Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-09-21
Tuden S Record,

Mr.. MANr0N MAEBIE truly says That
Mr.. Ti!den's position in respect 10 the
u ar was never open TO the slishtcs; doubt. p
Il certainly was not.
In 1854 he said 10 Parson King that The
formation OF the republican party IN oppo-
sltlon 10 the slave oljgarchy would either
be a political blunder, or il would De
political crime. In crcatin. a conflict 10
which the government would probably per-
i>h'
In October lSG0, he wrote to william
Kent tina, the trainers OF the Constitution
'recognized no right Of constitutional s.;
when * should be demanded by the public
opinion Of State-iefi IL with power "a
snap the tie OF confederation, as nation
might break treaty. aud 10 repcl iaya-
sion
In February. 1851, hc declared "A: the
Tweddle Hal. Convention that he Tor one
would resist, under any and sill oircum-
stances. the use Of force 10 cUcrCc the
South into the Union
In April. lsGl. he refused - sign sim.
pie patriotic call Tor public meetin: IN
New York upon the fall OF Sumter.
In February. 1858. he was one OF a doz-
en- of the EXTREMIST 'Copperheads' in the
city OF New York who formed Society 10
pnblish and diflu>e. IN the darkest hour
of the war, the most viruleut 'Copperhe.d'
speeches aud pTo-slavery documents.
which was doing the work Of the Rebel
ion a. effectually as shipping arms and am
munition TO the rebels. This Society Of Mr..
riiden's published. among other things. 4
speech OF james Brooks. in which he said
rhat Mr.. Lincoln's proclamation Of Septem-
Der, ls62, seems 20 contemplate the excii-
inn . fia.a s1a a
only Of their masters. but OF women and
children II published a speech Of Mr.
Pugh. in which he declared that the war
might have been avoided had
not Abraham Lincoln and the leaders Of
the Republican party refIsed-consAntly.
persistentlv. stubbornly refused = any
terms whatsoever. We have 10
governor; In truth, we have only a
being. II | am arrested a. |
NAV be tomorrow or before shutdown,
and dragged into the presence OF a MILL
tary commission, as Valandi.ham vas,
will you act?' II published a speech OF
Richard O'Gorman when Horatio Seymour
was governor OF New York, and the re-
bells hoped he would try 10 withdraw the
State from the war. Mr.. O'Gorman said
and Mr.. Tildens Society published aud
difused his words. i fear much that. IN
der the pretext OF restoring the Union. We
are strengthening the hands ofthose whose
policy tends TO destroy onr liberties. Do
you ask what. then. is TO be done: | say
the thing 10 be done is 10 run the State OF
New York. Let our soldiers be
drilled, then, not merely for parades in
the streets. but in the camps OF instruction
and let them be prepared rs men TO defend
the rights OF our State. Although
the Union may fall, liberty may
be preserved and the State may
be sovereign yet. Let Us remem-
Der that esch,State in its inherent sover-
eighty is independent In itself. Then we
are for the Union as long as il can bs sup
ported This was what Mr.. Tildcn and
his Society were publishing and diffusing
10 cheer the soldiers in the field and
strengthen the national patriotic purpose
at home in the most critical moment of the
struggle Mr.. Marble says truly that Mr..
Tilden's position in respect TO the war was
never open 10 the slightest doubt 1t GER
tainly was not, any more than that OF
Fernando Wood, Vallandigham, or Jeffer-
son Davis.
New York member of the platform COM
mittee of the Chicago Democratic Cenyen-
ton, which reported, without dissent. re-
SoiHAaou AS"ahoihs Scosaliou vi NUS
tilitIes.
There facts are undenable; and who.
ever may be the Nathan murderer, as the
Boston Herald humorously suggests, these
facts establish that Mr.. Tilden gave his
money, his time, his influence by word
! and pen, TO the cause of the Rebellion
He served 1t very much more effectively
than he could haye served it in the field.
| He declared the couse of the Government
not only to be constitutionally indefens.
Bile, but practically futile and hopeless.
He encouraged in the publications OF his
| Society the most rancorous hostility TO the
administration and to the war. In the
same way he paralyzed patriotism and dis
couraged the raising of men and money.
Finally, he declared the war failure
and when his words were disproved by
the event, be Joined the Democratic Con-
vention of 1865, that the reconstruction
Acts were revolutionary unconstitutional.
and void. And all this he did under the
plea of preserving the constitutional
guarantees OF liberty,-a plea made in the
interest Of an infamous conspiracy to over
throw this government and perpetuate sav-
cry upon this continent. After war SO
fierce, prolonged, and consuming. TO main
tain the Union-a contest in which his
views and his efforts were hostile both to
liberty and to the great principle of the