New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-20

Honor that nght-what could have occurred. Mr. Fore
mani Tell U.s. Observe this Is In the beginning OF that
year. the end Of which, according to his account his
wife turns prostitute. You opened for me that night
the gate Of heaven. which had long seemed shutf
Who shut that gate Who opened it, Why was it Shut
Whose that weighed heavily that that gate
was swung to upon ts hngei What was the SIM was
il the five points OF Cavinsm that troubled him WELL
we get little hint down below lreadingl: when
am doing you injury or slight, OF haroness
am made 80 miserable that do not wish to live when
am making you happy walk like prince newly come
into his kingdom You have the richest OF all
human hearts. I am pledged to you forever" What
happened that night What pledges were given that
night What 1t that led him to make that chahge
that swung open, by the mnisraons OF this angel the
gate that had been closed upon him for time and for
eterntyi "My l shall keep and not break" what
occasion q married man, eight years after his mar
risge, to be having night consultation with his WIFE,
and making vows which no promised In the first letter
afterward he will observe and not break We nave
hint in the next letter. Feb. 20, OF similar character
need only refer the form of his sgnature fahiuny
yours Theodore. p 8. That word 'faithIu
fin quotation marks "means great uo",'
II was reinsurance to his wife OF that hde'y' INC
breach OF which had closed upon him the gate OF heaven
and her reOpened that gate ana his new
vows had given and he tells her now he Will observe
Them and he who faess before Will be futh mere
after come to another letter which he furnishes
OF Mrs TlltOn5 dated the 3u Vi iooo' A""Ao
Is touching passage in this letter which wish 10 READ
70 Won as illustrative OF her alteration OF the man and
her selfdeprecation Tho picture OF your dear iace
most constant with me Is one glowing Win love- put
always bearing the look Of one that has suffered Can
who am the thereof again be indinerentf
Now, here is q woman who he says was as pure az
an angel interrupted then by Henry Ward
Beecher, or by any human being, loving
him with loyalty that knew bounds, and yet we find
her approaching herself her letter to him with those
marks of suffering which he bore upon his FACE, ana
which made him to her if it was the face OF the
Redeemer 81 have been thinking. my darling that hav
ing as you do your immense over an audience to
move them your will, that same power you have WIFI
all public men over any woman whom you may love-;
a natural thing is 1t not for woman to feelf ITO love
Is praisewOrthy, but to abuse your GIT Oh III
fiueuee is a sin. Therefore, would fan heip re-
store to you that which l broke down. seifrespect.
His indetes charges herself with having caused by
her inability to his home sufficiently attractive, but
she SAWS to him DO not abuse this power which you
have to love is divine, but TO abuse the g-t0 abuse
the gift SIN" Your gift OF influence IL er
language your manhood, and its purity and dignity
if you feel it, stronger than love itself know this
because here strong. No demonstrations or fascna
lions could cause me to yield my wOmanhood You nave
not yet replied my inquiry whether the giving you my
whole heart in my letters Offends you" Gentlemen Is
there any doubt about what that letter means Is not
the modest, tender appealing prayer OF wife TO her
husband not to exercise those gifts which nave won ner
love in winning the love of Others and carrying that
love to point where it would verge on sin
And vet the bastard to whom that letter is addressed
published in form garbcd false, and forged, in which
represented confessng the very thing she i'm
putes to him. And he says, by way of apology for 1t:
.'Well since commenced this suit furnished true
! COPY" Furnished it to WHAT To The Graphic. What
copy it that you furnished to the people of the United
statesl What copy was it that you sent broadcast
through the land order convict Henry Ward Beecher
Of a crime of which he innocent, by blasting
Your own wifei Now, gentlemen accidents like this are
too frequent this to be without meaning Let
again remind you of the saying of John Milton, Truth
needs policies straagems, to make her victorious
Those are the shifts that error against her power"
Mr.. Beach-What page is that letter.