New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-22
THE HATEFUL ACT OF SENDING THE
LETTER.

beneath ths conspiracy. Aud you enabled 10 see,
first that the who IL perjured liar; and
secon (which Is importantly that that secular
Christmas Day OF 1870 Theodore Tllton had received
right in the forehead blow which put him to best
endeav0rs to only his fortune but his reputation
and his all He had been warned by that day twho,
If trust his description. as cunning ~
relentless, remorseess Indian that he was 70
fan as he did before the year went out
Now, we understand, gentlemen, why 10 was that
Frank MoultOn and Theodore Tilton close to-
gcther interlocked snakes through that week.
Now we understand why II that Henry Ward
Beecher the of these unexpected and perhaps
unwelcome attentions from Bowen the one hand and
Messrs. Toh ana M0ulton the other An event. IL
which he had no concern had made him person OF great
importance in the estimation Of both these parties
Bowen saws he went Beecher and he admits that he
told Mr.. Beechcf lie his friend. Mr.. Beecher De-
leved 1t, as he believed 1t when Frank Mouon told MN
that he his friend. Now, bear mind gentlemen,
that this warfare in which Theodore Titon, VINO
shows scruple nowhere else, would be little
likely TO be scrupulous. He was not scrupuious;
and y0u have noticed one thing in the reading OF
this correspondence well the side revelations OF
this cause that whenever Theodore Tilton was in
trouble there little woman under his roof who was
in deeper trouble Was he reproached abroad for IN
fidelity to the marriage vow He came home sad and
sorrowul. and she in his face the visage or the
ktueeIner Ol slils, 1--we
Henry c. Bowen turn upon him and say L" The time has
come when you mus. fall, but for this week the AK
shall De suspended Z" The poor little woman IN llv-
ingstOn-s. is the who Is held responsible, even
for that Ia there a controversy between him and Mrs
Beecher earlier period when she believes him to DE
treacherous her husband, reaeherous to all else
the poor little in LivlngstOn-s takes the blame
and is permitted longer TO enter the house whose
threshold cannot We fnd too that week, that
MoultOn the restless ntriguant, the born dponatis
who believes that the highest diplomacy Is the highest
culture OF the of lying and deceit he is busy Plenty
of occupation And these gather together anu
form plan Of that campaign which is TO result either IN
the destruction OF Henry c. Bowen in the downfall OF
Theodore TtOn. That the controversy then. As to
Mr. Be ,cher he regarded merely a. an Important
neutral. who should be turned into armed auxiliary
and who would the auxiliary of the Il he was not
allied with the other. But the fight between Tlton
and Bowen.
Field Marshal MoultOn is IN charge 81 the campaign
Theodore you need allies" what aIyl" "You sent
a note 10 Henry ward Beecher; Henry C. Bowen was
cunning. You signed it, Hedidnt suppose lie delivers
his note and makes peace with the TO whom he de-
livers It, and leaves you to prove your case what
then :" 81 have case II Bowen abaulOns me have
given 10 Mr. Beecher the power TO ruin me- ihat
pcrcmptOry demand, published in The BROOKLYN EHie
r read at Friday night ecuIeroom, that insocnt de
m.nd 20 Henry Ward Beecher would blast me forever"
done" "Well what can it bel II Bowen fails me. II he
doesn't furnish the proof that there was some good
cause for my charges, I destroyed" Have
you no charge Of your own, Theodore IA
pause1 There was an old letter my wife wrote
me some years ago, telling me that one night
when Mr. Beechcrwa at my house he going away
he said What a pretty house this is. 1 wish lived
here told her when came home that man meant
something by that. She denied IT, But / have never
been satisfied about IT, and believe this day. thai he
improper approach, overture to her of indie
cent communion with him." THAT is it. Where is Eliza
bethl" "Sck" None the worse" Now, | do not 20
into details; Idon't know what they were; you don't
But we both know results. We know that here was
necessity OF scncing Mr.. Beecher here necessity
ascertaned T0n admits, the next day FOR he says
then Bowen threatened to ca hier him There was ne
ccssty that something should be done, that should turn
MI Beechcr against Bowen something that should bring
Mr. Beecher the right hand OF on. and enable him 10
cooperate with MOulton in rcnstatng Tlton in The m
dependent, or providing tor him otherwise. What
happened
Now do not want at this moment, TO on with the
testimony this immediate connection. would rather
call your attention 10 little document some distance re-
moved from this which Theodore TtOn got up with the
aid OF his friend Carpenter in the 0! Elizabeth r.
TitOn and in her handwriting the 10th OF December
1872, TO be shown to the Rev. Doctor storls
with a view to the action of Congregational Council
Let us get TtOns version of what the probable
subject of these interviews that week at Mrs TIL
tons house. The document begins in this
WISE or rather contains this sentence Alter ausion
TO The alleged communication ~ her husband OF the fac
in July 1870, that Mr. Beecher had solicited her TO be
wife TO him. together with all that this implies. comes
this striking act-here You have Theodore Tons YER
sion Of the matter six months aferward that you OBJ
serve in December, 1s70-"My husband felt mpelled
by the circumstances of a conspiracy against him, ID
which Mrs Beecher had taken part TO have interview
with Mr. Beecher" How is thisi There then in
this last week of 1870, between Christmas and New
Years Day. a conspiracy against Theodore TitOn IN
which Mr. and Mrs Bcecher actors, in which Mr..
Titon was to be a sufferer What was that conspiracy
that this woman made TO believe in, and
to certify to Why, IL TO have him
turned of The Tadpedent and The Brooklyn Union
Mr. and Mrs Beecher had been the advisers Of Bowen
Bowen himself admits that he referred by Mr..
Beecher to his wife. and that he her and there
learned the OF the letters written by Mrs Ton
to Mrs Beecher, Mr. Beecher, from the West. That
was the conspiracy Then you perceive that the instr
mentality that they employed the threat OF Bowen
the advice of Mr. Beecher the information from Mrs
Beecher 10 convince this little woman that there was
purpose on the part of Bowen and Beecher and Mrs.
Beecher to destroy him and her and that the pur
pose Of his and her defense it needfu to have
charge against Mr Beecher which should paralyze his
arm and convert him from enemy into friend. And
that is the full the clear the sufficient explanation OF the
latter which extorted from her the night OF the
10th OF December and which was made the occasion
Of the interview of the following day Without going
further into detail gentlemen, content to submit to
your Judgment whether it n not perfectly apparent that
Theodore Tton the Monday of that week. felt that
his destruction imminent that 1t was to come at the
hands of Bowen, that Bowen had entrapped him into
making a charge against Mr.. Beecher under the false
nromise that he would sustain him in the charge and
furnish the proof and had then taken that charge to Mr.
Beecher and made it the occasion Of putting him. Tton
in the power Of Mr. Beeclnr so that he could destroy
him even II Bowen did not. He felt that that letter
written 10 Mr. Beecher letter OF destruction To
him. unless he had some means OF retaining IL from MI
Bowcns hands and putting Mr. Beecher himself in terror
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