Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-11-02
CONFESSIONS OF TlLDEN'S oP-
PONRNTS.

The very taOrlcatOr5 OF tuese
libels we're Mr.. Tilden's eulogists
not two years since. He is, said
tho lines, ga high toned Demo-
crat, "a man Of unsulIied honor,
public and private" "a gallant,
conscientious, efficient foe to cor,
ruption;" "of an honesty beyond
all question:" and observing the
greatest credit for the good Wort
he has done and the evil work he
has frustrated 4" Need add he
testimony of the Tribune, the Eu
eniag Post, the Nation. and Har>
per's Weekly? Take one only
the last. You all know and ad
mire my accomplished friend, Mr..
q. W, Curtis-too much of a par
tlsan, perhaps, but a gentleman
and scholar. What said he
hardly year ago? "ln opposing
his election (for Governor) we were
careful never to question his abil-
it7, or his integ. ity, When he
took hold of the Reform move
mcnt against Tweed, he did so
with vigor, tenacity and sue
CESS that every good citizen could
most sincerely commend. Tllden
is mar Of great political experts
ence and sagacity, He knew that
in his efforts he had necessarily al
armed the immense veual element
of his party, and that he must
count upon its constant and relent
less hostility. No man knew bet
ter than he the power, the secrecy
the resources and the methods of
that conspiracy for plunder and
fraud known as the Ring. Happily
his instincts and his experience as
sured him that the people are not
corrupt, and that bold, radical
and thoroughly intelligent assault
upon entreuched and enormous
abuses is sure o! public sympathy
ard support" ''In the course that
Gov. Tilden has taken in detving,
exposing and routing the caDal
ring he win be supported by all
honest citizens.
HE Is THE VERY MAN FOR THE
CRISIS THEN?
Why then. ny excellent and
eloquent friend, should he not be
supported by all homes citizens in
the course that he proposes to take
"fot dolying, exposing and rout~
ing the much larger and more
damaging rings thai encircle and
fetter every limb of the Federal
administration? He has the 'in
stinct" you allege; he has ''the
: ability; he has ''the integrity" he
; has "the courage; he has "the
: experience; he has every quality
for "bold, radical and intelligent
, assault upon entreuched abuses
t and IS he not then the very man!
With his exceptional knowledge ot
, fnance and kindred subjects cfpo.
litical economy; With his rare tai
ent. for business, which is univer-
, sally conceded by capitalists ant
I business men; and with his definite
' convictions as to the problems
{ which perplex ouT st"tesmanship
with all these added to the quail
/ ties which Mr.. Curtis ascribes t
] him, the answer leaps to the ewes
e the Hour and the Mnn" have
| net.
c THE EX, CONFEDERATE sCEPTRE.
e The South! aye, that is it
. Pryth, 0! see there! look! behol,
the ex. Conlederates! 1 look, anc
: see la. ge squads Of placement rails
$ ing cry of alarm to divert th'
gaze of the public from their owl
=; peculations aud frauds, BehinC
] them | see crowd of credulou
and lcng-esred followers, who Peo
pie the vacancy with phantom'
that exist only in their own fears
AS | approach more nearly, th'
g embodied Awe,th incarRate drea'
e the mysterious GorgOn, resolve in
to a scOopei pumpkin with a can
die in it, shining through the mist
e What, in the name Of all the stuff
v ed and ragged scar crows that eve
. AuNered, are theseEx Confederate
: going to do? What can they do
n "Re enslave the freedmen STAN
I; mrrs one; yes | answer, when th'
n instinct Of justice is stiAed in ev
y cry American heart, and the de
mon Of despotism sits triumphan
on the ruins Of our must cherished
, institutions. "Recognize the rebe
! debt" whispers another; yes, ,wheI
r it is carried through by two.third
$ of each House of Congress ant