The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-06-26

that the people of this country win never sub
! NIT to such an act Of Injustice and usurpation.
Resistance should and undoubtedly wiz be
made as heretofore in the courts. and by all
the machinery known to the law, and by such
/ ton In the representatives of the people in
/ congress assembled. No assent will ever be
given to the pernicious doctrine, that a single
/ genious device of returning boards, expressly
/ contrived for the commission of fraud, defeat
\ the will of the people in the remaining states,
I where the vote is fairly cast and honestly re-
/ turned. Unless this destructive invention, the
! Iy discarded, pretended Intimidation, support
ed by purchasable affidavits, Will take the
place OF honest suffrage, popular elections be-
eminent viii destroy itself by deliberate
suicide
/ denounce all such fraudulent contrivances for
/ the destruction of self-gOvernment, and we
insist that when the votes shall be counted III
VIII r 1e tnS anry oi le nroer eTsmina
tion, shall be found TO be fictitious o. fraudu-
lent, and see to II that the real voice OF the
| people, uttered in accordance with the proyis-
ions and the sp rit of the constitution, shall be
expressed, and not suppr <ssed: contrary to the
precedents of our fathers and the time-hon-
ored usages of the republic. In this demand,
so reasonable and so righteous, we expect TO
have the 1 % , ana e6r %
den, but who are not prepared TO see the Sec
ond century of the republic inaugurated by
the will OF the people.
awe therefore call upon all lovers of their
country, without distinction of party, to give
| ions upon this question, which, In our judg-
ment Is fundamental TO the preservation OF
enresantafves in con Du ~ nov ssembIe n
to their duties in this great crisis OF our tnSu-
/ buttons, established by the virtue, wisdom and
! sacrifice of our forefathers, and which we are
| bound by every consideration of duty and
/ self-interest to maintain, and by every inn
! pulse of patriotism to transmit unimpa1red 10
This address was written by me in New York
\ on the second or third Sunday In December,
| 1876. was submitted to Governor Tllden 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
4 one read TO the executive committee, and IL
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
i.And 70 this end, while the people are yet
! free and independent, we invite them to as
semble at their usual places OF meeting In
/ on the Sin 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 institu-
tons" and so on, as In the address above
This disposes OF the charge so often made,
/ that we lost the victory by my refusal to call
meetings of the people to protest against the
/ fraud.
The above facts plainly show that Mr.. Wat
| terson relies more upon his imagination than
| his memory IN his attacks upon me, and 1
think that l may fairly invoke the maxim
Faisus in uno, falsus in omnibus
But he makes another statement which is so
astounding that repe at IL merely for the pur-
pose of demanding the proof, which he ought
/ to be able to furnish, as he says that ''1J Is
known to many others beside himself" He
| says:
4 hood during the winter of 1876 Z, under cir
/ cuHlStances of particular emphasis, and L
never spoke to him afterward." He does not
specify what the falsehoOd was, and can not
! even conjecture to what this charge refers. IL
/ IS certainly most extraordinary circum-
stance, that out of the ten members of the
/ advisory committee, Mr.. Watterson is the
/ only one who felt called upon to resent 1t; but
that. 1 suppose, must be due to the superior
refinement and delcacy of his nature, which,
/ nevertheless, did not prevent MIN from max
l ing attacks through his newspaper upon fell
! low member which should have been made,
/ If made at all, on the floor OF the house.
/ think that the sun Will, therefore, only do
/ iuitice to itself by demanding from Mr. Wat
\ terson a specification of the falsehOod he
alleges, and the confirmatory proof from the
other gentlemen to whom he refers.
Lastly, he says of me, His latest escapade
| was to charge the cOnfederateS in the house
| with betraying Tilden." What L said is in
/ the Congressional Record, and is as follows:
al had no part in the bargain, if any was
made; knew nothing of any bargain, or of Its
/ terms. But l was told on the day after the
/ Vermont returns had been presented to the
/ joint convention that these gentlemen from
| Louisiana were satisfied, and that there was
no good reason why the count should not pro-
coed. do not know how they We're satisfied;
had never seen any of them upon the subject
| of any negotiation, but was tod that they
were satisfied. Upon that, so far as had any
/ influence, exerted IL for the completion of
the count, as, indeed, / had exerted IL from the
/ start"
/ This is no charge against the confederates of
"betraying Tilden." Mr.. Ellis, it is true, did
make some offensive remarks on the assump-
/ ton that had made such a charge, but on be-
/ ing corrected by ali the gentlemen who were
/ present, as he was not when l spoke, he
\ promptly retracted his remarks in the follow
4 ing words, which also quote from the Record
"Mr. 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 MISUNDERSTANDING
| 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 Mr.. Hewitt himself that he did not use the
language was informed he did use. In that
view 1 withdraw, cheerfully and cordially
withdraw, every syllable / uttered with re-
gard to him, or which was intended to have
been applied to Neutrality-suspicious. Record,
Feb IA. 1878.
The fact seems to be that Mr.. Watterson APP
pears to have become utterly reckless I'm his
blind rage at having been objected to as a fit
auditor at a caucus where secrecy was required.
My objection was based upon experience.
an not sure whether his closing remarks
are intended as an invitation TO me or some
one else to call upon him at his hotel. can
only say that he has not entitled himself to
any such courtesy al 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.
New York, June 81, 1878.