St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-16

| am yours. Though unknown to you,
(Signed H. w. b.
HOW ME-. BEECHER CAME To WRITE IT.
Mr.. Beecher explained the writing o
this letter as follows: | went, one Sat
urday morning, up to the office to Sc,
Mr.. M"ulton. 1t bad been Il troubluu
time from week to week ; all along
these things were breaking out. ! wen
to see him on one of these occasions.
sat some little time before he came in
and when he came in. he did not SET
me-purposely-a went about hi,
bn>iucSs, and continued and kept mt
waiting ii considerable length of tim,
and then he gave me a cold recognition
and was passing out. ! got up and
went out Immediately y-torced myself
upon him. | must say. He was very
distant. He seemed more nearly in a
mood of ang"r with me than had ever
seen him before: and when | entered
into some conversation with him he
WAS very abrupt-and even more.
began tn make SONG explanation to him
of Mr. Tilton's demand upon me, that
should-that | was not fulfilling the
understanding and intent of our cordial
agreement. and that my friends were
doing me Il great deal of damage
Tilton's representations doing me a
great deal of damage injudiciously. Nh
Mnulton replied with Il tone that wa,;
cutting to me. The substance of il was
| that it was very we'll for me that had
all wanted wealth and il home and IA
chuch and my friends it was very
well for me I" sleep or pay little regard
to Mr.. 1'ilton's condition and feelings
that he was without support, that he
WAS suffering from poverty that he WAS
being injured by those that were fiat
tcrimg me. and he bore down with some
severity upon me III the matter. The
conversation was peculiarly trying to
me; | was going to he absent the whole
of the next week. preached on Sun
day. but OH Monday morning WAS i'll
Il profound reaction. Usually | do
not feel the effects of reaction till Mon
day night oI Tuesday, if At all but on
Monday | wa- i'll Il profound reaction.
and ieli that | could not go off and be
goue Il week without clearing my self
in the court of honor for the fultllmcut
of every obligation that had assumed; ;
| determined that | would give him
such Il letter aS would make him feel to
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friend in his trnuhlt. and under that
condition | wrote tins letter. which may
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MR.. kEE'IiEK IN EXPLANATIONS OF THE
LETTER.
Mr.. Evart- then questioned Mr.. Beech
ct about the letter. passage 10y passage.
beginning with the expression. Il have
the evil. .Wm.iG" "nhvp teeN visited -.
and with increasing success" asking
what that lefrncd to.
Mr.. Brrrhrr-Ir refers L. the pro-
InuurL ,nde,1ur which had made
ever, where to SAY that the stories
had assisted with Nh. Bowen to have
hrIirrd. and that had given currency
to that | hrIicved them tn hr false ::
that l.rlirvrd Nh. Iiltrn IL hc an hon
est and rhnrnurhlv rhl>tc rrd temper
,rr man: thar believed him to be
neither a Irrhrr No, a drIukard: that
hrlicyrd him tu do many things weak,
ntrcu said bat everywhere attempt
ed to de- that which | rndertook to do
yriuSt,tt hiw us H.. was hen he stood
, i,liIliiut man nj the head of the Hl-
,irI,.i,i,ut.
Nlr. Evart< next quoted the passage
CLOSING: u am willing t. step down
and ont. No one can offer more than
that. That | Il" oifer. Sacrifice me
vilii"Hl hrsltatInu. it lou can clearly
SEE. youI way 10 his safety and happI-
ness thrrchy. do NOT think that ANY
thIuo. ,,nuI,i hr Gained hy il. shnuId
be DESTROYED. hut he vuuld NOT h,.
saved f. ard the children would have
tlrir fuIirr ,.lnulrd." Now. sir. what
did ven r,,e,. ru in regard to any slate
u,,.,ii 81. ,Jmi,>in,, of ynur own IN thi,
CLAUSE. ot tI,,. l,ttrr?
Mr.. Bcccher-I undcrronk tn clear
hin, fran, ,ycry Imputatiuu that itfrrtcd
his cbar;,rIrr cxrrnt those which he-
lnpurJ IN his I,trr associatinrs with
,ori,Iisti,. id.;suud with th. W,o,lhulIs.
/ If v,s, ,nmmn,, u,ounL between Ms
.h,, EI;y,h.th and tho domestic t,,uhIes
we're tn he shielded in silence. ! could
NOT undertake to do some things with
ont bringing the whole matter In such
, WAY that tbot would he disclosed. |
couIi,'t undertake tn clear his characte,
in regard to his sentiments upon social
| istic questions. That | couId not do.
Ru, II in REGARD Ia the other. if in re
card +, his honsrhold FIizabeth and
the rhildrru. if he wished that. ON nv
nut tn he dr,oreJ ont and made =
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