Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-14

sus OF his large wealth TO receive political favor In
Heed, the reason he got nominated nor honors
vas bis want vi masculine fr2terna, political cnarac
YER Big-shouldered, hale-feilow, scramble-handed
politicians looked upon him little fellow banging
around, a toeraole sort of useful nuisance, like
house-hy or undertaken. He wasn't frank enough:
he didn't swear as We did in Fance,; he insinuaed
too much that he thought he ct. Ii. therefore,
came TO that when Samuel j. Tilden, at pretty
rpe age, received The nomination of Governor oil New
York. given TO him like barren scepter, lore
doomed deeat The party had been completely routed
In the metropolis and the ste ., o. Sirens weed e1-
wanted to hold up the bespaitered banner apd sdd
his name to the Ignominieus master-rol OF 1ammany
Church was offered II by reclamation and declined,
and even IN the absence OF a candidate, llfen would
have been refused the ncmIuaton, had he not worked
chance. lie brought 10 bear ali patience. eutreaIy
and anxiety, and they said:
For heavens let him get this and be defeated,
rs he viii; so he won't poster ANY more"
TILDES's CAMPAIGN.
Tie old chap took the nomination aud went to work
Ike He literally led over The whole ground,
He had a residence in Ne. YORK CITY, on airsmmerey
Park, and there score. say of clerks and
eopysts and liihograph presses auditing books, the
census, an arithmetic, and calculating machine
ployed there He could take the square of Cat
iarsgus County By holding glass OF brandy between
his eve and the FIRE aud reducing the opposition
there equation. He fought old General Dix, his
opponent, by alsehraic squares, and exhausted him
logarit hmicaly. Cunning badger, creeping a
terrapin, Newtonian il his range Of view, and am
bilious devil this little I'D man, threatened
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domestic compsnion, and folding his cold bones away
In featberbeds TO keen the earth all fought Dix
70 the WALL bea him by subtraction and was inaugu-
eaied amid profound surprise As do expect
vo,e for BIN, and do not mean 10 undertake him,
viii suggest to Governor Hayes that Tilden has al
ready met and bea one high military reputation.
The question OF the dsy (supposing him 10 be the
oomineel is whether Tden can extend his
minute efeetion-ering the breadth OF the
United stxies9 And viii the American people prefer
President TO be elected IN that vayf Also, we may
fore the state of New York;
CAN CARRY NEW YoRKY
The latter question 1 answer. From the
experience have had with State folks, do ex-
pect perfect probty Of motive a necessary quali6
caIiCn serve the country admirably. As general
rule, prefer good politician like Disrae to crabid
reormer ike GLADSTONE The world is like milk. best
preserved BY not looking down IL, and ruined by
too much thunder. We do not want John Calvin To
apply the Golden Rule in his peculiar the
which Mr.. Tiden has been an exponent all his life,
ysoeous resenifu party spirit and discipline As
den had no more conscientious duty than that
Hoffman and any other Democrat was counted in ii
possible He was energetic to do this 20 assa the
canal ring afrer~ard To be Reiormer,
must adopt the ngure of scripture and into the
womb and be horn again, and his old age to eat
people OF the state have more critically examined his
record since they elected him Governor in 1s74 Ii
would appear from the diminished vote his candidates
received year. while he in the height of his
performances against the canal ring that Mr.. Tlden
that almost hopeless against Dix. But his
scer quaint, and his fine, that he will give
the Democratic party hat hey have had in a
aIdae for years-the element OF hutnor He Is funny
10 look Al, aud funny for, and funner a
former than In any other way. He Is such reicrmer
Is the clown Grimald who lived II the time Of the
No Popery riots Other people wrote their doors
10 save the house, mo Popery" Joe wanted to take
. vide range, and wrote "No Religion" Now, per-
nsps. Tildeu may be complete a reformer TO
hazard on his door-plate, "No Principle."
TrLpES's POLITICAL RANK.
