The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-16
NEW YOEK HERALD WEDNESDAY, JUNE 49, ADRUPLE SHEET

statement made by Mrs. TIlton and ac-
knowledges tne truth Of IT, does my friend
WANT ANY BETTER EVIDENCE
or the fact that Mrs. Triton dId make 1t than that
Mr. Beach then quoted the case Of Williams vs.
Williams, IN Barber's Reports
Mr.. Eyarts-1hat Is, Mr.. Beecher's confession
VIII be against him.
Mr. Beach, VIII suspend my argument ana
allow the gentleman to finish his II he chooses 70.
tLaughter.l 1 therefore assume gentlemen. that
so far as the actual confession OF july 1870 is con-
cerneu there Is no question Ia regard TO Its hav-
ing been made III our evidence is credible. Mr..
Beecher at least assumes that there a confess
sion or a statement to u certain extent. Mr..
Beecher admits that the charge was ny Mrs. Til
ton lmpure advances, ana ne goes right 10 Mrs.
luton according 10 his own evidence and asks
her how she coulu, by possibility, make the ialse
charge OF that character. IL Is perfectly certain,
90 contained some imputatlon, or charge or some
character, against Mr.. Beecner. Triton swears,
the evlsence Of Moulton supports HIN, That it was
a charge OF sexual intimacy All their inter
course with Mr.. Beecher, according TO their
narrative OF IT.; all their intercourse with Mr.
Beecher was founded on the theory that the
charge was adultery. True, Mr.. Beecher denies
this, and we are driven 10 the question OF de ter
the plaintiff consisting OF Titon OF souton, OF
Mrs. Mouton OF Mrs. Bradshaw. ana of other CIR
cumstances 70 which we snall allude-tie letters
Of Mr. Beecher-and the sole denial OF
Mr.. Beecler himself, and the question IL,
gentlemen, whether tnat sole denial, unsupported
by single syllable oil utter proof, shall overcome
the testimony, positive and direct, Of hrec wit
nesses and the accommodating force OF clrcum-
stances against which the reputation OF a saint
could not stand, and the accumulated force of the
concessions contained ~ Beechers own letters.
That is the pOlnt-that Is the Issue; not whether
THEODORE TILToN WAS ENAMORED or VICTORIA O,
WO0DHuLL,
not whether he committed the base outrage i'm
puted 10 him at Nlnseu, not whether he was
cold and a cruel and hearliess husband, not
whether he had sacrificed his name, his character
andhis fortune TO The profession OF Tree love doc
trines or 70 vile associauons-the question Is,
whether Henry ward Beecner, proven guilty OF
adultery by the testimony OF these Witnesses and
these circumstances and these letters, shall be
permitted to come upon the stand In court VI
justice ana by his own oath, unsupported, over
turn this weight OF evidence. symptoms Of APP
plause.)
me Confession therefore, in July, / shall as
sumo TO be established. l have SAID 10 you that
she had confessed 10 her husband IN July, ana re-
strained him by sacred obligatory promise. He.
ner oGeace, vet he had entered into
a consp racy and an attack upon Beecner to drive
him from tile pulpit. When that became known,
on the Goth, 10 MIS-. Tllton, she Is anguished and
heartbroken She appealeu TO n err husband upon
the strength OF MS. pledge Wien the revela-
tion was made In tile July previous, inauces him
to nave this interview. WHAT necessity was there
wiring a statement or letter for the purpose OF
satisfying the pride and manness or Mr.. Tllton,
who saiu, II viii have no interview with Beecher
save my selfrespecG ~ What necessity was tnero,
III any note when Mrs. Til,on might, under those
circums tances, send TO Mr.. Beecher, advising him
OF the TACT that she had made confession TO ner
husband, which, as Is SAID, was never COM
was there in making any charge Of adui-
terry? she appealed TO the consciousness of
Mr. 3eecher. l oon't know whether there was
in that note any direct specialization as 10 the ex-
tent OF the ermnality between these two per-
sons. You we're not permitted to know 1t from
in the case that there was, ana that was the
question, the mouve win which We exam
inc these other documents and this other
a direct charge against Mr. Beecner tnat
he had seduced Mrs. Tilton. II you can
suppose IL was made In such form as That and
accepted and acquiesced in by MI Beeeher as
true We SHOULD not want 10 travel very much fur
'1er IN he investigation OF this case. But OF that
DECEMBER 30 1870
wearied with Importantly ana weakened by SICKNESS
! gave letter ineulpating my friend Henry Ward
difieutss between me and my husband THAT letter |
now revoke was persuaded 20 a. almost forced when
ali liz is staements 'S q Au regret anu 's''
Now that Is pretty clear evidence that there
were statements in that letter inculpaung Henry
ward Beecher, lmputlns TO him an offence,
crime, in
because she SAWS IL. In the very paper which Mr..
