The Portland daily press., 1880-06-21
CINCINNATI.
Tilden Finally Solves the Mystery
AND ANNOUNCES THAT HE is NOT A
CANDIDATE.
He Wants to Retire to Private Life.
SEYMOUR ALSO OUT OF THE RACE

SEYMOUR ALSO OUT OF THE RACE.
NEW YORK, June 19.-Tammany delegates
and friends to tine number of 500 lest for Gin
cinnatl this morning over the New York Cen
trail. Fifteen drawing room cars decorated
with flags and notices made up the special
train. A band of music accompanied the dele
cation.
A special to the Express from Cincinnati to-
day says:
"The greatest excitement and confusion
prevails in this city today. Delegates are
coming in by the scores, and the hotels are
crowded. AT the headquarters of the Ma
tional Democratic Committee and at the hotels
the leading topic of conversation is Horatio
Seymour's telegram published in the Enquirer
this morning, which says L cannot accSpt
the nomination if it is made, under any cir
cumstances. 1 am not able to do the duties of
any office. hopeamy name will not be pre-
sented at Cincinnati in any way. have never
said would accept; and rely upon you to set
was sent in reply to telegram from Mr.. Nc
Lean, editor of the Enquirer, last night. A.
similar inquiry was telegraphed to Mr. Til
den, but no response came. The Enquirer
nevertheless, declares its positive conviction
mat IIlden; is not candidate, and this convic-
CINCINNATI, June 19-There have been
many arrivals today and tonight of delegates
and others. Newspaper men to the number of
800 are registered at the local committee s
headquarters and still more are coming. The
Tennessee and Texas delegations have arriv-
ed. The Thurman Club of Columbus, 200
strong, came tonight, escorted from the depot
by the Democratic Club of this city. The first
detachment of the Tammany Hall Club arriy-
ed near midnight.
The national committee met to-day and de-
clded to arrange the preliminary organization
at noon Monday. 1t has been arranged to
give each delegate five seats for spectators,
800 to the local committee, and 600 for the
ladies to the local committee.
jisan Il. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage
and Lille D. Blake Of New York, S. A. Spen-
Ger of Washington, Elizabeth A. Merry.
weather OF Tennessee and others of the
Woman Suffrage Association, are to present
their claims for ballot to the Democratic party
CINCINNATI June 2O.-This has been beau
tiful day, not too warm for comfort. The del
egates and visitors have visited the attractive
suburbs and swarmed at all the hill top resoets.
Last night delightful reception was given
the Ohio delegation by residents of Clifton.
speeches were made by Theodore Cook, Geo.
Il. Pendleton, VIM. S. Grosbeck, John Nc
Sweeney, John W. Stephenson and Richard
Smith. Today the Ohio delegation held two
meetings, at both of which there was great
enthusiasm for Thurman, and it was resolved
to stand firm. 1t is stated that Jewett's can
Thurman was in the field. Much bittern ess
was expressed towards the supporters of
Payne. 1t was decided that w. D. Hill
should make the nominating speech and that
John McSweeney should second the nomin a.
ton. Tonight the New York delegation held
a meeting at the Grand Hotel and organized
by choosing. Daniel Manning chairman and
L. b. Halliday secretary. Mr. Peckham read
the following letter from Samuel J. Tilden:
Tilden's Letter of Withdrawal.
New YORK, June IS, 1880.
To the delegates from the state of New York
to the Democratic National Convention:
Your first assembling is an occasion on
which it is proper for me to state to you nv re-
lation to the nomination for the Presidency.
which you and your associates are commissions
ed to make in behalf of the Democratic party
of the United States.
Having passed my early years in an atmos-
phere filled with the traditions of the war
which secured our national Independence and
of the struggles VIII ich male our continental
system government for the people and by the
people, | learned to idolize the institu-
lions OF my country and was edu-
Gated to believe it to be the duty of a citi-
zen of the republic to bear his fair allotment Of
care and trouble in public affairs. fulfilled
that duty to the best of my ability for forty
years as private citizen. Although during all
my life giving at least as much thought and
effort to public affairs as to other objects,
have never accepted an official service except
for brief period for special purpose, and
only when occasion seemed to require of me
that sacrifice OF private preference to public
interests.
My life has been substantially that of a pri-
vate citizen. 1t was, 1 presume, the success of
one IN which as private citizen had shared
TO overthrow corrupt combination then hold
ing dominion in our metropolis, and to purify
the judiciary, which had become its tool. that
induced the democracy of the State in 1874 to
nominate me for Governor.
The breaking up of the canal ring, the bet
ter management OF our public works, the
large reduction of taxes and other reforms 1c-
complished during my administration doubt
hess occasioned my nomination for the Presi-
dency by the Democracy of the Union in hope
tn at similar processes would be applied to the
Federal government. 1 did not feel at liberty
to shrink in the canvass which ensued. Upon
the issue presented the people of the United
States by majority of more than a quarter of
million chose majority of electors and tn ey
cast their votes for the Democratic candidates
Tor President and Vice President. 1t is nv
right and privilege here to say that l was
nominated and elected to the Presidency alb
soIutely free from any engagement in respect
to the exercises of its power or disposal of it's
patronage. Through the whole period of nv
relation to the Presidency did every thing in
moral standard in the competition of parties
BY what nefariOuS means the basis for
false count was laid in several of the states I
need not recite. Those are now a matter of his
tory about which whatever diversity of opin-
ion may have existed in either of the great
parties of the country at the time of their CON
summation has since practically disappeared.
L refused to ransom from the returning boards
OF the Southern States the documentary evil
dence, by the suppression of which, and by the
substitution OF fraudulent and forged papers,
pretext was made for the preparation of a
false count. The constitutional duty of the
two Houses of Congress to count the electoral
votes as cast and to give effect to the will of
the people as expressed by their suffrages was
never fulfilled. An electoral commission
for the exercise of which l have no response
ollity, was formed and to it the two houses of
Congress abdcated their duty to make the
count by law enacting that the count of the
should stand unless overrufed by
action of the two houses Its false
count was not overruled, owing to the COM
picity of Republican Senate with Repub-
ican majority of the Commission.
Controlled by its Republican majority of to
I, the electoral commission counted out the
men elected by the people. That subversion
)f the election created new issue for the de-
,ison Of the people of the United States,
administration. 1t involved the vital principle
If self-government through elections by the
people.
The immense growth of means of corrupt
influence over the ballot box, which is at the
disposal of the party having possession of the
executive administration, had already become
! present evil and great danger, tending to
make elections irresponsible to public opinion,
aking away the power of the people to change
heir rulers, and enabling men holding the
of government to continue and per- |
'etuate their power. 1t was my opinion in
n 1876 that the opposition, attempting I
o change the administration needed to include |
It least two-thrds of the voters at the opening |
# the canvass in order to retain majority at |
he election. If after such obstacles had been |
'vercome and majority of the people had |
'oted to change the administration of their |
,overr ment, men in Office could still procure |
J false count founded upon frauds, perjury and |
orgeries, furnishing pretext of documentary |
violence on which TO bare that false count
nd if such a transaction were not only sue
essful but if after the allotment of its benefits
we're made to its contrivers, abetters and |
biologists by the chief beneficiary of the |
it were condemned by the people
practical destruction of elections by the peo-
lie would have been accomplished. After
in this strain at some length Mr.
ilden says:
Having now borne faithfully my full share
& tot>a n.