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Governor Tilden's Letter

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Day
2
Month
March
Year
1877
Copyright
Public Domain
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Td the oigan which are trying tu cover up the anxiety of Chandier to üover up iitvestigation by sanering j Governor Tilden's letter, we oommend :.Ue following utterauce of the New York Evsiiing Post : We publish on the fust page to day a letter froin Mr. Tilden to Senator Kernan, in whieh Mr. Tilden disavows the igreuuient of the Congreasional ooiumittee to the effect that his bank ao - count and Mr. Chandler'g should not be examinad. Mr. Tilden further denies that he ever "made, authorized, or knew of any expenditure in relation to the alection in üregon," or of "the resulting oontroveraies," or of "any proinise, or obigation, or negotiation on the subject." This disavowal of assen t to any agreement not to prosecute further inquirios iuto the affair of the money sent to Oregon ia what we should have expected from Mr. Tilden. It seems f rom this letter tht a transcript of Mr. Tilden's jank aocount haa been taken with his tnowledge to Washington - an account ombracing a large exteat of transnctions, entries of private business, trusts, oharities, etc. We fully accept Mr. Tilden's asseveration that there was not among all these any t hing relating to Oregon' nor anything whieh his personal reputotion required to be ooncealed. His letter is the letter oí' a thoroughly bonest man, whom it has suited the purpose of a party to treat as if he were a just obeot of suspicion - a course to whieh some plausible occasion was given by the acts of persons oonnected with him by politïoal and even nearer relationship. We ïave never, however, supposed that any mowledge of the Oregon intrigue, or my participation in it of any kind, would ever be brought home to Mr. Tillen, and we have no doubt that he would have welcomed the opportunity f it had been given him as he suggested, o mtike a pbrsonal statement in regard o that affair under the examination of he Senate comiuittee. LoNGFELLOW was 70 years o!d on Tuesday last.

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