New-York tribune., 1876-08-05
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Gov. Tildens letter bears The MARKS OF care
full study and elaborate preparation whoever
of his opponents was looking ior uocuniohV
which would expose his weak points, Oh uil-
necessarily lay him open to attack, or lulhish
ARGUMENTS and capital for the opposition. VIII
he disappointed. He is too ndIoit and shleWd
n DOlitIcian, has been too long engaged IN
political discussion, and is too familiar with
the movement, tho machinery, ana the
management of practical politics. to DC
caught tripping at this supreme mo-
ment and in this eliminating CRISIS OF
his career He may be slow ana me-
thcdcal, perhaps labored and tedious, but he
IL also sharp, cunning, crafty, and means to
saw nothing that is not well considered, ana
commit himself to nothing that he is not GER
tain will accrue to his advantage lie dis
cusses in hrs letter platform of principles OF
which he was him elf in large measure the
author. He knows in what direction to enlarge
and upon what points to be silent. nc has
studied the whole situation too, and knows inc
aSsallable positions OF the adversary. lie
makes no mistake IN GssautinS HIM TOO Vio-
lenty or in provoking the bitterness OF par
tisan hostility. lie is plausible and insinualihg
in his method and manner, and, even II ne
wins no converts to his cause, at least pro-
vokes no onmitics by harsh denuncialon ana
coarse abuse. His main points are TeioIm III
public expenditure, the condition OF the
South resumption, and Civil Service Reform.
II would bo idle to deny that upon all these
his positions are for the most part strongly
taken and ably sustained With much that
he SAYS under each head a large majority OF
his political opponents will ag1cc. Ills rcnaiiis
upon the necessity of all the reforms referred to
will meet with universal approval. The pontat
which differences will arise is whether the
party to which he looks for an election will
allow him, If he desires to and has the oppor-
tunily, to put his ideas in practice and make
! the reforms operative. Much space Il devoted
10 the discussion OF the financial problem, "a
was expected, and he treats it certainly with
the most confident assurance III hs own ability
to master it. Ia this confidence 1t u possible
there may not be Il general agreement. lie
treats the resumption clause OF the act oi
1875 rs a sham but it viii be observed,
lays more stress upon the necessity for leglsla-
tion 20 make il effective than upon the need
OF its repeal. His remarks upon the subject
of Civil Service Reform are sensible and just,
as well they might be, coming from such
! source. II is easier for party out oil power
| TO tell how to DO it than for party IN power
! 10 reform the service. He gives, however,
good proof of his sincerity when he recon-
| mcnds as the best guarantee for reform the
constitutional disqualification of the President
| for reelection.
| Of MIR. nendrcks's letter il is hardly ncccs-
sary to say more than that it is AL that Gov.
| 1ildcu's is not IA very bitter, narrow, offensive,
| partisan document The two are in marked
/ and decided contrast with each other through
out. Nothing could be in worse taste than the
! small paItisanship and low dcmagogism with
WluCh Mr.. Hendricks has seen 1T to discuss
The political situation in thi, letter of accept
aIcc. The points he makes and dwcils upon
are those and only those which appeal to the
! instincts of the dcmagoguc and the passions ana
pr,iudiccs of the mob. There is no attempt at
! phllO>ophic treatment or even calm discussion
Of any question. He rattlCs OIL the reasons Tor
! his political belief, far as he gives them, IN
! the manner of a baciwOods stump orator,
without Conference, logic, or sense, white
| through 1t all there runs such n strain oi tie
nunciaiun and abuse OF political opponents IA
would hardly be deemed decent in the loose
courtcsies of oral debate. He comes out strong
for the repeal of the resumption clause,
and in the carncStncSs with which hc
talks upon the subject discloScs the vide
divergence between his views aud those held
by his chief Indeed he maniests throughout
| the whole document the temper OF disap-
pointed man and the determination to make
himself and his notions conspicuous whether
it is agreeable to ether people or not But 1t
is not necessary to dwell upon the Hendricks
letter. II is by all odds the weakest political
document of the present campaign. The dill
ference between the two is Illustrative OF the
difference between the two men, and further,
between the two incOngruous and iIIecOncila-
bic elements which they represent IN the
party. "
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