The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-11
TILDEN.s LETTER.
what the Political Leaders say About II.
(Sun,lay Herald

lSunday Herald.l t5.A.
The letters Of acceptance, which appeared yes
terday morning. were OF course the cbief topics
OF discussion about the Capitol, and tho core
spondonts were Busy cleaning opinions there
SENATOR WaIlace. OF Pennsylvania, says that
this letter will have such an effect with two
thirds of the business people OF PENNSYLVANIA
that The wi haye very tss eRan me-,
two ~ 9th thirds Of the letter was absorbsd by dis
cussion OF the bread and butter" question
showed that Gov. T'iden thoroughly understood
the situation. and ~ this portion q the letter
suffered under the prevailing depression He
had been opposed To- Coy. Tilden at st. Louis,
because he thought ths latter was strong con, on,
this letter showed that Gov. Ti)den was the right
man for the right place, because ne was willing
ton til by easy stages and without injury to the
business interests OF the country.
senator Ransom Of North Carolina. was w =. the
ter" said he. you feel that this man is fit to be
President. and that he will be President: that he
Is the greatest m aster OF finance IN the country.
and that he Is able to lift the country out of its
present trouble. Just compare that letter with
that of Hayes. Here is not q man to be con
trolled and used by others, but fs himself the
magnificent letter. II you want to measure the
effect this letter has already had this morning
look at all the Republican Senator'S Senator
iican Senators. They all look serious.' he
continued: they look sad"
Mr.. Whitthor6e thought 1t would have good
alone. principle. which was all the South
Sam Randall says Tilden's letter is the ablest
presentation Of right views on the financial
question which has ever been made to the peo-
pie. He says 1t takes the Democratic party out
Of all their trouble on the finances. He ap-
proves the style of the letter. and thinks 1t very
happy in argument and illustration. He Is. Of
course. highly pleased with Mr.. Tilden.
Judge Abbett, Of Boston. says the strong point
certify. d Mr. Tilden shows himself q thinker.
and his letter will convince the people that he
has the ability TO lead the country, the purpose
to do it Also Judge Abbott thinks that the treat
ment OF the question of reform Is also very
happy, and that the vigorous conclusion of the
letter is worth more than columns Of promises
and propositions OF REFORM -5 't
e Mr. Crittenden: OF New York. who is hard
money man. is dissatisfied with the letter. He
says Tilden has surrendered to Hendricks.
Tilden shows that he knows what ought to be
done. and then he fails 70 state It. II is dema-
+ vast AMOUNT 0i ready cspitad glsd up in
tenders to be funded. gold would fall to lo7 il a
Gle payments would resume without delay or
difficulty 't
Senator Herman says It Is an admirable letter
y
opinion that Gov fiIden struck the I Key note s Of
all our troubles and business depression when
he said: let every one live within his MEANS 2
That sentence embodied the gist of all sound
finance. ~ 'ti
y Senator Jones. of Florida. says the letter is
strong and that Tildens reasons for favoring
the repeal Of the resumption act are perfectly
convincing 10 his mind. They showed that
hard d-money principles were compatible with
the advocacy Of the repeal OF the date clause Of
the resumption act. He thought that after this
letter all the hard-money Senators would vote
for its repeal. stGtE sal ID if~t