Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-02
A SKETCH OF THE DEMOCRATIC
STANDARD. BEARER.

publican party.
A SKETCH OF THE DEMOCRATIC
STANDARD. BEARER.
Samuel j. Tilden was born at New
lebanon, Columbia county, New
York, in the year 1914. His grandfath-
er, John Tilden, settled in Columbia
county. His mother was descended
from VIM. JONES' Governor Of tho New
Haven Colony. Tho Governors hthor,
q farmer and merchant of New Lebsn-
on. was . man Of notable judgment
and practical sense, his opinions being
justly valued by his nsighbors, but BY
none moro than by President Van
Buren,, who till death was one Of his
most intimate personal friends. From
bis father. the son inherited . taste for
political inquiries and in his compan-
ionship had opportunities to become
familiar with tho bearings of various
questions which then agitated the coun.
try. In the fall of 1882 Tilden entered
college, but his health becoming i'm
paired, he was forced to leave, and was
not enabled to resume his studies un
til two years later, when he entered
the University at New York, where he
finished his academic education. He
then entered the law Office of the late
John w. Edmonds, in the city of New
York, where he enjoyed peculiar ia
cilities for the prosecution of his favor
tie studies of law and politics. Upon
his admission to the bar Mr.. Tilden
opened an office in Pine street, in the
city of New York. In 1874, in conec
ton with John l.. O'Sullivan, he
founded the newspaper called the
Daily Ncps. and in the fall Of lS45 was
elected q member Of the Assembly
from that city, and while q member OF
that body was elected . member Of tho
convention for the remodeling Of the
constitution Of the State, which was to
cominenc It's session after the adjourn
ment of the Legislature. In both Of
those bodies no was = conspicuous au-
thority and left q permanent impress
sion on the Legislature OF the year
After the year 1857 Mr.. Tilden with
drew from politics and confined him
self to his profession. With q concen.
tration of energy which has character
lied all his transactions, he gave him
self up to the practice of law. His
business developed rapidly and, though
he continued to take more OF less in
terest in political matters, they ere
not allowed after 1857 to interfere with
his professional duties, and since the
year 1855 he has been instrumental in
conducting to q successful issue "a
many heavy and important suits AT
law, perhaps, as any man In America.
Till tho war came Governor Til.
den made every effort to aver
the catastrophe, but when his Of.
forts, combined with those Of other
prominent patriots, proved abortive,
his convictions were TO maintain the
supremacy OF the constitutional author
tiles. He had studied profoundly the
relations Of the Federal and State Gov.
and had thus formed per-
fectly clear and settled opinions In re
lation to those subjects, and his mind
never vacillated. They were the opin
ions of Jackson, Van Buren,, Wright
and Marcy, with whom, during their
lives, he had been on terms OF
personal intimacy. In these latter
days, Governor Tilden has, by his
boldness in attacking the strong-holds
of corruption in his native State, made
himself prominent in the work of re.
form, and is recognized as the mar to
lead it, not only in New York, but to
fill a position from which he might
similar evils throughout the
broad extent of the United States.
Governor Tilden is Of . purely nervous
temperament, i've feet ten iDchss In
and Is now In the sixty-third
year Of his age.