Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-09-21
The Two Candidates.

No less strong is the contrast be-
tween the two candidates. Tilden
has been trained In the political
atmosphere of Tammany Hall, and
is the embodiment to-day of its
worst phases of corrupt power-using
for his own selfish purposes the worst
elements of society, he manages like
the crafty politician to keep himself
concealed in the back ground. He
was the early confdant of Tweed, the
adviser in those schemes which de-
feated the honest vote of New York
in 1868, and the secret disclosures
which have brought him face to face
with the charge of perjury and of
defrauding the Government of its
revenues at a time when all good citi.
zens were called upon to bear the
burdens of the war, stamp him as a
man of no principle, fit scholar of
the school of politics in which he
was educated, and one whose eleva-
ton to the Presidency would be not
only a national misfortune but ma
tional disgrace. If tenth of the
charges which have been raised
against him, and which have not been
answered, are true, no well-regulated
community would elect him to the
humblest OF offices. Like the plat
form on which he stands, he is a
sham, a public deceiver, relying for
support upon the ex-rebel sympathies
of the South and the ignorance and
vice of the North. A few honest and
well-meaning men may be found sup
porting him, but before the election
their eyes will be open to the true
character of the man, and the nature
of the reform he would institute.
Like the muddy stream, he partakes
of the character of the fountain-head.
Democracy is corrupt, and despite
his fair PROFESSIONS Samuel J. Tilden.
Turn to the life, past and present,
of Rutherford B. Hayes. 1t is q
pleasant story from beginning to
end. His happy home relations are
but the index of his public career.
Trained to manhood among the
stern duties of Western life, his char
acter has partaken of its simplicity
| and earnestness. Not blot stains
his record. He has been true to all
men, in every position and relation
The performance of his duty as q
lawyer, soldier, governor, has infiict-
ed wrong on no one. His course
has been maiuly, straightforward,
and honest. Whether at tho bar or
on the field, in the preeence of jury
or in the face of an armed enemy, he
has been the type of a true man. He
never betrayed trust or friend ;
never gained q dollar or a cause by
practicing wrong. He never consort-
ed with corrupt politicians, or ascot
ated public plunderers. He never
added TO his wealth by robbing the
stockholders of railroad, or by
Withholding from the Government
the true amount of his income. He
risked his life, shed his blood, and
| performed other gallant service for
his country, and at the same time
paid his tax to the Government like
a true patriot. Compare the two
men. Examine their records /;
study into their antecedents and
their associations, and then ask the
question which would mske the bet.
ter President =? Who that has Judge
ment to exercise, or patriotism to
animate him. can hesitate to the
choice to be made. The false and
the true before the country. Can
we doubt which one the people will
select If intelligence and loyalty
still control the ballot box it must be
Rutherford B. Hayes.