New-York tribune., 1874-09-18
MR.. TILDEN SERENADED.

MR.. TILDEN SERENADED
HE RESPONDS IN A sPEECH-A REVIEW OF THE
CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY AND TIE C0RRUP-
TIoNs OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY-DANGERs OF
A PRESIDENTIAL THIRD TERM-fHE REFORMS
MOST NEEDED.
SYRACUSE, Sept. 17.-Samuel j. Tilden was
serenaded at the Vanderbilt House this evening and
made brief speech. He followed by Messrs Beeoe,
COrbett Fellows Apgar and others. Owing to the rain
or lack OF enthusiasm 1t not very brilliant open
ing of the campaign. Mr.. Tilden spoke as follows:
peaceful revolution In ali the Governments within
the United States Is going on to sure eonsuhmaon. r
Ideas pervade the political atmosphere Ihey
spring up from the convictions OF the People The sup
porters Of the Administration have lost eonhaenGe ~ u
in their convictions and in their action Mnlutnues
ddisco1tent. Are We asked the causei The is
found IN the condition OF our country. Ine traits
OF a false and delusiye system or Government nnances
are everyw here around All business is in dry rot
In every industry hard to make the two ends meet
Incomes are shrinking away and many hitherto afuent
are becoming nxiOus about their means ofiVelin0od
WOrkingmen are out OF employment Inc poor cdDhOt
ook ont npon the light or AIR OF heaven bui they the
wolf at the door. Initiation no longer initiates Even
sink bankers baIances in the monetary
creased and call hut those VINO need
more capital neither buy or borrow any OF tle
lIOOOOO of greenbacks The truth is that our body
polite has Ieen overdrugged with stinuants. New
stimulants longer lift up the Iapguid parts 10
healthy activity; they merely carry more blood to the
congested One thing only remains 10 It's intes
ry, and that is our taxes Amid general deeaS, 'sa
seats Itself" f borrow figure from the greatest
triamphs Of its ghasiiy foe makes It's own nourish-
ment National taxes. state taxes county taxes town
taxes, municipal taxesthe Goot'or as
the grim messenger OF aeatn incomes,
profits, and wages all these fall, but taxes
rise Six years ago had occasion TO say that, While
values were ascending. and for time after II might
be easy to pay these taxes out OF the hOh or our appa
rent wealth og na Tnem ns sbon set m an the enoT
nous taxation, which that system had created wouu
consume not only our incomes ana Pr0n p%' Te"cH
an experience. Retrenchment In public expenditures
dnciion of tariffs and taxes. accountability Of public
officers enforced by better civil and criminal remedies
F5s FeGsrs C sSSns 'f drilling S % into
greater dangers and greater evils. 1t Is rushing Oh
ward in career OF centraism. absorbing all govern
mental powers aud assuming TO manage all the affairs
or INDIVIDUALS by tariffs not intended for legitimate tax
alton granting special privileges and fostering monop
troll of ali banks 1t has threatened to seize all the
teegraphs; it is claiming jurisdiction OF all rail
amenabie to the just authority OF the States; 1t
is going usurp control OF all our SCHOOLS and colleges
stretching its dragneJ over the whole country and
forcing editors and publishers away from thelr ustiDt
homes the courts OF tue District OF Columbia IL is
snecng the free press OF the whole United states for
the criticism OF Administration, TO trial by the
lures of the Administration acting under the eye OF the
ADMINISTRATION 1t dared to enforce this tyranny against
a free man of metropolis Of our State These ten
dencies must be stopped or before we know IT, the
whole character Government VIII be changed. The
simple and institutions OF our fathers Will have
become the worst government that has ruled over
civIIized people; II will be the most ignorant. dis
t,nonisbed Republican statesman Il mean Senator
Conkng) lately told that more than 5000 bills were
y are now going on there will be 10000 and nobody
can know what Is in them We have country eighteen
doubling every thirty years, and full OF activ-.
lilies and interests. centralized government,
,nsddnp with everything, and attempting to manage
veTythpg could not know the wants or wishes OF the
neope of Che different localities, and would be felt only
III ha fha
rresnonsbe and therefore, not only the most 0ppress
i've but the most corrupt with which any people have
toward this sy stem maturing their fatal fruits The
Federal Administration is tainted with abuses, with
OintSins over the reconstructed Southern States
gaDized pilage on scale tenfold larger tnan that OF
the tweed Ring the scandal and shame OF the country
civil liberty is endangered. 1t Is now certain that
President Grant nourishes the bad ambition OF
third term II the sacred tradition established by
washington jefferson Madison, and Jackson can be
broken the President may be reelected indefinitely,
ana welding from the center the immense patronage
which will grow out Of such vast usurpatiOn OF
thority by the Federal Government he would grasp the
lions There viii be organized thing IN the country
OF sufficient power TO compete with him, or TO resist
The spirit and substance will be changed An elective
personal despotism will have been established Roman
histoy in the person Oi Augustus '"'A Will DC IT,
Thoughtful men turning their minds to the means
of escape from these overshad0wing evils. The Repub
uean party cannot the country Ideas OF govern
mental meddling and ceDtrallsm dominate over 1t:
officeholders. contractors, and io6bers, who have
grown up in fourteen years or Its admnistration-n
four wears OF war and during OF paper money
are too strong the machinery OF the party for the
honest and wein.endipg masses OF the Republicans
The Republican party could contribute largely TO main
tam the Union during the civil war. IL cannot
reconstruct civil liberty and free Institutions after
peace change OF men is necessary 10 secure change
Of measures. The opposition is being matured and edu
Gated to attack the Administration The Democracy,
with the traditions OF its best days will form tue nucleus
OF the opposition 1t embraces vastly the larger body
of men of sound ideas and sound practices In political
| In ual
evil times. 1t must become compact aud honogene
mass Ii gather 10 Its alliance ali who think
the things the interests OF Republic
1t becoming An adequate and effective instrument TO
reform Administration and TO save the country 1t
reformed itself IN order that II might reform the
try and now, In your name, and In the name OF the
900 voters whom you represent, declare that in
this great work will tread step backwards. Come
| veal viii not lower flag.
We will 20 forward until political revolution
will be WORKED and the principles OF Jefferson and
Jackson shall rule III the administration OF tue Federal
! Government Let Us obey the patriotic maxim OF old
Rome To despair OF our country. Actual evils
mitigated bad tendencies be turned aside.
The burdens Of government be dimiDshed pr0du6-
i've ildastry VII pe rspe And husaii'y VIII repair