The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-26

begging carrying the hat around among |
the Republicans-(l aughter)-and GER
tainly we did not get any help from |
Michigan.
Mr.. Conger rose.
Mr.. Hewitt-Now, have answeredthat
question, and | decline to have any further
with him.
Mr.. Conger-Then [ cannot ask any
further questions.
Mr.. Hewitt will answer no more
questions from you, because you do not
ask them in fair spirit.
The Speaker pro tempore-The gentle
man from New York must address the
Chair, and not the gentleman from Michi-
gan.
Mr.. Hewitt beg pardon of the Chair
and of the House.
Mr.. Davy-1 supposed we had settled
all our difficulties, and that this was a sort
Of love-feast
MIR. Randall-The loye.feast is to be on
the 4th of March next.
Mr.. Davy.-We must not get our mad
up again.
Mr.. ENTHUSIASTICALLY to his period
know of no man in New York who was
more frequently called into counsel there
aud in Washington during the troublous
times Of the war, and when there was de-
lay in raising the men required to recruit
the armies of the United States know
that twice he was called for by President
Lincoln and came to Washington and held
careful consultation with him, resulting in
the early and rapid filling of the quota
from the state of New York. And l know
that during no period of the whole of that
trying time was there ever doubt ex-
pressed in the city of New York in any
quarter as to the loyalty and patriotism of
Samuel j. Tilden, The gentleman from
Iowa says that when Mr.. Tilden went to
the Chicago Convention he was in favor of
a resolution practically declaring that the
war was failure and ought to be brought
to an end. That gentleman must have
known, if he reads the news
papers, that within a very recent
period, certainly. 1within month,
there has been made public a
positive statement from Mr.. Manton
Marble, who was the Secretary of the Com
mittee on Resolutions, that Governor Til
den opposed the resolution of which the
gentlemen from Iowa speaks; that he OBJ
posed it publicly and in private. 1t is with
in my own knowledge that after the nomi-
nation was rendered to General Mcclellan.
Governor Tlden urged him to make such
a declaration in his letter of acceptance as
would nuliity that portion Of the Chacigo
platform.
Mr.. Randall-Which was. ''the Union
at all hazards" Those were the words.
Mr.. Hewitt-Those were the words in.
serted in Gen. McClellan's letter. Now
the gentleman says that there never was
any occasion in which Governor Tildeu
made declaration in the favor of the Tn.
ion or the prosecution Of the war for its
preservation. If that gentleman would
study the records of the Chicago conven-
ton for the sake of doing justice, as he
has evidently studied them for the sake
of the doing injustice to Governor Tilden,
he would find that in that convention, and
before the New York delegation, in open
meeting, Governor Tiden said that the
adjustment OF the controversy between
the north and south on any other basis
than the restoration Of the Union was im
possible; that the moment any party wen
out of the Union the questions must bt
settled by war, and the war must be pros
ecuted until the questions were settled
These were the declarations, published il
the Chicago and New York papers a
the very date of the Chicago convention
and fortunately for the gentlemen, VIII,
likes very recent and modern literature
he can find those declarations repeated il
a sketch published in the Louisville Cour
ier-JOmadJ on the 25th Of April last
That is my answer TO the statement o
the gentlemen from Iowa that Governo
Tilden never made any declaration in ia
vor of the prosecution Of the war an
that he was disunionist, We now com
down to the next charge, that Governo
Tilden was the associate OF William NJ
Tweed on a Democratic committee; tina
he levied contribution on William NJ
Tweed of $4,000, and that he issued
circular in combination with William NJ
Tweed intended to promote the fraudu
lent election of q Governor of the State {
New York. 1t is true that Governor I'll
den was chairman of the Democratic con
mittee of the State of New York, and
; Is also true that William NJ. Tweed wa
a member Of that committee And if tn
gentlemen knows anything about the o.
ganization of such committees in the Stat
Il
district dominates and sends its ow
member; that Governor Tilden had r
more to do with the appointment of Wi
liam NJ. Tweed as a member of tn;
committee than he has to do with tn
man who is supposed to regulate I'll
moon. He was there rightfully men
Der Of the committee. and at the time |
was so acting he had not achieved the ba
, eminence which he subsequently attaine
and which he now occupies. No contr
button was ever levied upon Mr.. Tweet
Mr.. Tweed did as other people have don
: as / myself have done, and as | have 1
! doubt the gentlemen from Iowa has don
! sent contribution to the fund required
! the committee to carry on the State ele
ton. That was levying no contribution
Then as to the issue of that circular, Il
lie has been nailed here by my colleagl
MIR. Cox. If any man doubts whetht
, that declaration Ex-Governor TIldeD, whiC
= has been read, was published in Il
EUening Post OF the 4th of Novembe
q 1868, the files are accessible to HIN.
= saw it with my own eyes; | know it WI
q then published. | know that not mo
i than twenty-four hours elapsed from Il
time the charge was made in the EUenil
! Post. and it was first made in that pape
4 until the denial was made in the san
y paper. The denial ] here insert:
CARD FROM MR. TILDEN.
TO lie Editor Of the EUening Post.
= SIR : My attention has been called to an artit
IN your journal of last evening obtaining Giro
n lar to which my name Is appended. | hasten
:, assure You that you viii not lose your reputati
y ~ critics by assuming, on internal evidence,
q you have correctly done, that no such PAGER "
n ever written, signed, issued authorized by me
:, with any participation or knowledge on my pa
J. have read IL for the first time in your column
4 bur have no reason to believe that IL had any
n evil purpose az you suspect. For myself, i ref
Z ID in 1874 to sign the lannon's secret cIcuar rel
lug to Texas, which is celebrated I'm the histC
OF the EUeHinq Post, though might have be
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