Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-09-28
"A Stale slansler Refuted.

Al sAAc IN. StoUScsdS 6dzeXe OF sept |
q, We have the following: "Hayes is
known TO have several hundred thou.
sand dollars worth of property, and |
yet he returns paltry few thousands |
10 the assessor for taxation. For the |
particulars, see the article from the
Toledo DeDaocrut, published on our first |
page. Is man who COMMITS perjury
In order to save the payment of his
just portion Of his taxes fit man TO el-
evate to the Presidency"
To the above we have to say-I. As
a whole, the statement, 80 far as It re-
iers to Gov. Hayes, is lie, and as the
Spirit Of Democracy says, is q mean lie
2. 1t is not kao,cn that Hayes is owner
Of several hundred thousands dollars,
returnable by him, while he returns a
paltry few thousands-the contrary is
known. His real estate is not returna-
ble to the assessor. This every land
owner understands. Hayes may own
large real estate-and that helps q
|crotchety Democratic lie. 8. The par
ticulars of the Toledo Democrat have
been fully answered long since, and no
decent Democratic paper repeat the lie
I-penny-a-liners only. The trouble
about Hayes is, Democratic slander
limps along without proof, while Re
publicans dfsprove and clearly acquit
him OF the charges. No two contra
dietory oaths stand face to face, proving
perjury, as in TilJen's case.
Now the question, sis a man who
commits perjury, &C., fft man to ele-
vate to the Presidency" I. We an
swer unhesitatingly-no perjurer, swim
dler, and Tammany thief, comrade Of
Tweed, Kelly, Morrissey, &C., is "a fit
man for the Presidency" 2. Tilden
|swore his income in 1862 was only
s7,1lS; and again swOre that he RE-
ceived' in the same year for one law
fee, $4,000. Records and oaths prove
that his whole income of that year was
nearer 100000. Every apology for
this perjury only proves more clearly
the perjury and the fraud-as that part
of the 500, 900 was earned before 1862,
while the law, as known to all, is not
the earnings Of the year, but its receipts,
are the lawful ia-come. Again, as that
Tilden loaned his brothers part of his
incomes. This only proves the in.
come as charged, and the consequent
perjury and fraud. 8. Additional facts,
figures, official records, prove fraud and
perjury. Some of them are mean
swindles, too. Passing scores of charg-
es taken from the record, with which
the public is familiar, we notice here
the last-thst small item brought to
the surface just recently. Some years
ago Tilden made large purchases from
a manufacturing house, the firm of
Pattier & Stymus, for the furnishing of
his pallatial mansion, to large amount.
When the bill was first presented, Til.
den put off payment by excuse Of going
to Europe. Time passed on, and again
an itemized bill was presented. Then
Tilden refused payment. and succeed.
ed in the swindle on the plea of the
Limitation. Pattier & Stymus publish
ed their statement in the N. Y. Tribune
recently. This is bold, mean fraud,
made public, and challenging contra
diction. All these charges, backed by
stern, undenied proof, stand out in
bold prominence, perfect contrast
with the false manufactured charges
made against Hayes, without proof
made in desperate extremity to divert
from charges against Tilden, which are
proven by legal and decisive testimo.
ny-charges which neither Tilden nor
his friends have attempted to disprove
charges more and more confirmed by
every apology made by volunteer
friends pushed to the last extremity.
Take another fact case beyond deni-
al. Tilden, for some seven years re-
fused TO make return of his income, as
the law required; but submitted to the
guess-estimate of the Revenue officer,
and the law penalty Of so per cent add
ed to the guessed income. Now, what
Democrat, even, has ever dared to de-
ny this stubborn, fraudulent fact, or
frame an apology for the designed
swindle? No honest man, fit for the
Presidency. ever did such dastardIy
thing. Tilden did that dirty thing,
for which a dirty Democratic journal
can neither make denial or apology.
Take still another case Of this perju-
red swindler's unfitness for the Presi-
dency. He is base secessionist of the
basest kind. His published creed and
his conduct during the late rebellion,
prove this charge. See his Kent Let
te. In that he boldly declares his be.
lief in the right OF a State to rebel. So
when the South rebelled, his black
heart was with the rebellion, and his
black hand too, as far as he dared. But
this rebel Democrat is deemed by kim
ired Democracy fit for the Presidency!
To-day we would rather vote for the
bold traitor, JEFF. Davis, than for'this
,neak-thief, slippery traitor of the
Tammany schoOl-this Copperhead,
who would bite you and your country {
to death, without giving you the
of the less sneaking rattle
snake. Yes, jeff. had some manhood.
THE full figures of the recent election
IN Vermont have been furnished. The
'otal vote was Ga 1893. The Republican
majority 23,721. The majority in 1874 s