AUTHOR OF "LIFE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN" "LIFE OF

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CULLEN BRYANT FRANCE AND THE CONFEDERATE NAVY"
EDITOR OF WRITINGS AND SPEECHES OF

WILLIAM

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I

Presidential canvass of 1876- Assailable points of Grant's administra-

tion - Popular majority for Tilden and Hendricks - Inception of

the conspiracy to defeat the popular choice Senator Barnum,

John C. Reid, and the "New York Times"- William E. Chand-

ler's break-of-day despatches-Troops ordered to Florida - Presi-

dent Grant's despatch to General Sherman - Foul operations of

conspirators in Florida - How rewarded by President Hayes —

General Barlow

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CHAPTER II

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The conspirators' operations in Louisiana-William Pitt Kellogg

Visiting statesmen in New Orleans - The composition and opera-

tions of the Louisiana Returning Board- - Garfield-Sherman-

Anderson-Jewett - Eliza Pinkston - Fraudulent registration-

The reward of the conspirators

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CHAPTER III

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33-56

The electoral count of 1877- Senator Morton's scheme - Tilden's

history of the presidential counts - President Grant concedes

Tilden's election - Electoral commission created Disapproved

of by Tilden-Refuses to raffle for the presidency - Horatio Sey-

mour's speech before the New York electors - Dr. Franklin's

advice to his son- The Florida case-'
-The Louisiana case-

The Oregon case- Conflicting decisions of the commission —

The commission for sale - The forged certificates from Lou-

isiana Decision of the commission condemned by the House of

Representatives - Letter of Charles Francis Adams - Tilden's

reply Protest of the Democratic minority of the electoral com-

mission-Thurman and Bayard-James Russell Lowell . .57-118

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CHAPTER IV

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Tom

Revisits Europe-Blarney Castle-St. Patrick's Cathedral

Moore's birthplace - The cabman's criticism - Lord Houghton's

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story General Grant's reception in London- Tilden elected an

honorary member of the Cobden Club-Visits the home of his

ancestry Arrives in Paris Attends the funeral of Thiers

Talk with Gambetta - Louis Blanc's account of his visit to Louis

Napoleon when a prisoner at Ham, and of the loss and recovery of

his voice in London The story of General Cavaignac's brother

and mother Tilden's exposure in recrossing the channel - Re-

turns to the United States The "Indian Corn Speech"

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119-144

CHAPTER V

The trials and temptations of a bachelor millionaire

marriage in verse and prose

CHAPTER VI

The cipher despatches - Tilden's address to the people of the United

States in regard to them-His examination by a congressional

committee A calumnious report corrected - Letter to Senator

Kernan

168-223

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CHAPTER VII

Income-tax returns New persecutions by the administration - The

capitulation of the administration - The ignominious end of seven

years' persecution - Letters of Edwards Pierrepont, special coun-

sel for the government; S. L. Woodford, United States District

Attorney; Green B. Raum, United States Commissioner of Inter-

nal Revenue; Charles J. Folger, Secretary of the Treasury; and

Benjamin H. Brewster, Attorney-General of the United States, 224-260

CHAPTER VIII

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The purchase of Graystone Dinner to J. S. Morgan - Mr. Tilden

rebukes third-term candidates for the presidency Withdraws

from public life-Letter to Mr. Manning declining the presidential

nomination in 1880- The Cincinnati convention - Urged for a re-

nomination in 1884- Second letter of declension

CHAPTER IX

261-288

Tilden's relations to the new President-Senator Garland a suitor - Let-

ters to Manning - Tilden's and Jefferson's views of civil service—

Harbor defences - Letter to Carlisle - Tilden's friends proscribed

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at Washington Letter to Watterson - George W. Julian

Tilden discourages his nephew and namesake from embarking in

politics R. B. Minturn - Manning's illness and retirement from

the treasury History of the Monroe Doctrine - The Broadway

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