Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-10-07
MR.. BARNES REPLY. Is
BROOKLYN. Sentemher II. 1916,

b iHDhoOkLfN. September Il, 1886.
Lewis G. Mead, ESQ, Chairman, etc !: ,..4s,sls
r. DEAR SIR-Your letter of, 18th inst.
making certain political inquiries was
duly received. Most of the facts in rela-
tionto Gov. Til1eniS political career have
been fully set forth in the Brooklyn Ar
gus, and some Of them were repeated in
my letter to the Ohio State Journal, of
which you make mention. have spoken
Ia the interests Of'the country, and in the
interests OF the Democratic party.,I
supported Mr.. Tilden. for Governor
two years ago. his recoit! then being un-
known.v His majority in the stare was a
little over $4,000. Over onc-third of this
majority was given to him in this city,
here the Argus is published.
The Democratic party is i'm the minOri-
ty III the country. 10 succeed. it has to
earn the confidence of the people. and
secure Republican votes. With McLel-
ian as u military candidate i'm 1861, we
were beaten by 900 majority. In 1868.
We nominated our ablest,sfateSman. Hor-
alto Seymour. Again we were beaten by
100000 majority. In 1872 our leaders de-
clded TO nominate IL Presidential candi.
date from within the Republican ranks.
But with Mr.. Greeley, and an inconsist-
ent platform We Jared worse than ever
before. aud came out 1000 votes behind
oar opponents.
With these results staring us i'm tile face.
it behoevedt the Democrats ut this time To
have Il consistent platform and nominate
men whose integrity of character would
recommend them 10 the collscieiice' of
The people. Mr.. Tildeii's character had
az Il, ha ~
10 the 81. Louis convention. He was
repudiated by Charles OConor. Hcratio
Seymour. Chief Justice Church, Judge
Parker. Augustus Sche l.. and the best
men OF his party in this state. But he
made his Arrangements with the plunder-
ers Of our state. He packed the state con-
yentiOn by the use OF executive influence.
and through extensive advertising in the
southern states he succeeded lii securing
the. nomination. r.sst 3. GA. oilw H..
Tie Democrats could have carried all
but six of the states, and would have
swept Grantism out of eSistance, with al
most amy other candidate than Tilden.
An aspiranr for the high position OF
President must always face his anteced-
entS. Mr.. Tildens antecedents are now
spread before the world. regret to say
that they are worse than those of Aaron
Burr or those any man who ever be-
tore sought high office in this country.
lie is corrupt, ambitious. ilnscr,ipulous
and deSpotic. He virtually opposed
feeding our soldiers during the war, by
making false returns of his income and
refusing to pay his taxes. He was a
member of the committee on resolutions
at the Chicago convention in 1864, which
reported the resolution. 1--WE demand Il
cessation of hostilities He defIsluded
the government by issuing illegal cur
rency on the Upper Michigan Peninsula,
and secured exemption from his, penal
ties and taxes by smugg ing .relief'' bill
through Congress. He was the head OF
the great northwestern railroad ring
Which led To the granger rebellion and
was compelled, by decision of the Unit.
ted States Supreme Court to restore ovel
S2000,OOO OF stock wrongfully taken from
Julius WadswOrth and other owners Of
the Galeila and Chicago railroad. lie
was associated with Tweed's ring i'm New
York city, and received, compensation by
under assessments of his property, etc.
r These are a few OF the transactions il
the career Of our candidate. which if in
dorsed by a majority of the American
| people by electlng Tilden President. vii
undermine the integrity of our party
ami open the door tor ambitious and I'M
principled williams to overthrow our in
stitutions. The Democratic party can
not afford success ut any such sacrifice o
lis principles.
!. Grant is not now a candidate. He am
his first, second and third choice wer
heaten at the Cincinnati convention
i But were Grant candidate the couiItr
could better bear another four years of hi
administrative rule than it could tn
| tyranny of an unprincipled man lik
'filten. who would owe his election.
elected. to the corrupt plundorcrs in tn
north and the rebels of the south. Il 1T
Respectfully, DEMAs BARNES.