Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-18

| immense fortune to aid the Government,
never spoke q word 10 encourage the sol
der, never took part in any of the numer-
Gus meeting called to support the Govern
ment In addition to the reasons OF
which we have spoken, we now commend
another TO such soldiers as may be intend
ing to vote for the man who remained at
home, and like other cowardly Copper
heads kept up the fire.in- the-rear, in
stead Of carrying out the doctrine and
meeting the defenders of the Union in
front.
Oliver s. Tilden, nephew of Samuel
j. Tilden, was mustered into the service
June ID, 1861, as Captain Of COMPANY L,
Thirty eighth Regiment New York Vol
unteers. He went into the service con-
| trary to the advice of his uncle, who did
| everything in his power toprevent it. Not
being possessed of worldly means, he in
sured his life for 81 900, payable to his
| family, consisting Of a wife and two chill
dren. Edward Miller, of Elkhart, Pa,
was First Lieutenant of Company B in the
same regiment with Capt. Tilden, and has
printed the following statement in the La
| porte pa Press and Staadard:
| My name Is Edward Miller. | enlisted at
the same time that Capt. Tilden did, and
mustered in as private; was promoted
First Lieutenant of Company b, Thirty
| eighth New York Volunteers.
! At the battle OF Williamsburg / lost my
| left arm After recovering from my wound,
was put upon recruiting service in New
| York City.
Oliver s. Tilden was killed at Chantilly,
Sept. J. 1862. At the request of his wife his
| body was disiaterred, embalmed, and sent
| by express to me. The cost of this was
| sl20. The officers of his regiment raised
eighty dollars and sent the body to me,
| writing at the same time that his uncle,
| Samuel j. Tilden, would pay the remainder.
| After the body came | went To Tilden and
! told him the circumstances He was very
! indignant, said that he had done all that he
| intended to for Oliver, that he went into the
war against his wish 8, and that he would
not be II bic for any expenses. | told him
that Mrs. Tilden had asked for the body, and
that 1t was in response to that request that
the officers had forwarded It, Mr.. Tilden
said that he did not care, that he was not
responsible for that then asked him If he
wished me to pay the forty dollars. He re-
piled that might do rs | chose about it.
paid the money out of my own pocket, not
wishing to call upon the widow Of Capt.
Tildcn for it, who only had the 81 900 for her
support The money has never been paid TO
me. EDWARD MILLER.
The above is statement from good
soldier whose war record is above re-
proach, and whose record since the war
has been that of IA respectable, truthful
citizen and man of recognized integrity
in the comfy in which he lives. We
commend his statement particularly TO
soldiers. AT the time Tilden made this
refusal he had "A fortune OF IS, 900 900, no
family OF his own, and known annual
income of sos, 900, and he refused the
pittance of forty dollars that would have
given the body of the dead soldier to his
bercaved widow, leaving it to be done by
one of his comrades Is it for this reason
that Democratic soldiers went to Indian
apolis the other day TO glorify the Cop
perhead misery Is this the reason why
they are going to vote for him and his
Copperhead associate on the ticket2 We
would like to hear from some Democratic
soldier what he thinks of Tilden's treat
ment of a dead soldier. We have had
numerous instances of his contempt for
live soldiers; here is a sample of his con.
tempt for dead soldier, and that soldier
one of his own relatives! Leaving out
the question of loyalty, we would ask
where can AN instance be found of more
desplcable meanness and sordid Gu
pidity than the act of this man
Tilden, who, with fortune of
IS 200 900 refused to give forty
dollars so that his nephews wife
might have the body of her dead husband?
There are works devoted to the meanness
of misers. Search them and see if any
thing meaner can be found than this The
chronicles of the war days are full of in
cldents showing the hatred of Rebels for
Northern soldiers. Search them and see
IT there is anything more bitter than the
hatred Of the Northern Copperhead for
his Own nephew because he was a Union
soldier--a hatred which did not even close
AT the grave, which usually closes over all
enmities and hatredss This single act of
Tilden's, however, is in keeping with all
the acts of his life. The man who would
defraud the Government of his income
tax, who would swindlehis employees with
shinpasters who would cheat his trades
men by pleading the statute OF limitations,
who would insult living soldiers, who
would consort with Tweed in ballot box
stutling, who would deliberately commit
perjury to avoid paying his taxes. would
not hesitate long in refusing To aid one of
his blood relations in procuring the dead
body of her soldier boy. Is such man
suitable for the Presidency? Putting one
side his well known reputation for disloy-
atty, what has he done As a citizen or AS a
member of society that his name should
be mentioned in connection with the Pres
idency Chicago Tribune,
Are We IA Nation The History of 1t.