, 1876-10-02

tlon. ccntraI!znston NJ Government ,--
tra!lsnft9n OF tir powers of .tjuyrr,, cet.
"rtatrniizat!on II Federal }oycrn,ncot,I !,
tralizattn uf Federal power,n F" "cnrro,,.hs ren.
o. ernl1allsn'" Gte run through Mi lis .ca!a .neeas
liasnts him ~ 'l1a rIsion Of ,,rnnrs"1 nlfao'n
Ism. Thu 81. Lo'[s platform, M trie,,..sSh .sShtal
every ilcntcratic newspaper In tlH. t,,,n,,lal
tic 2Sal u Jl'fo. contains the fallowInr,'s on
A.. nTroI:! @ If m ncsesrary p rebuild md e.lab,,,A,
s " "s"s P;Sss sss s sssss;'
Counting back eleven ycar. from Inn, ,e..
brings uA to JUNG, lSGi-tlree u,optMs' s' .3Ia,
tH n,sass,atiSn of Mr. Leo When 's, Il,
x %sy ssrups Tas centsdGsy staGhy 'f'e Te tS d; s
from tho Est'tiHg 7Ht?rc1M ot Iunc s. - s'llea
MI. TlLllKN's WAN RECON-.
rs contained III Frank Ics1fe'e I.lfc un1 p.,,
Services" his chfcf: Ia exceedingly WnH,Llc .n1lc
expresses It exactly. Page %: ""'7'hat
era DeHoerat faai ihs soafh tTpeeita t eae MsA s9A
Mmocra,s T. hoM tht Goreramtatt re-, vth11G,'a,ra 4,
ahspptd ths North, II ,ras ntsiakfa. A"'s h,y
This . printed in Italics. To whom ~ nn.,
was snifl does mot appear. '' aueh
vcnt!on "rhifh fas hen rrwrtri" S Ii"'eiGo H', cSn
rpcccl ssas too thin for Mr.. Lcslic's bo,t s ~ M
also said To tho Secretary Of War su,.n H r., iIs
ton nrrcnr wllets.-t lon have M rirht t''s,
pcct gfeat military genius to come IA vo1, =" e.
sstansa. They only anpesr oro 4, Two u1 ibrst
put down thts Rebellion ynu ca,. only ,lo II y9N
the suncrs0r force Of nsimbcra. Til. Il M, X!
oIart lanE,,age. But thcru I. nothlnT IN IN ~ ~
wortls addressed to tho Secretary Il W,,Ns W.
!,otl.!ng In tho words Of warntas' to Il,
might hive satd eona'stcntly. '' 's'H
Atr. Tsilon'a letter Of acceptance contains,
very significant expression. VIC hare sniI ts!
no docs not hnl!eyo in fci!cral goycrtmpr, rs
Ccrtntnly not rs II Inns ever been aiiun,srrsss%ii
llo often speaks Of tho great eost 81 ieletss
incnge ta1atlon. 1n his letter OF acecnsnra 1ea
speaking Of tho depression Iii business apdh.l Ju
times, H. says:
II has ita cn,sse in excessive goycrumento, .o,
sumption, under Illusions Of spec1ons ptotpeHts '
r"ge""erta r!% 'v ths "s'e policy Of federal go,sa
11o does not say by amy false policy Of The IN,
publican party, Or my cxtravagas,ec. Ilut IN II,
idea whlci, Inns haunted flu. from H. H.
youth y that Of q confederation of tS7. S,.
ercign States, and that nil Tic cost Of II, ihs
tho States be allowed to make the laws. ia Tba
word "cngcndcrcd," abovc quoted, We tlink
refers to "cSccssfye governmental consumS, Sum-
tlon." It cannot refer To anything clsc. anl
tho excessive governmental consumpttou i,
crcatcd 'mby The fa1se policy Of federal go5ern.
to express forcIbly THO idea that a federal ro,.
ernnent u fnlsc. In theory aud expensive. ii
fnct It says So, In moro concise and forcbIc i'm.
gungc than cun bo substituted fur It. "Tho
depression III business Inns It's cauec IN cscc.sEt
governmental consumption, cngcnticred by in
fa!ae policy Of federal government" 'e'
It is tllNlcult to any exactly what Mr.,
| Tlltlcn's views .nny he without something mors
definite tlan is contained IN Ills speeches, ut.
without risk Of doing him any Injustice, It ta,1
safely be said TINT lle hns mortal horror Of i
| centralized government. A reference 10 the
files, Of tho ALBANY Argas In the fall Of Isl;
| would probably show that he was radically l
Statcs'-1aghts advocate at that tlinc.
G.B.H,