Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-17

! and Mr.. Beecher il informed of it, anC
does nothing about it-no remonstrsnct
J with Mrs. TiltOn, no explanation to DR.
: StOrTs. On any theory Of Innocence
was anything ever SO incOmprehensiblC
as Mr.. BeecheT's course? Would Mrs
, Tilton repeat a charge she had once re-
tracted? Is not this proof that the
charge of December 80, 1870, was not
Improper proposals." but that it was
adultery?
DR.. Storrs advised Mr.. Triton to put
his case into historical form for his own
protectiOn-heuce the "True Story"
Ofthe newspaper project" Mr.. Car
penter says Bowen early in December,
1872, had al idea OF getting both Beech
er and Tilton hack on the Independent,
Carpenter told TiltOn, who refused in
advance. Moulton and Carpenter met
Charles Storrs and II. B. Ciaflln at Bow
ems house December Odd, with q view
of getting Tilton back to the Brooklyn
Union. Bowen offered to make a stock
company Of the paper and take thirty
thousand dollars worth of stock. Clafiin
was non-cOmmi.t2l. MoultOn offered
two days later one hundred and twenty
| five thousand dollars for a half interest
in the Union with the purpose Of re-
storing Tilton as editor.
THE NEW YORK NEWSPAPER PROJECT.
Concerning the project OF paper in
| New York, Mr.. Carpenter says: 81
went, as arranged, on toat occasion, the
same evening, December 26, 1872, to see
! Mr.. Beecher and ascertain if he would
take the editOrship of the newspaper.
! Mr.. Beecher met me at his door in
! person, and invited me to his study at
! the stop of his house. We sat down to-
gether, and stated the plan and sug-
! gested that he become the editor of the
paper. l told him plainly in this way
| he would escape all danger of a church
| investigation. Mr.. Beecher sat in silence
| for few moments and then said, Il am
wonderfully taken with this plan.'
He then went on to speak of his work
as minister being ended. He said his
work had been 'destructive,' that there
had got to be reconstruction of the
olOgy, and at his time of life he did not
want to have anything to do with it.
The plan suggested seemed a way out of
all his troubles, and an escape from a
possible council of ministers, which was
spoken off freely. Mr.. Beecher said the
new paper could be made a success, and
he would himself like some of the
stock said to him that 1 felt that
he took great risks in remaining in his
pulpit. 70 this he made no reply, but
seemed lost in thought. Presently the
family tea bell rang. Mr.. Beecher start
ed up and said: Come down with me
to supper, and we will afterward go to
Moulton's and talk 1t over 1 accepted
the invitation, and after supper we went
to MoultOn's. There had been heavy
snow-stOrm, and the sidewalks in places
were not cleared. On the way to Moul-
toms Mr.. Beecher said to me: can
stand anything but the suffering of 9TH
ers for my fault Further on he said:
Men talk of courage in facing an ene-
my on battlefield; let man face what
l have faced in my pulpit for two years,
then he can talk about courage These
and similar expressions completely won
my sympathy for Mr.. Beecher. l would
have done anything to save him.
Reporter-Did Moulton favor the pro.
iect?
Mr.. Carpenter did not enter
into the scheme with the heartiness that
l expected. He said the plan presented
one solution Of Mr.. Beecher's Difficult.
ties-one that promised "to protect Mr..
Beecher's past and secure his future;"
but l remember he said he thought Mr..
Beecher ought not to leave his pulpit
Before we separated that night MIR.
Beecher made a statement of his posi-
ton in reference to the scandal in the
presence Of Mr.. MoultOn and myself,
which in the judgment Of impartial
men, warranted all that Judge Morris
claimed in his opening speech that the
prosecution would show by me. This
statement was in such language that l
should have declined TO repeat It in
court had L been called to the stand ex-
finally asked me to let the matter rest
for few months. He said that if he
should leave his pulpit then it would be
attributed to the scandal publication by
Mrs. Woodruff. At the interview when !
he said this he was greatly depressed.
His words were: ~ may die in my
tracks, but must keep on preaching.n
The only reason he gave me for sus-
pension of the matter was that if would |
be said Mrs. Woodruff mad driven him !
from the pulpit. His last words to me
on the suject were: Let the matter |
rest for few months. When the right |
time comes We can raise one million dol |
lars within twenty-fOur hours"
MISCELLANY.
Oliver Johnson admitted Beecher's |
adulteries to me as recently as April 8, |
1874, in the office of the Christian Union, |
He said that she knew MIR. Beecher had |
been an awful sinner with women; and |
l can name gentleman who, if called,
would have gone on the stand and |
sworn that Oliver johnson told him that |
Mr.. Beecher had confessed to him |
(Johns0n) that he (Beecher) had been |
''an awful sinner with women Henry |
M. Cleveland stated to me on the seven |
tenth of March, 1874 that Oliver |
johnson told him that "Beecher had |
slipped his cables and must be pro.
tected."
Mr.. Carpenter advised Mr.. Beecher to |
confide in DR., Storrs. Mr.. Beecher re-
fused. Mr.. Beecher told Mr.. Carpenter, |
May 5, 1873, "There's going to be an |
awful ripping up before long" Mr.. |
Cleveland told Mr. Carpenter, May 18th, |
that he, Mr.. and Mrs. Beecher were CO.
ing to publish the tripartite treaty and |
smash Bowen" Mr.. Bowen, being |
charged with sIandering Beecher, said |
he was ready to meet him; whereupon |
Mr.. Clstiin saw Beecher, who told him |
there wasn't force enough in Brooklyn |
to drag him into a private interview |
with Bowen. Mr.. Cleveland named to |
Mr.. Carpenter other ladies than Mrs. |
TiltOn, some connected with Plymouth |
church, with whom Mr.. Beecher |
was involved. Mr.. Beecher, the |
evening of June IA, 1S73-Sunday
before Afghan MOndsy-"offered to
share his name, his fortune,
everything he had in the world, with |
Mr.. liltOn if he would stand by him
and publicly disavow Mrs. Woodruff" |
II he would do this, he said, he would
put 'the whole power of the Christian
Union under the Golden Age and lift it
to success, rolling the subscribers in by |
the thousand [ said to Mr.. Beecher
that, from my observation Of Mrs. Til
ton, believed if collision came she
would deny everything concerning their
relations. Mr.. Beecher replied that she
was weak woman, and said something
to the effect that she could not be de-
pended upon. / left Mr.. Beecher at
MOulton's door, I should think about
ten o'clock, la state of distress and
depression, confirming to my mind Mrs,
MOulton's testimony that he came to
her house the next morning saying he
had passed a sleepless night, and had
come to her for consolation. Ny
knowledge of Mr.. Beecher's state of
mind that Sunday night, June 1st, de-
rived from his own lips, fully confirms
all of Mrs. MoultOn's important tesii-
mouy relating to his condition and con-
fession the next day"
IlRs TILTON's DENIALs.
Reporter-Mr. Carpenter, was it not