Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-02
UNCLE sAMUEL,s RECORD.
Several Campaign Lies Nailed by
Hewitt and Cox.
First Lie That GOV. Ttlden was n
DiSunIOnlSt - second and Alb.
surdeSt Lie: That he was the
Friend and Ally of Tweed
Ihird and Neanest Lie:
That He Made Money
shOuesuy-Spcnd.
ing His Fortune.

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personal attack on Gov. Tilden's record.
The extract begins with Mr.. Cox's
courteous apology for unparliamentary
language used in the excitement OF the
evening previous, and embraces MIR.
IIewitt's eifectual answer to the partisan
charges brought against Gov. Tilden:
Mr. CoN]NIr. Speaker: l was inter-
rupted last evening, as the house is
aware, by L point of order, which per-
haps was well taken, owing to the use
of language which is not regarded as
parliamentary. 1t was usedMnder pc
culiar provocation, as the house saw ,and
for its use | have to make an apology to
the house, and to recall the language rs
unparliamentary.
My unparliamentary language had
reference to statements which were de-
MED in the card which | hold in my
hand from Gov. Tilden, dated New
York. Nov. 4. 1868. j carried that card
in my hand to the other side of the
house with perhaps too much belliger-
ent demonstration. Laughter.]
Mr.. Randall-It was the only weapon
you had. Laughter.
Mr.. CoX-Yes; it was the only weap-
on had or needed. l ask to have that
card of Gov Tildcn's read. 1t is 4 JUS
tilication of my statement. l ask to
have it read, to 60 into the Record. to
make my remarks complete.
The clerk read rs follows:
CARD FROM MIR. TILDEN.
To the Editor of the Evening Post
Sir: My attention has been called to m
article in your journal of last evening,
containing circular 1.-THE circular asking
that election returns sent in unotficially
should be made rs favorable as possible
to which my name is appended. has.
ten to assure you that you will not lose
your reputation rs critics by assuming
on internal evidence, as you have cor.
rectly done, that no such paper was evel
written, signed, issued, or authorized
by me, OF with any participation OF
knowledge on my part. l have read il
for the first time IN your columns; but
have no reason to believe that it had any
such evil purpose as you suspect. Fo
myself, 1 refused in 1874 to sign th'
famous ''secret circular relating t.
Texas, which is celebrated in the his
tory of the Evening Post, though
mi ght have been tempted by the illustri
Gus association in which | should hav,
found myself. Neither before that no
since have l ever been concerned in an,
circular marked "secret, confidential
or private nor shall l be, unless
should adopt that device for the purpos
of getting some valuable truth, disguis
ed in such 4 form, secured wide pub
licity in the Evening Post and all tn
republican newspapers. Very trul
yours, S. j. TILDEN.
New York, Nov. 4, 1868.
Mr.. CoN-I would not have been S
persistent in bringing the denial to til
attention of the house but for the fac
that had seen, in speeches here an
. in journals all over the country, thi
[ libcllous injury done to Gov. Tilder
And us one Of the Representatives Of tn
state of New York, and familiar wit
all this business at that time, it SCENE
to be 4 duty on my part to place tn
j. seal of condemnation and denial on en-
statement in contradiction of that card
t | now yield to my friend from New Yor
(AIr. HEWITT for short time.
Mr. where is that taken from
Mr.. CoX-This paper is copied iron
the New York Tribune.
Mr. Conger-Of what date?
Mr.. CoX-Of the other day but it wa
in the Evening Post of Nov. 4, 1865
where | saw it originally. 1t was II
Gently recopied in the Tribune. There i
no doubt about the truth of the state
mcnt.
KASsON RETRACTING ONE sLANDER.
Mr.. Kasson-Mr. Speaker, have bu
4 single word to say. The article whic
has just been read, have now seen G
heard read for the first time in my life
And if the gentleman from New Yor
(Mr. CoX), in pursuance of that under
standing of the most agreeable natur
which has always existed between us
had advised me in such a way that
; could learn what it was, and 1 ha
known the contents of that paper,
should have spoken Oft rs l did of tn
denial subsequently made, which l SUI
posed was the only one made by Nj
Iilden. That was in his pamphlet pull
lished in 1873. My desire was to stat
the facts with perfect fairness. l ha
relied upon the statements of one of tn
most conscientious public writers of tn
j, country, the principal editor of Harper
! Weekly. in an article in which he CAV
the denial AS having been made In 1873
| knew Of no other denial made by Go,
Tilden until tonight.
The house will judge of my surpris
when without any explanation addresse
by the gentlemen from New York
myself, and without there being any
thing in our personal relations to lea
me to expect it, he made allegation
. touching myself which | knew to be III
:, justiiiable, and which | think any gel
, tlcman on the floor, knowing to be unju
tiiiable, would have felt himself boun
to declare in emphatic parliamentar
language to be incorrect. | have neve
in my life been called to order for III
,, parliamentary speech. | have not y.
been, and am not yet aware that III
language was unparliamentary. But
will say frankly that while still affirm
ing the fact alleged to be incorrect, .
uttered by the gentleman from Ne
York, the relations between us were
such nature rs should have satisfie
him that had no intention to attribut
to him L misstatement in the offensiv
personal sense which he appeared t
attribute to me.
Mr. Cox-If my friend from Iowa
for | shall now call him my triend-ha
used the word incorrect" there woul
:. have been no provocation and no rcmar
that looked like retaliation He use
', the word .'untruth'' which has almos
the same Specification as the word whic
| unhappily used. have recalled m
language, and the gentleman fror
Iowa, very properly as think, has re
called his.
| now Weld to my colleague tror
New York Mr.. Hewitt, who wishes t
address himself one moment to anothe
f part OF the gentleman speech.
GOV. TILDEN's WAR RECORD.
Mr. ucwitt-Mr. Speaker, to me, til
speech which the gentleman from low
delivered this evening, was painful
: surprise and melancholy experience
If had not heard it, / could not hay
believed that gentleman of his intel
lectual endowlncnts could SO tar abdicat
: his own eli'.respect and forfeit the goo
opinion of his fellow members in thi
house as to have indulged in the partisan
and, | am sorry to add, the maliciou
statements which he has made in recar
to Gov Tilden | confess that do no
intend to make any elaborate reply t.
what he has said in this house. i ap
proach the subject rs | would take hof,
Of q Shiny snake, with 4 desire to get ri
of it at the earliest possible moment
, But charges were made against on
whom l have known for SO many year