National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-07-11
REFORM! REFORM! REFORM :!

The great exemplsr of reform now in
the land is Samuel ]. Tilden, and his
apostle is any humbug that can be caught
with the term in his mouth, great is Til
den great is Reform But the greater
than these is the school and the masters
FROM which this modern reformer learned
his arts in that line. The teachers of the
precious lesson of reform which this man
Tilden proposes to inculcate throughout
Tweed, Andrew ]. Carney, Tom Fielu,
r. B. Connolly and a host of others of
that kidney, in the city Of New York, who
have cleft their country for their country's
good" A more graceless set never en-
numbered the earth, and a more fitting
apostle they could not have than the
canting hypocrite whom the Democrats
have selected as their national standard
bearer. A man is said to be known by
the company he keeps, and the political
associates of Samuel ]. Tilden can be
counted among those who robbed the
city of New York of millions, debauched
the elective franchise without STINT and
then fed to escape the wrath to come.
Birds of feather" &C., is not bad
maxim; and does any one suppose that
Tilden at heart is any purer or better than
those who stole in his city and run awsy2
This may be hard thing to say ola man
so distinguished by party, but it is logi-
cal and justiiable. After cahooting with
the New York thieves until they had
scattered, Tilden undertook to make some
cheap capital by opening crusade upon
the canal thieves" as he called the canal
contractors in his State. Most of these
were of his own political party, but, un-
like the New York ring. they were not
much 'on the divide" and hence were fit
objects of persecution. We have
no more respect for the plunderers who
would not divide than we have for the man
who pursued them on account of their CO.
vetousness, and is now endeavoring to build
himself up at the expense of their reputs-
lions. We regard them as all of piece,
and should the nation be 80 unfortunate as
to place this modern leader in reform at the
head of the Government, the flood gates of
corruption, fraud and embezzlement would
be opened with tenfold volume, and a
brighter era of plumber would open, ex-
ceeding and expanding wider than any be-
fore known in the history of this country.
Every Democratic reformer IN the House
would crowd to the front for fat places or
jobs. Every ex Confederate who is brood
ing over his sacrifices in the ''lost cause"
would seek naturalization therefor in Of
fee or contracts that might prove remune-
rative. A younger brood of reformers,
who took their first lessons from Tweed,
Tilden & Co., would seek the avenues of
plumber in the nation under Tilden until
the enormities perpetrated under Buchanan.
the last of long line of Democratic re-
formers, would sink into insignifcance.
1t will be sad day for this Republic
when ex.rebels respited traitors, the
hungry plunderers of party that has long
sighed for return to the flesh pots of po-
litical emoluments, and all the enemies of
the Union and Constitution are made wei
come to the Departments Of Government
and the avenues of spoils The lessons
taught by their fathers in this line would
be improved upon until, at the end of four
years, this country would have no more
army, no more navy and no more treasure
than when the Democratic party last left
the Government under Buchanan,