, 1876-09-09
SAMUEL ]. TILDEN.
sFis Record as 4 Ring smash
er--Tl,e Tweed Ring.

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ate the impression tha; Gov. Tilien did not
attack the Tammany ring until its doom
Vas already apparent; that he waited long
enough to make sure that he Mss not attack
ing power that might yet destroy him, and
then claim the credit Of is overthrow. The
truth j. exactly The revrr7e Of this. Il can
and Will be shown that Governor Tiiien AZ
tackled the Tweed riag while = had control
Of al the dep4i nsuts Of the state and ,.,y
governments. owned both parties in the leg
isia,pra, and had willing u- ignorant tool
in the New York Tj7sa, which yesrs after
ward, published facts which csme into his
possession with regard 10 the Eiug, gnd has
since attempted 10 seize the credit Of Jhe das-
trucJion Of hat gigantic conspiracy. Its
claim Is false and imVC5eut. Tue overthrow
Of Tweed aud the Tweed -.ng Is dus 20 sam
uel j. Tilden and Charles O'Conor.
In the first place, ii is to be said that at no
time has Governor Tilden ever preferred .
claim to recognition as the man who had
achieved this result In all the ;estiul suials
and exhibitions Of popular r,joicing which
followed this wo-k, b. has always stood in
the back ground and urged that the chief
recogni,ioa be bestowed upon other democrats
as well as republicans, Who had sided his L.
/ bors, and who had shown, Ike himself. an
uns-lfsh discrimination TO break mp this eor-
rupt oIgauization, no matter what party or
what individuals might Be hurt.
The Tweed rirg originated in the board Of
supervisors created n 1891 i republican
Legislature and Governor, but it ji3 not reach
lis full urzaniza'iou aud growth until 1860.
when Okry Hall became mayor. The y Y
/ Times published two years ana half later
accounts largely Fraudulent amounting 20
I Sll. coo .0G0, Of which cue-,hiri were passed
( in 1862. nearly two-;irjs in 1870, and the
remainder III 1871. In 1869 the open attacks
/ Of M-. TilI,n upon the ring and is return
. blows q: him began, long before The y. /.
T'sgges ceased to be rs ally; for at that time
many seemingly respectable papers and men
succumbra to Is oorrapt and dreaded iuriC-
eucs. 50 far from 5.r. Tilleu's byi,g hand
( aul glove with ;h.sa as republican Lsw-p.-
pers chuy-a, the Hostility between them began
as soon as lie riug hcran to form. Hr. I'll
/ den opposed one "I their schemes c- p-uu -eE
- early IS 1863. years before he was made
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