New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-16
HEufTrs Spleen ~ the HoUSE.
RIPIY TO MIR. KASSON on GOV. TILDEN.
HE CHARGES or pI-IOYITY 10 THE UNIoS hND
ASSOCIATION WIN TWEED ANSWERED. WITH
PpSIJIVINE-S


HE CnAEGrs or Di-roYAITY 10 TIE uNIoS AID
ASSOCIATIONS WIN TWEED ANSWERED WITH
POsITIyINEss
wAsnI>oro> Tuesday, Aug -. 1876.
In the night session Of Monday in the House.
Mr. HEWITT Dem. y. ~ replied to Mr. k'ss"rs NJ
tack on GOV Tildcu lie spoke Of iir kassons speech
a a painful surprise and q melancholy experience He
could hardly have believed that that gentleman with his
intellectual cniowmcut- could have 50 far abi
c,icd lis own sct9c.pcct 10 have INDUCED
IN the PARTISAN aud malicious statements which
l,. Ind made. lie NL HEWITT approached
me subject - he would take hold Of -ny snake. with
desire nd ~ u. The nr-t car,r was maj 'ioN
Gov ridden might before Tue .wlcss strife. have enter
tanned view, III with Jefferson Madison Jach-h
and other great men Who had gwen cons, ,'''V ~,
t. the Constitution and Government 81 the country ~
tnc outbreak Of the rebellion he Nj iicwii was III ii}
and almost hourly communion WIN t'E' I''H "ih "'
knew that no more ioyM or paiT"tic near. "a' ",
Which had ~ not ''' then fallen into the
Of Ilmntny Hal w. - k"1ncdll was colonel oil iit'
regiment. aud 1t Differed h( mcnhrrs 81 thr tam
health lac had been unable To but lac had sent hl7
nephew A. one 81 IN, officers Of tIat regiment
sumter did 5t Mr. Tldcu refuse sign the cal Tor the
great Cooper Institute meeting aud refuse TO attend the
Mr. iEwIrr-I j. not true that he refused to sign IL.
nha ne Hin ",.I"t Mr. Samuel s."In rn member Of
iio Union saio,t Committee of Ncw-Nork. applied to
Nr 1dc ~ a time when he engaged ~ the thai oi
, c,r To a.x his name to the call, aHd h- reply was
am very busy jus- now send ~" the resolutions iirT
tho tral Of tls case and n they entirely lnupri VII
IN me can" ne cal wa never sent MIN. but when
mo meeting took place he attended IT, aud The resolutions
received bi, absolute amt unGu'ihcd appio'h.; $50
now That TahuIany .Ia raised regiment Tor TIE war
aud tnat GOV. Iilden was large contributor 10 'hat
Mr. CONGFR-Itis denied IN the public pres. that Mr..
Trdcn ever contributed one cent Tor any ruGh nuInH
,.niiru.an state when and where. andto what amoint
ne continued 10 the 'aising 81 a - sInrn' IT,
Mr. HEWITT STATE whcn ia 1ldiIns ih'l ti'r aI
many regiment risrd and slate Wncrc wien say
he City Of Srw.Y0rE. do not state the amount n
cause democrats dii not go carrying tLo h'' "'""'"
Laughter . .,, .,. T.,
and in Wa,ln. ton than sir. Idcn SNOW ;hat hc was
to Washington and held cheerful coi5ui''t,5,,
with nm, rcsultns ~ thc r".D HnI rap"I
bu,w that during the Whole al tat trying tnr th'Tr
never was a doubt a, the Loyalty and patriotism OF
Convention quoted by sir kHasUn against MI. iioch
declaring the war failure, hc (ilr kn~snnl should nave
N i,i' sI had been made by nr Manon Marble
tbs SECRETARY OF the Committee on Resolutions. that Coz,
Iildcn opposed that resolution puNcy hhu pII,I',tS
aud il was within his own (Nlr. H"wiitrl kno"l'Ifc
that Goy. Udcn urged Cen Nc, irIAh ii'sl III n",
naton To make such declaration 10 ms i.ile1 oi ~,
crpance - would nui.fy that portion al tho chicago
Wr' HKNDAII-Which was "tho Union at all haz
All" No. uEyrVr-rbose were the words inserted In the
Chicago Convention. Gov Tidon declared that the az
iu-Iurut q. the controversy between the NoiIh hnl
south any other basi, than the I,Sto,a'on VI ~,
UuInn war impossible that the moment any pr,' n'l'
out oil The Union the question must be- rclird bS VIZ
and That the war must he prosecuted uhtl lo pu,Nt"
49, settled These declarations Of his were pdbislcd
I'm the Ncw-YOrk aud Chicago papers ~ th'
tims Of the convention. and that Is my an
sKar 10 the statement Of the gentleman
from Iowa that Gov 1ildcn never n'n'le
any declaration p and g ,aE"I he wa. I"' d,aions
I'm regard to the usuuatIOn5 connecting GOV Ii'ch
name with that VIM. 81. Tweed, hc, (hr. llt"iD
,pni ON tue scent. followed the members OF thc i'lnS
patiently, secretly, deligutcdly. ii" kne" Mr. iu
tttft fn,tt4 dan
these pcOpc thcr drns Oi nquty ana hiIJ diaSI'u
them forth 10 publ!c csc. ration tppItlscl