New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-03

Samuel j. Tllden presents al oAt1 e"Aui
nary exception among all the canoiaates
that ever ran for the Office OF PRESIDENT
since the formation of our government, IN
the fact that he lie the only candidate VINO
has ever been charged with the commission
of crimes sufficient to send him to the penl-
Tertiary like an ordinary criminal: he mas
set up loud howl for "reform," and YET
the following serious criminal charges have
been made against him, and most OF them
have been clearly proved:
l. That he has, with others. embezzled
from the st0ckhOlders OF the Ierre Ha9te
and Alton railroad, 100000 in bonds,
for which he is practically under iudict-
ment, by having suit instituted against
him for embezzlement and for the recovery
OF the ponds. His long, lsbOred and up
hill answer shows clearly that be is brighten.
ed and even appalled, at the prospect before
him of being convicted.
2. Il has been proved that as attorney ne
vas the chief organizer OF the Credit Mo-
biher Company, which swlndled the govern.
ment our of millions, receiving tee OF
325 900 for doing the work. and was stock
holder to the amount of So, 900. Being en-
gagged in thls swinGle is not exactly penl-
Tertiary otfense, but inssmuch as the
Democratic speakers and press have pro-
claimed Cakes Ames and tho rest OF the
stockholders to be no better than so many
thieves. he should therefore be put IN the
category.
3. As attorney he aided Jim Fisk and Jay
Gould in rObb!ng the Erie railway of mil
lions, and received for his share 81 100000!
If burglar is punished with two to five
years imprisonment for rObbing to the
amount of s., then Tilden should certainly
receive life sentence for this crime.
4. As that prominent Democratic paper.
the Brooklyn Argus very truthfally said.
for years Tilden passed the New York
courthouse daily, knowing all that time
that millions had been stolen out of the
treasury in that edi6ce; yet he. . great
reformer," never exposed the robbery and
never aided in the conviction Of his in
innate, political and personal friend, Mr..
William Tweed. till over year after the
New York Times expose, and then not till
he saw clearly there was no hope for that
great thief did he turn against his pal and
yell .'stop thief" and made Q great chow
Of reform" in endeavoring to have him
convicted.
5. In 1868 there was sent out q confden.
tial circular, over his own name, as chair
man, to Democratic politicians at important
political points throughout New York, re.
questing them, after the polls were closed.
and half an hour before the wires would be
m0nOpoiized to send election returns, to
send the majOrities, with their respective
loss or gain, to him. The object of this was
to ascertain how much it would be neces-
sary to stuff the New York city and Brook
lyn ballot boxes in order to carry to whole
State. Mr.. Tilden, at this late day, scknowl-
edges that such circular was sent out
over his name, but denies that he ever con.
sented his name to be used. Very thin in
his denial Ballot stuffing is penitentiary
Ofense. Horace Greeley, late candidate for
the presidency, has charged, in letter pub
lished shortly after the commission of that
crime, that Mr.. Tllden was personally aware
of the stufing OF the ballot-boxes in those
cities.
s. When the stockholders of the Lake
Superior Mining Company, of which Mr..
Tilden is the heaviest shareholder, agreed
to assess themselves for the purpose of re-
deeming those shinplasters paid out to the
miners, Samuel j. Tilden displayed his
mean, dishonest and penurious nature by
refusing to pay his share, thus showing
that he is naturally a swindler.
7. And now, to cap the climax of his ras-
calities, Samuel j. Tlden, in 1862, com.
mitted the crime of perjury by swearing
that his income was only seven thousand
and odd hundred dollars, when according
to his sworn answer, made in 1876 to the
suit instituted against him by the Terre
Haute and Alton Railroad Company, he re-
ceived one fee alone Of $4,000 in that same
year Of 1862, saying nothing of his other |
numerous sources of income to over SlOO.
200, for even at that time he was q million
aire. He escapes punishment for perjury |
IN account OF the statute of limi .ation, but |
suit will undoubtedly be instituted against |
him for the money he has swindled the gov
,rnment ont of by unlawfully Withholding
.he taxes he owed.
We have thus given list of the crimes |
committed by Samuel j. Tilden, the onlv |
criminal who ever run for the high office Of |
President; the only candidate for that office |
Who used an advertising agency to get |
outts OF himself inserted at 80 much a |
inc in the Democratic papers throughout
he country, and the only candidate who |
purchased his nomination at st. Louis with |
money disbursed by that ex-prize fighter
ND keeper OF gambling he'll, John Nor |
lssey. In all the bitter contests resulting |
the election of Jefferson, jackson, Har.
lson, P0lk. Taylor, Pierce, Buchanan, Lin.
oln and Grant, not one of the candidates |
vas ever charged-much less convicted Of
With the commission of a crime,
Looking at the wretched record of Sam.
el y. Illden, he presents most extraor
inary spectacle in endeavorinc to cat him.
Oh erected to seat formerly graced by a
Washington, an Adams, Jefferson. a Tsv-
Dr., jackson, and a Lincoln. But f. ia
ct in the nature of the intelligent Ameri-
an people to elect one who ia 40 clearly
roven q perjurer to that great Office.
hould Tilden be elected. then we shall
ave lost faith in universal sutfrage.-Clere-
md Leader.
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