The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-08-29

Tflden's warReeord-Isessiss'sy yarn
TtIaen's Aiding the Tamma"y sse-
gIment a Lie out OF whole Cloth
Just what Tilden Did DO.

The statement of Abraham =. Hew-
lit that Samuel j. Tilden subscribed
toward the organization of the Tam
many regiment during the war is ia
brication out of whole cloth. and Mr..
Hewitt should have known that 1t had
no foundation in fact. The documents
OF the Union Defense Committee,
which was started in this city ut the
outbreak OF the war for the purpose
OF equipping regiments for active SER
vice, show that the entire cost OF send
ing the Tammany and three other New
York regiments to the front was de-
frayed wholly by the committee. IL
was, therefore, unfortunate for Mr..
Hewitt TO have selected the Tammany
regiment as the one 10 which. as he
stated, without the slightest founda-
ton, Tildeu gave subscription, when
the records show that he never gave
even one cent 10 the organization.
These facts do not admit of dispute. -
They have passed into history. The
Union Defense Committee, of New
York, aud it's action in regard To regi-
men.- I'm this city, are matters oil re-
cord in the Government offices at
Washington. On page 81 OF the re-
port of this committee, issued IN 1867,
we find that they paid out the follow.
ing sums, being the whole cost oil
equipping the regiments:
TAmmany Regiment ................ .stI ,iis 6s
Mozart Regiment. ..................... t.,Osy -
Garibaldi Guards ...............'''.'. st'odt %
DE kalD kegiment.. ....,..........'.. 4S'ssi oV
The average cost of equipping each
OF these regiments was 80, ,o97 S5.-
The committee then say:
"These were the only regiments OF
which the ENTIRE cost was betrayed by
the Union Defense Committee. Every
article Of clothing and equipment was
furnished by the committee, together
with rations for almost thousand men
each for period OF two months"
Irrespective OF these facts it was
rather unfortunate for Mr.. Hewitt to
open the "war record" OF Tilden in the
House Of Representatives.. Or the
millions of official and other documents
published during the war, not one has
vet been found showing that Tilden
had given counsel or money or word
Of encouragement in favor OF perpetu-
ating the Union. There is one, how
ever, TO be found-Une under his own
signature-in which he actually pro-
posed TO let the South establish au In
dependent nation before q shot was
fired-in the hope that she could make
a treaty of peace with the North for
common defense. Samuel j. Tilden
was never known TO do anything to
telp on the war, either by assisting the
soldiers themselves or by ministering
to their families during their absence
or after their deaths. On the contrary
he is known to have refused assistance
on many occasions. For the sake of
example the following well-anthentica-
ted case may be stated: Early in the
war a young man of excellent family
and superior character and attainments
was desirous Of raising a company
He waited upon Mr.. Tilden. with whom
he had an acquaintance, and asked him
to give him letter of recommendation
to certain State officials.
Mr.. Tilden's reply was in substance
as follows: Young man, you need
not come to me for any such letter of
recommendation; this war ia an ont
rage, and / will lend no assistance
whatever to its prosecution.