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Show I ll.llKX Til UN A I'ruuipl hikI t int liull ut Ibo t Ipltrr 'llri:ruiia hrtauiiial. Yihr Tlldn Mould Nul lluy l.ict-iorul ulra. New York, 17. Samuel J. TiMen Inia )C3tii't.l ;t t'ttnl in rnl:ition tn tliu uplior iiiPitRU-hca ifcenlly ptiblihtul III llift i'iiiill,c IU Wlllcll ho tllMli'llillC wily litnien uny knott'kiJe ol Hit' CMBlrtUO Ot' tlltWO tllBHlli:litt fll0 t rttmi tuidonvcd Iroin Ui puliliciiiiiiii. NmiiclI t Im ti l,'jt inns rt'lutiiijj ti mi utl.-r -uriKirtui to Imvn hit n niailr lit Itthtill ol nut no llifinl.rr uf ui: t loiiJti UiaxJ ul ittuTttAsoia Luc IV 6 '"r a prcuniury i-uiMpeiisittiuii. ierl li vttlua tu donuof.tUc U'cUin, littl twt n hy hun or the aiitciila ni;. It kiiiiwn tu hun, nor tin) lie 1' :un tin-ttiat tin-ttiat mull i llfr ol Florida corlili ctttei linkl lirrn niudo until loii alter 1 1 to 6 lb u( at mIucU timu the cm htitKU-H aro ilelivvrad aud the alvctoral can'; and when Hit) ni form ut ion catiully nuclnd hllll Ml Ol H Jtil tiVtrUt, it HtUl acouinpauiAkl hy a ah.laujeiit tbat Ihu ui)vt Ltkl U-n rt-jtKtl. As tu t Lie cipher traiieiatijii rtlatui to the 8jtith CVrohua caiiTaatt of 1874, Im niiva no aucn (detrain t-ittitr iu (.'ijihtr or trauel.iud were eer nhoivu to or (tie cotiieuu aiade kootvu to lmn. So I'tler or u.jiitiuii in behalf ol the alalo cDvurwr ol 8outb t'krcliua, or u( auy vl llicni, or any iir.i!in: with any tf ihuw m re 1 net to crititifMU1 to rlL-ctora wa t wr uiiUiurib-d or etincUtitJtjJ hi ttny inauner ty ue, diffttly ur lhrutii;n any other per sou. Iililvu cutitinut-a: "I wiy aild that no t'tUr to i;ive .'crlitlrU-a o( any re-lurniiiK re-lurniiiK Unid or state caiiTtoers of ny nuttf, to democratic eln-titri, iu duif K!irliun ul m inist-a ol otln-x or inoot-y or pruperty, no tuKotiaiiou of that iiatuic id bem; I ul auy Qifinbvr ul ucli l.ari or with any bulIi meiu- r.'oo fttti mpt to iLtlm nct) lliu ac-ii'ju ac-ii'ju ul niiy kurh mttiiOvr, ur to m- j litifiuxi Iho acliou ol any flecl..r uf ( (.rendeLl aud vice -pmidi-ul, by aut h ' moliTi-a, was vtr eiittrtaiut-d, coo- ' c Jf red or Uilerattxl ly me tr by auy- ' biy wiihio my it llneocf, ty niy ccmi'Lt ur n.lh uiy Ieuuk.iJ ur c tjua'-n c. Nn hk u cunl u; p attd UiM.i.cin n ciruid hi any time bvo tMint) .litiu the raii3 ul" niy uwi-r, KiUiotit Itiai puwtr txing ineiautly , i n flid tu citl !! it out. A bi lh-l druuti.-a current tut crt: ticati-s In in the attti ol KloriJu, couljniiui lu Hit itul Tote uf the people, ct iu I'.u uitrLvl. '1 have 1x4 the .-hiiled d. utti iu iho ror.d, sat.l Ssiicn-Ull, who was in KlcriJ at :ne lime, in a itccnt interviuw with the lirrai.l, 'that tnut ( Flrrid) Tula tx-oid hara bu bougnt if li'vlen had beo diaiiouorab.B encuj;li to desire de-sire it doDf , for a great dpi I leu than fV),000 or IJO.CMJ.' It was known that either one of the . :wo rotmkrr, who ccmpoi the majority ol the Florida tt;iie can-vasetra, can-vasetra, couM conirtl ita action and ,'ive ecu ticaus to deruocratj. tther une ol them could stui&the proeidta nl c'utroerpy iu laror of trie democratic demo-cratic cmJidales, wbo lack id but one vole. Huw acctwibie t-j vtnal in-duct-Qjeiiij they were is showa by the :tnnony ol McLin, chairman of Hie t .-rd ul stato canvajsera, in hia tx-aminatiou tx-aminatiou before tue Potter conimit-tee conimit-tee in Juno lajt. He admittc-tl that the tnio vot ol the p.oplc ol Florida io lavor ol the deruocralic eh-cl-. rs, nd ti.at the fact even apfeirid ou li.a lu -e of the county returns, iifludii k amorp tuem ttie true return re-turn Iron) llati-r co'.iuty, not wit h-f-t j uiJ tlio great fraud agAiDat dcinocrvi iu tome ol the county rettiro. Ho alio cuuleised that in vMing to give cerlifialta republi-ciu republi-ciu electors he ac'.fd under the influence influ-ence o I prumKoe lb;it be should be reward d in CJse Hayes bec.unc president;addinK tbat, 'certainly these promises must have hid strong control con-trol over my judgment and action.' Alter the ci-rliticalt of Louisiana and i,ie relurnii i; hoard had been rrpfru-1:' rrpfru-1:' rul io 1 lew it" iiJ others lor moii'-y, tl.ey wtre t ven in fiivor uf republican tlect ,rs who hftd I een rf jectfd by a larRe majority ol the vuterf, and