Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-17
fsr. HieW.1t-S speech

o The night session Vi lnOaIay IL the House
| Of REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Hewitt. OF New York,
: replied to III: attack Of Mr. Klssou, Of Iowa,
! on Gov Il.dcn Mr. li,w,tt's speech, which
gus d !ivcrcl at five . clock IN the moruilg,
after au al! Light session, is said to have been
one of he most ctfcctlv" delivered in the House
for may years. l'hv following is Il sYnopsis Of
I the speech:
/ II, so k Of Mr.. kassons speech as a pain
tlI surprise lud u mG.auchGiy Experience. dc
could hardly have believed that that gentle
uiau, with Ils intellectual endowmcrrs could
! have So Tar ibulcated his own sci! reSpact is TO
! lave INDUCED IN the partisan and III. lc1us
! statements which h; had maue. Tie Mr..
/ H.wi,t) approached the subject as he would
, take no;d OF siimy sDake, VIE desire 10 get
! rib # 1t. be first charge Was that Gor"ruUC
| iildeu hai been secessl:uls. Ii VS. posi-.
; bic that Governor IilicD Wlgh, oetore the law
! less strife nave entertained views 10 common
win Jefferson, Madison, Jackson aud other
grca- tlen who had given C uStG uctlon to the
! cuus luton and yJvcrnmcnt Of the cyu0try.
Al the outbic.k ct h9 war h, (llcwItll
wa: Ii daily aud almost hourly COMMUNION
! with GUvcIuUr Hidden, and he knaw that 10
! ;uurc 10, ii or patriotic art was th"G :atlng
! 10 ihe unltcd States. Nhen the first cali t,r
troops came TammaDy Hail which had net
| than fallen into the hands o! the RUG, raised Il
regiment The Grand Sacham OF Iammany
: Hall (W ID. keunedyl WIS colonel Of thai re-
mcu, aad ii vas otic,r & mostly by members
oi the january Societies.
Mr.. Lapfam.-Aitcr The fall Of Fort Sumter
! did not Mr. Tildcn refuse 10 sgu he cal for
; the grcat COOPER lo>ti ute uIectlnS and refuse
to at I'd the meeting?
| Mr.. Hewi,t-It i, LOT true tina he refused
to s:gu it, and he ii attend The meeting. Ap
| pIau,c on the Democratic sid. Mr. Samuel
Soan, then u lD"mber Of tho uOlon safety com
ulilee OF New York, applied t. Mr.. Ilid,a, at
Il time when h. was eugagcd 10 the tr...l OF
case, TO fix his name to The call, and liz reply
was, Il am very busy just now. S@ud me the
resolutions after the dial Of this ca-", and if
they arc eutirciy proper will sign the call.
The call was ncvrr Semi 10 him, but when the
meeting took place he attended 1t, aud the res
olatlons received his absolute and Unqualified
approval. | say now that Iamuauy Hall
raised regiment Tor The war, and that GOV
ldcn WAS large contributor TO that fund.
Mr. Couger How much?
Mr. Hewitt i am not gong to state dollars
and ccuts Patriotism is above dollars and
cents III some quarters.
Subs qu ntiy To that period no man in New
York sa. lnYru Il "a nifty caiicd into c'uns:l
there and ia Washington han Mr.. rdco.
know that lie was two. allied Tor ny President
LnraiD, aud came to Washington AMI held
cheerful consultation with hin, resulting in the
early and rapid Hiiing Of the quJta from the
Stale OF New York, and know that dur1og the
whole OF that trying time there never was
doubt as TO the loyalty and patriotism OF
Samuel j. rlldeu. a to the resoIutIop of the
Chicago convention quoted by hlr. kassln
against NJ. Tlden, d. cIarng the war a failure,
tie llr. ka,,on) should have known that with
10 a montn past a pubic and p slave statement
had been made by Mr.. MantoD Marble, the
:, ,!ctary Of the comullttce Oh resolutions. that
Gov Tl!dcu opposed that rasolutiun publicly
aud privately, and 1t was within his OVID (Mr.
Hewitt J kuovcldge that Gov. TIlden ur.,'
ecu. Mcclellan (altcr his nominaliou) TO make
such declaration 10 his letter OF accep' asce az
would uuilliy that . rtlou Of the Chicago plat
form.
Mr. RandatI-Which was; "the Uoion at all
haz lrds.
Mr. llewitt-rhosc were the words inserted |
10 the Chicago platform. Gov. Tllden declared |
that the adjtl ment of the controversy be-
tween the N,rth aud the South 90 any other
buSls than The restoration Of the u olon was i'm
pnSsbe; that the momcot any party vent ou'
OF the Uuon the question must be settled Oy !
war, ani that the Sar must b. prosecuted until
tie question WAS settled. These declarations of
his we're published in the New York and Chi
csgo papers At the time Of ne convention, and
that is ms answer TO the statement OF the gen
tIcuIan from Iowa that Gov. r!dan never made
any declaration in favor OF the prosecution OF
the war, aud thyt he W IS dlsunonlSi. lo re-
gard to the Dslou .toI, connecting Cav. Til
d as lame with that tt WIN. NJ. Tweed, he
{ MIR. HEWITT sail that Gov. I'd~n had for more
;nan three years, like y hound 90 the scent, fol
W d he members OF the ring patiently. secret
y. leghtedly. He knew Mr.. flidcn'S u1;irng
efforts day and night; he koew how he tracked
these people to thelr dcnS Of iDiqnity. and 6nal
Iy dragged them forth 10 public execration.
Applause.
The bare, baked fact is this There was