New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-30
Interesting Facts About Tilden and
Tweed.

Tweed.
The relations of Mr.. Tilden to the Tweed
Tammany business may be very orie1y
and conoiusivaIy indicated. The simple
statement Of decisive facts n their Chrome
logical order settles the matter. Mark
these points:
|. MI Tiidaa was the chairman Of the
Democratic State committee from 1865 down
through 1867, 1868. 1863, 1870 and 1871, the
very hey -dey of Tweed Tammany thievery,
ana during all that time he never, by word
o. act, did anything to check or oppose
this rascali.y. As chairman o. tha con-
mlrtee ne could not be ignorant Of II, II ne
was not in actual completely, Yet ne raised
no arm 10 stop il.
,. As the Chairman Of the State commit
tee, he received and Acknowledged the
money of Tweed tor political purposes,
wnan "a knew it was stolen from the pub
lie treasury; and in 1868 his name was as
soc:atoi with that OF Tweed in the aag.ti-
o1s scheme to cheat the people OF their
rights and their ckcs officers By q yancic
frauds upon the ballot box He ser- out
thu famous circular which asked the Demo
Gratis Of the interior to telegraph On the
close OF the polls the probable vote in their
.ocallr!es in order that Tweed might k1 ow
how much he would have to count up n
New York to overcome it.
q.
fairs ae did no. oppose any OF the infamous
legislative measures Of 1870 and 1871, under
wEioh the most stipend Gus robberies OF the
Tweed. Tanmany ring were perper-acod.
We say exactly what we mean. He did op-
pose rle charter, but that was not the to1n-
tam o: the robberies at all. The roboeriss
we're committed under the board OF audit
bill the tax levies and similar measures,
and we challenge the production OF word
g. nat Nf
.ag these came years Of 1870 and 1871, he
stood siie by side with Tweed in the State
Conventions, and neither said nor did sla.
gle thing in opposition to his interests.
1. The great explosion against Tweed
a1d his confederates occurred through the
publ!ca.!on Of the Times figures. Ia July.
1871. Long before that time Tweed's i'm
uense thefts were known to every intell:-
geat politician. and if NJ. Tilden had been
an homes. ''re1ormer" ne should then have
resisted them. But even if there lad been
any possibility Of excuse for insctioa be-
tore. there certainly was none after the
Times exposure. That gave crusning
proo.; it fixed the brand of thievery 80 thai
every man could see II; it sealed the doom
of the ring. From that moment Tweed
overthrow was inevitable. Ye. still. Mr..
Tiden was silent. He had not lifted a
finger to strike at Tweed and he did not
even then.
). The great meeting Of the citizens Of
New Yo-k against the ring was held Sep.
rembe- 1. 1871. Il was called or. BIZ the
s.artlings exposure of the rings colossal
robDeries. 1t was Irrespective OF party.
Il YVES the meeting where was appointed
the famous Committee Of Seventy which
organized the campaign for the overthrow
OF the ring. Every prou inent citizen OF
New YORK, OF either party, who was allied
to the cause of good government, par.icl.
pated. Mr.. Tilden was asked to take part
in this anti-ring, reform meeting. and he re-
fused. He did not yet, in spite OF the pop.
ular movement. feel that i: was safe 10 de.
clare against Tweed and the ring. In the
State convention Of the Democratic par,v
which was held a. Rochester a month later,
Tilden united n refusing TO admit the re-
form delegation, which was opposed to
Tweed, into the convention. and pursued
just the course that Tweed desired
o. At last. years after Tweeds character
was fully known, months after the over
whelming exposure, weeks after the great
popular uprising, and when it was ALSO.
iu-ely certain that Tweed's downfall was
sure, Nj. T.lden took safe position against
him, and rendered some service toward his
punishment. He was instrumental in pre-
senting the accounts of the Broadway Bank
n such way tina. they aided in securing
the legal conviction of the cuIprit But
this was not done unit, the last o; October.
long after the overthrow of Tweed had
been assured.
Such are the plain indisputable facts.
They show that Mr.. Tilden was chairman
OF the State committee during the LONG
period Of Tweed's worst rule that he co.
operated with him in political work: that
ne made no opposition to his th;evin .
schemes. that he did absolutely nothing
toward the overthrow of Tweed; and thai
he never did aught against him until his
downfall had already been seen. We give
MT 1Llden all the credit he deserves.
After Tweed was down, he did somerhin
to punish him, but did nothing to nut him
down.-Al5ony journal.