The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-08-26
HEWITT ON.TILDEN.
A Debate not Reported by the Associated
Press Politicians.

a A Debate not Reported by the Associate
le Press Politicians.
N In the nigh, session of Monday, Aug l4ti
:, in the house, Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, re
~ plld 10 Mr. kasson's attack on Governor Til
n. den. He spoke of Mr. Kasson's speech a
he a painful surprise and a melancholy expert
~ ence He could hardly have believed tina
- that gentleman, with his intellectual endow
d. ments, could have so far abdicated his owl
ID self respect AS TO have INDUCED III the part
L san and malicious statements which he haC
made. He Mr.. Hewitt approached the sub
iect as he would take hold of Shiny snake
u with desire to get rid of il. The first charge
'e was that Gov. Tiden had been a secessionist
q II was possible that Gov. Tiden might, be
), fore the lawless strife. have entertained view!
Is in common with Jefferson, Madison, Jack
= son and other great men who had given con
e strucion to the constitution and government
q of the country. AT the outbreak OF the rebel
u lion he (Mr Hewitt was in daily and almost
< hourly communion with Gov. Tilden, ana he
u knew that no more loyal or patriotic hear
!, WAS then beating in the United States. When
y the first call for troops came Tammany hall
j. which had not then fallen into the hands OF
the ring raised q regiment The grand sa
chem of Tammsny hall wv. ID. Kennedy was
l. colonel of that regiment and it was differed
q mostly by members OF the Tammany society.
> On account of his own (Mr Hewitts) health
he had been unable to 60, but he had sent his
nephew as one Of the officers of that regiment.
! Nr. Lapham, of New Iork-After the fall
A; of Fort Sumpter did not Mr.. Tilden refuse to
sign the call for the great Cooper institute
meeting, and refuse TO attend the meetingg
Mr.. Hewitt is not true that he refused
to sign 1t, and he did attend the meeting
Applause on the democratic side. Mr. Sam.
uel Sloan, then q member of the union safety
committee of New York, applied TO Mr.. Til.
den at time when he was engaged in the
trial of q case to atliX his name to the call
and his reply was: II am very busy just
now; send me the resolutions after the trial
of this case, and If they are entirely proper l
will sign the call" The call was never sent
to him, but when the meeting took place lie
attended It, and the resolutions received his
absolute and unqualified approval. | say
now that Tammany hall raised a regiment
| for the war, and that Gov Tilden WAS a large
contributor to that fund.
Mr. Conger-Iiow much:
Mr.. Hewitt am not going to state dol
lars and cents. Patriotism is above dollars
and cents in some quarters.
Mr.. Conger-Itis denied IN the public press
that Mr.. Tilden ever contributed one cent for
any such purpose. Derisvc laughter on the
democratic side. Will the gentleman state
when and where and TO what amount he ever
contributed to the raising Of regiment
Mr. Hewitt state when in stating that
the Tammany regiment was raised, and
state where when | say the city of New York.
! do not state the amount, because democrats
did not go carrying the hat around. Laugh
| ter
MIR. Davy, of New York; supposed we
had settled all our difficulties, AMI this was
sort of lOye-teast
Mr.. Randall, of Pennsy lvania-TAe love
feast is to be on the 4th of March next.
Mr.. acknowledgement to that period
the man in New York was more frequently
called IN counsel there and in Washington,
than Mr.. Tilden. know that he was twice call
ed for by President Lincoln and came to
Washington and held Cheerful, consultation
with him, resulting in the early and rapid fill.
ing of the quota from the state of New York,
and know that during the whole of that try
ing time there never was doubt as to the 10y
atty and patriotim of Samuel j. Tllden. AS to
the resolution of the Chicago convention,
quoted by Mr.. Kasson against Mr.. Tilden, de.
claring the war IL failure, he (Mr. kasson)
should have known that within month past
a public and positive statement had been
made by Mr.. Manton Marble, the secretary
of the committee on resolutions, that Gov.
Tilden opposed that resolution publicly and
privately, and it was within his own (Mr.
Hewitts) knowledge that Gov. TIlden urged
Gen. Mcclellan (after his nomination. to
make such declaration in his letter Of &C
ceptsnce as would nullity that portion of the
Chicago platform.
Mr.. Randall-Which was "the union at all
hazards"
Mr.. Hewitt-Those were the words insert
ed in the Chicago convention. Gov Tilden
declared that the adjustment of the contro
yersy between the north and south or any
other basis than the restoration Of the union
was impossible the question must be settled
by war, and that the war must be prosecuted
until the question was settled. These declar
atoms of his were published in the New York
and Chicago papers at the time of the con
ventiOn, and that is my answer to the state.
ment o: the gentleman from Iowa, that Gov
Tilden never made any declaration in favor
of the war; and that he was disunonlSt. In
regard Ia the insnuatons connecting Gov
Ti!dens name with that of " lillian W. Tweed,
he (blr. HEWITT said that Gov. Tilden had for
more than three years, like hound on the
scent followed the members of the ring pa.
tiently, secretly, diligently. He knew Mr.
Tilden's untiring efforts day and night; he
knew how he tracked these people 10 their
IDEAS of iniQuity, and finally dragged them
Mr.. Davy asked whether, subsequently 20
the exposure of Tweed, Mr.. Tilden bad not
met Tweed at the Rochester convention, and.
had not raised his voice against Tweed take
ing seat'
Mr. Cox Ito whom Mr. Hewitt yielded for
an answer replied that there was no nCceSsi- |
toy Tor TIlden's doing so, as Tweed was not
in the convention.
Mr. Hewitt-The bare, max d fact is this
There was war-war la the knlie-bctween
Gov. Tilden and Tweed, ard II ended I'm the !
defeat and exile of Tweed. Loud applause
on the democratic side. That Is all there is |
about ii. | call the house 10 witness that | |
have answered and AIN willing 10 answer
every question bearing on the merits of this |
case. No one will intimate that there was |
the slightest intimacy, personal or political, |
at any time, between Samuel J. Tilden and
William VI Tweed. There never was. There |
was that association which comes from the