Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-08-09
That Circular Letter.

! he letter sent out over TiIrn', name
III lNoN, and which WIS for The purpose Of
having the earliest information Of how
much lnrI 'r.tv it would be nccr,s NV To-
cunt IN The city. was rcpuditted hy TiIdrn
Jl>t ~ Iii, friends discover tn h. had
nothing to do with the war future r,.>olu-
non of l>j1. Democr.,lic prpcr- arr
printing his denial which he Published in
the y. Y. Pot whn tn, circullr v,.
brought TO light. Say, the inr-nu,u~
Samuel:
~ >Ic'i paper was ever written. son
'd, issued, or lUtluriZ Il bv me. or Wi h
my PARTICIPATION or Know lcd4e ON my
port have r'''ti it for III. lr~ t time III
,uur columns.
Samuel being :, man of no rule We. can
well believe he was surprised and shocked
when the crrul.r WIS brou tlt to his at
cntl n. BIT he WAS aftrrwar,I, asked
about 1t u1'l,r och 10y 4 congressional
committee. His testimony taken in CON.
nrctlon with the denial in the Past reveal,
hit SIDE OF hl> character that a. given
nm the name Of -'Sippcry sun" ana HE
matter is Well summed 10 by the Hutl.,uI
'"obe, which says
II" te>' lied tn It he mad. the denial .b.
'tH,r WAS not pleased with the. rr,.tcn
-t"us nature of thr docnmcnt TO which my
n-tfnr was >iynrd." How "Irctcntiuu,
Mr. IiIdrn' Because the 'imporraut ni,-
ret t" be- Oh anrd thereby. WA, TIN. max
ng OF false and fraudulent retnrn~9 IL.
r..I-e the circular WIS improper of itself .
/" cause there was anything in it that was
rot Ill tall HccOrdtnrc with dcmn.r.,ti,.
u~Hgc> and tactics? Not at all. Let him
explain, under oath, whit there was ..pr,.-
.rniIou> about it, and why ne publ,clv
h~av"wcd ii. Il have plrtic;l;u dis
taste, he 5 tyS. "ior. coniileIti,l inI strict
y private circulars. because l:tve nr,,,
Nh"Wn OF any printed circular that did moi
Hnln"dl'teJv be .ome public have. had
too much experience in such thing ever
mark circulars in that rtr,l y .k1t,ou>|
way. unless | wanted to insure their bejno
pnoIi>htd without unnecessary DELAY :"
This tn n Was hi, only objection to it. II
was printed. and marked "conG,l, nIjaI
mi strictly priNnte.' and 80 .here WA.
danger OF IT. being made public 1t was =
pen itct proper crcnltr to issue, bat h,
iftd had too much experience" 10 mark
It IN that ''pretrnious' way.
But was Samuel j. lillen 20 very jonor,n,
u Tie issuing of this circular as h. pr,..
tends. of the - import;lnt obirct to be. =,
canned thereby? Stmncl J. rilIcn shah
answer for himself, not in "A sperinn.l,
Worded letter written to a newsp,pcr e., |
the purpose of decevinr, but under Oath |
Promising that A. Othcy Hall the boon
"ihpinIon of Tweed and TiI,lcn wrr, |
nehber> OF a political campaign commit
tee; that he WAS secretary and TilInr |
chairman; that he wrote the ,ircuIar .n,I
signed IIldtns name thereto brcauso |
'ftd always been customary to SIGN IT,,
name OF the chairman: we come Ia IN, |
sworn testimony of Samuel J. Tilden il,
reference to this circular. a dnv .,
TWO before the election" he testitie.. &.
WIS In the comm tee room ut the M.tron
'lIt-'n hotel, and | then Understood that :,
;lrcuiar bad been issued askjny for o,rl,
Lection returns He tquenllv testiti4>
Nat some, but not all. OF Them had been
sued and says. - I understood heir mr.
''F' FROM Some5ody. I sur on q tut,
n 'hsJ some c1rculurs signed wiM m,
Sa"'e' 6W d'1 nat rad MeDa for / un
: 1t ,, me'r contents. Some gentleman.
MN" u "as ". 4 Oakev HI !. spoke 0
Is having been intcnded," ETC., etc
50 1t seems. from his own sworn test
nony' that he knew all about the creula,
eng issued. bis name being signed to i.
IS contents, the importan; object to
tanned " thereby, and never uttered ;;
FORA IN protest, but, rather tacitly, con i.
1nted thereto. and then, when it wa, :
1ade puol!c, endeavored to deceive tb,
uoAc IN a letter SO speciouslv woreled a. :,