New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-22
MRS. TILTON'S RETRACTION.

He went. He asked. She confirmed the fact
that she had made the statement. She admitted lts
fasity She recognized his appeal to her, ana receu
the falsehoOd traced with her own hand IN wrtin9
the revocation OF what she had written and IN hat reVo
cation made by her. the ,crter Of the paper made to Mr.
Beecher person charged In it, she reces the charge
and recites il as a charge OF improper solicitation
Wearicd with rnnortunity and weakened by sickness,
l gave a letter inculpatng my friend Henry W ara
Beecher, under assurances that tat %ouAu Tco'e "'
difficulties between ne and my husband
Pointing as you perceive gentlemen TO the same cou-
spiracy alluded the subsequent letter TO Storrs
That letter now revoke. Twas persuaded 70 IT, almost
forced when | was in "a weakened state OF mind Te-
greet it, aud recall all It's statements IL H. ILloN'
Them feeling that she had not made 1t sufficiently and
frankly, and explicitly, but only in generates;
Idere 70 say explicitly, Mr. Beecher has never offered
any improper solicitations. but has always treated me in
a way becoming a Christian and gentleman
Now, gentlemen, that paper whatever it was was con-
fessedy existence all through 1871 Whatever 1t was
it was coIesediy In existence during large part OF
1872 II was only paper the face OF the earth that
charged Henry Ward Beecher with adultery. Ir the
charge was anywhere IL there There was the man
who sought fix upon him adultery There was the man
who was. through 1871, insinuatng TO his confidential
friends and to those whom he supposed to be the enc
mics Of Mr Beecher that he had committed adultery.
There was the who hated and would like 70 destroy
him There was the man who threatened the exposure
the Apology" who threatened him with the exposure
OF his letter-not to his face, but 10 others
And yet the face OF the earth did be ever
show a paper signed E. r. TiltOn, charging Henry ward
Beecer with adultery Mouton, who has not hesitated
10 say that he would take Henry Ward Beechers life,
he could 10 it with the concurrenceof single person.
Moulton who has in the spirit of iend-Moulon
does not pretend that he IN any paper any
where a statement by Elizabeth R. TltOn, that Henry
Ward Beecher had committed adultery with her. Titon
tells you that that paper was in Moultons keeping it
was in his keeping do you believe he did not read Do
you believe that II he did read it, he forgot 1t
The paper, lie says, is destroyed when Destroyer
After the $1,000 was obtained from Bowen-not
before Was that important paper destroyed with
out even keeping q copy OF it'll And II copy was
ever taken, where Is that cOpy1 Even Ton does not
undertake to you what that paper contained,
except by implication and Characterization. He calls 1t
a confession Moulton calls t confession or rather
they make Mr. Beecher call it confession. confession
OF WHAT Where is the paperi Where your short
hand notes of it'll The who, when Moulton came In
from visit Henry Ward Beecher proceeds at once to
enter the conversation in shorthand for future useud
that man neglect take copy Of the most important
paper written in connection with this con-
troverryi And Frank Mouton, you remember stated
that Mr. Beecher fool enough to think after the
"Tripartite Agreement" and the contemplated burning
Of the papers, that that "apology" was burned.
81 was no such fool" he says, " az TO
burn that paper. II l burned it, Beecher
might upon rIton and reno hlm'
But the same man. not such fool to burn the
apology tells you that he such fool a. TO burn the
confession made by OF the actors In
IT, Gentlemen, there never was such confession
never That paper accusation 1t was for pur-
pose it was thought by them that they could get Mr.
Beecher to an interview without the Of that paper
He came readily, cheerfIlly He met Theodore Titon
Tilton amazed him with his accusation. He denied H.
Tilton referred him to the wife. He went down. He
found her condition He made his appeal to her She
said accused you. The accusation is false. recall
it," He left her The next day he was told that the
woman who had made the false accusation. and who had
retrcted it, had recaned it, and that was his condition
on that memorable 1st OF January. 1871. Well on that
day. will pass over all ntermediateon that day what
il the condition