The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-06-21
GRAND GATHERING OF THE DE.
MOCRACY.

The Manhattan Club OF New YORK, on
the evening of Tuesday, June the 18th,
gave magnificent reception to ex-Govs.
Tilden and Hendricks, Governor Robin
son and Lieutenant Governor Dorshei-
mer, of New York, at which very large
concourse of representative men were
present, and the greatest enthusiasm pre-
vailed. The following synopsis of the
speeches made upon that occasion show
that the infamous frauds of Republican
ism shall not go undenounced, and they
also clearly foreshadow the future policy
of the Democratic party. In introduce
ing the speakers Aaron J. Vanderpool,
Esq, said:
Gentlemen of the Manhattan Club and
Friends: 1t is my agreeable duty on the
part of the Manhattan Club, representing
not only the Democracy of the Empire
City, but the Empire State and our re-
generated nation, to tender on behalf of
the club, and on behalf of the many
friends who have met with us, q cordial
welcome to those candidates of our great
party who received majority of the con-
stitutional electoral votes of this nation
Tapplause for the Offices of President
and Vice President of the United States,
and to those who are not only de jure
but de facto the executive officers of our
great State. Applause. We had in
tended originally that this should be only
a social gathering, that we might extend
the right hand of fellowship to those who
had so nobly borne our standard in the
late political contest. But I am sure you
all feel that the occasion should be made
by us an expression of the sentiments so
deeply rooted in the Democratic heart at
the great wrong which the nation has
suffered, in which the will of the people,
as expressed at the ballot-box, has been
outraged and trampled on, and the gov
ernment handed over to the control Of q
party whose policy and principles have
been repudiated. Applause. Yielding
to the desire thus expressed, our standard
bearers have consented to address us, and
I now have the honor to introduce to you
Samuel J. Tilden.
Governor Tilden appeared, and as soon
as the long and deafening cheers had
subsidized, said:
MR.. TILDEN's SPEECH.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the
Manhattan Club: I accepted your invi-
tation under the idea that this was to be
a merely social meeting, the particular
occasion of which was the presence in
this city of Mr.. Hendricks and of Cover
nor Robinson and Lieutenant Governor
Dorsheimer.
You are aware, I suppose, that one of
YOUR guests, Mr.. Hendricks, embarks to-
morrow on an excursion to foreign lands,
for rest and recreation. He will carry
with him, I am sure, our best wishes for
prosperous voyage, for a pleasant visit
and safe return, and for the health and
happiness of himself and family. I.have
been availing myself, for similar pur-
poses, of q brief interval, and find my
self now, with some reluctance, drawn
away from this privacy to attend this
occasion. But the occasion itself, and
the apparent general expectation, seem
to require that 1 should say word in re-
spect to public affairs, and especially that
I should allude to the transactions which,
in my judgment, is the most portentous
event in American history.
Everybody knows that, after the recent
election, the men who we're elected by
the people as President and Vice Presi.
dent of the United States were counted
out" and men who were not elected were
"counted in" and seated. I disclaim any
thought of the personal wrong done to
myself in this transaction. Not by any
act or word of mine shall that be dwarfed
or degraded into a personal grievance,
which is in truth, the greatest wrong that
has stained our national annals. Not
one of the four millions and quarter of
American citizens who gave us their
votes but experienced a wrong as great
and as deep as I. Not one Of that mi
nority who did not give us their votes
but, in the resulting consequences OF this
act, will share in the mischiefs if it is not
redressed and punished. To every man
of the four and quarter millions who
were defrauded of the fruits of their cleo
tive franchise it is as great a wrong as it
is to me. And no less to every man of