls ba k.Nr n AllaflIDfr fr
city beyond, | always feel as though |
was there. did feel that | had finished
my life's work; | often feel so.
Q-What devices had you in mind
when YOU referred to Titon.
Mr.. Fullerton
That IN Objected 10.
Mr.. Beecher is not to be allowed to open
this latter sentence by sentence and give
a partial rendition of them of original
course of reasoning. The meaning of
the letter and its expression cannot be
misconstrued, and | object to this mode
of explanation.
Judge Nelson-I think he is at liberty
to explain, as in the case of the letters
written by Tilton.
Mr.. Fullerton-That was different
question. Tilton was asked to explain
his letters when his mind was in n state
of religious transition, bat these questions
have a,dfiercnt import.
The Court ovcr-ruled the objections
aud admitted the questions.
Q-Now, what situation and what de-
vices had you in your mind in that clause
of your letter. A-The situation was
that OF man that had been bankrupt in
every way, and whom We were endeavOr-
ing to restore; the devices were, among
others, $1,000 in April, and $3.50 and
$500 at different times along through
the period, and various other things that
helped him; the trouble Of soothing
the prejudices against him, and of pre-
venting mems talking to his disadyan-
tage, and everything else that would
help him to become Il man again-a man
| mean that had overcome dlstrust and
become, apparently, again man.
Judge Neilson-Well, the expression
Saved ourselves" Mr.. Bcecher, the last
clause, what of that?
Witness-It was partnership, sir.
We were all il the same coat together.
He had reasons why he didn't want mat
ters to come out about his family, and |
had my reasons
Mr.. Evarts-Now, ask your atten-
tion to this clause: ale had condoned
his wife's fault. He had enjoined upon
me, with the utmost earnestness and
solemnity, not TO betray his wife nor
leave his children to blight What
fault of his wife's, and what fact, in re-
spect of what fact had he enjoined upon
you not to betray his wife nor leave his
chillren to blight?
Fullerton Again Objects.
Fullerton-Now, if your Honor please,
that is asking for an Interpretation of
Theodore Tilton's language, and not
his own. Objection sustained.
Judge Neilson-l think the counsel
can ask him what facts and circumstances
he referred to in writing that clause.
Mr.. Evarts-That Is the point. Mr..
Beecher, answer, please. Al under
stand the matter to be simply that, rs
then understood 1t, and assuredly be-
lieved it was, that his wife had transfer.
ed to me her affections, and that in conse-
uuence Of such transfer, she was led to Il
separation between herself and her nus
band, and to almost the breaking up Of
the household That | regarded as her
fault. so far ms he was concerned, and
which he had forgiven.
Q-Now, in the next clause. Read
ing.) "He had enjoined upon me with the
utmost carnestness and solemnity not to
betray his wife or leave his children to
blight A-That was part of the in
terview of February -, 1871, when We
were in the study together, and when
we had very cordial interview in re-
spect to his own character, if YOU will
read, sir
Q-At his house? A--At his house;
when he cleared himself before me Of all
imputations and charges OF intempersnce
and of want of care Of his household and
what not, and then alluded to disagree
ment that had come up and the misun-
derstanding that had passed between US,
and desired in the most earnest manner
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