, 1875-06-05
Presidential.

! Spontaneous Y from all parts OF I'M
country comes tributes of admiration
, for the manly course Governor Tilder
T of New York has taken in the contes
with the public thieves of that State
So deficient have our high official
I been in integrity and moral courage
that the spectacle of brave, resolnte
and honest Executive, manfully mag
urating a fight against powerful
gang of public plunderers, whose po
sition has seemed impregnable, is wit
messed with admiring awe by a people
who had become skeptical as to tht
ability, fidelity or courage of any of
fetal. Governor Tilden has showr
not only the requisite courage, bnt he
has manifested the highest capacity Of
mind, as we'll as the most exhaustles:
patience and tenacity of purpose, ii
the pursuit of the official maletactors
The manifestation of these high quail.
tiles in the Tweed case and in the
present onslaught upon the Canal
ring has suggested simultaneously
to people in all parts of the country
the propriety of placing him in the
field as a candidate for President
The election of such a man as Til
den to the Chief Magistracy of the
Onion would be the assurance Of an
indefinite extension of the progress
and prosperity of the country, because
of his moral worth, intellectual capac-
ity, and undeniable fidelity 10 demo-
cratic principles, az they were under
stood in the good old times, when the
democracy directed the destinies of
the republic and maintained lis honor
and glory at home and abroad.
Governor Tilden'S candidacy should
also bring to the support Of the DEM
ocratic cause that large class of people
who are Indifferent to party ascenden-
cy, but anxious that the Government
shall be in honest and competent con-
troll. The crowuing merit of Tilden
in his public spirit and his integrity.
Throughout his whole life not stain
of suspicion has ever ATTACHED TO him
of any unworthy conduct. The too
customary vices of the public men Of
this age have been foreign TO him.
The love of lucre, a tendency TO spec
ulation, nepotism, jobhery, favoritism,
or Intrigue, has never soiled his repu-
tation nor impaired popular respect
for him. His walk and conversation
before men have been retiexive of rig
id morality, purity of lie and dignity
Of department.
TIE busy demand of Governor Til
denis professional life have not per-
mitted him the enjoyment Of the re-
tirement and leisure which are so dear
to all men Of thought, Of large intel
lect, and long service and strain of
the faculties. Nor is it his tempera-
ment TO cease from labor and struggle
so long as there is work to he done
for a good cause. Hence the democ-
racy, especially its long night of ad-
versity, has never been remote from
his thoughts and dreams. Its for
tunes, its preservation, It's eventu: |
restoration 10 power, have been the
great end 10 accomplish which he
bent his entire energies. When near.
ly everybody else appeared 10 despair
of ultimate succeSS-when many Of
the ancient chiefs were relaxing their
efforts in the apparently hopeless task
Of revlvlng the fortunes Of the grand
old party, Tilden was steadily at
work, planning, talking, uniting, or
ganizlng, and deviSiug methods to
place the democracy once more upon
the highway of success. His laborS
were enhanced enormously by the
cOrruptlOns OF interlopers III the party;
who had used its pure name and
stolen its stainless standard TO cover
their OVID bad acts. To purge the
party of these yermin, to cleais It's
record and cleanse its escntcheOn,
to expel, disgrace, and punish those
who had purloined the habiliments
of an honest organization TO serve
their infamous personal ends, was
the achievement OF Samuel Tilden.
This was truly herculean uniertak-
ing, and its accomplishment gave
him a claim to the gratitude, admira
ton, and esteem OF all honorable
men, which is now redoubled by his
efforts to dISlodge a still more formid-
able band Of public robbers from their
position. He is just the man to Crap
pie with the rings who have been
for years fastened on the national
government. Gov. Tildeu's course,
from first 10 last, commendS him to
the affection, devotion and support OF
the democracy of the whole Union, as
one of the ablest, most efficient, and
deserving Of tbs democratic leaders.
1t will be a glorious day for the re-
public when such a man shall be in
stalled in the White Houses. f.
E.cufli3aer.
a Man seyenty-Seyen years old has