New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-15
TILDEN AND REFORM.

man be undcceived before he votes III the
presidential election. The indictment
against Tilden, covering his nelaflous
railroad transactions, whereby the petty
LAWYER became a power in his ring, the
issuing of shinplaster money III NlchlSan'
the evasion Of United States income anu
internal revenue taxes, the crooked alco-
hol distillery, the political partnership
with Boss Tweed, is all too long to be
read in detail, and it would be thrown
away here, where White League Demo
Gratis argue'with shotguns. The ballot
box stuting, though, in New York city,
calls for special mention, that our COM
missioners of election may be prepared
for the confidential Tilden circulars which
will undoubtedly be sent here.
In 1866 Fenton, Republican, was elect
ed Governor of New York by majority
of l3, 7S9, against Hoffman, Democrat. 1t
was the natural result OF fair election,
New York being then as now kepub-
lican State. At the next election Hotf-
man was again the Democratic candidate.
S. Jones Tilden was chairman OF the
Democratic State committee. and Mr..
Boss Tweed was second in command. In
that election the Republicans We're sur
prised to find Hoffman counted in by a
Democratic majority of 2l,946, showing
the work of Tilden and Tweed to be worth
10000 votes to the Democratic party.
Tweed had full control of the city, and
Tilden was his chief adviser, and received
paw for his services direct from Tweed,
as shown by reports Of those iniquitous
times on file in the State department. The
circular issued by Tilden, October n,
1868, as Democratic manager, we
have already published. It was
addressed to confederate in each
one Of the towns Of the State, and d.
rected that at the moment of closing the
polls, and before counting Of votes, an
estimate of the result should be tele-
graphed imme diately to William NJ.
Tweed, Tammany Hail." \ form for the
dispatch was given, and the circular was
signed Samuel J. Tilden, chairman. 7"
That election was most gigantic swindie.
Over thirty thousand fraudulent votes
were added to the Democratic count in
BROOKLYN and New York. Mr.. Greeley
aualyzed the vote, and showed that in
four wards having less than twelve thou
sand legal voters majority Of more than
seventeen thousand was returned by Til
den for Hoffman. The showing was un-
auswerable, but Mr.. Greeley talked to
men Of brass. If there ever was an hon.
est man seduced into the ways Of politics,
that man was Horace Greeley. He was
fattered into the belief that the country
could be carried Democratic by fair yot-
ing, and his vanity led him to become a
candidate. In the simplicity Of his
heart he addressed a letter of remon-
STRANGE to the shameless manipulation of
votes. A portion of his letter to Tilden,
dated October 30, 1869, reads as follows:
Mr.. Tilaen, you can not escape response
blity for you were at least passive &C
complice in the great frauds of last Novem-
Der. Your name was used, without public
protest On your part, n circulars sOwed
broadcast over the State whereof the mani.
fest intent was to make assurance donbiy
sure, that the frauds here perpetrated
sbould not be overborne by the honest vote
of the rural districts. And you, not merely
by silence, but by positive assumption, nave
covered those frauds with the mantle OF
your respectability. On the principle that
1.-THE receiver is as bad as the thief" you
are as deeply implicated in them to-day as
though your name were Tweed, O'Brien or
Oakley Hall. Mr.. Tllden, you know what
this contrast attests. Right well do you
comprehend the means whereby the vote OF
1863 was swelled out of all proportion.
There are not IL 900 legal voters living in
those wards to-day, though they gave Hon
man II, 4i3 majority.
Poor Mr.. Greeley fell among thieves
and they killed him. He died of broken
heart. While Tilden and Tweed could
carry New York according to their will
and pleasure, before the power Of the in
iquitous ring was broken, they could not
make a President of the United States.
Their wires were not long enough, nor
their plans deep enough, though they
have been put upon record rs the most
successful election manipulators OF the
age. The old firm of Tweed and Tilden
has been dissolved by the withdrawal of
the senior partner. Tilden continues to
do business at the old stand.
In looking about for an available can
didate, one most likely to win, and OF
reputation as manager. nothing more,
the st. Louis convention, through the
bluAinc Of Molrissey, and the wheedled
and plastic Southern delegates, Tilden
was chosen as the standard bearer of
the Democratic party. He is a man
without honor III his own State, man
who was never honored with a seat IN
Congress- and whose only public promo
ton was achieved by counting himself IN
as Governor of New York. The Southern
Democracy has been swindled, and it de-
served to be. There were men who could
have been nominated who would have
been an honor to the country in the event
of possible Democratic victory. David
Davis, the honest conservative Judge;
Bayard, the statesman, whose only black
mark is leaning toward secession; Han
cock. the honest patriot and soldier. are
men who would have been acceptable, to
say nothing of Bristow, who would have