The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-06-23

rnurnted s1a tIsss CITY Hall aseps or elsewhere
nc 4i,ts tsfty. my OF iers aHt5 intention we're
/ ca aeize him afDnce und der arfant cnaTgg-
| inwsi,fna with high treason, TO con Vey INN
sesretly al, lasecurely on board a GoYef7l-
plesit vessel Iying in she East river. alad
ship him 20 Fort Adams, or some 9tpe Sc &c
Ecppe mi, svhefe--he could undergo MS
trial. The first thing that any body kn nt
of 1t, he would have disappeared, enc i. Lne
txnftiernfys or fEe Bow wo uId AaFe -e,tae.'
dishearteDed bis followers anhianEnt then
a salntary lesson OF respect fer tine .iaW.Ips
| Il would have been the first blow OF q tef-
| ribIe copfliety between the wand Its Viola.
tors. fLa
.Do YOU really believe. General. Il Woul q
have been poSsible.t TO arrest Mr. II lden s s
al don,t believe. it, I, know it. "
ico1rse It could NOT, be done by CALI
Linz out tie regulars from d Governors
Island and marching them up TO Gramercy
| I,ark, bit II would have Leen done go quiet.
Inv and effectively that all resistance would
lhaye come too late. Just as sure as he bad
ildared lake the oath Of office he would have
lbeen wiirled through these streets and
Handed II, a gunboat. When he had got
Through with his trial for treason he would
have been sick OF play ing President, While
! L was In. Washington bad J, long talk with
Secretary Robson on this subject. lou
don't, know him, do. you? He's one OIL, inc
best fellows In the. world. d, And we made AL
the arrangements for the use OF his boats and
men, not only TO secure Tilden butto over,
awe the mob y,the gun boats, and TO smell
them out il necessary. : Robeson Is very
| genial, but he is 3ot q man to DE tr'1iad
With, and we worked together admira bly,.
| Under our plans any resistance by Dir. Til
den would have been utterly Impossible.
! AS for the custom-house und sub-treasury,
tbey were prepared for resistance. ana
could hare been strengthened. by sudden
reinforcement OF regulars, so as to resist any
fmob. Regulars, and marines inside the
walls and she'll or two outside would nave
scattered an attacking party like chaif., Fer
,aps It was this knowledge Of what the
navy could do in the way OF dispensing
nobs that kept down the, eyll-dIsposed
throng OF Washington and New York.
"You see how near we all were to trouble,
and YOU can understand why / accepted
this position at the time. Grant felt that be
knew re and that would carry out his Or
ders under any and all circumstances. 1T
was time that might call for sharp and
Sudden work on the Atlantic line, and
Grant, like a prudent general, made his
preparations accordingly. Troops were
Quietly brought from the West and South
and massed at Washington, Fort McHcnry,
and in our harbor, and you will re.
member that complaint was made ID
Democratic papers about tbs matter
and about the gunboa;s at Washington ana
New York. Republican newspapers laughed
at if, OF course. and most people GIG not
know W hat to believe. II they had known
bow close the truth was. their fears might
have brought about the. catastrophe. In
that event the navy could have attended TO
the Atlantic cities: but rising at The West
would have been even worse in reality ihan
in the anticipation. Thank God Tllden
was coward. and the whole thing blew
over"