Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-10-13
The Charge of Know-Nothinsism.

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Several disreputable papers Of the
stamp Of the Chicago Times, and its
weak imitator, the Dubuque Herald, |
have made the charge that Gov.
Hayes favored the proscriptive prin-
ciples of the old Know Nothing or
ganization, and have offered in proof,
a letter of his private Secretary, &C
knowledging the reception of q series
of resolutions passed by an associa-
ton called the American Alliance,
congratulating Gov. Hayes upon his
nomination. Said association is said
to hold principles inimicalto foreign
ers, though nothing of the kind APP
pears in the resolution referred to-
Without consultation, and without
the knowledge of Gov. Hayes, the
Secretary, Mr.. Lee, sent the following
reply:
CoLUEBUs, o., July 10, 1876 Dear
Sir: Gov Hayes desires me to acknowl-
edge receipt of your valued favor of July
7, inclosing resolutions of the American
Alliance, and to say in reply that he is
deeply gratified by this expression Of con-
| iidence. The importance of carrying the
State of New York, New Jersey, and
Connecticut in the approaching canvass
is fully recognized, and at the proper
time references will be given you 20 COM
mittees for such aid and cooperation as
seems to be advisable Very respectfully
ALFRED E. LEE, Secretary.
To L, s. Tyler, Box 1911, New York
This constitutes the whole ground
work of the charge against Gov.
Hayes. The Democracy have made
the most of it. They have published
a fac smile of the above letter, just
as though it contained indutiable
proof that Gov. Hayes was Know
nothing, when the fact is, it has no
sort of significance in that direction
whatever. The notoriety made by it
has attracted the attention of Mr.. l..
S. Tyler, the Secretary of the Ameri-
can Alliance, and he sends the fol,
lowing notice to the New York
Times.
AMERICAN ALLIANCE NATIONAL EXECU-
TIVE COMMITTEE Rooms, New York, Oct
6-To the Editor of the New York Times:
l wish to correct some of the mistakes in
the letter which was published in the
World, Sun, &c, on Wednesday, as com
ing from Gov. Hayes Secretary: First,
Gov. Hayes never was member OF the
American Alliance; second he never saw
the constitution or bylaws of the organi-
cation; third, no committee of this Order
ever at any time called on him, either at
Columbus, Philadelphia, or any other
place, for any purpose. We simply mott
fed him by letter that we Endorsed his
nomination, in answer to which we re-
ceived the letter from his Secretary. -
The letter was taken from my Office, and
| was as much surprised as any one can
be to see it IN print ! am at loss to see
why those papers should find any fault
with the proceedings, as we Endorsed Mr..
Tilden for Governor two years ago, and
he found no fault with 1t, but, on the
contrary, he was very grateful for the as
distance. only he requested that it might
be Kept secret, as, III should become pub-
lie, he .feared he might lose the foreign
rote. Respectfully yours,
LEMUEL S. TYLER,
Secretary A. A
The fact disclosed in the last sen
tence of the above letter,is something
for which the Tilden organs were
doubtless not prepared. Mining to
blow up the Republican candidate,
they have struck torpedo that an
initiates them and shows up their
candidate in his tue light as a tricky
demagogne.
Carl Schurtz also adds his testimo.
ny to show the utter recklessness of
the charge Of Knownothingism, as
applied to Gov. Hayes. In speech
at Akron, Ohio, on the 9th, he said:
"This is an utterly reckless charge. l
conversed with GOV. Hayes about the re-
ports concerning this matter when l saw
him about three weeks ago. The whole
thing is based upon nothing but a carless
routine answer by Gov. Hayes Secretary
to a complimentary letter. think have
answered similar letters in II similar way
dozens of times in my life. To charge
Gov. Hayes with Nothing senti-
ments is the greatest absurdity that can
be imagined. Everybody knowing him
will confirm what say AS foreign
born citizen who loves his rights as dear
ly as anybody, do not hesitate to declare
if there is any man in this country in
whose hands would consider my rights
safe as in my own, that man is Ruther-
ford B. Hayes. l shall, therefore, vote
to make him President with feeling of
the most absolute safety