The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-21

| / will sign the CALL" When the meet-
ing took place he attended it. The call
was neve, sent to him and he never re-
fused to sign it. but like the prudent and
sagacious man which he is, he desired to
know the nature of the resolutions.
They did receive his absolute and unquol-
fled approval. Now 1 say that Tsmma.
nv Hall raised q regiment and that
Governor Tilden was contributor, and
a large contributor, to the fund required
to 1T out the regiment.
Mr.. Conger. How much2
Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, l am not
going to quote dollars and cents. Pa
triotism is above dollars and cents
| in some quarters. but enough was raised
by the Democrats OF the city to at out a
| regiment without asking assistance fro m
the government of the United States or
from the city OF New York. Applause]
Now 60 much for the charge OF his being
disunionist.
Subsequently to this period, I
know of no man in New
York who was more frequently called
into counsel, there and in Washington
during the troublous times of the war,
and wnen there was delay in raising the
men required to recruit the armies OF
the United States l know that twice he
was called for by President Lincoln and
came to Washington and held careful
consultation with him, resulting in the
early and rapid filing of the quota from
the State OF New York And I know
that during no period of the whole of
that trying time was there ever q doubt
expressed in the city of New York in any
qnsrter as to the loyalty and patriotism
of Samuel j. Tilden. The gentleman
from Iowa said that when Mr.. Tilden
went to the Chicago con vention he was
is favor OF q resolution practically de
Caring that the war was failure and
ought to be broughtto an end. That
gentleman must have known, if he reads
the newspapers, that within a very re-
cent period, certainly within month,
there has been made public positive
statement from Mr.. Manton Marble, who
was the secretary Of the committee on
Resolutions, that Governor Ti.den OPP
posed the resolution OF which the gen.
tleman from Iowa speaks; that he op.
posed it publicly and in private. 1t is
within my own knowledge that after the
nomination was rendered to General Nc
Clellap, Governor Tilden urged him to
make such declaration in his letter of
acceptance as would nullify that portion
of the Chicago platform.
Mr.. Randall. Which was, 1.-THE
UL ion at all hazards" Those were the
words.
Mr.. Hewitt, of New York. Those
were tie words inserted in McClellan's
letter. Now the gentleman from Iowa
says that there never was: any occasion
in which Governor Tllder made dec
laration in favor of the union or the pros
ecution of the wsr for its preservation.
If that gentleman would study the rec
cords of the Chicago convention for the
sake Of doing justice, ss he cas- evidently
studded them for: the sake of doing injus-
tice, t. Governor Tiiden, ne would find
that in that convention, and before the
New York delegation, in an open meet
ing. Governor Tlden said that the ad-
iustment Of the controversy between the
North and South on any other ba is than
the restoration of the union was lmpos-
sible; that the moment any party went
out OF the union the questions must be
settled by war, and the war must be
prosecuted until the questions were set
tied. These were his declarations, pub
lished in the Chicago and New York pa
| pers at the very date Of the Chicago con-
ventIon, and fortunately for the gentle
man. who likes very recent and modern
Literature, be can find those declarations
repeated in a sketch published in the
Louisville Courier Journal on the rs OF
April last Tia. is my answer to the
statement OF the gentleman from Iowa
that Governor Tilden never made any
declaration in favor OF the prosecution of
the war, and that he was disunionist.
| Wenow come down 10 tho next charge:
that Governor Tiden was the associate
of VIM. NJ. Tweed on Democratic COM
mittee, that he levied contribution on
VIM Nj. Tweed of 5000, and that he
issued a circular in combination with
VIM. NJ. Tweed intended to promote the
| fraudulent election Of Governor OF
the State Of New York. 1t is true that
| Gov. Tllden was chairman Of the Demo-
cratic cmmittee of the state OF New York,
and it is also true that Will Am NJ.
| Tweed was a member Of that committee.
| And if the gentleman knows anything
about the organization of such commit
tees in the state of New York, he knows
that each district nominates and sends its
own member; that Gov. 1iiden had no
more to do with the appointment OF VIM.
NJ. Tweed as member OF that commit.
tee than he has to do with the man who
is supposed to regulate moon. de was
there rghtfully member OF the COM
m,ttee, and al the time he was SO actir 6,
he had not achieved the bad eminence
which he subsequently, attained and
which he now occupies. No contribution
WAS ever levied upon Mr.. Tweed. MIR.
Tweed did as other people have done, as
as l myself have done, and as l
have no doubt the gentleman from Iowa
has done, sent u contribution to the fund
required by the committee to carry on
the state election. That was levying no
contribution. Then as to the issue Of that
circular, thu lie has been nailed here by
nv colleagl de Mr.. Cox). If any man
doubts O.. nether that declaration OF Gov
/
ernor Tilder, W aich has been read, was
published in the Erening Post OF the 4th
of November, 1868, the files are accessi-
bic To them. l saw it with my own eyes;
know it was then published. l know
that not more than twenty-iour hours
elspsed from the time the charge was
made in the Erening Post, and 1t was
arst made in thst paper, until the denial
was made in the same paper. The de.
nisl l here insert.
Mr.. Cannon and others at this point
interrupted MIR. Hewitt, after which he
said: This WIS in 1868. Subsequently
the ring, perhaps beginning their corrupt
practices ut that time for sught 1 know
to the contrary, became so powerful IN
New York that they threatened to drive
out, and succeeded in driving ont almost
every decent man from the Democratic
| GoyarnOr TIlden for