Beecher obtains on the night of the goth she as
serts ana he accepts the assertion, that in the
ana she withdrew the statements to that enect
the letter contained. "Signed 4. X. Inton.n
Then
| desire to say explicitly Mr.. Beeeher has
offered any improper solicitations, bur has aiway
treated hue IN manner becoming Christian and gen
Now, 1t is falsely argued Your Honor, In constru-
ing this instrument, that that postscript neoes-
sarily implies that the original paper to which
reference was made was simply charge OF I'M
proper solicitation. That is not a legal rendition
o. TINS nsrGmen' ina 19at n Is not It's
paper says, ~ gave paper incnlpalng Mr..
Beecher. | Withdraw the statements IN that
paperp Then IN a postscript IS added certln
cafe that Mr. Beecher never addressed 10 her any
improper solicitations or any conduct unbecom-
that maintains the idea that che paper de-
stroyed-fhe previous paper-was one charging
simply Impure advances; but on the same II ght,
midnight she wrltes:-
NY DEAR HusBAsp-I desire 10 leave with YOU before
gong 90 sleep statement tnat MT Henry ward
would defend him eeaiit any accusation IN council Of
~ " ii dictated IetSer. which copied as my own
&c my husband This letter was designed to vindcate
s wa ready y him ms c ssesu Se 6e s
pate ma my e ssg MAD asEd saS nS
ended his usefulnessu
You aud [ are Doth pledged 10 do our hest 10 avoid
ties. Additionally
Now the arst question d did Mr. Beecher dic-
tate tho first letter read, Is II trueg Mrs. Tnton
asserts It, on the very night wnen A. was writ
ten til said she was under the domination OF her
husband II she was under the control VI Theo-
ACTING As coNsPRAToRgss,
making falEe accusations, anu the arguments OF
my learned Il lend are suicidal. II SHE vas eoa-
spirato ess subject TO the control and dicLaton Of
her husband, how came see 10 give this letter Of
recantation as IL Is called, to Mr.. Beecherg And
how are The two ideas consistent II the
one be true the other = false. Why there
beings az Theodore Tlltol anu mis- wife an inter-
course or years. love originating IN tho purity
and simplicity Of childhood and cherished among
oil the struggles OF this man Tor lame ana position,
q union At last upon the pinnacle of that fame-
all these things could not nave been without
leaving sweet traces upon the heart ana The
memory This woman had beautiful recoilections
0f that old intercourse. ON, those sweet
memories OF childhood ana OF purity watch come
over us IN older days-how they Tenovate and cneer
the heart Ana however much strayed, however
wildly deluded by the temptations ana the s0r-
cerea OF the world ana oil lie, yet they come
upon MS at times with a freshening ana humaniz-
ing influence which seems 70 restore all our child
ishness ana virtue. And there are times even
now, even now, under tAe
DELuDiNG And DARKHNfNG INFLUENCES
which surround that woman, even now the
memory or those days ana those affections, con-
necte1 with Lhe Ideas aud memories OF paTentage
aud children, soften. couDt not, the feelings OF
that crrug wife ana mother. But TO tell me
whea she STANDS IA the attitude which She
now occupies when the Crisis comes, the
crisis OF the contest as between her husband anu
Henry ward Bcecher. NAY, wnen the crisis OF
her late came, and she abandoned her husband
II adj ROD IN all nm