MI Iiidep isl European rather than an American
@ he hs. ike
ST. Armand and his love OF country is subtle
ard ooique in It's manifestations He medilates coup
fefaf deals In sses and acts by proclamation.
very remarkable politician, he yet drew his early in
spraIlons from the least heroc hough of he abest
Of our Presidents. Martin Van Buren,. The impression
left by Van Buren, country Of an adroi cline
cold-'enpered man, is, on the whole, the true one.
beginning life tederalist, he turned Gin
tonian, snd derpened Into radical Jackson Demo
Graf, and resraeed his steps, and led a Barn.
urner revolt against the regular party 10
defeat Csss Possessed Of fine abilities. he TO
have had rule Of conduct personal poll
neal success Yet he leaves 4 respectable memory In
The state Of New York among those old snti-savery
Democrats who ed for him against Cas- in Isss
That revolt really the breaking away Of the Re-
publican butterfly from its Wing and Democratic
cocoon Young Sammy Iilden was Van Buren's
neis bor, proege and secretary in his
Kinderhook. lie Van Buren, under the proudess
sircums Of an ex-Pr-sdents life beaten man.
sfi full Of hailins posers. who could beat the
lar candidate If ne could not recover the crown him
.eli, !. Is but bali days horseback ride from Til
vilzgs Of Undertook, or Chiid's Point.
VISIT TrLDES's HOME.
Last summer | spent two days on the spot, and
talked with Iildsn's pla ymates ana neghbors.
Tilden's ancestry were original Yankees, who re-
moved TO Connecticut, and, like those Of Hayes, as
cended toward Vermont Tilden's pitched upon =
piece Of valley tract among the original SHAKERS Of
Avon Lee. just over the Massachusetts line, in the
State Of New York The region is surrounded with
The lofty bills OF Berkshire ard separated by them
from the towns Of Pitisheid Lenox, williauistown,
etc. After the line was run. the Tildens found
rough country store, and seeing that the shakers
prospered by growing herbs, catnip, iimson, thyme,
Then h. ne q, ms p.u Term 10 such bal
Ioiions. etc, which he sold In the city VI New York.
His sons TOOK up the business and still grew herbs
makers since Paraceisus come TO political great
hes, and during this campaign catnip tea VIII be
more popular than hard cider.
Moses Tilden, the Governors father lived on the
line of the projected Boston Albany Railroad, ana
be vas pat among The Directors veli-to-do local
trader lie vas country politician Of the seho o.
George Clinton, and Van Buren, made him useful and
he used to ride New Lebanon with sas Wright
10 tail politics ana drink punch. Near by, within
nile OF two, was large summer hotel, the best Of
is class fifty ago, called Lebanon Springs Hotel
20 Bston, ana entertained all the dgnitar:es OF the
period There young Sammy TildeD, the weakly
youth Of cainip Valley. saw Lafayette and Webster
the young poet Longfellow and Levi Woodbury., DE
Wit Clinton Aaron Burr. He used to lie around
and read backs and listen to the talk Of the poll
ehidhood." Such the effect Of too much cstnip on
the young and par boiled mind.
Slas Wright looked him day, when the
brandy punch had got into that old square-headed
Squire, and said he:
'Th.rs sobsr-mindsd boy. Educate him.
Tild~n.''
Thy sent him over to New England to school, and
70 college az New Haven, and then put him 10 law in
New YORK city He rushed into politics premature v,
followed the great Barnburner of ouler Darkness
vas squelched, aud took q money making. After he
became rich, be Albany Regency, composed Of Peter
Caeger, Deau Richmond, and others made him clerk
OF the campaigns He regarded q dosged parfi-
san subordinate OF no particular brlancy, aud such
was MS sfafEs until Tweed exposed Il 1871. He
had become prominent enough for Horace Greeley to
address him letters in the Tribune. protesting
sgsinst the unscrupu Gus way he counted in" the
Tammany candidates.
vas Al the Rochester Convention Of 1871. where
Tweed made his last eight for recognition
against iiiden. seymour, and Herman l wrose mt
that time Tor the Chicago Tribune large parcel OF let
tiers, all OF which were Durnei up 10 the memorable
TIRE that happened Instantly afterward al Chicago.
felt Al that time the Importance OF the OCCASION and
talked few minutes with Tweed At the Osborn Ho-
TEL, and heard 1iden, when hooted by Iweed's fol-
lowers address The galleries, saying:
II can 90 back Z" my piundered fellow-citizens Of
the city oil New York and make yself heard therer 20
For the inst time In his lie be took an Independent
po>iti q In the Democratic party that time, and
Saul Of Iarsus, Knocked of his horse prosecuting
the Chris hsy mare s1.rn,tsad