Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-10-13
sn.,, TIlden,s RecOr'.

Our Reform candidate can boast "a record
both profuse and weighty-such as no pre-
5scessor Of his has been able to present
since the organization of the government.
Some If them may have been slandered' to
he snre bnt their SANDERS were ephemerl
and verescent-eonjured mp 10 affect
campaign, then to die out with laugh ana
on into oblivion. Not so with our Reform
candidate. His record will survive HIM
as we are told that 1.-THE evils men do live
after them His IS indelibly written and |
woven into most of the grand-swindles OF
the age-and are as imperishable as brass.
If we except Boss Tweed, he stands out IN
hold Observation-Disclosures paragon ana
piapt of the swindlers of the age. That we
NAV not be charged with extravaganza, let
Ms introduce a few samples of his record 50
grouped as to be taken in at glance and
we trust they will be read by those who are
TO cast presidential vote. Look at IT,
PRIOR to 1861. he was in full synpa-
tbv personal and political with those
SoIItbern leaders who consplred 10 ueslroy
the Union. 1oeo o,d
1861 bv declaring that the government ha9
no constitutional right to coerce the oouln
into obeying laws.
1862. by declaring under oath that his IN
come did not exceed $7,116, whereas IN
1863 he made oath that in 1862 he received
from one railroad fee of $50, goo.
f. He allowed the assessor to add the
penalty of so per cent. to his discovera6le
t income from 1868 to 1872 rather than make
4 oath tothe amount he received. BY TINS
means he paid a tax on only S10,OOO, Whlle
his yearly income was not less than Son.
600.
8. He was. the legal adviser of, and large
, lv interested in two mining companies IN
Michigan, that issued many millions OF dol
I lars IN paper money, on the circulation OF
which not dollar of tax was paid, while
j every branch of business and both national
| and State currency were taxed for money.
t G. He was the man who advised Oakes
5 Ames to form that swindling company
known as the Credit Mobiller..
e 7. He was the chairman OF the commit
: fee that framed that infamous resolution
which declared the war failure ano
which became one OF the plank5 IN th'
Democratic platform in 1854.
er & He has been opposed to every leading
y u r,oosnre of reconstruction since the clos
er Of fine war. including every amendment Il
pc the Constitution.
5q 5e @ He has been for the past twenty year
n an active politician, sohooled in all tn
eF tricks of Tammany Hall, and during thi
time has been the friend and contidant o
:, those notorious leaders that have disgrace
be tba noIitics of New York State, from Ryn
We der fbe striker. to Tweed the robber.
OF OF 10 He presided over political conven
no +ion in I8fl-wherein Tweed sat as recog
ni1ed and honored leader. and this NOR
than one wear after the extent Of his rot
:" heries had been published to the Worid.
=, ii While he was the Governor OIL IN
State of New York he allowed Tweed 70 :
or placed under the charge OF sherlH Wn
gal ~ had been a warm personal friend OF I'd
eERoss +" and from whose custody ne 500
MS after escaped Although the people wei
'u- Ioud in their denunciations OF thls ouIras
ers ON iustice. the Governor made no eHort :,
AT recapture the fugitive, orto remove u
au sheriff who permitted him to escape
70. He has made pretenslon OF reform
orJ mt forth claims to the breaking up
use use the canal ring of the State OIL new o orI
the and vet the official records show not one
nj | Ule ring JuulSiAONi; iiOA -
any en- money recovered.
the IL. He has assumed to himself the cred
insS iins of reducing State taxation for 1876, WheT
as the reduction was first proposed, and u
iol- laws necessary to effect 1t enacted, py
lp1f nuf Republican Legislature.
nts' IA He is surrounded by the most Il
serupulous politicians, the Kelleys al
the Morrisseys. of New York, and if elect
$ in would have the ear of the most dangero
swo and corrupt class of men that ever disgra
ed politics. e4, !
IG | loyal element of the South, the copperhe
tten eIement-of the North, and his eleetl
Dis wouId lead to the recognition OF claims
Use Use the interest of the South; the advent II
crit mower of men and measures which cost
.Ev- government four years Of war and mllllC
NJ, 0f treasure to defeat, and would mark
att beginning of a decline in our national cr'
If that would end in universal bankrupt
10 These are but few of the many reas(
iprs whv Tilden should not be elected. A
one of them ought to be sufficient to def
n Is him. for the nation cannot afford to lntr
its vast interests IN the hands OF any
Is of whose record is not clear and clean. !
been been man for the Presidency must not bt
"iSe tbe Tammany politician. He must be alb
reproaeh, and not open to suspicion; 81
an OF a man is Rutherford B. Hayes. his
y to record is without stain. His career has
a noble one, such one as would give prt
m; Use of true reform everywhere. His elect
re 2Fsf6 tS will be a public blessing, in whose IL
myth will come prosperity, protection to
even-handed justice North and South,
NJ Sber ~ that lasting peace for which the couI
good has waited SO long.