The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-04
New YORK, Dec. 3.

INJURY 10 those whom wanted 10 snleld
and help. Mr.. Beecher, too, had, more
than any other, represented to me the
christian religion, and to bring reproach
upon him seemed an injury to it E; so alb
stained from going elsewhere lest it should
harm him and indirectly bring things to
light which he was all the while afraid
would become known, and which it did not
belong to me to disclose.
Mr.. Beecher surely ought to be the last
man in the world to blame me for what
did in his behalf. He knows that could
not speak the truth more perfectly than |
have spoken it here if l was standing mo.
ment before Gods throne of judgment.
When MIR. Tilton's name was dropped by
you two years ago, told Mr.. Beecher that
was afraid you would some time want to
drop mine in the same way, and he then
most earnestly assured me that it should
never be done; that he would see to it
himself that | should never be in any way
injured by his church. l really do not see
how Mr.. Beecher, knowing rs well as be
| docs the perfect truth of what l say, know
| ing how he used to weep at our house and
| heap shame upon himself for his great STA,
and how often he spoke to my husband
and myself of the bitter despair in which
he would be except for our comfort and
help, l cannot see how it was possible for
him to stand up and read this letter TO me
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ing way.
| Mrs. Moulton refers to other parts of the
letter and says there are great many
things in it which are incorrect and injuri-
Gus, some of which she mentions as fol-
lows:
"You say that 80 far as the church or
committee know had never made any
statement impugning the purity of Mr..
Beecher except in court of justice, but in
that very court l had stated under oath that
had made precisely the same statement
which have since made In my protest to
you long ago to one of the leading members
and officers of your church, telling him
that Mr.. Beechers sin was adultery, and
that he and Mrs. Tilton had both confessed
to me. If the statement was SANDER
had declared the fact of my utteriDg the
Islander before all the world and might,
months ago, have been called to account
for 1t. never knew before that false
swearing in Il court of justice is an offence
which the church of Christ is unwilling or
unable to punish, and if you think that |
lied in that public manner and in that sol
emn hour, that lied in order to injure the
minister whom had loved as much as any
of you, and whom l had done my very
best to uphold and comfort for three dis
NAL years through tim time of his anguish
which he was carefully hiding from you,
tried and condemned me instead OF dropp-
ing my name"
The letter concludes as follows " | had
heavy burden to carry, and am sorry to
say that the first act OF christian attention
which have received from the church in
five years past was the notifying me that
my name had been dropped from the roll
the next evening. My proposal to you in
my previous letter was that you shou
unite with me in calling a council OF
of churches before which you should state
your reasons for your action and should
state mine, and which should impartially
Judge between us. That proposal under.
stand you to have accepted. The ques-
tions coming up for discussion ought,
should think, to be these
First-Has my convictions in regard tC
the guilty conduct of Mr.. Beecher beer
justified by the evidence which have had
Secondly-If they have been justified
ought l still TO have attended his ministry
and received the sacrament from his hands
while kept by the reason which have
stated from Withdrawing from the church
Thirdly--When l had stated to The
church my reasons for being absent from
the services. and had protested against be
ing dropped without further trial and will
neither censure nor recommendations
Fourthly-If was improperly removed
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give me certificate of the fact :?
l am not, perhaps, well able 10 judg'
whether the six questions which you pro
pose to me to have submitted to the coun
cll cover the some ground with these o
mine. Yours appear to me less distinct
, perhaps because do not understand then
: so well-and mine, to take up more direct
ly the points of issue between us. / sup
y pose it is my right to have something Il
. say about the questions to be submitted
and accordingly propose tina
yours be submitted, as you put them
and that these of mine be added to them
!. In this way think the whole case betwee
us will come up, and the question which
wish to have answered will have an equs
+ chance with yours. When you notify m
Q OF your acceptance of this proposition, wi
YOU please also to send me the names Q
!, ten or twelve churches which 20
It would wish to invite to the council
Q with two or three experienced and wis
!. ministers who are not now in the pastors
office, as am informed is customary. The
d I will add as many more to the list. OF sue
as may be known TO me to be {
!" good standing in the denomination an
J. with the christian public, and letters oil II
yitation eau at once be sent out.
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