New-York tribune., 1874-10-27
SPEECH OF THE HON. EDWARDS PIERRE
PONT,

Ii our opponents cOuld Keen us taking apou'
the bugbear of Gen. Grants third tern and thus pre-
from speaking OF Gen. Dixs second term they
would be gratifed; but at the risk Of dspeasing oui
enemies propose TO say something about the second
OF Gov Dix. For the last two years we have had
Gen. Dix Governor; under his rule we are safe
and OF honest administration. THE TRIBUNE OF the
Sd inst very justly says "that Gen. Dix was popular
man before he had been tried Governor" and that
Governor of NewYork he has achieved more renown
than any of bis predecessors within the memory OF this
generation" When be into Office he found that
Of the sinking fund had been distracted and
that only t,ooooOO remained. By careful management
this deficit restored and In two years the fund
has been raised to upwards of With amazing
industry and unparalleled watchfulness Gov DIX mas
read and mastered and vetoed more than 200 bills i'm
providently passed. and thus prevented incalculabe
mischief and great frauds upon the people.
v,. DIX AND TILDEN CoNTRAsTED.
Mr. Tden never held executive public office in his
life, and In the experiment us some danger" IL is said
that few disafected Republicans urge in his favor
that he Joined the FreeSoil movement and thus
helped to defeat Gen. Cass and elect Gen. Taylor, ana
that In 1871 he Joined the Committee OF Seventy attacked
with effective violence the Democratic Ring, helped us
to elect Republican members in Democratic districts
and active In sending some Of the robbers into
exile and Tweed the dungeon, from which no release
or let-up can expected Tlden Is elected Concede
all thiswhat possible advantage be claimed for Mr.
Tlden over Gen. Dix these groundsf In private hfe
no man is more upright than Mr. Tilden. He Is rich
man who has earned mis- riches and has stolen
no part from the public treasury. Every man mas
right by honest In private pursuits to get rich II
he cau Justly goes to his credit with his fellow men,
But when man accepts public office he assumes
sacred trust and the sacege Of its betrayal should be
visited with the severest condemnation. The who
takes public office should leave all hope and every
wish OF gain behind and devote himself to his high
duties hoping for reward but moderate salary and
the approval Of his conscience and the sure applause
OF his generous counrymen Mems characters are
formed OF the accreons Of long years, and the resultant
Is not disturbed by personal attacks the of election
which are alike unwise unmanly and disgraceful Mr..
Tilden prominent politician long before the first
election President Lincoln his theories uponpublo
questions were well known, and when the South made
war and the uprose to defend the Govern
me MT Gen. Dix the first to sign the call upon the
people to meet in Unonsquare. Every patriot heart
seemed moved. Mr. Tden was impored by Demo
cratic friend Of high character and Of Senatorial dignity
IN the State to join in that call. Mr. Tlden refused
His earnest Democratic friend told him that the time
would come when that refusal would be remembered
Gen. DIX presided at that great gathering, gave his
money and his time grded on bis sword and went down
to the and remained In the army until victory was
secured. The record OF Gov Seymour was unsats-
factory TO Union men; yet such was the sympathy
OF Mr. Tilden with that record that in the first National
Convention OF his party after the war; Mr.. Tden, With
much adroitness, managed to set aside the claims of
Chief Justice Chase and the nomination OF Mr.
Seymour for the Presidency Last month another Chief
Justice who seemed likely to be nominated, was also
set aside by Mr. Tlden for candidate whose record
Mr. Tden preferred. Noon can doubt his great ability
In managing political conventions; but somehow bis
candidates do succeed before the people, and the
candidate who has supplaned ChefJustice Church
H.ta fha xuln nj ,%aA
Chief. Justice Chase.
B THE FRAUDS OF 1863
In 1868 Grant for President and Griswod for Gov
ernor were running against Seymour and Hoffman in
this state Mr.. Tden was Chairman of the Democratic
Committee and before election day this secret circular
Was ''Su''' Prird, and Strictly coaad>nttal
RGoxs or IaE STATE COMMITTEE. Oct a. 1888
per,on four principal towns and IN each city OF yar county
fse %ssS he Closing The
waiting for eouut-sueh person: estimate o. tne vote,
.Secas ap poll ionr
graphic lines before actual results bgn to be Co.
.3d before a & p ssIlS and 'Is es Sn . S
'Ais'1N' '"' ''1'~ sAxrKL }. TnDEs, Chairman
when the polls closed no Republican doubted that
Grant and GrswOld had carried the State by large
majority but when the count was nnisaea-lo'-sey-
The fraud was PUBLICLY eearssd s NJ Mr. re sseg po
n note TO that journal, in which he says:
Nv attention been called to article your joana Of last
evening S ba soa VII o By aasS"
lug uern, s oS ove % o M $ no scS paper
paon knowledge on nv part have read for the d time In
but have reason to believe that il had any such evil
%Sestyaton under OATH had before committee of
Congress the following Winter, proved that the circular
WIS sent 70 chairman OF every County Democratic
ORGANIZATION in the Sate and that In answer to that
cireuar more than zoe kilograms came to Tammany
Hall and that by 81 o'clock the evening OF election
about one-third of the State had been heard from.
80. 80 hn atf ua nn rfuna cd
Wnt nearly or O'Clock OF the night after electlon,"
and that as Mr.. Oakley Hall testified. "at meeting
nae'N aame OF every eector every ticket" and he
s1ans MaTar Of iA NewYork further testified, This
eiTInat y %e and Mr. to it
usage sign the name 81 tine M nal toM OF tae
ndne ana to my entire belief Mr. Tlden knew nothing
about it," The report OF the Congressional COMMITTEES
aa,e that the total fraudulent and illegal votes cast In
the state OF New-York, at the eeeion In November:
1865 si0bef SeIs ep' OF the following year Mr. reeey pub
ished his famous stter to Mr. Ilden 10 which ne says
ar. Then-iOu cannot escape responsibility BY saying.
VIE 'le S''. Thou csn,t not say did IL shake
Those CORY locks at me"
m m ,,. a, least passive aeeomphee in the giant fraud.
Nys%eI Ss s:fq The s the sn &
wa doaey sure thai The % m fraud. here psIpesd
YOU not merely silence bT, By positive .s.umySs have covered
fraud: with ,os the %sHs ss.s four S yna %a ss Io
pour,seahL HofmAn's majority l7,4a3. Mr. rlden you
80. ~ha ths contrast aess we'll comprehend the
whereby Of 1868 thus sses out OF all proper
There .sr are % s.e % f Hd s
average length would doubtless have been sweled TO least
thus present, without comment this circular, the
statement Of Mr. Tlden the testimony OF Mayor Hall,
arrEard the Presidential candidate OF Mr. Tdeas
Marty and received Mr. Tilden's earnest support But
not many Opths after the c0nsumDat0n OF this wicked
frad the chiefs the conspiracy Quarrrled about the
spoils and Sheriff Ben and others revealed the as
sIate by a great majority, out Of which the honest
voters had been cheated BY the new system OF false
Three years ago Mr.. Tiden joined the Committee Of
Seventy and united with Republican and Democratic
Re0rers and most earnest IN HE desire TO convict
af other frnnds For it all praise for &c be de-