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

us on that occasion, your failure to tell us
what Mr.. Tilden had said to you the day be-
fore, was the practical suppression of his
mora sagacious counsels, and to all
extents betrayal OF your friends.
Now repeat and declare my charge of per
sonsl dishonor upon you, and as you don't
wish to figh. it out, and 1 am sure | don't,
L will make you this proposition: You
select two members of the committee
of advisement of which both of us were
members; 1 will select two, the four shall
select the fifth. and if do not make my
charge good will make you public apology.
ALVEY Reply to the Commander of
One Hundred Thousand Unarmed Ken
tuckians. tir Hr
The following important letter appeared
in the New York Sun of Saturday:
To the Editor: Leaving you to reconcile
with your sense of propriety the publication
OF sucn statements, not suPporteu Dy any cyl VI
dence, as you represent 10 have been made by
Henry WattersOn in regard to me personally,
and my connection with the late preside tia1
ever since refused TO listen TO his insane and
ridiculous proposition to call out 100000 men"
in order to put Mr. Tilden into the white
house, he has never ceased TO misreprssent
my declarations, purposes and action, with
Inalignity which he scarcely seeks 10 disguise
Hitherto have been silent, because his state
ments have been too vague to require denial.
Now, however, he begins TO descend 10 partic-
uiars. He has persistently accused me OF sup
pressing telegram from Governor TIlden in
regard to the electoral commission, whereas
the fact Is that never received from Governor
Tllden telegram on that or any other subject
after the meeting of congress in 1876, and
Governor Tilden has assured me that he never
Selt any telegl am 10 me, so that Mr.. w alter
son can not even justify his assertion by the
poor excuse that it may have miscarried.
did, however, receive some kilograms from Mr..
proved by Mr.. TiIden, but no one of these was
ever suppressed or concealed from any person
who had right to know their contents.
In the account of the interview with him
which you publish, he makes another state
lnent, which, perhaps, 1t Is well 10 contradict,
because il enables me not only 10 prove tnat
Mr.. WattersOns assertions are Ease, but to
place my true position, so much mlsunder-
stood and so maliciously misinterpreted, be-
fore the public. WatleTson says Ofme: why,
ne wanted 10 issue an address early in Deem
Der 1870, resting our vote upon the return of
Oregon, and q few of us had time in sup
pressing him.. That address VIII now, Tor the
nrst time, be gwen to the public. SO far from
''resting our vote on the return of Oregon" it
does precisely the opposite, and rests the dem
ocratic case upon the will OF the people, upon
substantial justice, and not upon technicalitles
OF any kind. Mr.: Watterson has no excuse for
miSrepreSenting 1t, for he hard IL read; but he
had nothing TO do with suppresSiDg 1t, because
he was not a member OF the national commit
S d ~ ise ,oeTax
brief announcement, claiming the election of
Tilden and Hendricks, without resting the.
claim upon any grounds, whatever. This, in
my judgment, was olunder, and at this dis
lance we can now see the wisdom OF the adj
dress which had prepared, as follows:
$40 the People OF the United states:
Pursuant to the provisions OF the cOnstltu-
ton the electoral colleges met in the several
states on the first Wednesday of December and
cast three hundred and slxty-nfne votes for
president and vice president. OF this number
Samuel j. TiIden and Thomas A. Hendricks
each received one hundred and eighty-five
votes, while Rutherford B. Hayes and William
A. Wheeler each received one hundred and
eighty-fou votes On the face OF the returns
therefore. already made public Dut not
offlcially counted by The two houses of con-
gress, as required by the constitution, Samuel
Hendricks vice-president of the United states
"Iucluded, however, in the one hundred and
elghty-four votes counted for Hayes ana
Wheeler, are seven votes from South Carolina,
four votes from Florida, and eight votes from
Louisiana, which, in our judgment, belonged
to and of right should have been cast for Til
den and Hendricks: and in the votes counted
for Tilden and Hendricks Is one vote from
Oregon, cast by an elector who, while he
did not receive a majority OF the votes
OF the people of that state, did receive
the cetificate of election from the govern
or In accordance with the law Of Oregon, be-
cause the candidate who received a majority
of the votes was ineligible by reason of the
provisions OF the constitution OF the United
States. Assuming, therefore, that the inten-
ton of the people, rather than the fraudulent
returns in the three southern states, and the
provisions OF the law in the Pacific state,
should be respected in the final count by the
two houses of congress, Tilden and Hendricks
Will be declared elected by 203 votes cast for
Wheeler. In either view of the case. there
fore, whether it be decided to make the count
on the face OF the certificates, or according to
the real intention and actual vote of the peO-
pie of the several states, the democratic ma
tiOnal committee feel that they are Justified IN
claiming the election of Tilden and Hendricks
in accordance with the strict provisions of the
law, happily ratified and confirmed, not only
by majority OF all the states, but by a large
majority of the popular vote OF the whole ma
ton.
1.-The committee have reason however, to APP
prenend that attempt will be made, in
PLAIN violation of the pro zisions of the con-
Stitution, and Of the expressed will of the peo-
pie. so to pervert the final counting of the
the one vote Of Oregon cast for TIlden and
Hendricks, on the plea that IL does not express
the voice OF the people Of the state, and to
Carolina, Florida. and Louisiana, on the plea
that it is not competent TO go behind the Off
cial returns. duly certified IN accordance with
the provisions OF law. The inconsistency of
this position, however 1t may be disguised, Is
too obvi0ns TO deceive the people, who, TO use
phrase homely indeed but more expressive
than "A whole volume of rhetoric, believe that
4 Is q poor rule that will not work both
$50 far as this committee Is concerned, repre-
TiIden and Hendricks in mobilization, we do
position In favor of the doctrine OF substan-
tial Justice and OF giving effect to the real Will
sent 70 fbs Vice cam na and me ba95 ms
inquired into. We believe that only genuine
and not false or fraudulent votes should be
counted, and, to quote the words of President
Lincoln, that the two houses OF congress,
convened under the twelfth article of the con-
stitution, have complete power to exclude from
counting all cleo oral votes deemed by them
TO be Illegal We also believe that fun effect
should be given to the voice OF the people
when expressed according to the laws Of the
state and of the United States, within the
limits and under the restrictions Of the con-
stituti0n. II 10y the application OF these rules
of justice fairly applied) the result should be
that, the one hand, the votes OF Florida,
South Carolina, and Louisiana should be
received, and on the other the vote of
Oregon should be rejected, thus securing the
election OF Hayes and Wheeler, we feel safe In
saying that the result would be cheerfully ac-
quieseed in by the people; ba If these rules
the benefit OF the republican candidates, and
rejected when they work to their. detriment,