The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-02-11
1|LToN's TESTIMONY.
Beecher,s Lawyers Unable to Make
Amy Points.

At the afternoon session OF the Court,
on Thursday, the cross examination OF
Tilton was resumed. The biographical
sketch of Woodruff was offered by Evarts
and ruled out by the Court. Tilton tes-
tilted that he became acquainted with
Beecher when he (Tilton) was sixteen
years old.
Question. Was he man of mature
years and settled position in his profess
sion!
Answer. I always regarded him as
big boy and not a man at all.
Q. In what sense was he big boy !
A. His manner was large, hearty and
companionable.
@. Guileless?
A. No, sir.
O. Does that come within the de-
scription of boy
A. No, sir; the craftiest people |
know are boys.
@. You use the phrase in the sense of
generosity of demeanor
A. meant to say there was certain
cunning way in his manner. and he was
fond of things that boys are fond Of. |
thought him the most charming man
ever knew, and in every way. | was
never as intimate with any man as | was
in my early life with him.
@. Give us the dates when your opin-
ions began to change.
A. In proportion as I enlarged my ac-
oaintance. Here and there one rose
above Mr.. Beecher. He was still a great
man. There we're great men before
Agamennon, and there will be great men
after him. The change was unpercepti-
Bile in it's progress and beginning.
Q. How early did there come to be any
GOODNESS in regard to your affections for
Beechera
| A. don't know as there was any
great GOODNESS between us in consequence
of our partial differences. l understood
that he was very sore in regard to my
comments on the Cleveland letter.
Q. Do you ascribe the change in your
sentiments to him or to yourself!
A. think il was in consequence Of my
own growth. was not responsible fol
Mr.. Beecher's betrayal Of the Republican
partv in 1865. He was, and his church
rose against him and he retracted it.
@. In your discussions with Mr.. Beech
er in regard to the missionary appropria
ton, did you think you had overmatche'
and beaten him!
A. He was wrong. It is not difficult
= to ovcrreach man who is wrong.
@. In the Cleveland letter matter di
YOU think YOU had over matched him!
, A. No. sir; all l did was to enter m
protest against the crime against lbert
that letter committed. If you ask me
state that crime Twill.
Evarts. No. no.
4 Witness said he and Beecher were a
WAYS personal friends until 1870. h
;. frequently visited Beecher's house. II
!. asked Beccher to his house, because wha
: ever endowment he had he wanted Eliz,
: beth to share. He always consideIe
himself very much honored when his Wi
# was appreciated. My first prolonged al
sence from home on lecturing tours in tt
d West began in 1884 or 1865. These col
r tinued up to 1872. and lasted from Il
fall until the spring. l don't rememb'
+ asking Mr.. Beecher to visit my hou'
/. during my absence. though may ha'
IS done SO. The last time l visited h
house think was in 1866. when l broug
[. commission in the army from Was
e. ington for his son Arthur. Owing
r. q disposition on Mrs. Beecher's part,
stayed away after that. Mr.. oBeecber I
e garded nv action for his son as a vel
re great service. My purpose was affcctio
ate. and he so understood it. He said
n had saved a member Of his family fro
N destruction. 1t had relation to his S,
who had been out Of the army. and afte
o wards went back into the army. h
tt q portrait Of Mr.. Beccher, for which
sat in the fall Of 1868, and it was finish
n. in the spring OF 1869. told him wal
IA ed the portraits Of men who had be
connected with my earlier days, and
nc terested in the cause Of liberty. The
I'd men were Greeley, Phillips. Sumner a
at Mr.. Beechcr. That portrait was sent
I'd Moulton in the summer Of 1870, to
to best of my recollection.
The receipt Of $500 paid to Page, t
artist. for the portrait Of Beccher v
placed in evidence.
IS THE FIRST SUSPICION.
One or two little incidents occurred
Is fore 1870 in the demeanor ofMr. Beech
"a and Mrs. Tilton which drew my attent
rm to them, but nothing definite occur'
on for many years. Moulton and had b
ne. me mutual friends, and our affection for ,
N. another was very strong. lasting fr
boyhood to the present time. After
IN. destruction Of my own home Moulto
house became my home, but ! was tn
sa- = great deal from the lst Of Janua
Ut 1871. Prior to the lst Of January. IL
.s' I rarely took my meals at his house,
s we were together very frequently. Al
ne nv difficulties there was no man in
Ie' esteem who would be trusted more Z
MS F. B. Moulton. think he is the I
seu cessor of Sir Philip Sydney in al tina,
high, noble and honorable.
VIEWS on THE MARRIAGE RELATION.
ing The Brooklyn Eagle says Mr. I'll
created great deal Of observation
the mode he chose to illustrate the ept
Of his life. He said: Il embraced
cause Of woman's suffrage before the
I'm at the solicitation Of my wife, and VI
ZEN convictions stirred BY Beecher's sern
asf- In favor az the causa He a41in a