The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-08-24

man is chosen by the people? What
would you say of the fidelity of man
whom you hired for month and who
left you on the tenth day2 The law says
you need not pay him if he thus aban-
dons your service; and Isay there is an
honorable obligation on every public
man who accepts Office to serve out his
term, unless those who elected him (and
in this cause it is the whole people, shall
consent to surrender his position. The
consent of the Republican party can not
relieve Mr.. Hayes from his sworn duty.
There are twenty thousand Democrats in
the State of Ohio, and am one of them,
who voted for him last fall, and who now
protest against his abandonment of the
Gubernatorial chair, and his opening
the door for man who is totally unfit
for the position. We may forgive Gov
ernor Hayes for his previous resignation
of seat in Congress, mischieyous as his
conduct then was, but we can not excuse
the repetition of that error when it
stands plainly before our eyes that it
will lead to the humiliation Of every
man, woman and child in the State of
Ohio through the man who is to fill his
place. Imay be told that Gov. Hayes will
not be elected, but does that change the
immortality of his conduct Doesit re-.
lieve you from participation ia his guilt
if you vote for him There is portion of
Governor Hayes's letter of acceptance
which is very impostant as showing the
feebleness of his mind when he attempts
to be leader in public opinion. He is
against allowing members of Congress to
interfere with Presidential appointments,
and put the question to you, what will
be the consequence if his suggestion is
adopted by the country? 1t will be
relapse, if no more is done, to the old
arbitrary appointments by the President
which so alarmed Henry Clay, Daniel
Webster. Sllas Wright and Felix Grun-
dy. These men introduced the very
weak but still restraint on the Presidents
arbitrariness. They wanted some one
else to be directly responsible for appoint
ments, and to do. away with the back
stair influence thxt disgusted the
country.
Look now to Governor Tilden's letter
of acceptance, and see how much more
intelligently and comprehensibly he
takes up the subject, which shows that
he does not, like Hayes, mistake some
thing for reform which is really taking
a step backward. He goes to the very
bottom of the mischief, and is nobly
seconded by Governor Hendricks in his
letter of acceptance. (Mr. r. referred to
that part of the letter of acceptance of
Governor Tilden which begins with the
words, 1.-THE first step in reform is" etc.,
and ends with words. I" is necessarily
charged.")
Some one may say to me that Mr.. Til
den is also in a Gubernatorial chair while
he is running for President, but there is
a great difference between the two cases.
Hayes will, if elected, have to resign a
whole year of his Gubernaterial term and
open the door for an incompetent to en-
ter, while Governor Tiiden's Presidential
term will not begin until his Guberna-
torial term has expired, and the Guber-
material chair will be filed by one
chosen purposely- by the people; it will
be man fit for the position.
Now, few words about the attacks
made upon Governor Tilden's private
character. It is characteristic of the
moral caliber of the Republican party.
Finding themselves unable to report any
thing that is Objectionable in Tilden's
public life, they assail his private con-
duct. The first charge against him is
that he is railroad lawyer. Well, ii,
in country with seventy thousand
miles of railroads, in which 81, 900, ,0O0,-
900 of money are invested, lawyer
should get no railroad business at all, it
would not, in my opinion, be very
strong testimonial in his favor. This
whole charge is yamped up story. The
very papers who make it have supported
railroad lawyers, and will do it again
when it suits their purpose. The Com
mercidI supported Alphonso Taft for
Governor, who aided N. Fl. Wilson in
his vast amount of dirty work done by
him in reference to the Marietta and
Hilsboro Railroads. 1t is now adj
vocating the nomination and election of
Stanley Matthews, whose railroad con-
nections are so well knewn in this COM
munity that I need not say anything
about them. They were, SO far as | know,
entirely honorable. But they say Gov.
Tilden las supported some wrong things
in railroads. | deny it; but allow my
self to remind you that have yet to
see the lawyer who could, with an ex-
tensive practice, keep from being the
advocate occasionally of something
wrong. Governor Hayes's first case was
the defense OF murderess. heard the
speech he made on that occasion, and il
convinced me that his defense was
proper, for he defended her believing hel
insane. / am familiar with Governor
Tilden's connection with the Terrt
Haute and Alton Railroad, and can say
emphatically that whatever wrong there
was in that road was prepetrated before
Governor Tilden had anything to dc
with it, and that all he did was 10 lesser
the evils that had sprung from previous
conduct. He saved from utter los
persons who without him were in a very
precarious condition; he made the Sc
J curities of all more valuable than they
were when he took hold of it. And i
there is anything unsettled it. in conse
quence of Governor Tilden's efforts Il
1 save parties who were hopelessly in
yolyed, and not because Goyerno
Tilden wanted to enrich himself at othe
peoples expense. / have read the lega
documents and papers, all of which ar
in print, and open to every body's in
spection in Court, and say withou
hesitancy and with full knowledge tina
Governor Tilden was paid much less 70
his services than, for instance, Judg
Hunter charged fer much less work an
responsibility.
What Grant Has Cost the Country.
Evansville Courier.l
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