National Republican., 1876-08-29
Specimens Of Tilden's Patriotism and Hon
rFrom the Albany Evening Journal

From the Albany Evening Journal
1. When every patriotic heart was stirred by
the rebel assault upon the Union flag in '6l,
Tilden made no sign Of sympathy with the
grand uprising of the people.
2. When asked to sign the call for the first
Union meeting in the Metropolis he perempsor-
lily refused.
8. When every loyal man and woman and
child in the North, who had dime or dollar
to spare, was contributing to the patriotic
fund in aid of the Government, Tilden refused
to contribute farthing from his great wealth:
4. When every loyal speaker in the land was
uttering words of hope and good cheer, and
when the whole North rang with shouts of
vehement patriotism, Tilden was dumb and
in6iferent-willing that the Union should be
dismembered and treason triumph, rather
than contribute a dime or utter q sentence
to avert the threatened overthrow of the Re-
public.
5. When loyal men of all parties were united
in their denuDciation of secession as q heresy
and a crime, Tilden was writing letters and
making speeches to prove that any State, If
backed by its local public opinion, had right
10 withdraw from the Union; that the Geseral
Government had no right to "coerce" such a
State back TO its allegiance, and that If she
nClc HlaOC buO ctoIC NOul0 HdNC euC
same right to Iesist as an Independent nation
would to repel invasion.
9. While the war was In progress, and when
the life OF the Republic hung In the balance;
while the nation and the people were straining
every nerve to overthrow the rebellion and to
punish treason, Tilden "made no sign" of
sympathy with the country or with the brave
men who were fighting its battles.
z. In 1854, when the rebellion was being
pushed to the wall , and when It was evident
to every careful observer that the war must
speedily close by the surrender of the rebel
army, Tildsn, by cooperating with Northern
Copperheads and Knights of the Golden
Circle, gave them heart and hope, and, by the
action of the Chicago convention, which de-
clared the war a "failure" and that it must
"cease," prolonged the war through an addl-
tional twelve month, and paved the way for
the slaughter of an additional hundred thou
sand boys in blue.
s. While every one Who had a drop of patri-
otic blood in his veins stood ready to shed It
for his beloved couatry, Tilden was busy
wrecking railroads and embezzling stock and
bonds from the widows and orphans of St.
Louis and Te-re HaGte..
9. Tilden was not satisfied with Withholding
every dollar of his owR.great wealth from the
patriotic fund during the war, but (it is specid-
cally chargedl sought in 1862, by the basest
means, to defraud the Government out of its
lawful due by falsely. stating bis income.
Parsimony and disloyalty, as illustrated in the
wartime action of this great reformer, needed
but the addition of frand and perjury to round
out his character and present 10 the world
the unmistaksble liDeaments of frst-class
rogue.
10. Tilden started out as a streformer,"
pledged to punish the "canal thieves" who
had for years been depicting the treasury.
But he had accomplished nothing, except to
give him an opportunity to bargain with these
thieves for their votes as the price Of immunity
from further prosecution.
IL. Processing determined purpose to pun
ish all offenders and TO permit the law to take
its course, he is pardoning convicted criminals
by the score to secure their votes for himself
and his party.
10. While pretending great love for civil
service and ostentatiously condemning official
interference in elections, Tilden permits clerks
and deputies paid by the people to neglect
their business to attend to politics, and COM
pels subordinates to do clerical work in the
committee-room of his party.
Is. Having done nothing to save the Repub-
lie from the hands of armed traitors, he now
expects the votes of traitors to make him
President of country they sought to destroy.