Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-09-02


The Speaker pro tenlp0Te The ge
;. tleman from New York must adore
. the Chair, and not the gentleman fro
8 Michigan.
Mr.. Hewitt, of New York. / b,
! pardon of the Chair and of the Hous
Mr.. Davy. | supposed we had sc
tied all our difficulties and that tn
J was sort of love-feast.
Mr.. Randall. The love-feast is
] be on the 9TH of March next.
Mr.. Davy. We must not get up on
: mad again.
Mr.. Hewitt, of New York. Subsc
quently to this period, | know of n
: man in New York who was more fire
i quently called into counsel there an
!. In Washington during the troublou
times of the war, and when there wa
delay In raising the men required t
recruit the armies of the United State
II | know that twice he was called for b
4 President Lincoln and came to Wash
ington and held careful consultation
with him, resulting in the early an,
in Washington during the troublou
times of the war, and, when there wa
4 delay in raising the men required Il
recruit the armies of the United States
| know that twice he was called for b.
President Lincoln and came to Wash
ington and held careful consultation
with him, resulting In the early and
rapid filling of the quota from the
State of New York. And 1 know thai
during no period of the whole of that
I trying time was there ever doubt ex.
pressed in the city of New York in any
/ quarter as to the loyalty and patriotism
of Samuel j. Tilden. .4
The gentleman from Iowa SAYS thai
when MIR. Tilden went to the Chi.
cago convention he was In favor oi
a resolution practically declaring that
the war was failure and ought to be
brought to an end. That gentleman
must have known, if he reads the
newspapers, that within very recent
period, certainly within month, there
has been made public positive state
ment from Mr.. Manton Marble. who
was the secre etary of the committee on
resolutions, that Governor Tilden op-
posed the resolution of which the gen.
tIeman from Iowa speaks; that he op-
posed it publicly and in private. 1t is
within my own knowledge that after
the nomination to General Mcclellan,
Governor Tilden urged him to make
such a declaration in his letter of ac-
eeptance as would nullify that portion
of the Chicago platform.
Mr.. Randall. Which was, the
Union at all hazards" )" Those were
the words.
Mr.. Hewitt, of New York. Those
we're the words inserted in Mcclellan s
letter. Now the gentleman from Iowa
says that there never was any occasion
in which Governor Tilden made de-
claration in favor of the Union or the
prosecution of the war for its preser-
vation. Ifthat gentleman would study
the records of the Chicago convention
for the sake of doing justice, as he ev-
identity studied them for the sake of
doing injustice, to Governor Tilden,
he would find that in that convention,
and before the New York delegation,
in an open meeting, Gov. Tilden said
that the adjustment of the controversy
between the North and the South on
any other basis than the restoration of
the Union was impossible; that the
moment any party went out OF the
Union the questions must be settled
by war, and tie war must be prosecuted
until the question were settled.
These we're his declarations, pub
lished Ia the Chicago and New York
papers at the very date OF the Chicago
convention, aud fortunately for the
gentleman, who likes very recent and
moderate literature, he can find those
declarations repeated in a sketch pub
.lished in the Louisville Courier-J our
nal on the 25th of April last. Yhatis
my answer to the statement of the gen
tleman from Iowa that Governor Fill
den never made any declaration in IA
vor of the prosecution of war, and that
he was disunionist.
We now come down to the next
charge, that Governor Tilden was the
associate of William M. Tweed on
democratic committee, that be levied a
contribution on William NJ. Tweed of
5000, and that he issued circular in
combination with William M. Tweed
intended to promote the fraudulent
election of governor of the State of
New York.
1t is true that Governor Tilden was
chairman of the democratic committee
of the State of New York; and it is also
true that William NJ. Tweed was a
member of that committee. And
if the gentleman knows anything about
the organization of such committees
in the State of New York, he knows
that each district nominates and sends
its own member; that Governor Tilden
had no more to do with the appoint
ment of William M. Tweed as a
member of that committee than he
has to do with the man who is sup
posed to regulate the moon. He was
there rightfully member of the COM
mittee, and atthe time hewassO acting
he had not achieved the bad eminence
which he subsequently attained and
which he now occupies.
No contribution was ever levied upon
Mr.. Tweed. Mr.. Tweed did as other
people have done, as | myself have
done, aud as / haVe no doubt the gen.
tIeman from Iowa has DONE, sent a
contribution to the fund required by
the committee to carry the State cleo
ton. That was levying no contribu-
tion.s 8ad 5H
Then as to the issue of that eirou-
lar, the lie has been nailed here by my
colleague, Mr.. Cox. If any man
doubts whether that declaration ofGOv-
ernor Tilden, which has been read,
was published in the Evening Post of
the 4th of November, 1868, the files
are accessible to them. / saw it with
my own own eyes; | know it was then
published. [ know that not more
than twenty-four hours elapsed from
the time the charge was made in the
Evening Post, and it was first made in
that paper, until the denial was made
in the same paper. The denial 1 here
insert .fry
CARD FROM MR.. TILDEN,
To the editor of the EUening Post:
SIR My attention has been called to
an article in your journal of last even
ening containing a circular to which
my name is appended. hasten to as
sure you that you will not lose your
reputation as critics by assuming, on
internal evidence, as yoq have correct
ly done, that no such paper was ever
written, signed, issued, or authorized
or with any participation or knowledge
on my part. l have read it for the first
time in your columns; but have no
reason to believe that it had any such
evil purpose as you suspect. For my
self, l refused in 1874 to sign the ia
nous secret circular relating to Texas,
which is celebrated In the history of
the Evening Post, though might have
been tempted by the illustrious assO-