American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-26


trying time there never was O doubt !
"a to the loyalty and patriotism of
j. Tilden. AS to the reso-
LUTON of the Chicago Convention
quoted by Mr.. KassOn against Mr..
riltlen, declaring the war failure,
he Mr.. Kasson) should have known
that within month past q public
and positive statement had been
made by Mr.. Manton Man Bile, the
secretary of the Committee on reso-
buttons, that Gov. Tilden opposed
that resolution publicly and private
", and it was within his own Mr..
Hewitt's) knowledge that Gov. Til
den urged Gen. Mcclellan latter his
nomination) to make such q declar-
alton in his letter of acceptance IA
would nullify that portion of the
Chicago platform.
Mr.. Raudall-Which was, "the
Union at all hazards"
Mr.. Hewitt-Those were the
form. Gov. Tilden declared that
the adjustment of the controversy
between the North and the South
IN any other basis than The. restor-
alton of the Union was impossible |;
that the moment any party went
out of the Union he-qnesti0n must
be settled by war, and that tho war
must be prosecuted until the ones
ton was settled. These declara-
lions of his were published in the
New York and Chicago papers at
the time of the Convention, and
that il my answer to the statement
Of the gentleman from Iowa that
Gov. Tiilen never made any dcclar
alton in favor Of the prosecution of
the war, and that he was . dis
UbionIst. In regard to the insinu
stions connecting Gov. Tilden's
name with that of VIM. M. Tweed,
he (Mr. Hewitt) said that Gov. Til
den had for moro than three years,
like q hound on the scent, followed
the members of the ring patiently,
secretly, delightedly. he knew Mr..
Tlden's untlring efforts day and
night; he knew how he tracked
these people to their dens of in
iquity, and finally dragged them
forth to public execration. Zap
plause.l
The Gare, naked fact is this There
was war-war to the knife-between
Gov. Tilden and Tweed. and II
ended in the defeat and exile OF
Tweed. loud applause ON the
Democratic side. This is all there
is about it. / call the House to
witness that / have answered and
am willing to answer every question
bearing on the merits Of this case.
No one will intimate that there was
the slightest intimacy, personal or
political, at any time, between Gov.
Tilden and VIM. N. Tweed There
never was. There was that ass0cia-
ton which comes from the enforced
from their living in the same com
munity and from belonging to the
same party. But the one man stood
In the community above and beyond
suspicion, and the other was always
an object of hatred and finally of
detestation. l defy the gentlemen
to lay their hands upon = dishonest
dollar in the possession of Samuel
J. Tilden. The people whom he
served are his friends to-day, and
bis best friends, and it 10 the service
which he rendered to them that
Will, Notwithstanding the insinua
tons Of the gentleman from Iowa,
give him the vote of those great
Western States within whose boT-
ders he RECONSTRUCTED highways
which are to-day the arteries Of
and blessings whose value
be properly estimated.
the whole of his remark
able career he has been the wisest
Of men. He has been the truest of
He has been the most |
jealous and earnest of patriots. He
Is to-day the wisest, the most &C
statesman in the land,
and he will, By the blessing of God,
be one Of the greatest-perhaps the |
Presi dents of the
United States, because he will have |
The opportunity to rescue this Gov |
,rnment from the hands of the in |
and dishonest men who |
lave controlled it 90 long, and have
made it q reproach in the eyes Of
he civilized world. [Great ap-
clause on the Democratic side.
Mr.. Manton Marble, late editor Of
Few York World, in . dispatch to
dr. Hewitt confirms the statements
# the latter in regard to Mr. Til
Ieu's position during the war, and
from. the original manu-
cript the following extract from a
prepared by Gov. Tllden
q October, 1867, to be used to de-
me the position which he thought
be New York Democracy ought
nd did take:
"And now, il ny voice could
each tho Southern p 'ople through
be Journals of our metropolis, I
'ould say to them that in no event
IN the triumph of the conservative
sntiment of New Ysrk in the cleo
on mean consent to tiisuniOn,
ither now or hereafter. rs TN
IMPORT is restoration, North and
Outh, of that Constitution which
ms secured every right, and under
hose shelter all have been happy
nd prosperous until you madly :
I'd from its protection. 1t was your
IT. which begun this calamitous
vii war II waa vOnr nor which }