The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-08-26

thhu lhoitShbci huu tile STOCK preferred
and common, all ultimately went above
par; and he enriched the people that
were wise enough and fortunate enough
to have secured his services. am per.
personally among tho number Of those
who were benefited by his wise and saga
cious management and say, so far from
having been overpaid in any Of these
transactions, that his legal fees and his
personal services were the cheapest and
the poorest rewarded | have ever known
in loEg business career, dealing in large
transactions in all parts of this country
aud in Europe.
| defy these gentlemen to lay their
hands upon dishonest dollar in the pos
session Of Samuel j. Tilden. say that
the people whom he served are his friends
to-day, aud his best friends. And it is
the service there which he rendered to the
West, Notwithstanding the insinuations Of
the gentleman from Iowa, that will give
him the vote of those great Western States
within whose borders he reconstructed
highways which are to them to-day the
arteries Of commerce and public blessings,
the value of which cannot be properly cs.
timated.
And us through the whole of his re-
markable career he has been the wisest
Of men, he has been the truest of friends,
he has been the most Jealous and earnest
Of patriots, so today he is the wisest, the
most accomplished statesman in the land,
and he will by the blessing of God be
one of the greatest, perhaps he greatest
OF the Presidents of the United States,
because he will have the opportunity to
rescue this government from the hands of
the incompetent and dishonest men who
have controlled it so long and made it
reproach in the eyes of the civilized globe.
lGreat applause.
In confirmation of his statements Mr..
Hewitt inserts the following telegram re.
ceived from Mr. Manton Marble, late
editor of the New York World, which was
received too late to be used in his speech,
but which he was allowed to have printed
III the COHyFesstoHt fteCoTu
NEw LEBANON, N. Y, August 10.
To tie Honorable 4. S. Hepit, House Of
Representatives., Washington
Your telegram received and shown TO me.
Although Mr.. Tilden was for the ten years
previous to the war and during the war in
private life, his position in respect TO the war
was never open to the slightest doubt. He
had been early educated to condemn the doc.
trines Of notification and secession. He had
foreseen the danger Of civil war when many
derided it, and did all he could to avoid il;
but when it arrived he took an open and de.
cided stand in support Of the government,
enforcing its jurisdiction, and ayerting dis.
memberment of the country. He attended
the meeting of the 10th Of April, 1861, and
again on the 22d of April the meeting of the
members of the New York bar. He soon
after addressed regiment setting out for the
front. He attended the presentation of
colors to the 10th Highlanders, and afterward
afforded that regiment special aid and service,
to say nothing Of contributions of money else.
where. His attitude throughout the war was
that Of man who, disappearing of the scat.
teration military management and the inha.
ton financial policy adopted by the admins.
tration because they tended to, prolong the
war and increase its sacrifceS nevertheless
sustained the arm Of the government. Every
utterance of his during the whole war was in
accord with his position. Every statement
to the contrary about any single act or ex.
preston is totally false. Some ofhis speeches
heared myself, particularly a great speech
which he made before the New York delega.
ton at the Chicago Democratic convention of
1864. was the bearer OF message from
him to Gen. Mcclellan advising him to dis.
card the Objectionable words in the platform,
which were also discarded in the subsequent
platform of the New York Democratic con
vention. have possession Of the original
manuscript of declaration which he prepar.
ed in October, 1862, to be used to define the
position of the New York Democracy-the
position which he thought it ought to take and
which it did take. select this from among
expressions for its brevity. II is as follows
'And now if my voice could reach the
Southern people through the journals of our
metropolis, would say to them that in no
event can the triumph of the conservative
sentiment of New York in the election mean
consent to disunion either now or hereafter.
Its true import is restoration, North and
South, OF that constitution which had secured
every right, and under whose shelter all had
been happy and prosperous until you mady
He'd from its protection. 1t was your act
which begun this calamitous civil war IL
was your act which disabled us as we are now
disabled from shaping the policy or limiting
the objects of that war. Loyalty as we main,
tained your rights will we maintain the right
Of the government. We will not strike down
its arm as long as yours is lifted against il.
That noblest and greatest work of our wise
ancestors is not destined to perish. We in.
tend TO rear once more upon the old and firm
foundations its shattered columns, and TO
carry them higher toward the eternal skies.
If the old flag waves in the nerveless grasp of
a frantic but feeble faction to whom YOU and
not we abandoned it 4; we, whose courage YOU
have tried when We stood unmoyed between
tanaticism and folly from the North and the
South alike, will once more bear il onward
and aiioat until it is again planted upon the
towers Of the constitution, invincible by do.
nestle as by foreign enemies. Within the
Union we will give you the constitution you
profess to revere, renewed with fresh guaran.
tees of equal rights and equal safety. We
will give you everything that local lf.govern.
ment demands; everything that common
ancestry OF everything that national
fraternity or Christian fellowship requires
but to dissolve the federal bond between these
oeetSof W tiomNmbtt put tuuulEy, whoever
else consents we will not. No, never, never,
never.n MASToS MARBLE.
The Springfield Republican has no
special admiration for Mr.. Proctor Knott,
but thinks it's about time to ''let up abus.
ing him for his late speech. 1t further
says at doesn't lie in the mouth of any
friend, henchman or apologist of Mr..
james G. Blaincs to criticise either the
matter or manner of his speech. As bo.
tween him and the ex.Speakcr, dishonors
are easy. If Knott was angry, lie had
abundant reason to be Blaine's sudden
assault upon him was as mean and malici
GUS performance as this session has wit
messed. If he hit below the belt, he was
only hitting back in kind"
The report of the Louisiana investiga-
ting committee severely censures Collector
Casey, Of New Orleans, and Special A gent
Kinsclla, who were eognizant Of the prac-
tice Of drawing money from the treasury
on FRAUDULENT vouchers for political pur-