New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-09
MIR. MOULTONS CONFIDENCE In MIR.
BEECHER'S CASE.


And what did MOultOn say to him, writing
him back after getting that letter. my Dear frenu'
he starts of and then crosses It OUT.
NV DEAR FRIEND: You know 1 havo never been In
sympathy with the mood out OF whIcn you nave Ditch
spoken rs you have written TINS morning
So there was nothing new there; II was MOOD IL WI"
tho oppressIon Oh his feelings and the determination
that what was 80 contrary to his nature as concealment
should be ended and the truth should be known
fthe truth must be spoken" Moulton says, "let 1t
be. know you can stand Ii Tic "hoic case WAS pun
lshed tomorrow"
Well now did anybody In his senses suppose that IN
this community ours in this Christian church OF any
denomination, from the great mother Cnurch OF ILL.,
through all the dssensOns and divisions, that II could Do
sad that II the whole truth were published, as 1t Is
claimed the truth Is and has been proved ana as your
verdict ia asked for by plaintiff to make it, and asked
for on the evidence Of this Moulton that wrote that let
ter-is there man in his that thinks man can
stand and hold up his head in the streets OF BROOKLYN In
the Church Of God in Chrstendom, even among those o
lower estimates manlness and honor II the truth was
abduction and aduteryi That an accusation tneh' o
our boased society, else 1t Is simple statement oi
the faot
know that II this matter is brought out as we all
know the facts are you can stand it, and stand tonor-
you stand to-day
But he Gays:
You can stand il the whole case was published TO-
morrow and I'm my opinion 1t shows selfish fath III
God to-(and then no stops and he begins again, m
Dear Friend: letter makes THIS nTst oaDDuth
OF Summer dark and cold ike vault
He has little rhetoric instead of starting right of at
the substance OF the thing:
You have never inspired with courage or hope and
II had listened TO you alone my hands Wouiu nave
dropped helpless long ago
Yes they would have dropped helpless long ago Mr.
Becchers wishes II his Desires If his conceptions OF deal
ing with this matter had been adopted. M0ulfons hahus
would have dropped helpless long ago. and they never
would have got into Mr.. Beechers pockets daughter
All what wretched exhibition and play upon tho great
heart and the noble nature of honest mani And how
there ia disclosed here that there has been no policy OF
silence and no disposition to things on Mr. Beech
ers part 1t was the keeping open Of Islander and the
Indebtedness of mputatOn that kept alive the machln
ery of silence accompanied with the engncry OF tale
bearing
You do not begin to be in the danger to day that has
faced you many times before
Well think that Mr.. Bcccher was clearly In shape
then Of getting out Of all danger.
II you only look it square in the eyes 1t will cover and
stink away again.
The danger was that Tilton going to publish
card He did look it square in the eyes and said to Mr.
Tilton: publish, publish and then we will have the
whole matter published, and will have your false ac
cusation and the dapidated morality which you have
infused into your family" "LOok it square in the eyes
1t will cover and sink away again" He had looked 1t
square in the eyes the night before and II had covered
and skunk away and this Mouton's mode OF telling
him that fact:
You know that have never been in sympathy with,
but that I absolutely abhor the unmanly mood out OF
which your letter Of this morning came
Was 1t an unmanly mood to say he was going to pub
ish the whole TRUTH say that the anguish II would in
ict upon himself and upon others he going to bear
and be going to appear at the Judgment seat
with rest and Triumph Does that mean suicdef is
that the way man aronts by taking his exit from the
world In defiance of the will OF Godf All. no. But the
mood was this this oppression this disaster this peace
the passing of earth and the final rest OF heaven
This s, mood the o to
Whole case" undcrscOrcd by MOultOn. Yes; that Is
exactly what Mr.. Beecher going to stand Iilton
wanted publish peccneal paper for nsinuafion ana
for comment and Beechers remedy was the whole case
In my opinion IL shows only selfish faith in God to 90
whining into Heaven II you could, with the truth mat
you are enough with Gods help and faith
in God to try TO live on earth
"IAve on GARTH" is ti "Truth well, "with the
truth that you not courageous enough to try to live
on earth" Well that is bad rhetoric but still, it has
some meaning, doubtless
You know that love you and because do shall try.
and try and try in the past You mistaken when
as one gracOusly pardoned by you. He said that the
form In which IL published In some OF the papers
made so appear and it was from this that he asked re-
lief.
Just as twas about the letter. that the comments
that the papers touched this thinsknncd man
that the man ruined his wife and family.
don't think IL Impossible 10 frame tttcT WHICH
cover the case May God bless you know he will pro-
tect you.
MIR. BEECHERS LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF
THE EAGLE.
Well, now, gentlemen, if anybody can find
evidence of guilty appreciation Of the relation OF Mr.
Beecher and the family Of Mr. Tlton In any other
than that which Beecher has always admitted on the
stand in his statements to the jury and otherwise -
Let us seeM Beecher made answer to this letter OF
Moulton-he left the thing for them to settle and the
way that that nght-Sunday nghtthey proposed set
tie it by a card suggested. which Mr.. Beecher TOOK
home with him that night and which, with such altera
tons as he made in consultation with Mr. Knsea the
next forenoon or Monday, was actually published
give YOU now the publication Mr. Beechers part that
took the place of necessity Of Mr. Ttons publication
when Mr. Ton found that that to put an end to the
property he had In unmeasured and underlined mputa-
ton with the public "Dear knsella" this Is proposed
for Mr. Beecherl:
have maintained silence under the continual ISLANDERS
that have for some time followed do not now pro-
pose to defend myself The recent publication OF doc
ument which bears my name among others was MADE
self or our authorization II that document should lead
the public to regard Mr. Tton as the author Of the cal
Imnjes TO which alluded any other Islander against
me- II will do him great injustice Mr. i1ltOhs course
toward Inc has been that OF man OF honor anu In
tegrty.
Mr.. Abbott-That is Mr.. Tilton's proposed card.
Mr. Evarts-I said 80 that is what he proposed, and
you will sec whenever Mr. TiltOn proposes anything
either beginning middle, end there will be some
tifcate to his honor. IAughter Mr.. Beecher did Mt
publish any such card And now read you from the
newspaper in evidence what he did publish 1t is in the
body of an editorial In the morning edition. printed at
IL oclock-1 o'clock-Of The Brooklyn Eagle.
Mr.. Morris-TwO o'clock.
Mr. EvartsPrinted att oclocx-that Is, published at
2o'clock issued at2
Mr.. AbbOtt-Yes.
Mr. Evarts-Issued at o'clock but the editorials, &c,
are written and set good for the inside page
In a recent interview between the editor Of The Eagle
and the Rev. Mr. Beecher, the latter gentleman took
occasion regret In vindcaion OF Mr. Tilton and
in confirmation Of statement of Mr. Beechers views
we pubsh the following note received this morning,
from the pastor Of Plymouth Church: II have main