New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-05
Mr. TU.TONS DISTRESS.

And now when man who, by every rule OF
his character, whether known and understood ana
displayed through his whole life to everybody or as de-
pced upon this evidence and assured and described
ont Of the mouth of Mr.. Tton as being all heart all
magnanmity oil selcompuncon, all selfreproach. II
you can once touch him with tho feeling that he has been
in completely with, has been the innocent OCCASION
even of injury ruin TO anothewheD you come to see
how man will act and talk with these impressions upon
him. Won must of course, you will desire and as the
comonest principles justice require Judge him In his
emotions and in his expression Of them and in his es
mate OF the situation according to his character moral
and intellectual sensitive, devotional 0pen frank I'M
measured in his words You have then before you only
to determine whether upon these facts and this estimate
I'm Mr. Beechers mind Of the mischief and the evil that
existed this expression OF feeling was natural to him.
And was there ever dcporabe situation of a
man and his family than that Of Mr.. Tton that last
day OF tho year 1871 one more sudden In Its culmna
ton although the moral causes that led TO 1t had been
long and inevitably at worki What more pitiablef why
take his own description OF It, that he thrown down
and tamped upon the sidewalk and Mr. Beecher as he
represented, did not to his aid, when, with his
enormous power and influence he could have lifted him
with his little finger Don't you think that Mr. Beecher
IA man that would feel that Why, you must think
co. or you must disbelieve all that has been
said by these witnesses, and especially ny MI
Tilton about him. that the way to make him
an unmeasred cooperative agency in repairing the dis
responsibility for its Now it seems to me
the meres folly in the world when you approach this In
the light in which the facts have been laid now open be-
fore you to feel the least difficulty In treating this memo
randum OF expressions II you accord to 1t the full
trust that would belong to paper written in his own
name and In his handevcn il you accord to ii that
II seems to mo the merest absurdity in the world
to say that you need to infer backward from
these expressions any moro grave occasions OF
pity, Of amentaon, OF conjunction, OF selfreproach,
than upon Mr.. Beecher's testimony and upon the
facts in this case conceded TO have been the light OF
things as then bearing upon his mind For you will OBJ
serve that Mrs TltOn had not I'm that Interview at her
bedside denied the ENHANCEMENT of affections, and the
alienation OF true conformity to her husband and HIS
the husbands, rcsentnents that account. And the
representations that pressed upon Mr. Beecher by
Mouton that Tton loved his little finger more than
she did the whole body OF her husband, remained on his
mind when this occurred for it at that interview
Mouton said IT. and they remained as Mr. Beecher
has told you for no intercourse between him and Mrs
Tt0n ever renewed to any extent, or in any sense
OF formay, confidential conferences, or writing OF
any kind. until Mrs Tiltons statement to the Church
Committee showed that this too had been an imposition
pracced upon Mr. Beechers intelligence In Introducing
this as an element land it the gravest eemenO In
procuring his magnannous devotion TO Mr.. Tilton's
restoration the reparaton of the evil he had done
him. That statement corrected the idea IN MI Bcechers
mind and assured him that 1t was an imposition upon
him. and that there had been real subtraction OF the
wifs affections however much she. to please her his
band and under her strange system OF sefsacrce and
sefdepreciaon as shown in her letters had proessed