New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-05
A NEW YEARS GIFT FOR Mr.. BOWEN.

A NEW YEARS GIFT FOR MR. BOWEN.
Now, at this very time that Mr. TiltOn was so
an xous to remove any grounds OF oHense luminosity
on Mr. Beecbers part toward him absolutely, DO you
suppose that there is any sense In that proposon ne
had the power Of compelling Mr. Beecherto be his friend
But at the very time he trying to stir up the emo
lions of Mr. Beechers heart In bis favor and 70 dspee
the ground of enmity which he knew Mr. Beecher might
rghtfully feel toward him, he was himself writing let
ter TO Bowen setting forth In detall all the lnipu'
tations against Mr.. Beecher that Dir, Bowen mad
made, according to Dir. Tilton, or that he had
not made If you cannot believe Mr. TiltoD in per1na
nent FORM with viewfor IL is strange history that
that letter haswith view OF having In possession ana
for use not Mr. Ttons charge against Mr. Beecher not
Mr. Bowen's charges against Mr.. Beecher, but MI
Ttons statements OF Mr.. B0wen's charges, and not In
the form Of communication to the public. not In the
form Of communication to Mr. Beecher, but In the form
OF letter to Mr. Bowen And he did make good use OF
afterward for definite purposes and Win dehnite
results.
But what happened to that letter in those early days
nobody can tell Bowen says 1t not shown to him.
Beecher says 10 not shown him. though Its contents
and its preparation, and the purpose OF making 1t in
cuded record of the Bowen charges and the purpose
In reducing it writing to with Bowen to make nm
pay fear that he Bowen should be exposed as nav
ing made these charges against Beecher Beecher od
not care anything about the charges. Of course
no did not want them puDnsncu against
him. but he told these people In regard to
Bowen. 81 have no fear Of him." And Mr.. Tlton says
in his sphs Golden Age slip that he had put In type
and then broke up the type because three copies was all
he wanted usehe says that MI Beecher denied every
one OF those charges and the testimony here shows that
he never cared straw in any of his conversations with
Mr. Molton or with Mr. Tton, about those charges OF
Sir. Bowen, which Mr.. Tilton represented Bowen as
having made They did make sort Of stumbling effort
to revive the wckedness Of the Proctor scan
da that has been exploded In neighboring court and
like whipped dogs have submitted to the vengeance
Of public rcprobaon and the judgment and the payment
of the Judgment for that injury OF the fair fame
OF woman but Mr. Beecher denies even these lame and
stumbling propositions, these new instances OF 81 dare
not" waiting upon 81 would" And pray pray, what
was this letter which Tilton has arntiy charac-
terized in his True Story" New Years GIT that he
prepared for Bowen he had made Christmas gift FOR
Beechera II was put in the form Of writing under his
Tiltons name, recital to Bowen OF what he CIton)
said Bowen had said, and thus make Mr.. Beecher feel
that Bowen had been the author OF these enormous
ISLANDERS which Beecer knew had no foundation, and
which Bowen knew had no foundation, and which had
been faced down by Mr. Beecher far they ever did
come from Mr. Bowen; for, unluckily, Mr.. Bowen has
not been brought here by Mr. TltOn to correct his Mr.
Titon's view OF Mr.. Bowen's character and conduct
muckily for Mr.. Bowen. And yet this malicious paper
il brought into existence in order to affect Beechcrs
at was not shown to until somewhere near this ar
braton "-as understand the evidence. Beccher says
CT did not il at that time; they talked
about it; 1t afterward shown TO me-"
Mouton, to DO sure and Mr.. Tilton both, 1
think speak OF the text itself OF the letter as hav-
ing been laid before Mr. Beecher some time that Winter
Now you see that the effort completely disclosed on
this evidence to bring Mr. Beecher back to feeling that
Bowen was the injurious and malicious cOntriver OF
Ton's downfall he had been the injurious and mali
cou contrver OF what turned out to be to be very
harmless assault upon Mr. Beecher, and attempting his
downfall And you will find all through these inter
views that run along the Sd and 4th Of January and
then somewhere between the eth and 10th Of January
all along the effort and the purpose to enlist and con-
firm Mt Beecher In cooperative means to help Mr. Til
ton and in constant state Of animOsty and anmadver
sion against Mr. Bowen And Mr. Mouon tells you, ac-
cordng to Mr. Beechers version and the truth Is equally
dscoyerabe In his own statements, that all through that
period OF those interviews the purpose was not only of
getting this money II that should be proper but Of rein
statement In Mr. BOwens employment and in his former
contracts OF Mr. Tilton; and it the adherence to
this higher and beneficial purpose that led to Sr.
Moulton's rejection Of Mr. Bowen's desire for ar
btraon and desire for peace, an arbitration that
as MouOn repeats and Titon repeats at this early
stage was desired by Mr. Bowen to lis relations
with Beecher and get out OF that difficulty and make
peace all round though they aerward deny that these
when Mr. Mouon what DIR. Beecher had given him,
showing his, Beecheis, defiance Of Bowen. he says:
Why everything has been settled IL is business, and
nothing else Here are the heads. There is B0wen's
own memorandum OF any difficulties, or any COM
plants. and they have all been settled" And then
Moulton says, 81 will use 1t with Bowen"
and then having drawn from Mr.. Beecher
narrative OF how Bowen after having made the peace
had within very short time, professed to have
great secret that woud destroy Plymouth Church. and
drive him away and how he had been brought to account
and how that had been ended Moulton says-at least
Mr. Beccher says Mr.. Mouon reported to him that Mr.
MOulton got Mr.. Bowen up there into his (MOultons)
house, into his paror, and there attacked
and accused him, exposed his treachery to
Beecher, his maignity and shook the paper IN
his hands that Beecher had given to him, and
made Bowen turn white, and Bowen says "Oh how
ever look that man gancing at the portraD In the
face agan He then came back to Beecher and reported
the interview, and Beechcr said Why didn't you nail
him on the spot, and make him pay the mOneyp "Oh,"
says Moulton, the time has not for that the
point to get him to take Tton back pay damages
for removing him. but get him back and pay him the sal
AIRY and renstate him. And then Mr. Moulton brought
back to the stand, and all this statement of Mr.
Beecher concerning his action with Mr. Bowen
and his report OF 1t to Mr.. Beecher involving
the interviews in which Mr.. Bowen had laid out this
apology to Mr. Beecher and drawn the facts from him 10
with Bowen, and this actual interview with Bowen
and his report to BeecherMr Mouton is brought back
contradict It, and he conradicts 1t In respect to the
point Of whether Mr. Beecher looked at the portrait and
said he could never look that In the face again.
Mr.. Shearman--Mr. Bowen.
Mr.. Evarts-Mr B0wen-in the point that Mr. Bowen
looked at the Portrait OF Mr. Beeoher and said ooh
how look that In the face again a. and he
puts that the fact that there not any portrait
there.
That shows how the memory reposes not upon what
was the thing to be remembered but upon the question
OF whether 1t was accurately stated in mode and FORM
and then conclusion that portrait was not there
that mode and form could not have been the