Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-28

| of the republic inaugurated by the success Of
fraud in the elections defeating the will of the
people.
We, Therefore, call upon all lovers of
| their country, without distinction of party,
to give FULL free, and frank expressions to their
opinions upon this question, which, in our
judgment, is fundamental to the preservation
of our national liberty, and to enighten their
representatives in Congress- now assembled. as
to their duties in this great crisis of our insti
! buttons, established by the virtue, wisdom,
and sacrifice of our forefathers, and which We
are bound by every consideration of duty and
selfinterest to maintain, and by every impulse
of patriotism, to transmit nnimpaired to our
children.
This address was written by me in New
York on the second or third Sunday in De-
cember, 1876, was submitted to Gov. Tilden
on the same day, was approved with some
slight notifications, copied in his house by
his two secretaries. and the copy thus made
was the one read to the executive committee,
and is now in my possession, together with
the original draft in my own handwriting.
The only material difference between the
draft and the copy, is the following phrase,
which was not approved by Mr.. Tilden, and
was omitted by his request:
can to this end, while the people are yet
free and independent, we invite them to as
semble at their usual places of meeting in
every city, town and hamlet in the country,
on the 9th day of January next, to consider
the dangers of the situation. and by calm,
temperate, and firm resolves Ito enlighten
their Representatives in Congress assembled
as to their duties in this great crisis of our
institutions),'' and SO on, as in the address
above printed.
This disposes of the charge, so often made,
hat MA Loot hp RI
meetings of the people to protest against the
fraud.
The above facts plainly show that Mr..
Watterson relies more upon his imagination
than his memory in his attacks upon me,
and I think that I may fairly invoke the
maxim against him:
Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus.
But he makes another statement which is
SO astounding that repeat it merely for the
purpose of demanding the proof, which he
ought to be able to furnish, as he says that
sit is known to many others besides him
SELF He says:
"He perpetrated most outrageous false
hood during the winter of 1851, under
circumstances of particular emphasis, and I
never spoke to him afterward.' He does
not specify what the falsehood was, and l
cannot even conjecture to what this charge
refers. 1t is certainly a most extraordinary
circumstance, that out of the ten members
of the advisory committee, Mr.. Watterson
is the OILY one who felt called upon to re-
sent it; but that, suppose, must be due to
the superior refinement and delicacy of his
nature, which, nevertheless, did not prevent
him from making attacks through his news
paper upon fellow member which should
t,r~v l<.o~~ Ill b.
Of the House. / think that the SIN will,
therefore, only do justice to itself by de-
manding from Mr.. Watterson a specification
of the falsehood he alleges, and the confirm
atory proof from the other gentlemen to
whom he refers.
Lastly, he says Of me, ellis latest esca
pade was to charge the Confederates in the
House with betraying Tilden.'' What said
is in the Congressional Record, and is as
follows:
had no part in the bargain if any was made;
knew nothing of any bargain, or Of its terms.
But was told on the day after the Vermont
returns had been presented to the joint con-
vention, that these gentlemen from Louisiana
were satisfied, and that there was no good
reason why the count should not proceed. do
| not know how they were satisfied; had never
seen any Of them upon the subject Of any ne
gotiation, but l was told they were satisfied.
| Upon that, SO far as I had any influence, I
exerted it for the completion Of the count. as
indeed had exerted it from the start.
| This is no charge against the Confederates
Of sbetraying Tilden.'' Mr.. Ellis, it is true,
did make some offensive remarks on the as
sumption that had made such charge,
but on being corrected by all the gentlemen
who were present, as he was not when
spoke, he promptly retracted his remarks in
the following words, which also quote from
the Record.
| MIR. Ellis-I will state again. was informed,
Mr.. Chairman, when / came in after this de-
| bate, that the gentleman from New York Mr..
HEWITT had charged that this bargain lay at
the door Of South Carolina and Louisiana, and
used strong and pointed language-language
intended should be strong and should be
pointed and should be emphatic, about which
there should be no mistake. Since have left
the floor have been informed by friends, and
| by MIR. Hewitt himself, that he did not use the
language l was informed he did use. In that
view l withdraw, cheerfully and cordially with
draw every syllable I uttered with regard to
him, or which was intended to have been ap-
piled to him.-Cong7ession Record, Feb. IA,
1878.
The fact seems to be that Mr.. Watterson
appears to have become utterly reckless in
his blind rage at having been objected to as
| q III euu4COI 0C u St1ACuS WIClO s3CCAOCy wac
required. Ny objection was based upon ex-
perience.
! Lam not sure whether his closing remarks
are intended as an invitation to me or some
one else to call upon him at his hotel. I can
only say that he has not entitled himself to
any such courtesy at my hands, and, besides,
the warmth of the reception might be disa-
greeable to a law-abiding citizen not accus-
toned to the atmosphere Of politeness in
which Mr.. Watterson appears to move and
have his being. ADRIAN S. HEWITT.
PATTERSON and Heluitt.
/ New York Times