The Morning herald., 1876-02-22
Bowen Again.

Bowen Again.
he IS READY TO MEET MR.. BBEoHER AT
ANY T1NE-A LETTER MAKING SOME
NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
| By American Press Association.
BROOKLYN, N. r, Feb. 2l.
The following letter was sent to the Ad.
visory Council at 2P. NJ. to-day:
90 WILLIAM STREET, BROOKLYN,
February 81, 1876.
REV. LEONARD BACON, D. D., Modera.
tor-Sir: There were some statements made
to the Council on Saturday, ~ reported in
papers so incorrect that am compelled to
contradict them. First, Mr.. Beecher is re-
ported - saying:
"Mr. Bowen is man Of courage but he
has not courage enough to look me in the
face and never has intimated any moral
impunity to me and he never did.
1t 10 false that have never dared to meet
him in this way as the following facts will
show. On May rs, 1878, Mr.. Beechsr had
learned that 1t was reported as coming
from Mr.. Carpenter that ~ had re-
asserted to him charges made against
Mr.. Beecher," charges Of" Moral
impurity," Mr.. Bcecher wrote to
Mr.. Moulton in letter, which has been
published, that be had sent Mr.. Cleveland,
with his (Beecher's) horse and buggy to
hunt Carpenter and warn him to be careful
about repeating such statement. Mr..
Cleveland brought Mr.. Carpenter 70
Moulton's house, and Moulton took him
and Cladin to my house. The matter
was talked over, and the result ID thus
given by Carpenter, as published in July,
Goth, 1874: Cladin said, n think we had
better have Beecher here tonight" II
(Carpenter) said I would be glad to have
Mr.. Beecher present" Mr.. Bowen said,
II am willing to have Mr.. Bescher come
hsre,' and will confront him" Claain
volunteered to 60 and get him, when
Moulton started up and said: "Clahin,
will Co." He went out, and was gone
fifteen or twenty minutes. he returned
without Bsechsr, saying the house was
closed and the windows darkened, that he
rang the bell, but could not rouse anybody.
This was about half.past ten o'clock.
Claaiu then said +: "Well, think it's
very important that Messrs. Bowen and
Beecher should have a private inter-
view before this matter goes any fur.
ther. Mr.. Bowen pledged that he would
be ready and willing to see Beecher the
next day "Monday" any time between 8
o'clock, A. NJ, and 1oP. NJ. Claflin said
he would see Beecher the next morning and
arrange such an interview, and few min
utes later We left Bowen's residence in ac-
cordance with his promise Clanin asked
Beecher to meet me, as the following letter
will show.
New YORK, May 9eth, 1s7s.-Friend
Bowen-My Dear Sir: I called at BIS house
as I came over, but be had gone to Peeks.
kill to be away all day I viii bring him to
your house about 8 O'Clock this evening, if
he will 60, and think he will although
Mrs. B. said she did not wish him to see
you without knowing the object of my call.
Truly yours,
(Signed) H. B. CLAFL1N.
The result given below by Mr.. Carpenter
from the same report agrees with my me-
mory. A few days after this Carpenter
saw Mr.. Clalfin, who told me had seen Mr..
Beechel the next day, and that Beecher
said "there isn't force enough in Brooklyn
to draw me into private interview with
Henry G. Bowen" I was no more
afraid then to meet Beecher and "intimate
moral impurity" to him than was in your
presence last Friday night or than would
have been before the examining committee
of which he is chairman, had he seen fit to
be present. Second d;-Beecher, as reported,
said to the council, speaking Of his inter-
view with me at Mr.. Free]ands's house "the
great difficulty was that being newly mar
ri ID he could not endure that his wife
should suppose that he was under the ban
of the pastor;;" this statement is false and
all the inferences that Beecher draws from
It. The meeting at Freeland's house was
about the 1st of February, 1870; was mar
ried in 1865; other misstatements were
made % to my prejudice BY Bsecber and
Halliday, but I will not occupy your time
with them.
[Signed.] HENRY q. BOWEN.
Preachers' Neetlng.
The weekly meeting Of the Wilmington
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