The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-07-21
TILDEN AND HENDRICKS.
Biographical Sketches OF the Democratic
Candidates for President and Vice.
President.

before his health gave way and obliged him TO
entered he TniyersiIs Of New YORK wher" he he
completed his academic education. lie then en-
tered the law ofllce OF the late judge John W. .
/ Edmunds, In New York City, and AFTER n thor
ough preparation was admitted 20 the bar. In
1881, ever the signature Of "Crino." he wrote a
| series Of exceedingly ase papers In defense OF
the recommendation OF President Van Buren for
! the separation OF the Government from the banks
and the establishment Of the independent
I Treasury. In these papers he advocated the
proposed separation and the redeemability OF the
Government currency In specie. In the fall Of
ISIS he made = speech az a meeting called ex-
pressly a. listen 10 speech by Nathaniel Il. Tai
madgc, United states senator from New
/ York At the conclusion OF senator Talmadge's
/ speech a motion was carried inviting any Demo
crat in the semblage To reply In response to
loud calls from Democrats present Tldon
mounted the platform and with his sound logic
| and unanswerable arguments spoken in style
! OF matchess oratory, he won the sympathics OF
/ the crowd and utterly discounted the senator.
| In the fall OF 1870 he made mastery speech on
the re establishment OF the United states Bank,
meditated by the Wings. His speech on that 0c-
casion was spoken of by Condo Ragnet the dis
tinguished political economist OF that day, and
| author OF the ''freatse on Currency and Bank
! ing, ," as the most mastery production and the
clearckt exposition Of the subjects To which IL
| relates that has vet appeared in that department
/ of composition" In lsi4 he Joined John l..
O'sulliyan N the publication of the New York
DAILY Ners, which at once took rank as an able
! Democratic journal. From the tall of 1886.
after the defeat OF Silas Wright. Mr..
! Illen devoted himself with great
aeslduity 10 the practice of his profession, which
he continued up TO the year 1869 without allow
ing himself 90 become engrOssed in public affairs
% such an extent as 10 interfere with his pro.
fessional duties. Ii has been said Of him. and
truly, that in that time he became one Of the
most eminent lawyers this country has ever pro
duced, snd his practice was probably larger and
more lucrative than that % any other barrster
IN the country. Many of the cases In which Mr..
| Iilden was engaged rs leading counsel have be-
/ come famous az leading cases. one OF them was
fta tai Na.ttt. in =,
! MIR. lllden's opening in this case, Charles
/ OConor, the veteran OF the American bar, said
! Il WAS one ~ the most remarkable intellectual
EFFORTS he had ever witnessed In 1857 Mr.. Til
/ den successfully conducted the case Of the heirs
/ OF DR. Rurdell against the claim of Mrs. Gun
ningham 20 widows share Of DR.. Burdells
/ property. she claiming 10 have been privately
I married % him ihe case Is one OF the most
celebrated in the New York reports and occupies
one hundred and forty seven pages IN the fourth
volume Of Bradford's Reports.
When the rebellion broke out Mr. Tilden as
sumed no cquivocal position, but maintained
that the unity OF this Nation must AZ an hazsrls,
\ be preserved. In the wnterof is6O-l re attended
I and spoke az meeting Of the leading men Of
both parties IN New York City Ia consider what
measures were necessary % avert an armed col
I iision between the two sections OF the country
I To the North he urged reconciliation and for
\ bearance, and 10 the South Difference TO the
/ expressed wish Of the majority lie warned the
\ South that. II they expected Northern Democrats
\ 90 hold the Government while they whipped the
North. they were mistaken II the war came,
Northern Democrats would fight for the Govern.
ment. AZ meeting held AT the use OF General
Dix just after President IiucOln's call for IS 100
troops, Mr.. Tilden expressed his belief that We
were on the eve OF great civil war, aud that The
President ought 10 have called for CO., 60
men instead Of the 800. All dur
ing the conflict Mr. Tilden's voice
was for a vigorous prosecution Of the war. and
he armed and equipped one regiment Of New
York troops az his own private expense. AT the
National Democratic Convention 10 Chicago, in
ls6t as n member Of the Committee on Resolu-
tons he made a speech in committee, in which
he insisted that the adjustment OF the controyer-
~ pending between the North and south on any
other basis than the restoration ~ the Union was
manifestly impossible, that the question about
which parties differed. and which bad lei 20
a collision, might be compounded, postponed.
or left without any affirmative action, while all
the parties 10 the controversy remained IN the
Union; but the moment either went out OF the
Union the question OF difference became imme-
diately and inevitably incapable Of solution, ex
cept by war
To Mr.. Tden more than TO any other one man
IL due the overthrow % the corrupt Tweed Ring
which Tor years used the whole power Of the
state to enable them % plumber the people Of the
City of New York. IL was not until the passage
of the infamous Tweed charter In 1859 that the
Ring became completely organized. Under this
charter the theits on the New York City Treasury
were ~ per cent. Of the whole amount in lsl0and
later we're - per cent. BEEF re- this charter Vas
granted the antagonism between MIR. Tilden and
the members n the Ring had become well defined
and bitter. AS Chairman OF the Democratic
State Committee, and leader Of the party, he
made war the Ring and IL friends by using
all his powerful influence 10 balk them IN their
efforts TO secure the countenance and c fntrol Of
the party. They attempted, but unsuccessiully.
to depose him from the chairmanship. At the
election 10 ISL the Ring plan was to elect ANA
IOrity OF men favorable 10 them TO the Lcgisla
ture. Its members feared, a. they had reason
% fear. Mr. Tilden's powerful opposition -
Chairman ~ the Democratic state Committee.
They tried 70 negotiate and compromise with
hun. hey sought 10 alarm the country dele
gates and country politicians with lhe threat Of
acceded to. They offered ~ surrender all part
in the state Convention and in the State organi-
cation, and weighty pressure was brought ON I
Mr.. Tilden from powerful men all over the /
state 70 accept their proposals and ''saye the 1
party"
In a speech AT the Cooper Institute SIR. Tilden I
said "a great many times that offer was re-
pcated, and every thing WAS rendered me except I
the senate and Assembly the State OF New
York but said that every thing else was Of no I
value for them 20 give. and Of no value for me /
10 take; that the Legislation which should be I
made in respect To the City Government, what /
ever el.e would compromise, that could not 4
compromise, and would not, Applause 4
told the State tonvcnton-bcing the nominal \
head Of the Democratic party in this Sfaic-for I
the sake % perfect frankness and distinctnesa,
and in order that might not he misunderstood, /
told them that felt u % be my duty To oppose \
any man who would not go for making thc Gov
crnm, nj OF this city what it ought to be, ~ \
whatever cost. ri whatever sacrihca, II they .
did not deem that regular | would resign /
Chairman of the state Committee and take my
place in the ranks " my plundercd fellow citi-
zens and help them 10 fghl their battle OF cman
cpation."
Mr. Tiiden aid not compromise. Early in
September he issued q letter " 900 Democrats,
urging them ito take knife and cut the cancer
out by the roots" These Democrats nOhy re-
spOndcd TO MIR. Tilden's exhOrtation and cordial
" gave HIM their support he Legislature was
Overwhelmingly anti Ring, and the Ring was
crushed.
Mr.. TIlden was elected TO the next Legislature,
and he bent his entire energies 60 the reform Of
the Judiciary and the Impeachment Of the cor
rupt Judges appointed under the Tweed dynasty.
The result was the punishment or flight OF all
the members OF that foul nest of thieves.
In lS7t Mr.. Tilden was the Democratic candi-
date for Governor Of New York, against the
most popular Governor that State had ever had
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