New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-09

probation of the solcmnes OF truth and wbo oosoes
this noble testimony to the character OF her
carries of the palm of having overpowered the
@ single phrase and having won concession 'na' W.
tried and practced advocates and crosscxamheis u" NV
often make to wness-hsving obtained the triumph
of making him lose his temper and give ner
an opportunity OF more radantly presenting ners'
Now, Mrs Moulton CONES here with closely rctch''Ve
lips and furtivey glancing eyes, ana she ms '""y
things not to say, and she has more things 10 s"y
think than are to be easily explained except w .o
ready substitution, In remote occurrences OF images o
facts But she comes here with en- interview Oh "on.
day. and without apparently the least notion on ner
mart or upon tho part of the counsci
who called her, that the situation OF Mohday
had entirely been cleared from tho fears anxctcs SOIL
ctules that occupied Saturday and sunday ana "lho'
the least appecaton OF the fact that the Zoe had peeh
fronted and looked in tho eyes by Mr. Beecher ana 'a
he had skunk and covered. as Moulton said no "ou'
and that this simple. bold proposition Oh '''.
Beecher was master Of the whole affair." ana
ALL that had happened was that what nao
been previously arranged and completed except
AZ to the mere phrase Of the letter. when was nhay
composed between Mr. Kinsea and Mr. Beecher through
the forenoon of Mondaythat excepting that all sono
tudes were gone, all notions OF perplcxty OF 'r"uv0
were dispelcd and all there was present In hr'
Rcccber,, mind or in the mind of his family was
that they were to got their pleasant excur-
son TO Peekski and their fortnights vacation
in Boston and its vicinity But such are the meHoraoio
exacons OF testimony that II you are going 10 go Ill
interview and fill it with long series OF Conversations
and implied or conjectural confessions some time anu
some place must be assigned for It, and so In seeming
orgofuness othe considerations have mentioned thS
first Monday OF June pounced upon az ap-
parently an unoccuped day, one where there
might DO an opportunity for what confessedy never
happened but once, visit made by Mr. Beocher W Sns
Monlton alono and for her sake, and visit long
enough TO bring in q series OF conversations to which
there could be imputed the meaning OF implied conres
sons by way they talked together 30 that day was
fixed upon Now, you will notice that you have SUD-
sautay at the outset admission from this lady that
during tho previous two years and upward OF the
visits OF Mr.. Beecher to that house, ne had
never made her the conhdante OF any confession until
that I'd of June 1873 and why under heaven nc snouo
begin then, nobody understand Why should ne De-
gin with person that he understood knew the facts OF
his case already unless for the pleasure OF rolling
this subject Of adultery sweet morsel under her
tongue and his She says to you that either IN the
Spring or the Fall Of 1871, this very decor
Gus and proper conversation had occurred
between Mr. Beecher and herself that meeting her one
morning think it in the parlOr before seeing her
husband (which was the object OF his errand), ne sad
when she shook hands with HIM. kindly: "Do you KNOW
Of this great sorrow of my lifel' Well that Is very
mild form to describe seduction and adultery. She
said she did. Then Mr. Beecher says to her,
Frank has told you the facts, thenT Now
Mr. Beecher knew what he meant by the Jdcts,
and she said Frank had told her the facts, and Mr.
Beecher therefore supposed that Frank had told her the
facts as Mr. Beecher knew them, and as Frank knew
them and suppose he had, though am not quite sure
OF the construction that Mr. MoultOn would put upon
human conduct in man entirely different from him
self, as Mr.. Beecher Now you will observe now
that interview carries impression In the least OF
Mr. Beechers imagining that Mrs. Moult0n ever knew or
had heard OF any other than the facts in the case OF the
great sorro in which he, Mr. Beecher, had become in
.yolved by this mischief in the family OF Mr. Titon.
growing up az have stated and as has been exposed
to YOU and avowed in the paper that was prepared
to bear the light Of the Judgment Day"