Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-10-20
Firtesn QuestIOna.

Mr.. Samuel ]. Tilden, will you please
stand up and answer few questions?
1. Where were you in 1861, when the
Union was in danger, and when true men
were needed to defend the nation against
those who were armed to overthrow it?
2. Did you not encourage by speech and
by example the withdrawal of the Southern
States, and then try to discourage the Fed
eral authority to preserve the Union?
o 3. Did YOU not act as chairman of the
committee on Resolutions in the Democrat
ic convention that met in Chicago in 1864,
and as such chairman, did you not offer to
the convention resolution that was incor-
pOrated in the platform of your party, de-
claring the war failure, and demanding
an immediate cessation of hostilities?
f. Do you think your action at the break
ing out Of the war, during its continuance,
and at its close, renders you safe man for
the loyal people to rely upon as President
of the United States?
5. You claim to have instituted certain
reforms in the State of New York, and re-
duced taxation in that State. Do you not
know that whatever credit is due for these
reforms should be shared by the Republi-
In Legislature that has made them pOssi-
BILE? Do you not know that you can but ex-
ecute what the lawmakers enact, and. that
it is little short of dishonesty to claim for
yoursef alone, what belongs to the Legis-
lature of the State?
6. Do you not know that your pretended
canal reforms have proven failures, and
that those who ought to have been in State
prison to-day for plundering the State have
not been disturbed, because of the money
ed influence they WELD over the law officers
of your administration?
Z. Were you not the chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, with
your headquarters in Tammany Hall, New
York city, from 1864 to 1871, the very pc
riod when WIN. NJ. Tweed was in the height
of his power, and the recognized leader in
the organization you represented?
8. Did you not, in 1868. October %,
send out circular to leading Democrats OF
your State, requesting them to send ad-
vance information of the votes cast in the
rural districts to William NJ. Tweed, Tam
many Hall, and was not this circular sign
ed by you?
8. Do you not know that the purpose Of
this circular was to inform Boss Tweed how
many fraudulent votes would be needed in
the city to defeat the honest votes Of the
country?
10. Do you not know that at that elec-
tion more than 10000 fraudulent votes
were cast in the city of New York. and that
Horace Greeley, in letter addressed to
you and printed in the New York Tribune,
October 20, 1869, after the facts had been
brought out by an investigation authorized
by Congress, used the following language
sfOn the principle that the receiver is as
bad as the thief, you are as deeply impli-
Gated in them to-day as though your name
were Tweed, 0'Brien or Oakley HallY
II. Did you not receive and so aeknowl-
edge before the court in New York city,
February "a, 1875, check for 81, 900, from
William NJ. Tweed, said check dated Sep
tember Z, 1868, and payable to your orderi
10. Do you think that your associations
with Tweed and the class Of men who fol
lowed him during his reign Of plunder,
and the training you received in the Tam.
many school Of politics are the right kind Of
| Endorsements for man who aspires to be
the President Of 46, 900, 900 Of peoplep
18. Do you think your active participa.
ton in the issuing Of over 81, 600, 900 Of pa
per money by the mining companies o.
Michigan in which you were interested,
and the evasion of the legal tax due the
United States Government, through youl
advice, were honorable transactionsP
Il, Do you think that your active CO.
operation with the great railroad corpora
tions Of the country, one Of which paid you
over 81, 900, 600 in less than two years tol
pretended legal and professional services
| at you for the high position to which you
aspire, and sustain your claims as an hon
est man and practical reformer?
You know, Mr.. Tilden, that an honest