Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-09-06

aware Of any paper or document written by him
which considers any Of the great questions of gov
eminent Of public affairs, unless Il be letter
which he wrote in 1850 to Judge Kent, who hap
pened ut that time to he my partner In business.
Aud in regard to that will only say that there Is
not proposition laid down in that long letter
which is correct, nor y proposition which Mr. TIL
denis own position as n candidate and letter Of
acceptance doesn't condemn It goes the fun
length Of all that jefferson Davis Toombs Slldell,
BUCHANAN or Jerry Black ever claimed, in holding
that this government didn't create nation, but
only a coniedemcy, and he calls it So lie con
tends for the right to carry slaves into the new
states, he says on moral grounds there ought to
be no restriction to the admission Of new slave
states, aud lays down In many ways views In re-
aton to the social rights Of the negroes and the
position the government ought to take In regard
TO that race which are utterly inconsistent with
these constitutional amendments, which in his let
ter Of acceptance he procaims to be final settle
ment Of those issues In fact so far as | have
been informed Mr Tilden's expression Of views
on questions involving ideas Of craftsmanship, or
construction Of the constitution, are from the be-
ginning to the end, wrong, and according to his
own letter were untenable and abandoned
rnDrS corrERHEAp
will now consider Mr. lildeu both in the rs
pect Of statesman and a patriot. When the
news came that Sumter had fallen and that the
rebels were in arms Mr. Lincoln issued a call for
soventy-fyo thousand men TO put down the re-
belon. 1t was just after the Massachusetts sol
diors had been shot down in the streets Of Balti-
more and this letter Of Mr. Tildcn TO Judge Kent
huN tirfs Lao MI a..
pccially over the South where 1t had given ucsti-
mable aid and encouragement to rebellion. II
was thought at that time Indispensable that there
should be a great public meeting called In New
York to eudeavor to crystalze and emphasize the
patriotic spirit Of the country So meeting was
called for the month Of April 1851 II was in
tended that it should be a grand rally Of men Of
all paites and among those solicited TO take part
in that meeting was Samuel J. Tilden A brother
democrat named Sloan, was selected 20 20 10 MIR
rdeu and invite him TO participate It was the
largest, most brilliant and grandcst gathering
ever seen in New York one hundred and twenty
thousand people were present and speeches were
made from twenty or thirty stands. All the lead
ing citizens Of New York, democrats as well as
Republicans Archbishop Hughes wrote a noble
letter in sympathy with It's puuoses-but samuel
j. lilden declined to attend.
Some five or six days after the great rally a
meeting of the members of the New York Bar
was called It was thought that an expression Of
opinion In the integrity oil the / nion and ia favor
Of the preservation Of the country from So infu-
cntal body would have great weight in com
| batting the theories Of non-resstance and that
this country was mere confedcmcy Of states,
which had been advanced by Jerry Black and the
Southern leaders. The most prominent demo.
cratic official ia the city presided Judge lngrham,
and some four or FIVE hundred lawyers were
present, embracing almost every one Of any dis
tinciion in the profession in the city. 1t was 80
unanimously attended that SOU could hardly say
whether the Republicans or democrats were in
the majority but among the men who were not
| there, and the most conspicuous Of an, was sam
uel j. Hidden At That meeting speeches were
made fan Of fire and patriotism and courage and
constitutional law and fifty thousand dolnrs
were raised To equpa lawyers regiment Tor the
war Towards that sum samuel j Tillen did not
contribute one cent, When We consider that he
was probably the richest lawyer in the city of
New York, and that he had no wife or children
dependent upon him, he might certainly have
aided his country a little 10 her agony, il he had
had one scntllia Of the patriotism which his spol-
sists at tli. late day are claiming Tor him
rlLpEN a SHAN REroRurR
MT. Eaton then went on TO detail many other
reform movements in which Tilden took no part
The movements 70 purify the Police Courts and
police force Of New York the Board Of Health and
other benehcent measures, and characterized him
a. man Of little or no moral courage, instead
OF being the brave independent man. which hi,
admirers now claim him 70 be- lie said that b,
was man utterly bound up ia party and tn,
advocate OF any measure tlnt wis dictated 10y
the party
1t should be remembered that every insanc,
given by Mr. Eaton was from his own persona
knowledge nothing from hearsay Nj Eaior
closed with an eloquent appeal for q grand old
fashioned majority from Vermont