The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-10-06

Mr.. Tilden received no favor from
Government officers, aud sought none.
He did nothing but pay all they i'm
posed Oh him." 1t will thus be seer
that he took advantage Of the Law and
in refusing to make return, com
pelted the Government to take the
fraudulent return of 1862 as a basis,
and permitted the addition of fifty pei
cent thereto. thus extending the fraud
to all the subsequent years up to 1872.
1t Is known that the greater portion
of Mr.. Tilden's colossal fortune of from
IS, 600, 600 TO 10, 600, 600 was made du
ring the years in which the tax upon
Incomes was exacted by law. Mr..
Filden, as al honest man, should have
made true return, without taking ad-
vantage of the option of leaving it 70
Government officials, from whom he
boasts that he ''asked no favor" The
inference is that lie was prepared to
hide items of income if he could, and
the proof is unanswerable that he did
conceal such items from official eyes
else the amount of his tax in the years
after 1862 would have been largely il
excess of the amount he actually paid
into the treasury.
In the face of this exhibition, how
absurd it is to hold up Gov Tilden as
a "reformer"-as one who, If elected TO
the Presidency, would guard the public
treasury from being despoiled by pub
lie plunderers as one who would see
that the revenues should be honestly
paid in and honestly disbursed. Would
he be more upright as the Chief magis
trate of the Nation than ~ has been
as a private citizen? Instead of wiping
out the stain upon his character as a
defrauder OF the revenues of his coun-
try, Judge Sinnott's reply has made it
indelible,
Political falsehoods are as thick as
''Ieaves in Valambrosa. The charge
that Hon. Carl Schurz expressed doubts
as to the success of Mr.. Hayes in Ohio,
is emphatically denied by that gentle
man, who did write, "Ohio seems to
me sure for Hayes" The assertion that
Gov. Hayes had written letter to the
American Alliance giving in his adhe
sion to its principles, is thus answered
by authority. "Governor Hayes never
wrote such letter; never belonged to
secret political society; and the sen
timent and act is totally repugnant to
every act and belief of his life" Fur
ther, Mr.. Chandler authorizes the de-
nial of the story that the National
Committee have indicated in any man
ner, or have contemplated, the cancel
lation of the engagements of Messrs.
Bristow and Schurz But we are not
surprised, for the utterers of these
falsehoods cry, Let US have peace, "
in imitation of honorable men, and
order the murder of helpless voters at
the same time; present thieves and
murderers under the guise of honest
men; and hesitate not to call on cler
gyInen to open harbecues that We're
planned to entrap unarmed men, fully
intending before hand to end them in
blood Ii you can doubt, read the re
ports of them in Southern Journals
"COntrcl the State we must, even if it
be through blood, is the White Liners
slogan.
I've confess to disappointment"
suys the Columbia, Ga, Times, at the
RESULT Ol TIE 6IeclltU Ill ludlilt. lHOuSU
we did not indulge in the hope of a
Democratic victory in thas State, we
did hope that they would be able to
make as close run as they did last
year. The result, as well as that in
Vermoun.. shows that while the Dem
ocats of the New England States are
this year bringing out as large vote
as they ever cast. the increase Oil the
side is still greater. Sad.
And yet we see no earthly reason to
look at the prospect other than does
this reform applauderi of Intimidation
and assassination. 1t really does look
as il, after Maine has raised her last
majority from 8, 500 to Is, $50, that the
other Nothern States should do equal
ly well, and then that ''solid South"
could once more enjoy the rare felicity
of lifting the dust" twi, e in one gener
alton. and learned that if the peaceful
Northman failed to furnish hemp for
traitors on their first offense, he was
pot so indiscreet as TO live unprepared
for just that emergency. ALPHA.