Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-08-27
Embers of the Beecher Scandal.
N, Y, Letter.

n lObtOIa lLOlA Il L. OAA
penter, the artist, who was also one
of the characters in the Brooklyn
drama, has been published. In its
most interesting portions Mn. Carr
penter says: Il have seen Tllton
try to forgive and live down Beech
er's crime. He had lost a good
name, money, friends, everything
worth living for. When at last Dr.
Bacon attacked him publicly, calling
him s.knave" and ''dog,' the
creature of Beechers magnanimity,
he called upon Mr.. Beecher
to stop the clamor of his
friends. He waited three months,
Bacon keeping up his attacks
during that time. There was no
alternative. Every friend he had
left would have despised him if he
had not replied to Bacon. Beecher
had three months to stop the arti-
cles. A single p ,ragraph in the
Christian Union, his own paper,
would have dc e it. He could have
thanked Dr., Bacon civilly and added
that he could not consent to be
praised at the expense of another;
that Mr. Tlton was not a knave or a
dog; that he was not the creature of
his (Beecher's) N .gnanimity. One
would have thought this the least he
could do, but he was too great a
coward. Even after the publica-
ton of Tilton's reply to Bacon,
if Beeeher had shown any
manhood the fire could have
been eztinguished. ~Tilton's letter to
Bacon was published in Wednesday.
R4echer was at Peekskill. Friday
h telegrapned to Moulton that he
was coming down to Brooklyn to his
prayer meeting and wanted to see
him at 6 O'Clock. Moulton got the
disp~ sch about noon He joined
Tilton and me at l.pch at Delt- ,ns
icO's. Triton then and there made
his solemn pledge to Moulton ana
to me that if Beecher would say one
word in his behalf that night as
Moulton proposed he should do, he
(Tilton) would burn every letter and
ever, document of every kind and
end the matter forever. Moulton
dictated and I wrote down in pencil
las it was afterwards pub
I'shed) the words he proposed.
They did not even compromise
Becher. At the interview between
Beecher and Moulton at 6 o'clock at
Moultons house, Beecher took the
slip of paper to consider. He show
ed it to Tracy, (who had been called
in as counsel,) who ADVISED him to
say nothing. The Beecher appoint
ed his invest ;gat ng committee.
Then Mrs. Tilton was enticed away
from her home and joined Beecher
IN the attempt to blacken and blast
Tlton. Then there was nothing but
to fight. Tilton was
never SO well worth knowing as now
He has nothing to do with Mrs. Til
ton, but has supported her wholly
since the trial, when Beechel
and Plymouth Church dropped
her like the rind of a squeezed
0. .nge. Beecher infamy in this if
co nplete. | have lately had severa
interviews with Sam Wilkeson, ons
of Beechers chief witnesses. He has
wholly changed his opinion of Beech
el.. Mrs Isabelle Beecher Hooker
was staying two years and a half age
her brot ler's, Rev. Edward
Beec; er's, To- . in Bro pklyn. Sh'
sent for me to come and see her
, She told me that she wished to Sc
: Lie and Mrs. Moulton. She knew
!; how greatly we had been wronged
She said that she was praying ever,
day ia, Henry night be brough
to confess publicly his sin wit
Mrs. Tileon, ch he confessed ful
" to her before the Woodhull publ
cation. Mrs Tilton has been to Sc
, me twice. She says she asks moth
,, ing, expects nothing; that in he
; last statement, which substantiate
her husbands accusation, she toll
the al ollye TRUTH that she live
n the lie as long as possible, and fe
: she could not die with it on her col
cience. She said: L have told til
truth at last and am now in pei
NJ feet peace, as I have left it wit
III God Poor woman. She is, aftt
u all, the chief victim. Beecher RI
ceived hundred thousand dollar
fl ON his Christian brethren, and
r.. and they left her to starve, Tito
c. out of limited income, stints hin
self that he may send her money
live" E..E