The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-09-01

Ia the night session of Monday, in the /
House, Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, obtained |
the floor about s o'clock in the morning to
reply to Mr.. Kasson's attack on Governor
Tilden. lie spoke of Mr.. Kasson's speech
as a painiu! surprise and melancholy cx-
pcrence.
lie could hardly have believed that that
gentleman, with his intellectual endowments,
could have 50 far abdcated his own sclf.rc.
spect as to have INDUCED in the partisan
and malicious statements which he had
made. He (Mr. HEWITT approached the
subject as he would take hold of Shiny
snake, with desire TO get rid of it, The
first charge was that Mr. Tildcn had been
soccssionist Ii was possible that Mr.. rllen
might before the lawless strife, have enter
tanned views in common with Jefferson,
Madison, Jackson and other great men, who
had given construction to the Constitution
and government of the country. At the out
break of the rebellion he (Mr. Hewitt) was
In daily and almost hourly communion with
Gov. Tilden, and he knew that no more 10y
nj or patriotic heart was then beating in the
United States. When the first call for troops
came, Tammany Hall, which had not then
fallen into the hands of the ring, raised a
regiment. The Grand Sachem of Tammany
Hail wv. d. Kennedy was colonel of that
regiment, and it was oflicered by members
Of the Tammany Society. On account of
his own (Mr. Hewitt's) health he had been
unable to go, but he had sent his nephew as
one of the officers of that regiment.
Mr.. Lapham IN. W After the fall of
Fort Sumter did not Mr.. Tilden refuse to
sign the call for the great Cooper Institute
meeting and refuse to attend the meeting?
Mr.. Hewitt. 1t is not true that he refused
to sign it, aud he did attend the meeting.
Applause on the Democratic side Mr..
Samuel Sloan, then a member of the Union
Safety Committee of New York, applied to
Mr.. Tilden at time when he was engaged
in the trial of case, to atix his name 10 the
call, and his reply was, 81 am busy just now;
send me the resolutions after the trial of this
case, and if they are entirely proper will
sign the call" The call was never sent to
him, but when the meeting took place he at
tended it, aud the resolutions received his
absolute and unqualified approval. l say
now that Tammany Hall raised a regiment
for the war,and that Gov. Tilden was large
contributor to the fund.-
Mr. Conger.-How much
Mr.. Hewitt am not going to state dol
1or. and capts Dntrntian ia ahnya dnilara
and cents in some quarters.
Mr.. Conger.-It is denied in the public
press that Mr.. Tilden ever contributed
one cent for any such purpose. Derisive
laughter on the Democratic side. Will the
gentleman state when and where and to
what amount he ever contributed to the rails
ing of a regiment? a-- '-@--, -
Mr.. Hewitt state when In stating that
the Tammany regiment was raised, and
state where when say the city of NewYork.
/ do not state the amount, because Demo-
Gratis did not carry the hat around Laugh
ter
Mr.. Davy (Rep. N. Y.)-I supposed we
had settled all our difficulties, and this was
sort of love feast.
Mr.. Randall dem. Pa.)-The love feast
Is to be on the 4th March next.
Mr.. Hewitt tt--Subsequently to that period
no man in New York was more frequently
called into counsel there and in Washington
than Mr. Mlden. know that he was twice
called for by President Lincoln, and came
to Washington and held cheerful conversa-
tion with him, resulting in the early and
rapid filling of the quota of the State of New
York, and know that during the whole of
that trying time there never was Il dnubt as
to the loyalty and patriotism of Samuel j.
Tilden. As to the resolution of the Chicago
Convention, quoted by Mr., Kasson against
Mr.. Tilden, declaring the war failure, he
(Mr. kasson) should have known that with
in "A month past public and positive state
ment had been made by Mr.. Manton Mar
Bile, the secretary Of the committee on reso-
lutions, that Gov. Tilden opposed that reso-
luton publicly and privately, and it was
within his own (Mr. Hewitt's) knowledge |
that Gov. Tilden urged Gen. Mcclellan (af- |
ter his nomination. to make such declara-
ton in his letter of acceptance as would null
lify that portion of the Chicago platform.
Mr.. Randall-Which was "the Union at
all hazards"
Mr.. Hewitt.-Those were tho words in
serted in the Chicago Convention. Gov.
Tiden declared that the adjustment Of the
controversy between the North and South |
on any other basis than the restoration of
the Union was impossible that the moment
any party went out of the Union the ques-
ton must be settled by war, and that the
war must be prosecuted until the question
was settled. These declarations of his were
published in the New York and Chicago pa.
per- ut the time of the convention, aud that
is my answer to the statement of the gentle
nan from Iowa that Governor Tilden never
made any declaration in favor of the prose-
cntion of the war; and that he was dis.
unionist In regard to the insnuatiols con-
Meeting GOV. Tilden's name With that OF W
NJ. Tweed, he (Mr. lIewit) sand that Gov.
Tilden had for more than three year, like |
hound on the scent, followed the members |
of the ring patiently, secretly, delghtcdly |
He knew Tilden's untiring Efforts day and |
night; he knew how he tracked these people |
to their dens of iniquity and finally dragged |
them forth to public execration. APP |
plause.
Mr., Davy asked whether subsequently to
the exposure of Tweed, Mr.. Tihlen had not
met Tweed at the Rochester Convention and
had not raised his voice ngaiust Tweed TAX. |
ing seat?
Mr.. Cox (lo whom Mr.. Hewitt Yielded for
Al answer replied that there was no neces-
sity for Tildens doing 50, as Tweed was not
in the convention.
Mr.. lIewtt-The bare, naked fact is this
There Was war, war to the knife, between
Gov. Tilden and Tweed, aud it ended in the