Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-08-30
From the N Y. Tribune.
HEWITT'S SPEECH IN THE
HOUSE.
REPLY TO MIR. KASSON ON
GOV. TILDEN.

GOV. TlLDEN.
THE CHARGES OF DtsLoYALTY TO THF
UNION AND ASSOCIATION WITH TWEED
ANSWERED WITH POSlTIvENEss.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Is, 1876.
In the night session of Monday in
the House, Mr.. HEWITT (Dem., N
" replied to Mr.. Kasson's attack Oh
Gov. Tilden. He spoke Of Mr.. kas-
sons speech as painful surprise and
melancholy experience. He could
hardly have believed that that gentle
man. with his intellectual endowments,
could have so far abdicaled his own
selt-respect as to have indulged in the
partisan and malicious statements
which he had made. He (Mr. Hew-
itD approached the subject as he would
take hold of sl.my snake, with 4 dc
sire to yet rid Of ii. The first charge
was that Gov. l'ilden had been Sc
cessiouist. 1t was possible that
Gov. Tilden might, before the lawless
strife, have entertained views in COM
mon with Jefferson, Madison, Jack
son, and other great men who had
given construction to the Conslltu'
ton aud Government OF the country,
At the outbreak of the rebellion he
(Mr. HewilD was in daily and almost
hourly communion with Gov. Tilden,
and he knew that no more loyal or
patriotic heart was then beating in the
United States. When the first call
for troops game, Tammany Hall, which
had not then fallen into the hands of
the Ring, raised regiment. The
Grand Sachem Of Tammany Hall (W.
D. Kennedy was colonel Of that reg
iment, aud it was otticered by mem.
bers of the Tammany Society. On
account Of his own (Mr. Hewltt's)
health he had been unable to 90, but
he had sent his nephew as one OF the
officers OF that regiment.
Mr.. LAPHAM Rep., N. Y)-Ai-
ter the tall of Fort Sumter, did not
MI. ruucu '.r"e. % A. Ill f,'
the great Cooper Institute meeting,
and refuse to attend the meeting p?
Mr., HEWITT-It is not true that
he refused to sign it, and he did at
tend the meeting. [Applause on the
Democratic side.] Mr.. Samuel Sloan,
then a member Of the Union Safet!
Committee of New York. applied t,
Mr.. Tilden, at time when he was
engaged in the trial Of a case, to afli'
his name to the call, and his reply
was, IL am very busy just now senc
me the resolutions after the trial o
this case, and t'.hey are entirely pro
per | will sign the call. The Cal
was never sent to him, bat when thu
meeting took place he attended 1T
and the resolutions received his abso
lutte and unqualified approval. ! sa!
now that Tammany Hall raised a reg
iment for the war, and that Gov. Til
den was Il large contributor to tina
fund
Mr.. CONGER-It is denied in tn
public press that Mr.. Tilden ever con
tributed one cent tor any such purpose
TDerisive laughter Oh the Democratl
side7. Will the gentleman stat
when. and where, aud to what he eve
contributed to the raising of regl
ment
Mr.. HEWITT state when, i
stating that the Tammany regimen
was raised, and | state where, when
say the City OF New York. do no
state the amount, Because the Demo
, Gratis did not 90 carrying the ha
| around. Laughter,
Mr.. HEWITT Subsequently t
that, period no man in New York wa
more freq qlently called into counst
there and in Washington than MI
Tilden. know that he was twi(
i called for by President Lincoln, an
j.. came TO Washington and held cheertI
consultation with him, resulting in tt
early and rapid filling OF the quo'
= from the State of New York, and
Il know that during the whole OF th'
trying time there never was dou|
u as to the loyalty and patriotism
{ SAMUEL J. TILDEN. As to tt
: resolution of the Chicago Conventio
" quoted by Mr.. Kasson against Nj
e Tilden, declaring the war a failure,
(Mr. Kasson) should have known tn
l. within month past spublic and pc
: tive statement has been made by M
IL Manton Marble, the Secretary Of L
70 Committee Oh Resolutions, that Go
L. l. Tilden opposed that resolution pu