The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-06-25
that It may lend to . question Of The
validity of the lien which the wharf
bonds purpOrt to have on the revenues
derived from the Wharves.
The chief Issue Of the Canvass = siAgu-
lar Feature.


IN. Y. SUM-
The chief, II not almost the only isspe
In the election Of next November, VIII
be the question of reform and honest
government. THE is rendered necessary
by the alarming corruption which under
Grant, has got established In every de-
partment OF the Administration. lf We
are to have any government ct all In
deed il any citizen il to be allowed to
public plunderel must be turned out OF
office, and honest men put in their places:
Now, there Is one man whose natural
tendencies and favorable circumstances
have made him peculiarly the represent
ative Of this kind Of reform. That man
is Samuel J. Tilden, OF New York. He
is not merely known as arguing In favor
ly exposed and denounced the thievee
and plunderers OF the other party ho
has exposed and attacked the thieves
and plundererso OF his own party; he has
stopped their depredatiOns, and brought
them to Justice; he has reduced the
taxes OF the State by millions; he IL an
economist as we'll as ref0rmer; and
the people everywhere see from these
facts that he is the kind OF man who is
needed in the White House at present.
That this is 30, is proved by the uni-
versal opposition and the bitter hostility
which thieves and public plunderers Of
every degree make against Mr.. Tilden,e
nomination at st. Louis. He is the man
above all others whom they don't want,
and for long time they have been do
ing their utmost to keep him from bein
nominated and elected. There are some
upright and worthy men who oppose
Mr. Tilden for other reasons Of their
own, but the main force OF the OPPOSE
tion against him is the opposition of
thieves and plunderers.
This has gone 80 far, and has been
carried on with such zeal and bitterness,
and SO little OF ordinary cunning and
prudence, that the great body II the
people have been led to rally around
Mr.. Ti!den with such tenacity and deter
mination that the question has passed
entirely beyond the limits OF ordinary
controversies about candidates. In
fact. it has gradually yet decidedly as
sumed the aspect OF an immense strtgl
gle by the dishonest element to defeat
an honest man and this has been made
such conspicuous feature OF the affair."
that Mr.. Tilden's defeat and the selec-
ton OF another person would inevitably
appear to the country to be the exelti-
sive work of corruption, venality, and
public plunder; and as such, another
candidate. selected instead OF him will
be generally regarded as defeated the
moment he Is put up.
Under such peculiar and unexpe eted
circumstances, produced, too, by Mr..
Tilden's enemies, and not by himself or
his friends, we may well appeal to the
gentlemen who have been mentioned Ag
competing with him for the nomination.,
to carefully ponder the facts, and to dea
t nine whether they ou yht not peremp2
torily to retire from the competition,
and to advise their friends to give their
hearty and earnest support to the cam /
didate of York. Mr.. Hendricks and Mr..
Bayard especially should take this mat
ter into consideration, and see whether
patriotism as we'll as self-respect does
not advise them to take the course We
have suggested.