The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-05
BEECHER-TILTON.
Sixth Day OfEVarts' Argument
A Rigid Analysis of the Catharine
Gaunt and Other Letters.
The TilIOn Letters an Unfair
Standard Of Judgment.

the 10Th OF June, 1874. 1t furnished a
complete refutation Of the pretense that
this woman had been guilty OF adultery,
1t furnished an explanation OF the manner
in which the pure relations between a
clergyman and parishOncr could be made
cause Of the disturbance Of the peace Of
u household. Mr.. Evarts read the letter
in which Mrs Titon said her eyes had
Just been opened for the first time to u
consciousness OF her sin, and that this
effect had been produced by the fictitious
experience of Catharinc Gaunt. Mrs.
TiIton, by reading this story, in which
arrangement in household grew out Of
the attachment Of II wife to church in
which her husband did not believe, and
her reverence for its priest, became con-
WINGED that she herself had been guilty,
like CalharinG Gaunt, Of moral uniaith'
iulncss to her husband, Mr.. Evarts
sEe;cIied an outline of the novel, showing
how u wife by her devotion to Il church
and It's representative was led to place her
allegiance to the latter above her allie.
glance to her husband. This excited her
husband to u degree Of jealous passion
which induced him to forbid the priest
his doors, and resulted in discord and in
G"aI v EH r;nIHion;;on =" - ~ ,hn wifc's mmri,v Thc
i"i,or @ oi WrS TiIt"u in tho Ii"ht oi The
story which inspired it, showed her heart
~ in Il mirror. 1t was bad enough for
!" I'll ""'y a. %o LoJ om, s;rcr fonnd oit bv the
"m,,;on ~" % ~ Nv thO 'o"S nan % orJ women NJ this
"pIv "i,,,,,,. hrt ~ n'",;I"i" ,ctters in or,Icr
,O" y" ',,,,s,Ior III liz wit",, fnmc cvnoscJ him IN
;"f".nrno, f"o' ~Lich oar" t"rriLIc
'"'s'V''sss ,,,, ""'', "u,n ,,,,,,n, or
THE LETTERS AN uMrAl" ,A,n S'"""""D VI
'up'N"NI'
Mr.. EvNrts then read ihe letter. III
which Mrs. Tilton expressed a hope that
her husband would never need ihe expc'
rience OF being mislcd by good woman
as she had been by q good man II was
undoubtedly very hard that BercnCr
should he judged by these letters when
passed between u husband and wife, and
by their own dealings In regard to mat
tiers between them. The letter showed no
guilt Of sexual immortality with Mrs
Tilt0n. There could he none imputed to
him.
Counsel then read the letter written by
Mrs. Tilton TO Beecher on ne Sth o.
March, 1871, in which = he asked. him II
his heart bounded toward all rs II used
TO- ms was 4uo'"llon iron' I i,"'',i"'' ~ Ill.,
i",,a. m"as' ,at ' .hon 0 II.omI I s";J sh" migh,
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"i' ,rI,on ,'i," h"r E".hnrJ hcc,m" wconcd in n
,Io"roo & ram liz hms;mc.s tro,Ihlrs hy The
J,Sav, 'i.Ssa", - i ,%o ToLLn Jr nnd hi. attitude
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o,a, 1', - t''% Ins;i I III n.I;rg RccrLor IN
NV -aS' ~ ,G,innro Gm Win %I"niton IN secure
.i uSe .i's i.,,o,; ,n"iue % ,Lo nnn"r. IN is n"s.
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,'.n,nj .'"j ali wLn,n ia rlonsnI with os
much garblinp ns suited his purposes.
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Mr. EV9rlS next rSau ,it Tue Ie''uI . " Nl"!
y lSh, which Mrs ll'lGn Drsnn ny nEi
ing mat ncr lh'ure W""'u VIC nHPl'er II
BeecIler l0rgnNe WnlIc ~ ,oFso' IcI' ~
the same letIer Mrs luton SnIG 'na'
through the period OF her 'rolOles SIle
had SmdcaNorcn to Keep al hntm from rom
DeecheE, anu 'h"l 'et "e"P ,'T. uttl'
love, large generosity "hH heSI'hiIlng'
Inc we interpretation Whlch lau Oeell
gwen 10 !hls Term nest-hlGlhs, ""' S"1W'l
to be IS foolish ms 1t was D9se ny 'he IacI
that Mrs. IlItoh empIQyeG II ~ sPenKihs
OF her Cohuuct aiter all the relu'l9hS re.'S, pG'
tween her ana beecner hau 'erml'T"'eu'
lie theh spoke Ol Tue PIlr"sG III uGs'
'lgh Us referring 20 'hg cohuuc' " .IS .hS
molher Dlth III "H'Ierlns ~ 'nousl.
wounded 10 cOhCeo' lne hes. oi her young ,,g
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IN" lsi of January. 1871, realizing from the
testimony Of the latter.
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Mr.. fvarls nlso read from the tcsIi.
mony Of MOnlton in regard To this part
ui the interview, and suddenly passed to
the consideration hol iIic language OF M
ton ~ NllkcSOll, anu Whch Ic IHnlo'cu
to EnbIi'I, the GoI',cn M Hr'lGIc i, LiIIon