The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-08-11
Tilden's Acceptance.
AN EXHAUSTIVE REVIEW OF THE QUEs
fioN or THE HouR --PREsENT Evils ANl
,TuE REMEDY THEREFOR.

An EXHAUSTIVE REVIEW OF THE CUES
fioN or THE HouR -PREsENT Evils AND
49,, 49, ,ruE REMEDY THEREFOR.
New YoRK, August 4.--The following is
Governor Tildeps letter of acceptance;
ALBANY, July 81, '7G- 6,,dj,nsn When
had the honor to receive personal deli
very Of your letter on behalf oi the Demo-
cratic National Convention held on The 2S,h
of June at st Louis, advising me Of my
nomination rs thc candidate of the constitu-
ency represented by that body for the office
of President of the United States, answered
that At my earliest convenience, and in con.
fornity with usage, | wolt%l prepare and
transmit to you fornIal acceptance 1 now
avail myself Of the first interval In unavoid.
able occupations to fulfil that engagement.
The convention, before making Its nomina
tions, adopted declaration Of principles
which, as u whole, seems to me a wise ex.
position NJ the necessities of our country aud
of the reforms needed to bring back the gov
ernment to its true functions, To restore
purity of administration and TO renew the
PROSPERITY Of the people. But some of these
reforms are 10 urgent that they claim more
than n passiag approval. The necessity OF
n refi,rm IN the scale of public expense,
federal, State and municipal. and 10 the
mndss of' faderal taxation inst6ies all the
proniinepee given to il in the declaration oi
| the n. Lnuis Copyeptiop, The present de-
ures4iou in all the business and industries
of the people, which is depriving labor of
its employment, carrying want into So many
homes, has its principal cause in excessive
governmental .consumption. Under the illu.
siOns OF u specious prosperity, engendered
| hv the false noli,ies nf the Federal Goyeru-
ment waste of capital has been going ON
| ever since the peace of 1865, which could
only end in universal disaster. The Federal
| taxes of the last eleven wear, reach the g-
! vautic sum of forty.five hundred millions
local taxation has amounted to two-thirds
as much more tire vast aggregahte Is hot , less
than seventy-hve hunureo h'iliions inis y,
enormous taxatioh ioiioweu civil CONNIE
| that had greatiy impaired our aggregate
wealth and had made prompt reduction OF
| expenses ind,spensapie' ~ was aggravated
oy most unscient,nc ana iii'a1lusteu ihe'h-
ods OF taxation tnat increased the sacrinces
OF o, the people iar oeyohu tne ,eceiPtS o' 'he
itessury', ~ was aYgrava'eu, ~ "'ore1ve', oy
hhahciai p4i,Uy wnich tehueu 70 u',n'i'ish
the energy, skill ana economy oi prouuctioi'
ana the Irugality Oh private consumption
ana INDUCED mi.caiculatioh ~ business a1u
an uhie'nuneratlVe use VI aal",ai an iaoor,
Even IN prosperous LINES .'ne oa''y wan's VI
industrious gu, comnun'''es press cioSe'y upon
| tneir uaiiy earn'ngS' ne ,'ia.s'h oi pos
| siole hationai savings Is ~ rest s''aii per
| oentage OF natiohai earnings. iet now 'of
these eleven years, governmental c"hsunp'
| Gioh mas oeel ,atger por,i'i VI ,ne i''''o'
hai earnings ,'ian tne whoie peop'e c",, pos
sipiy save, even I'D prosperous 'ines' nt al
new Investments ne ,q con,stquenees VI tues.
errors are pressn., pup''c oa,.''i' .v, pu'
", ,ney were iNVer uouo'lu' ne,ei III, n.'s'o.e
Ahey were "eoeseay ".'I .ue.'.ao'e anu
weie ioieeeei ..., anu uop'..u "ueh VIZ waves
u lhat hc'itious prosperity r"n n's"es''
WHAT WE CAN AFFORD.
In speech made by me on the 24th oil
September, 1868, it was said of these taxes
'They bear heavily upon every mans in.
come, upon every industry and every bust.
ness in the country, and year by year they
are destined to press still more heavily, un.
less we arrest the system that gives rise tc
them. 1t was comparatively easy when val
ues were doubling under repeated issue O
legal tender paper money to pay out oi
the froth Of our growing and apparent
wealth these taxes, but when values recede
aud sink towards their natural scale the tax
gatherers take from us not only our income
not only our profits, but also.a portion o
our capital. do not wish to exaggerate o.
alarm. simply say that We cannot alforC
the costly and ruinous policy of the Radica
majority Of Congress. We cannot afford tina
policy towards the South. We cannot af
ford the magnificent and oppressive cen
tralism into which our government is bein.
converted. We cannot afford the presen
| magnificent scale of taxation"
~ ."e - oeo'e.a,yA ,.m vi ."o i.easuiy = sa'
government more than for an individual o
corporation. What you want to do no,
is t0 cut down your expenses and live with
in your income. Iw0uld give all the leger
demain of finance and fnancering, | w0ul,
give the whole of it, for the old, homel
Amaxim, Live within your income" Thi
reform will de resisted at every step, but
must be pressed persstentiy. We see to-da
the immediate representatives of the peopl
in one branch of Congress, while struggling
to reduce expenditures, compelled to con
} front the menace of the Senate and tho Ex
ecutive that unless the Objectionable ap
preparations be consented to, the operation
of the government hereunder shall SUITE
detriment or cease. In my Judgment al
amendment Of the Constitution ought to b
devised separating into distinct bills the ap
| prOpTlAtlOus lOT Tie VARIOUS z
the public service and excluding from eac
bill all appropriations for other objects an
all independent legislation In that wa
alone can the revsory power of each ofth
two houses and of the Executive be pre-
served and exempted from the moral dures
which often compels assent to objectionabl
appropriations rather than stop the wheels {
the government.
o
'hh sooih'
An accessory cause enhancing the distre,
in business is TO be found In the systemat
and insupportable misgovernment impose
on the States of the South, besides the ord
, nary effects of ignorant and dishonest at
lninistration. II has inf cted upon theI
enormous issue of fraudulent bonds, til
scanty avails Of which were wasted or st,
len, and the existence of which isa publ
discredit, tending to bankruptcy or repudi;
.ioh' i"Aes so"eeany oppressive W so"
of property and totally DESTROYED its marke
4 able value. 1t is impossible that these eyi
u