Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-23
The answering Loyalty and UniOnism
Of the One and the shifting
and Hating Policy Of
the Other.
Tilden an UncOmprOmising Opponent Of
DisuniOn-Dix an Original Sc.
cessiOnist and Old-Fash.
Toned Trimmer.

papers that will persist in still placing
Governor Tilden in those positions. OF
course they know that they are misrep.
resenting, that they are repeating IN
skillfully planned fslsahoods, but that
does not matter, 1t seems their present
purpose to attempt the disgrace of one
OF the pureat Of our living or dead public
men. That is enough. Sufficient for
the day is the evil thereof" RECRUITING
these Misrepresentation Of Mr.. TIlden,
we reproduce the speech Of Mr.. Hewitt,
and the letter of Manton Marble, and
offsetting them give statement as to
Dix's loyalty, which that gentlemen
will find it difficult to answer.
HEwITT's SPEECH.
New York Herald.l
WASHINGTON, August 15.-In the
night session of Monday in the house
Mr.. Hewitt n. Y replied to
Mr.. Kssson's attack on G vernon Til.
den. He spoke OF Mr.. Kasson's speech
as painful surprise and melancholy
experience. He could hardly have be-
lieVed that that gentleman, with his in
tellectual eldOwments, could have so
far abdicsted his own self respect as to
have INDUCED in the partisan and mali
cious statement which he had made.
He (Mr. Hewitt) approached the SUBJ
ject as he would tSks hold of Shiny
snake with desire to get rid Of 1t.
CHARGE OF BEING sECEssIONIsT.
The first charge was that Governor
Tilden had been secessiOnist. Ii was
possible that Governor rilden might be
fore the lswless strife have entertained
views in common with Jefferson, Madis
son, Jackson, and other great men who
had given construction to the cOnstitu-
ton and government Of the country. At
the outbreak of the rebellion he (HeWitt)
was in daily and almost hourly COM
munion with Governor Tilden, and he
knew that no more loyal or patriotic
heart was hen beating in the Unite d
States. When the first call for troops
came Tammauy hall, which had not
then fallen into the hands of the ring,
raised regiment. Toe grand sacl1em
Of Tammany hall wv. d. Kennedy was
colonel Of that regiment, and it was Of
ficered mostly by members of the Tam
many society. On account Of his own
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90, but he had sent his nephew as one
of the officers Of that regiment.
THE MEETING AT COOPER INSTITUTE.
Mr. Lapham N. Y AFTER the fall
of Fort Sumter did not Mr.. Tilden re-
fuse to sign the call for the great Cooper
institute m Getting, and refuse to attend
the meeting?
Mr.. Hewitt is not true that he re-
fused to sign it, and he did attend the
meeting. Applause On the Democratic
side. Mr.. samuel Sloan, then a mem
Der OF the Union Safety committee of
New York, applied to MIR. Tilden at q
time when be was engaged in the trial
OF case, to affix his name to the cali,
and his reply was, II am very busy just
now. Send me the resolutions after the
trial OF this case, and il they are entire
Iy proper l will sign the call" The call
was never sent to him, but when the
meeting took place be attended it, and
the resolutions received his absolute and
approval. l say now that
hsll raised regiment for the
war, and that Governor Tilden was a
large contributor to that fund.
Mr.. COnger-How much?
Mr.. Hewitt am not going to state
dollars and cents. Patriotism is above
dollars and cents in some quarters.
AMr. Cor e 9r-It is denied in the public
press that Mr.. Tilden ever contributed
one cent for any such purpose. Deri-
sive laughter. on the Democratic side.
Will the gentleman state when, ana
where, ana TO what amount he ever
contributed to the raising Of a regi-
ment?
Mr.. Hewitt state when in stating
that the Tammany regim emit was raised,
and state where when l cay the city
Of New York. do not state the amount,
because Democrats do not carry the hat
around. Laughter
Mr.. Davy n. Y. i supposed we had
settled all Que diff ;ulties, and that this
was sort OF love-feast.
Mr.. Randall Penn The love-fesst
is to be on the fourth + March next.
Mr.. Hew tt-Subsequently to that
period no man in New York was more
called into counsel there and
Ia Washington than Mr.. Tilden. know
hat he was twice called for by Pres.
dent Lincoln, and came to Washing
ION, and held cheerful consultation with
him, resulting in the early and rapid
illiDg OF the quota fro n the State of
New York, and l know that during the
whole of that trying time there never
was doubt as to the loyalty and pa
riotism Of Samuel J. TildeD.
THE WAR FAILURE.
As to the resolution of the Chicago
quoted by MIR. KassOn
against Mr.. TIldeD, declaring the war
allure, he (Mr. Ksssop) should have
Known that within month past pub
ic and positive statement had been
made by Mr.. Mauton Marble, the Sec
etary Of the committee on resolutions,
hat Governor Tllden opposed that reso-
ution publicly and privately, and it was
within his own (Mr. Hewitt's) knoWI-
edge that Governor Tilden urged Gen.
,ral Mcclellan latter his nomination. to
make such declaration in his letter of
acceptance as would nullify that posi-. |
ion Of the CHICAGO platform.
Mr.. kandall-Which was ''the Union |
It all hazards"
Mr.. Hewitt-Those were the words |
Inscribed in the Chicago convention.
Governor Tilden declared that the ad- |
Of the controversy between |
he north ard south on any other basis |
han the restoration Of the Union was |
IMPOSSIBLE; that the moment |
my party went out of the |
Jnion the question must be set |
led by war, and that the war must be |
Prosecuted until the question was set
led. These declarations of his were |
in the New York and Chicago |
apers at the time OF the convention,
Id that is my answer to the statement
( the gentleman from Iowa that Gov.
rnor Ii den never made any declara-
ion in favor OF the prosecution of the
var, and that he was disunionist.
ILDEN's CONNECTION WITH TWEED.
In regard to the insinuations connect
1g Governor Tilden's name with that
f VIM. III. Tweed, he (Mr. Hewitt)
aid that Governor Tilden had, for more
ban three yeGrs, like hound on the
cent, followed the members of the ring
secretly, delightedly. He
new Mr., Tilden's untiring efforts day
nd night; he knew how ne tracked
lese people to their dens of iniquity,
nd finally dragged them forth to public
Applause.
Mr.. DAvy asked whether, subsequent
7 to the exposure Of Tweed, Mr.. Tilden
ad not met Tweed at the Rochester
)hvention, and had not raised his voice
gainst Tweed taxing seat.
Mr. Cox Ito whom Mr.. Hewitt yielded
r an answer replied hat there was no
scessity for Tilden's doing so, as Tweed
as not in the convention.
Mr. Hewitt-The bare naked fact Ia |