New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-16

made 0irecI ana 20 nSnhbs bcocnk.
She had confessed husband In July and RESTRAINED
him by sacred obligatory promise. h. with hs cou-
ception Of her character and her relations with Mr.
Beecher, had forgiven her oense yet hs had entoro1
conspiracy and attack against MI Beechor 70
drive him from the pulpit; and when that bocomss
known, the Goth Of December To Mrs Titon. she b
anguished and hesrt-broken. She appeals to her hus
band upon the strength Of his pledge when the reves
ton was made I'm the July previous. To inhuce him y
have this interview. Now. what necessity was Therein
writing letter tor the purpose OF satisfying the PRIDE
and the manlness Of Mr. Tilton, who said 81 will have
no interview with Mr Beecber unless II can bs ntre
duced IN form which will save my sclfrcspect'
What nece .sy there In any note which Mrs. Tioa
might under these circumstance send to M BeecheR
advising him OF tho fact that she had made confession
TO her husband which, Is stated. was not commnni
Gated to bin bofore what necessity was there 10 make
any charge IT adultery I'm that letter. She appealed TO
the Of Mr. Beecher. don't know whether
there was IL that note any direct specification OF the
tent OF tho crlmnay between these two persona Yoa
were not permitted to know II from direct testimony
infer the other evidence In the case that here w
And TINT f. the motive with which introduced thess
other doc nents and this other evidence; because that
parer had made direct charge against Mr. Beecher that
hc hid diced Airs. Tton II you can suppose that u
wa. rsdc in any such form that and accepted and
by Mr. Bcecher as true. why We would not
want to travel very farther IN the investigation Of
this case. But on that night she writes this;
December 30, 1870.
weared with importantly and weakened by Sickness
I gave q letter incupating my freud Henry ward
diIrGltcs between me and my husband That letter
now revoke was persuaded TO IT, almost icrce' whoa
was in weakened stato OF niihu ioSios ~ sno ~
call all its statements.
Now that is pretty clear evidence that there were
statements In that letter inculpating Henry Ward
Beechcr imputing to him oense. crime in the eye Of
morally because she 1t in tina. very paper which
Mr. Bschcr obtains the night OF tho 3Oth In thas
paper sle assorts and he accepts the assertion that
that DESTROYED paper che did incupatc r Beecher and
sle withdrew the statements to that effect that that
letter contained The letter that have read to you
signed r. Il. TiltOn. There is this postscript
desire to say explicitly Mr. Beecher has never offered
any improper solicitation, but has always treated me u
r. manner becoming Christian and gentleman
Now, II Is falsely argued. your Honor IN constituting
his instrument that that postscript necessarily implies
that the original paper to which 1t refers WAS simply
charge of improper solicitations That not tho legal
rendition this instruments that IL not us proper con-
stctiou. The body Of the paper says gave paper
incuipating Mr.. Beecher. withdraw tho statements In
tia, paper" Then In the postscript added c~rtincats
that DR. Beecher addressed to her any improper
solicitations or any conduct unbecomng gentlemsa-
Now It IL idle say, Sir, that that maintains tho des
that the paper destroyed the previous paper WA one
charging merely impure advances. But, on the same
| night at midnight she writes
nv DEAR HUSBAND deslre to leave with you before
going 10 sleep statement that Mr. Henry Ward eccha!
has been tins evening. asked iuc woui deicha
him against any accusation in ,G,'ea o. ~. mn.sers:
and replied sOlemnly that would Ia case the uocusos
| any other than my husband
Mr. Beechcr asking this lady IL she would defend hin
| against any accusation in council of Minister'S
Hotu W. b. dictated letter, which copied a. my
on 10 used against any other accuser exceptm
husband Tnls letter was designed to ylndlcste NJ
against az other 9s,I s SS Ss hS sad rI
pain that my letter in your hands addressed q M ~
dated December 30 had struck him dead ana s9ds leo, az
avoid publicity God grant speedy end ~ all Iurtn~
anxeties Ahcctionateiy EhAAs1fh
Now the first question i did Mr. Beecher dictate TIE
first instrument have read Is it trucs Mira Ifltea
asserts it on the very night when it was written But
ia said that she was under the dominion OF her husband
Under tho dominion Of her husband and giving 10 Henry
Ward Beecher certificate In defiance OF the will OF hes
hu sband If she under the control or Theodore III
ION she was acting as conspatress making false acoa
cations; and the arguments OF my learned friends sfs
suicidal II she conspiratress, subject tn tho COZ
ol and dctation OF her husband how came she to give
his letter OF recantaon II is called to Mr. Beechef'
and how are ideas consistent II the one be tr
the other false. But she subject to her husDandv
It NAV be gentlemen that che loved him with qualities
affection 1t may DO that she had considera'
ton for her own respectabiliy and the
honor and character OF her household; but where
has been the occasion emergency when the interests
f her husband and OF Henry Ward Beeeher have come IN
direct collision when has been the occasion when thas
woman has adhered her loyalty to her husband in op
cccherl Name the instance in your own recoectioo'
II YOU eau Tell me when where this lady has SUD
ected herself to domination by her husband whore
she has ever sacrificed her will to the wish OF her bus
bandit believeI believe that Mrs Tlton had affection
for Mr. Tton but believe that the supreme devotion
OF her soul dedicated to Henry Ward Beecher There
could not have been between two such beings "a Theo
dore Tton and his wife intercourse OF years. love
originating In tho purity and simplicity OF child
hood cherished among all the struggles Of this
man for and position, union at last upon the
pinnacle OF that fameal these things could not have
been without leaving sweet traces upon tho heart and
the memory. This had beautiful recoectohs OF
that old intercourse Oh those sweet memories OF child
hood and of purity which como over us in Later days
how they renovate and cheer the hearth And however
much We have strayed, however wildly we have been
deuded by temptations and the soceres Of the world
and OF life, yet they come upon Us ct times
with frcshenng and humanzing influence which
seems to restore all childishness and virtue
And there times even now under tho deluding ana
iarkC ming Influences which surround that woDan-eves
now the memory Of those days and those affections, con
nectsd with ideas and memories Of parentagc and chill
ren do SOFTEN not the feelings Of that erriag
wife and mother But to tell me- when she stands IN the
attitude she occupies and when know that when
tho crisis crisis OF the contest as between hes
husband and Henry Ward Bcccher-nay, when tie crisis
Of her own fate caeshe abandoned her husband and adj
hered to the she adoredto tell me that woman WAS
under tho control and subject to the will OF the husband
whom deserted. is fasty in principle. and repns
uau all our IDEAS and notions Of human motives ANA
human character These instruments were not exorteh
except by that just and proper appeal to the ufulno
and the affection of the womans nature and TO her ut
~. ~ az 70 upon which they TO be used
and the motives Of their production which entirely
proper and innocent Was IL oppressive upon the part
| Mr. Tin to ask this woman for written statement
| ho asked II, to be presented TO Mr.. Bcechsfs
| advising Mr.. Beecher that he had received . con