The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-02-13
SCHEDULE.
What the Testimony Shows.


The testim ny fails utterly to
substantiate the charges of the n.
Y. Tribune against either Mr.. Til
den or the democratic party. 1t
shows that :hey did not participate
in nor sanction the,attempt TO pur-
chase South Carolina and Florida,
or other States. The testimony of
Col. Pelton, and Mesers Weed and
Marble who were themselves the
actors and authors of all the cipher
DISPATCHES on the democratic side,
shows that they were unauthorized
In any manner whatever by Mr..
TiIden or the Dem. Elk. Commit
tee; that unsaught overtures were
made by the South Carolina Re
turning Boad to sell the electoral
votes of the State tor cash cOnsid-
Grafton of $4,000 or $4,000; that
upon this Republican proposition
being made, and Mr.. TIlden hear
ing of it, he perem ptorally forbade
any negotiations to be carried on in
his behalf; that Mayor Cooper,
Treasurer of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, declined to send
the money asked by the Repubi
can Returning Board, and that no
contamination of the Republican
offer to restore the stolen goods for
cash was had. The testimony
of Mr.. Tilden himself, Saturday,
was thoroughly explicit. He said:
"a day or two after the election
Gen. Grant wrote letter recon
mending IA committee to go South
to see tair count. l had nothing
TO do with the selection of those
committees. | never heard from
them but once, aud that was com
municatIon signed by Ottendorfer
and others. l was very busy all
the time, and did not undertake to
correct the idea; that they were my
personal agents has no foundation;
they represent the Democratic par
ty: none of them, so far as L know,
went to these States authorized To
do anything that gentlemen might
not do from Nov. 7, 1876, until De
cember q ut the same year. Under
no circumstances did | enter into
any comp .JItion for seeking certifi-
Gales b. venal Inducements. There
never was an hour nor minute that
| entertained such a thought. To
th- people who, as believe, elected
me President of the United States
to the four million citizens who
were defrauded-I owed it to pro
claim that l would not yield one jot
or title of my right Whatever
evils may result from this subVer
sion OF the electoral system and e.
government, | resolved l would en-
ter into no action for the pur, base
of the Chief Magistracy. was re
solved that | would continue to
protest against the wrong by
which the people were defrauded
out of their rights
He said further: al declare be-
fore God and my country that the
votes of Louisiana and Florida were
bought. Meaning by Republicans.
| would scorn and contemn my
righteous title If the Democratic
party had secured my seat by
fraud. | never authorized any such
negotiations in any form whatever"
The Courier Journal completes
the story as follows: Every honest
and candid man in the country,
who has following the course Of
this investigation, knows that there
is not single stain upon the hon
orable reputation of the Hon. Sam
uel j. TiIden. by paying $4,000 !
to a pack of thieves who had stolen |
the Presidency as agent OF the Re
publican leaders, AS money is paid |
by bank officers to burglars who |
have baggel the cash and bonds |
belonging To the institution, Mr..
Tilden could have secured the office |
to which he had been lawfully |
chosen by u large majority of the
American people. He positively |
declined to pay money tor the office
which rightfully belonged to him.
He stands to-day with his honor
unstained, and his most deadly en-
emies, who have pursued him with
relentless abuse, know this perfect |
ly well.
Look at the other side. The Re
publicans lowered around the |
scound.els who held the stolen
property. Republican statesmen,
Government employees and officials
were combined to consumate the
crime of stealing the Presidency. |
They threatened and bribed and |
hnu,rbt ,h, Pafnrpipr Road h.,
money stolen from the Treasury
and by the gift of tat offices. The
most guilty of the hordes of scoun-
drels who took a hand in the outra-
geous robbery has been rewarded |
with office. The men who were &C
tive agents in the viliiany were sin
gled out and made Federal officials, |
even down to the hireling who stole |
the cipher kilograms out of the
Senate committee room. Then to |
hide the record of the process by |
which the presidency was stolen,
the Republican leaders burned their |
kilograms, aud with cousumate ma
Lightly turned around and dared to /
charge the Democratic candidate |
toA viz 4 " tNl tAAC allGlAA ltN !
to buy Republican votes
That is the story in brief, and |
the Republicans may repeat their
ISLANDERS till doomsday; may pro-
test their patriotism and honesty to |
high heaven; but the facts are all |
against them, and by the facts they
are judged, and by these facts they
must be cast out of control of this |
Government--a trust which they |
have foully dishonored and prosti
tuted to the bssest of uses.
Courier Journal 10th: We have |
reports rom Tennessee and Missis !
sippi which are calculated to ere
ate deep app ehension. They are
to the effect that during the last