The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-21

NoTg In confirmation OF his statements
MIR. Hewitt inserts the following telegram,
received from Mr.. Manton Marble, TOO late
to be inserted in the text;
NEW LEBANON, n. Y, August Is.
Hon. A. s. Hewitt, House Of Representa-.
tires, Washington, ID. C.:
Your telegram received and shown to
me. Although Mr.. Tilden was for the
ten years previous to the war and during
the war in private life, his position in re
spect to the war was never open to the
slightest doubt. He had been early edu-
Gated to condemn the doctrines Of multi
ficstion and secession. he had foreseen
the danger OF civil war when many
derided it, and did all he could to avoid
il; but when it arrived, he took
an open and decided stand in
support of the government, en-
forcing It's jurisdiction, and avert
ing dismembermen OF the country. de
attended the meeting OF the Goth OF April,
1861, end again on the 22d of April the
meeting OF the members OF the New York
bar. Ii soon after addressed regiment
setting out for the front. He attended
the presentation OF colors TO the Seventy
ninth Higbla sders, and sfterward afford
ed that regiment special aid and service,
to say nothing of contributions OF m ney
elsewhere. His attitude throughout the
war WAS that of man who, dlssPproVlng
of the scatteration military management
and the imitation financial policy adopt
ed by the administration because they
tended to prolong the war and increase
ito sacrifices, nevertheless sustained the
arm of the government. Every utter
snce of his during the war was in &C
cord with his position. Every statement
to the contrary about any single act or e1-
preston is totally false. Some Of his
speeches l heard myself, particularly a
great speech which he made before the
New York delegation 1T the Chicago
Democratic Convention of 1864. l was
the bearer of message from him to
General Mcclellan, advising him to
discard the Objectionable words
IN the platform which were
also discarded in the subsequent plat
form OF the New York Democratic
Convention. l have possession of the
original manuscript OF a declaration
which he prepared in October, 1862: to
be used to define the position of the New
York Democracy-the position which ne
thought it ought to take aud which II
did take. select from this from among
many expressions for its brevity. 1t Is
as follows:
"And now if my voice could reach the
Southern people through the journals oil
our metropolis. l would say 10 them
that in no event can the triumph of the
conservative sentiment Of New York IN
the election mean consent 10 dIsunion
either now or hereafter. It's true import
is restoration, North or South, OF that
Constitution which had secured every
right, and under whose shelter all had
been happy and prosperous until you
msdly flew from its protection. 1t vas
YOUR act which begun thu
caIamitous civil war. 1t was
YOUR act which disabled US as ~e
are now disabled from shaping the policy
or limiting the objects of that war. 10y,
slly as We maintained your rights vii
we msintsin the right of the government
We will not strike down lis arm As 'one
as YOURS is lifted against il. That noo!e''
and greatest work Of our wise ancestors
is no; destined TO perish. We intend &c
rear once more upon the old and hrr
foundations Of its shattered columns, snc
to carry them higher toward the eternal
skies. II the old flag waves in the nerve
less grasp OF q frantic but feeble factor
to whom you and not we abandoned II
We. whose courage you have tnec
when we stood unmoved between Ia
nsticism and folly from the SoItt
and South alike. will once more bear .
onward and sflost until II Is agar
planted upon the towers Of the Consilsu
lion. invincible by domestic as By !oreigf
enemies. Within the Union we vii
give YOU the Constitution yen profess T.
revere, renewed with fresh guarantees o
equal rights and equal safety We wi,
give YOU everything that local sell
govern ment demands; everything ths.
common ancestry of glory, everything
that national fraternity or Christian Re!
lowship requires; but to dis
solve the Federal bond between thes'
states. 70 dismember our country, vno
ever else consents NE will not NO
never, never, never"
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