St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-09
Miss Augusta Moore on the Scandal.

Il number ui years since prepared and
published Il volume of Lite Thoughts.
or extracts from Mr.. BccchcI'> sermons
and PRAYERS. She lived for several Years
in Mr.. Tilton~ family. and knows well
the parties Ia the great scandal. Read
rIS ot the testimony will remember that
her evidence WAS very damaging to
Tillou and thai his counsel could du
nothiu" with her. on cross-cNamiI.ation
Even the crafty Fullerton gave up as Il
bad Job The attempt Ia cnlanglc her III
her own words. or to make her contra
diet herself i'll any particular. Miss
Moore writes Ia the Tribune very >pl-
cN and interesting review ot the >ciIn-
dial. from her own point of view: and ~
the view OF an independent woman. " ho
has had an inside view of the case. her
opinion of ii and her estimate OF the
characters Of the three parties to it. the
Iiltom> and Mr.. Bcrcher. is important.
We copy most OF IL.
To the EditOr Of tire T,ibHHe.
SIR: While the most patient doe
that ever WAS chased and hunted i> he
ing shot at 10y the archcls. permit me
to say. subject tn your judgment. Il few
things that seem To need say ing. tod
forbid that | should add to the blum
lclo of this hlundcIing time. See you
Ia that.
First. no honest, mWillin. doubts of
MIS- Tiltun's innocence should bt
blamed. Why, when | had finished
reading Theodore Tilton'> last long
statement. | sat appalled, 1t Was mid
night and the blackucs> of midnight
seemed to have shut in Elizabeth. |.
that knew her. and knew 1hc"doir
Tiltom. her Tall Torment. that knew
the lies IN HAT subtle rnmaucc. could
not sec how pick them ouI from the
. truth He had 50 mixed and >nallcd
up the true and the false that the truth
itself was made to lie. 1t seemed t,
me that none who did not thoroughly
understand the pair could ever umtanGl'
the SnaIl.
And Thcnd"re had completely aston
iShcd me- That he WAS hollow. trcach
cromS. selfish. vain. had not been Ion.
IN discovering: hut that he WAS thu
r. crafty. malignant. and rUuiiim% ha'
not suspected. nor that he had the skill
this second Volume of Tempest I">t =.
~ am informed hr has uanIcd II
>huvrd Has Mouli"n hclrcd him
Whose hand i in this wondered
III, has, made the poor WnmanS OWL
words condemn her hy them hr ha
/ proved II cruel lie Ia hr the truth. Why
>,cthiny IL Kid in its mothers milk |
- nothing To this. And these letters, "
; used to ~;.N (MIS. TiltoI'> friends did
among ouIS,lVcs. that he WAS WrltIn
his letters and getting his wife to writ
hers with il view to Sctlin" himself he
fnir the world -aitcr he should fins
her ol1-aS Il devoted, incompal;ihl
husband. This WAS. pr"hahiy. his iils
idea regarding these dclrctablc letter.
-, which the poor little dupc Swallowc
us the true exponent of ''Dory. Hin
self. as she S:lw and felt him, she res,
lutcly rejected aS not being the Ic:
Thcndorc and to tho ideal ''D"iN,
the poet the hero. the prince. the god {
p, hcridolatrv. she wrote with all her hear
irving. as much a> in her lay, to t"ll"'
his style. perfect of course taking Il
blame for all jars and miSrricS upon he
., inotlrnsivc self. She thought II W
' .,, duty Git WAS folly) to ignore and SacI
flee herself us she did. Half way
enough for wife OF husband hahltuall
to ro each toward the other. IN III
selfish woman with small Sclf-cStcc
vas not the wife. for Theodore Tilt"
\ wife whom he feared. Il large. Strol
- woman. able To east out of windows
- doors the .'ladv friends who sat III II
lap, saving he WIS the only man th'
80 ever loved (huShands of their own u"
witliStanding,) and To fINirn INN up
VI. the chamber where he held them. III
keep him fasting till he bowed tho
y clustering locks in real repcntanc
might have saved whatever there "
in rhcodnIc I'ilton worth saving.
Sometimes. to friends VIII" had WI
: messed Thcodorc l'iltonS treatment
,Ly her when hr Mas not ON cNhibitlon,
he ALWAYS WAS before visitors whom
wished to have admire him, Mis-. Tilt
would admit her wrctchcdncSS. On
this was as early as 60 or bI :
r.pt To my room, and in my arms we
ont her despair. Il shall have to 81
him up. cannot live this way M
leave him." ..Iou cannot live aw
from him" | replied. wishing she h
VI never seen him. felt he would he on
= calamity to her. and that she
losing her power for good over III
= For = few wears she had Il great Il
o,nd Influence over him. 1t Was as
Influence of "A robin over Il baby >to
rapidly OutgroWn.
Seeing that Elizabeth qua NOT
how could she he 50 perVerSe y Il
that money was needed 'he ,e''
were put to IL different use nom me
west originally intended. As early rs ~, I'd
III; | began tn see that Theodore III
would damage Mr. Beecher IT 1t e
an" was in his power. My pastor