, 1875-11-05

ticH TINT tho public 1lnE i'll olllGo who under
takos TO n,nko war upon official abuses, null
to purify tho public service, Is certc!n to pro-
voke pcrsornl hostility which, rejecting all
rs1blic considerations, aims Mt tho destruction
of the rcfor1,,cr.
Gov. T1LpEy IL just HOW an Illustration Of
this truth. as " private citizen and us n
Demoernt ho ioyoteia year and ai.a]f of labor
10 a complete unrayeling Of Thu TWEED bsisi-
ness, and lal that Ereat robbery baro in NIL
its details before tho people. Iii 1871, upon
tho high wavo of popular enthusiasm and
gratitude, Mr.. TttpEa waa elected Governor
by 80, ,0t>D majority, thousands Of Republicans
voting for him. aud other thousands Of Uc-
p,blicans declining to vote against him,
though their own candidate, Gen. DIX, wns
Quo Of the rurcst md most worthy inen
in tho State. Hut Mr. TlLpES wa.
not content with his lanrels in tho
TWEED cnsc. He devoted lis tinlo
md intention rs Governor to NIL investigation
Of the rascally system Of contracts for re-
pa;Is on tho Now York canals, and exposed q
series Of wholesale robberics extending over
a long period Of years, aud footing ", 1nat,y
millions OF dollars. lie cnlled to his aid
scrernl lca1iug men in tho State, inulutling
Republicans, md appointed them to collect
the testimony md procure the indictment and
prosecution Of all tho guilty. irrespective Of
party. In the courso Of this business Grand
Jurics MI over tho Stnte found indictments
against largo numbcrs Of prominent Demo-
crats WHO had grown old, gray, md rich in
politics and contracts; men who hal made
and unInade Governors; who packed and
ruled conventions wllose Estates" vera nl-
why's accaptcl; wlu mado Senators and AS
semblyu1on, and bought md sold them like
cattle. These men were, n their way, popu-
lar party idols, and, though doubtless guilty Of
long-continucd robbery of tho State, wcro
nevertheless monarclls in largo political cir
c1es. The most Of them lad possibly, in
1871, worked zcatously for a. sT1LpES and Re-
form," not expecting TINT 111.pEs would ho-
gin his reform by indictiag and exposing
themselves.
At tho Into election in Now York these in-
tlictcd Democrats sought revenge. They
sought to destroy the influence Of their prose-
cutor by defeating the ticket composed Of
his friends, and sought to destroy tho Prcsi-
Dental aspirations Of the Governor by tho
dofeat Of candidates known to represent his
opinions. Substantially these men eau claim
that New York has repudiated T11pEs, nntl
especially rcpuliatel the tnauwlo introduced
discussion III tho Democratic party by tho
criminal prosecution Of veteran Democrats
like TWEED aud the canal contractors, who
had merely appropriated to themselves sew.
eral millions Ut tho public money. They
have songl.t to disgrace and defeat tho Dem
ocraticl Refor1ner in tho estimation Of the
Democratic party by forcing him to fall buck
upon tho Republican purity for whatever lcgal
support ao may need in tho prosecution Of
tho canal fraudH.
It is such instances rs this whoro the Dem
ccratic party resents and Furnishes as treason
any official exposure and prosecution Of itf
own molnbers by reformcrs elected by itself.
Reform, in a party sensc, means Tho expo
suro and conviction Of officials belonging to
! the other party, md Gov. T11DEN Is victim
| to bis confidence tint tic Democratic party
would applaud and sustain tho conviction ol
Democratic thieves. TWEED, SwEENy, Con.
Molly, and tho horde Of Democratic canal
thieves, arc avenged. They seemingly have
destroyed tho bright political future which
Mr.. II1DEa and his friouds Ind married. out
for him.