members ol this returning board now pewesa the most important ffdcrnl oflices in tbat state. Xiie prt-ncant fact alwayB n mains tbut none of thfsc corrupt boartis gave their certificate to democratic t-lectore, hut they ail d d Rive triem to repithhctiu electors. I had a per lecily fixed purpose Irom which I never deviated in wcrd or act, a pur-pite pur-pite which was kuuwn to or assumed by all with nunm I was in habitual communication. !f the president ol tut; United States wai to be disposed ol bj a ri.licaiea lo be won from corrupt cor-rupt returning board?, by any form of veuiil inducements, whether oHices or money, I was resolved to uko no pait in the shameful shame-ful corruption, and I took none, lne main interest of the victory which resulted in my election was U.o expectation that through the chief n.iwistracy a eyftom of reforms, s.mi lr to that which had been accomplished accom-plished in our metropolis, aud in our eu:e fldminidtrAtion, would be achtevtd in iho lederl government. For this object it woa necessary that I ahould be Linlrammelicd by any commitment in the choice ol men to execute the otlicial frusta of government, govern-ment, and uutrammellcd by any obligations ob-ligations lo special interests. I had been nominated, and was elected without one limitation of perfect independence. in-dependence. To have surrendered or compromised Iho advantages of this portion by degrading competition lor returning board certificates would have been (o abandon all that made victory desirable, everything which couid have sustained me in the ! Inrijer struggle that victory would ! have imposed upon me. I was resolved re-solved to go into tbe presidential chair in lull command of all my resources re-sources lor usefulness, or not at all,-While all,-While thus abstaining from an ignominious igno-minious competition lor such certificates, certifi-cates, I saw these certificates obtained for republican electors who bad Di't been chosen by tbe people, and denied to democrat :c electors wbo bivd been ehocn by tbe people. These false ami fraudulent certificates, now cou!ea-i'd aud provid to have been obtained by corrupt inducements, were alterwarda made the pretexts for taking from the people their rightful choice for tbe presidency and vice predoncy. Thtsa certificates wera declared hy a tribunal to which con-grefa con-grefa hid abdicated the function of deciding the count ol disputed electoral elect-oral votes, to be an absolute and indis-intrible indis-intrible conveyance of title to tho fist f mrtgi-iiacy ot the nation. The Mite ot loriiU, which had united all her t xeculive, legislative and judicial ptmeici to te-tily to congress long before be-fore the count, who were her genuine :igei)t3, which had by otatme oniiBtd a recanvass, the issue of new certtfiaitea and a fcmnal sovereign authentication of the right of lha true electors Id deposit lliu votes entitled to b ' counttd, w held tu bti iniiiablu ul iuiiiiiunicatliig lu ctjureoa a (net winch uverybrKly lli-:i km-w, and wtuc.h ciniiot now bndifpu'rd. Con greas, (hough v.-ald by ihu cotietilu-tlun cotietilu-tlun with nulliurity U oouut tho fleet oral TutM, though utircf inrtt-d t-itlit-r as to the tiuie win-n it aliou'd reCMVc ''Vileticu, or ;n Ui the uatuiu of that evHmit'ti, aud thougi Ndbject U) no Hp pen I (ruin Us decision, ;u declari-d Ui havu no power to gnule IU omi count by uny iiiluriiia Uuii It could uUn.ni, ,r by any atitliori iy wtiiih it might nceupt from u wrong i d aud bt-lravi-d att, wlinie ul was about to be falftlied. Tlie tin tiiln us tinu'liiniun was thus reactit-d lint (he act of huh in an holding the deciding volu in a buril of etate cauvwaerv, (lur without hiu cuneurrenee lliu (rautls ol oIIit rt liirmug boards would have billed), in giving certificate kuuwn at thu tune, and now, by himself, (Vifet-d to be (aloe and fraudulent, and eoiiloas'-d tJ have been t.liLoinoil liy promise ol ollice, cerli hiatus who cliaractor were known mouthi' bo (ore ojngrest ooulJ bogm tue onuiil, muni prevail over all iLa remexlial powers ol ibe stale of Florida and ol tho oongreai of the United 6tat4 combined, and must dispose of the duel magistracy of this re-public. (S.gned) R. J. TlLDM. -New York, Oct. 1G, lh78. |