The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-19

OF the State committee, az Mr.. Tweed threaten
ed he should be. hut he was kept there by the
until he had pulled down and destroyed this
temple OF iniquity and driven these scoundrels
out OF the places they disRraced.
Mr.. Hewitt-Now am not going to be inter-
rupted aud cross-questioned.
Mr. Davy-l have one more question would
like my colleague to answer.
Mr., Hewitt will answer; but want to say
that am an utterly Impractical speaker. have
never before addressed body like this without
notes for ANYTHING like this length Of time. II
gentlemen are putting these questions with the
purpose OF disconceftlng me. they ought to
have more respec. for themselves.
Mr.. DavyIl hope my colleague does not attrib-
ute any such motive to me.
A Member 10 Mr. Hewtt You can hold your
MIR. Davy- want the naked facts OF this case.
WAR TO THE KNIFE" BErwEEN TILpES AND
TWEED.
Mr.. Hewitt-Tne bare, naked fact Is this
There was war. war to the Knife" between
Gov. Tilden and Mr.. Tweed and il ended in the
defeat and exile Of Mr.. Tweed. Loud applause
That Is all there Ia about 1t.
Mr.. Speaker. the fact Ia perfectly notorious,
and certainly no man In his senses no fair aud
just IN IN, will ever for moment intimate that
ltical, 1t any time between Samuel j. Tiden
and william NJ Tweed. There never was, sir.
There was That as ocation which comes from
tho enforced appointment OF men on commit
tees and OF their living In the same community
man stood In the community above and nc
| yond reproach, and the other WIS alw Va an OBJ
ject OF suspicion aud finally Of detestation.
GOV. TILDESs PRIVATE FORTUNE.
| Now. the gentleman from Iowa INDUCED in
| one insinuaiion OF so mean ana desplcaols q
character that almost hesitate to refer to it, II
he could nave olusbed, AMI ! looked into his
face as ! sat near him on purpose, u he were ca
pahle OF olushiug, ne would have blushed them
bur he did not. He insinuated that tho private
| fortune Of Gov. rilden had been acquired Nv
| some dshonOrttle. ana he did not dare to say
dishone t, but he implied 1t, dishonest practices
| In connection with railways ana corporations.
| Now, when a man m kes an insinuation of int
sort he should be prepared with the proof. 1t IL
| n mean. unmanly, dtshouOrablo charge for any
| to make behind the back Of another man who IA
| not mere 20 answer. Hat can tell tnat gentle
| US good. tnAt Gov. rlden was called fr I'm 1851
to 1860 into almost every broken-down rail,'a
| CORPORATION IN the West that white he found
| them unable TO pay even running exp macs, nc
| took them in hand and so administered them
| tn In every case the bonds, whether nrst,
| second, or third mortgage, aud the stock, pre-
| ferrcd aud common, all ultimately went above
par; and ne enriched tine people tnat were wise
enough and fortunate enough To- have secured
his services, am personally among the num-
| beers OF those who were bent flied bv MS wise
aud sagacious management; AMI | say. 50 Tar
from having been overload IN any OF the.e
transactions, that his e1lI ices aud his personal
services were the cheapest AMI most poorly re-
warded nave ever known IN long business
career, iliug In large transactions in all parts
Of tins country aud Ia Europe.
defy these gentlemen To Law their hands upon
adi-honest dollar III the possession of samuel
J. rilden. say that the people whom ID, served
are his friends To dav, and his best friends. And
n Is the service there which he rendered TO the
West. Notwithstanding the Instruction OF the
gentleman from Iowa. that Will give him the
vote Il those great Western states within whose
borders he recunstr acted highw " which are
to them TO-DAY tue arteries OF commerce and
public blessings. the value OF which cannot tie
properly estimtted.
And n through the whole OF his remark aols
career he has been th- wt-est OF men, he has
been the truesi u friends. lac has been the m ost
re ilpus and earn st OF PATRIOTS, 80 to day he Is
the wlse.t. the most nccpmuiisncd statesman IN
tne land. and he will, by the blessing of Gou.
he one uf the greatest. perhaps the greatest. OF
tue Prcsdcuts Of the l littd States, bee ans 10
Will nave the opportunity to rescue TINS % ovcrn-
meut from the hands uf the Incompetent and
dishonest men 40 nave controlled II 50 long
aud made IL repfOAcn IN tue eyes VI the civil
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