New-York tribune., 1876-10-26
MR.. TILDEN And HIS PARTY.

This is the most extraordinary political cam
paign ever witnessed. Here we have candl-
date for the Presidency, less than two weeks
before the election, trying TO pitch his own
marty overheard, and TO get elected on the
plca and pledge that he can be trusted to
FIGHT his party and it's avOwcd demands to the
end if need be- by succession of vetocs.
We believe that 10 other candidate for the
Presidency has felt compelled, i'll such fashion,
to admit that his party was utterly distruSted
by the people, and dIstrustcd justly. NO other
ipt4rpretation can be given to this eXtraordi-
nary letter. The reserve customary to Presi-
dental candidates, the reserve winch MI
TilIcn has thus far maintained III sp!te oil
charges affecting his personal integrity, would
not have been broken by the publication OF
This letter. had not Mr.. Tilden clearly per
ceiyed that the country would not trust nm
As thc candidate and representative OF the
Democratic party. I'm extremity, and as last
resort, he begs people TO believe that he can
be trusted though his party cannot. The very
fact that he makes this appeal Is an admission
that his party, if it should gain power, might
Justly be expected to provide for the payment OF
rebel war claims, even the most naked ana
outrageous That there is danger lac cOnfcsses
when he PROMISES to veto its bills. TO escape
from the odium of his patty, he publicly prom
isrS 10 fight it 10 the end. To nd himself OF
responsibility for its dangerous purposes,
which ne cannot deny, he promises to resist
its known demands. Hoping for election
mainly by Democratic votes, he promises, III
one matter of vital importance, to act as Il
Republican. Many times a party has tumblcd
Ell Inf -
is the first time candidate has openly tried
to "unload" an obnoxious party.
Mr. 1ildcn is right in his belief that the
country utterly distrusts Democracy. Had he
asserted that Democratic Congress would
never pass bills 50 outrageous, everybody
would have laughed at him and pointed to the
| record. For the present Democratic House has
| referred rebel claims to its committee, and
| that committee avOwcd its opinion that
the Government was liable to the full
amount of such claims as trustee for
the claimant. This on the ground that, since
the amnesty, the Offense of rebellion is con-
doned, and all citizens, whether loyal or dis
| oval once, are alike loyal now, and stand on
the same footing as claimants. Moreover, the
Democratic House repealed, so far as it had
power, Ilc dCI NHICH plolilbIto Ih' '"h'iu'i"
ton by the Court of Claims of any presented
by disloya persons. About the intent of the
Democratic House there was no room for dis
pute. The party was a heavier load than Mr..
Tilden could carry, and he attempts at this
late day to pitch it overheard.
The experiment viii not work. The country
does distrust Democracy and with reason.
But in National and purely party matters,
! it equally distrlsts Mr.. Tiden. The attempt
| to make people give to him, as an individual,
! the confidence which they utterly deny to the
| party by which he was nominated and is sup
ported, cannot succeed. Mr.. Tlldcn has made
an admirable Governor of NcwYOrk. In that
| field he was not broken down by partisan
associations Against the authority of the
National Democratic party he has never been
able to make the least hcadway. He may haye
disapproyed but he has never dared even to
protest Mr. Tilden has acted with that party to
this hour. Its most infamous acts have never
drawn from him word of rcbuke. Ii declared
the war failure i'll 1864, and Mr. 1llden,
though member of the committee and
the convention, uttered no word OF dis
sent 1t robbed the people of New-YOrk by
most infamous frauds in 1858, and Mr..
Tilden though personally responsible and per-
sonally appealed to by Mr.. Greeley. made no
protest. 1t demanded reputation OF the SOL
emn pledge given in the Resumption act, and
Mr.. Tilden, though most sacredly pledged TO