New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-10

gentlemen. Unless tho gentlemen on tho Other sde
deem those accusations Importance, as bearing upon
the question OF crcdbty In this why they would
not hnye been presented ut such length ana Win so
much carnestness and zeal by my learned friends ana
cannot po.mt them TO stand without seeing how ar they
are Justified and whether they really assl tho essential
integrity ana truth OF Mr. Tlton Of any person pro-
duoed as witness his behalf Now, In this Bacon lou
ter much of the "Lcter Of Apology" Is published a.
road
ask, through yOn, Theodore Triton. forgveness ana
humble myself before him as do before my God. , e
would have been better man IN my h m Eli Se
have been can ask nothing cxcept that no VII ~,
member all the other hearts that would ache VIII not
HENRY WARD BREcnER.
Now please remember tho situation gentlemen. Dr.
Bacon, in q letter Of great severity, had impugned
tho manness and tho honor OF Mr. Triton;
had represented bin as an offender against Mr.
Beecher, as knave and dog who was
subslsting upon the magnanimity OF Henry ward
Beecher and the object Of this letter to Dr. Bacon am
sure you cannot forgotten IT, gentlemen. and wish
were not too much OF incton upon your time and
strength read it,; but 1t intended as an answer 70
that mputation and nothing more. No charge Is made
against M eecher in that letter Not the slightest I'm
puat0n by word suggestion In that letter OF any imp-
tation against Mr. Beecher, and beg you to
remember 1t, gentlemen, aud thore be any
hesitation your part in receiving that assertion as
letter shall be read assert again. there Is not
word there Is not suggestion from tho beginning to
the end of that most admirable and sefpOsed document
imputing tine slightest ofsnse to Henry Ward Beecher
or to Elizabeth r. Ton. On the contrary, 1t shields
both 1t defends both but whom this man was character
lied by leading divine and Christian OF this country as
q knave and o dog, the dependent Of Henry Ward
Beechcrs serancc and living only by tho tolerance OF
Horny Ward Beecher Theodore TiltOn TO DO still
Was he to submit to this mputaton tan impuaton be-
hind which he cOul not live In silence and with all his
grand intellectual power with all the strength OF that
genius which had once carried him to the
pinnacle OF renown he could not have held
his head in this community above the pavement resting
under that imputaton And what did he dot Why, by
simple manly, temperate recital Of facts, without pas
sion without accusation without epithe he told the
simple relation Of admitted and known facts in regard to
his dealings with the church and the West charges carry
Ing no mpuaton against anybody, but relieving him
from all imputaon, and inserts this quotation from
Henry Ward Beechcrs letter. showing that Mr. Tlton
was not quite base md hopeless dependent upon
Henry Ward Beccher Mr. Bacon chose to suppose and
to charge And what part OF 1t did he omit Mr. Porter
said no omitted that part which would bear most in favor
of Mr.. Beecher Tho remaining part Of it is
But others must 1.-Two and suffer will die before any
body but myself shall be incllpated All my thoughts
running toward my friends toward the poor child
lying there praying, with her folded hands She 10 guilt
less snned against bearing the transgressons OF an
other.
And did my friend want Mr.. Tilton to publish that
Her forgiveness nave. l nninDy pray 10 Goo tnat
He will put it into the heart OF her husband to forgive
have trusted this to MOulton In confidence.
Now fair men, as honorable gentlemen. appeal to
you whether there any dsngenuOusness any unfair
ness In the quotation from that letter by Mr.. Ton.
whether tho quotation not conceived in the most
generous spirit toward Mr. Beecher, and in the pursuit
with reference to his wife and family, and that policy
upon which he had acted to suppress their pubca
tion and every suggestion Of improperly or wrong upon
horpart Why, what would have been the effect OF III
II Mr.. TltOn had added what my friend says he was
for emitting that tho oense for which Mr. Beecher
apoogzed to him. that the quotation showing that Mr..
Beecher was tho wrong-doer and not Mr.. TiltOn the
knave and the dog IT, in addition to that, he had pointed
that portion OF this letter to direct connection with
Mrs. Tton, showing that tho ofense which he admitted
was ofcnse against her purity and honor why, what
would my learned friends have said Of the delicacy
and manness and affection Of this husband toward his
wifes