The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-28
TlLDEN.
HIS LETTER TO THE NEW YORK DEMocRAc'

HIS LETTER TO THE NEW YORK DEMOCRACY.
The following IL Mr.. Tildens project
for creating great uprising OF the DEM
oc racy to sweep the state this fall. Its
in the form of q circular letter:
New York, Sept. IL, lSIl.-Dear SIR:
The time between the meeting OF the state
convention and the election being little
sho.:er than usual, it has been deemed
advisable 20 begin preparations for the can
vpss at once, SO that even more than the
ordinary period for organization will be
afforded. The polibook for your district
has been already sent to the chairman OF
of your county committee, and may be had
on application to him.
The democracy have never been called
| on to act when Wisdom and courage, and
devotioa to principal and to right were
more needed than ut the state con vention
about to be held. Iappeal to you, there.
fore, to attend the primary meeting which
| will choose delegates to your assembly,
district, or county convention and to send
to that convention your most discreet and
best citizens, in order that they in turn
may choose as delegates to the state conven-
| tion men eminent for Judgment integrity,
and honor, and who have, in the largest
degree, the trust and confidence Of their
| felow-citizcns.
Centrallsm IN government and corrup-
| ticn in administration are the twin evils
of our times. They threaten with swift
destruction not only our civil liberty, but
the whole fabric of our free institutions.
The democratic party was organized by
Jefferson to oppose these indentical evils.
1t conducted the national government for
| ,ft ba Of ha
and gave the people safety, prosperity,
and happiness.
The present decentralization has hap
pened under the ascendency of the republi-
can party; and though the mass Of them,
like the mass Of all parties, are honest in
= their intentions, and some allowance ought
10 be made for the demoralizing influence
of n great civil war, more of these results
aie 70 be ascribed to the utterly false aud
J. corrup.ing system Of finance unnecessary
I. ly adopted by these republican administers
!. tions and there is no doubt the tendency
: Of the principles and measures of the re.
: publican party is unfavorable to purity
:, in government.
d In the state democracy, ruled for 81
years, from 1921 TO 1916, under Van Blu
r rem, Write, Marcy, and Flagg and cor
rnption, always condemned and Furnishes
by them was almost unknown. In the 2
years from ls47 70 1870, the democrac
o never bad q majority in the assembly
a The republicans had the legislative pove
o; the state; and that is now the govern
ment both at Washington and Alban,
The republicans made the morals of tn
legislative bodies what they recently wer
= When Seward and Weed took The plao
Y of Wright, Marcy and Flagg public an
n official morality fell in the twinkl!ng {
: an eye. .-.4-.
Even as to the city government of Ne
York until 1871, II was exactly what Il
If republican legislature made 1t. The r
;. publican party was born in 1856, it sweI
=, the state by $1,000 In the senate OF 1856
i the democrats had but 4 out Of 80 men
IL bess in the assembly but 81 out of 1873.
C. Then the republicans made the city cha
in. Ter under which we have live
ultl 1870. AT the same Sc
sion the same hand which created the r
cal publican party created the supervisor
The board: which has been the source Of all I
g. corruption In our city government Il
w league between corrupt republicans a
VS., corrupt democrats, which was formed d,
dis ing republican sscendency, was TOO stro