The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-07-13
saauel ]. TllleI. Il Praslaent.


date for President add although
ithas long been evident that this
must done, IS 6One the less
it is done. tt is
edieg Importance,
lost arahfRl for il,
rs ha Interest of
The democfatic 4I3g fof party
as saCh W care Rpthing--but be
eauae It is in Tho interest of the
country, and opens q way for our
escape from the inappteciated
evils and dangers which surround
thr6aten republic,
Till isps n rner, al6 because
he is 4 refoymer, that Dir. Tilden
Is selected to lead tue Opposition
10 this Centennial year. Profess
sions and promises of reform are
easy, aud when they are uttered
merely in lehalf OF q party, and
for The 81 poses Of an election,
lhe almost Alaays worthless
bat ndiaale hes been tried
Ill h arc ot found wasting.
"A man 81 hilosbphie cast of
mis mere tlla ghtfhl ahnut prin-
and trpt political doc
time lan abe pftisan success
and the applr ions Of party pa
tfon he 8alAe conspicuous
on The Stage 81 political. not as an
enemy Of public plumber in the
abstract, or as tho assailant of
thievee and robbers belonging to
the other party merely, but as
having laid his hand upon the
thieves and robbers of his own
party, scourging them from their
seats Of power, and bringing them
before the courts, where they have
been tried, found. guilty, and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary. B.
While such evidences Of an
earnest and impartial purpose to
purify our republican system of
government and make it once
more clean and honest, have en-
deared Mr.. Tilden to the masses
Of the people, they have not failed
TO provoke against him an antag-
Unfsm at once intense, bitter, and
pertinacious. As no other public
map Of our day can compare with
him in his services to the cause OF
reform, so no. other has been re-
r.
wardsd a. De hns with the conf
dence q people and the hatred
Of peQu 8FE. Eh 0nly case which
bears aa FIJI III his is that of
Benia BfistaB lately Score.
tary Of IEeasa He, too, was
taken as iaale by an earn
est array of friends OF reform be-
fore the National Convention Of
his pQrty; bat there he was re-
iected. a man of small account as
d statesman and OF no account as
reEormer being preferred to him ;
WhiIs la ii thesRlorB 81 the demoe-
racy at flFpitenf hostility with
out equal aud 81 menaces without
precedent, they have nominated
Mr. Tilden by d great majority on
She second ballot.
Such nomination can not fail
TO excite in every part Of the coun-
iry the most hearty aud hopeful
enthusiasm. We admit no doubt
OF it's success. Our people are not
so dull or 80 careless as not to
know what is at stake ID this cleo
ton. Ffom this day forward, until
the end Of the canvass, we look to
sec a growing zeal and an increas
ing courage and resolution on tile
part OF those who support Mr.,
Tilden as the representative and
the agent az feformp Independent
men everywhere, who wear the
collar OF no party, and desire only
the good of the country, will rally
around him with earnest hearts,
while the followers Of Mr.. Hayes
will more and more DO limited to
oficeholders and blind partisans
suCh as can nos have their eyes
opened even by the venalitY anC
the shame Of Robson, Of Delano
III Belknap, 81 Babeock, Of Shop
herd, and Of Casey.
Thee would have been perhaps
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