The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-01-15
MIR. alden.
From the Toledo Democrlt.l

From the Toledo Democrat
While ia New York few days ago
we called On Mr. TlI,len and had Il
tree conversation with him. We rang
his tell, were promptly admitted
shown iito his parlor, and sent on
name To Mr. Tildru, who in few Minis
utes appeared and gave us u cordial
We were seated, and Mr..
Tihlen at once commenced the CONVEX
Sa!ion. which naturally ran into free
talk about the election Of 1876 and
the great fraud pcrpctr"te'l in counting
Mr., Hayes into the Presidency. Mr.
Tlldon said:
- AN the only man ever elected TO
til" Presidency and COUNTED out m
Congress. one branch OF which, the
popular branch, contained II large ma
jpr'y of my proiessed friends | have
heen accused Of cowardice while my
hands were tied nv the action of my
friends. ] was not consulted in regard
to the electoral bill and knew nothing
about it's preparation or intended adop.
ton until Mr.. Hewitt called and in
formed me that the bill had been
agreed upon. ! said to Mr.. Hewitt ]
had not been consulted, and he replied
that Senators Thurman and BAY ard
were acting in their official public Ca
pacity, ~ Senators, aud would not
consult any one outside their sphere,
hut consult you, Mr. TIien. SAID,
Mr.. Hewitt, If Senators Thurman and
B4yard have determined upon thci'
action and will not consult me, can
not give advice on the subject TO any
one, If, however, my friends hav'
any doubt rs to my election, il there i,
Il reasonable doubt as to whether ther,
has been an election by the people, the
constitution prescribes n remedy --al
election Of President by the House OF
Representatives 10y n vote of States
and that is what | expected Congress.
to do. Ii HE Housr Of Represents
tivcs had elected me | would have Ia
ken the oath and gone to Washington
to Jake the office, believing that N,
friends would have put me into lh,
White House. How could | take til,
office while nv own friends were arni.
trat;ng the question OF my election?
ccnsure no one, but | have told you
the truth
We then said to Mr.. Tilden: "Afte
the Presidential election number O
your friends in Ohio requested prom
incnl Democrat. Frank Ii. Hard. t,
visit you and ascertain your wishe!
and purposes, and, when Mr.. Hurd re
turned, he reported that we had mad,
no mistake, that we had elected a brave
old man, who was ready and willing
to put his lite and fortune upon the re
suit"
YES said Mr.. Tillen, 81 remcm,
Der that interview well, aud was will
ing then, and am willing now, that i
should be published"
We asked Mr. Tilden il he was
candidate Tor re- nomination. lie re
piled:
IL am in the hands of the Demo
cratic party, and will cheeriully &C
quiesce in its decision
Mr. Tillen's statement of hi
case changed our opinion OF him, ant
opened our eyes us TO the action 81
certain gentlemen whom he had here
tolore supposed as acting in eon:er
with his expressed wishes 1t turns
out to be gray horse OF another col.
or, and places Mr, Tilden in far bet
ter position than assigned him by
very large number of Democrats
Mr.. Tilden stated the case truthfnlly
to us, and the published history of thu
whole affair is in harmony with hi:
statement. he has been deeply wrongct
by many Of his own friends, who have
hc!e' ed that he was party TO The
outrageous, unconstitutional e,cctora
fraud. In his statement, which We
have given IN his own words, it will be
seen That Mr. TiIcen purges himself of
all connection with the electoral in
fanny, and clearly puts his case where
it rightluIy belonged, within the pur-
view of the constitution. Had his
suggestion, that the House proceed as
directed by the constitution, when the
people fail to elect President. 10
choose him by vote of the States,
Mr. Tillcn would have been inaueura-
ted, and his friends relieved OF what
frightened the old fossils Of the party
at Washington, the charge OF inaueu
rating II President by coup detat 1t
Is well known that We have never heen
specially friendly to Mr.. Tilden; that
as Il delegate TO St. Louis we opposed
his nomination, and that after the
electoral tasco we censured him foi
what we believed to he timidity on his
part; but we are satisfied that the
blame generally attributed to Mr.. I'll
den is justly attached TO Others, some
of whom have been unmanly enough
to join in the clamOr against the man
whom they wronged, We do not nov
undertake to say what ought to he
done 10 right the wrong, but fiat JUS
f,ri0 ruOf rOp/u,n