Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-09-07

TSlden an VIM. NJ. Tweed
sever was, Sir. There was a..
cinAion which comes from the -
appointment Of men On comm;s,.' !
d their living ID The same CO..
and belonging TO the same -
the one man stood IN the co..
shove and beyond reproach. -
Other was always an sheet Of sr..
and finally Of detestation.
Nj, Davy rose.
Mr.. Hewitt, Of New York
not Be- Interrupted more. Ihay.a
disposition 10 answer IN fe,.ss
questions. andfI decline 10 be is,.,s
any more. Now the gentleman az
low
Mr.. Lapham. The gentlen,.
sPeaking BY The grace Of this -. q
the House.
Mr.. Hewitt, Of New York, am
speaking By The grace Of anybodv NJ.
oil my own colleague and INV a..
tuents. Nov, the gentleman from i.I
INDUCED in one insinuation of.so ~
and dcspicablc 4 character tina, 49,
hesitate to refer 10 il. II he could ~
blushed-and looked into his f,ee u
! sat near him on purpose-if he ~
capable OF blushing he would ~
blushed then, but he did not. Hem
uated that the private fortune ofGose,sJ
1ilden had been acquired by some ~
honorable, and he did not dare 10 ~
dishonest. bat he implied Il diskoasa
practices in connection with railv,.y
and corporations. Now when a n,,
makes an insinuatson Of that sor, NJ
should be prepared with the proof. n
is mean, unmanly, dishonorable ch,,,.I
for any man to make behind the h,st
Of another man who Is not here 10 =.
swer. But can tell that gentlem,.
and hope his own record is as cle,,
and as good, that Governor Tilden VA.
called from 1857 to 1860 into alma,
every broken-down railway corpora,;oe
in the West; that while he found then
unable to pay even running expense,
he took them in hand and SO admins
tered them that in every case the bond.
whether first, second or third mortgasr
and the stock preferred and CONNIE.
all ultimately went above par. and h.
enriched the people that were wise
enough and fortunate enough to have
secured his services. ! am personally
among the number Of those who wers
benefited by his wise and sagaciou.
management: and say, SO lar from
having been overpaid in any Of these
transactions, that his legal fees and hi.
personal services were the cheapes, and
the poorest rewarded have ever known
in long business career, dealing in
large transactions in all parts Of this
country and in Europe.
/ defy these gentlemen to Law their
hands upon dishonest dollar in the
possession Of Samuel J. Tilden. | say
that the people whom he served are
his friends to-day, and his best friends.
And 1t is the service there which he
rendered to the West, notwithstanding
the insinuations Of the gentleman from
Iowa, that will give him the votes Of
those great Western States within W hose
borders he reconstructed Highways
which are TO them to-day the arteries Of
commerce and public blessings, the vsl.
ue OF which cannot be properly estima.
ted.
And as through the whole Of his re-
markabIe career he has been the wi.
sest Of men, he has been the trust Of
friends, he has been the most jealous
and earnest Of patriots. so to-day he is
thSl~isest, the most accomplished states
man in the land, and he will by the
blessing of God be one of the greatest,
perhaps the greatest of the Presidents
of the United States, because he will
have the opportunity to rescue this gov.
crnment from the hands OF the incom.
petent and dishonest men who have
controlled il so long and made il re.
proach in the eyes Of the civilized
globe. IGreat applause.