New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-10-31

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attention to some facts. The article CON
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quite different reason. Tho most useful
ed.EiSa " dc: dsS!ss 'esS&as1 SJe eS&:,
speakers. Next to this, perhaps, 10 to mo-
tice and reply 10 denisisor answers made 10
srguWSpts 81 assertions occurring in public
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loaseJsBsAe8Pulalliisz llsaoin ER-lkA.
ha30a got ppblished, 70 4he, V1nA ID says:
His unfairnsss 10 positively shameful, and
aensti0es when he desires to indulge in his
propensity fYs MiesepeP jo1, yith iWpu;
nifty he tSkss psihi 70 .ppevSnt any SSm!.
Piete report Of his Sbe66A0Ar e1S0d ewAU
perh apa hoy much Of ny Ne I devote to
conciliating them, and how sure they would
be to feP6ftme just u l might wish, will
apprscdsto 1aad fsiish the pFofundity and
probability 81 this sage asssstiQp., The ar
E"fa TIL Albany address Vi NV. .hSt.aiu
. single pesussa abOat q so0fe Of fsasS hpods
Of Thash ~ haze s % s .s 10 nst9s xS
right libel against the character 'of John
Kelly and other repatAbie" CitiaSns, He
1ays:n 'Wei see that D new TAAams4y ring
has blOssOMed out in practices lnss Aating,
but az certainly hurtful and dishonest -
those which distinguished Tweedsahl bis
associstes.' THU 10 confoundipg all distinc.
ton Of right and wrong, of good and I'll.
The second instance is . malicious libel On
Governor Tiiden, thrown id Is poison the
praise bestowed upon him. lSp~aking Of
the culpability of the canal boaid of 1859,
Mr.. CopklinR says, endeavoring to Shov she
Governors instncerity In reform: These are
the men whom Two Year, aftefward Coy
egnorp Tides ssaistadsia reSeUiaeti1g xt
Rochester. The Senator oa4 not bb S01K:
norant of current politics as not to I'd smars
that tho great struggle of 'Tti1 On snd, Ker-
nan in the Rochester COZ veA tion WAS to get
. new State ticket, 49, prlOt that party
management had changed banda, eAd to
destroy the influence OF Tweed and expel
him from the Democrssio party.so
Rsyersi?g tho order of these two alleged
Governor Tilden. The World garblss ny
words BY cutting d short sentence il two,
suppreesisg Que half and FACILITATING the
other halt, ~ if it, Was the whole. The
statement as 1t appears in other papers,
/ rAll these officials were Deuossats. They
are the same men svhep two yssrs after.
sisted in renominating, and who he sup-
ported with all the appliances which minis
tered to that imfneeulate campaign. They
are the same men tor whom the whole De-
mOcracy voted after their doings were mo-
tOrious-the same men for whom they
counted ~ many votes in New York city
within about 5000 as had been counted for
Hoffman, when, as we know now, upward
of1l5, OG0 was falsely added to- the count,
and all this 1t an election when Repub-
licans laid aside party and gave their votes
to Mr.. Seymour, Mr.: Tilden, riemabn and
other Democratic, because they believed
The truth or error of this statement is
worth examining and particularly now that
that in September, 1871. Mr.. Tiden did know
that the then Stste officials were unworthy
to be kept in place, and did know shat they
represented Tweed. That Mr.. Tilden did
then know these things was pretty clear be-
fore, but 1t is convenient to have 1t fully
attested by one of the rival organs of DEM
ocracy in this city. Bearing in mind, then,
ton belonged to the Tweed regime, let us
recall the facts. NE Tildsn vss member
of the convention which, renominAtsd all
these men; he remained member of the
convention TO the end; he was himself nomi-
mated as member and chairman of the com
mittee to manage the canvass and accepted
the place; he did not repudiate OF denounce
uuo uUHludbiUus, DuU bCCtpUtu duu COuCuT-
red in. them. The World lugs in Tweed
who had not been mentioned in this connec.
ton, but 1t may be mentioned now that
Tweed was present also and in person di-
rected aud superintendent, the ldoings Of the
convention, All these facts ere Open and
public, and will be found Id the reports OF
the convention published at the time in the
party press on both sides. They sufficient
ly warrant the remark that Mr.. Tilden as
sisted on the occasion, but this is not the
matter to which invite chief attention.
THE CoNFEDERATE3 OF TWEED.
What did Mr. Tilden do to reinstall these
men in high places of trust, after the World
says he knew their unworthiness and dis.
approved their selection He was, you re-
member, supported by the Republicans that
year for the Assembly, and was then a pro-
fesaed reforMer.
He acted throughout the canvass as chair
man of the Democratic committee, down to
AID including the polling and the count of
votes. Did ne or did he not support and
endeavor to refasten upon the people these
unfaithful officials and known coniederates
of Tweedl If he did not, grievously has he
been slandered. II he did, the World has
done an i'll service to Mr.. Tilden by bringing
the fact to notice. The official canvass of
votes would decide this question. even if
the fact had not been known of all men at
the time. One year before, Governor HOtf.
man had been reelected. The Democracy
was united then, and all the votes they
could command were cast, and all they
could count were counted. Mr.. Tilden was
chairman of the committee that year also.
The Democratic vote counted in this city for
HOFFMAN IN 1870 was.... ................ sc, 668
In 1871 the vote counted Tor the Tweed state
ucKet Z23
Vote of 1871 less than 1870 .............. 3,44S
The year 1871 was the ''off year." no
Governor or membere of Congress running,
and the vote in 'Otf years" is always percep.
tibly lighter. In the face of these figures
dare any man assert that Mr.. Tilden and
the whole body of Democratic partisans did
not support the known Tweed ticket So
much for the alleged SANDER Of Governor
Tilden.
KELLY's CLAIMS TO REsPEcTABILITY.
Now, as to the charge that the ..reputa-
BILE" Mr.. Kelly has been slandered by the
assertion "that new Tammany Ring has
blossOmed out IN practices less haring, but
as certainly hurtful and dishonest, as those
which distinguished Tweed and his con-
freres." II will be observed that this re-
mark does not name Mr.. Kelly. How came
the World to know that when you say
"Tammany Ring" you mean "Mr. KellyY'
This shows the supernatural gifts with
which editors are sometimes endowed.