The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-21
The Most Singular Feature OF the
Canvass.


The chief, II not almost the only Issue
IN the election OF next November, will
DO the question of reform and honest
yovernment. This is rendered necessary
by the alarming corruption which, under
GRANT, has got establish ed in every de-
partmeut OF the Administration. IL We
are to have any government at all, in
deed II any citizen is to be allowed to
mjoy any part OF his honest earnings
public plunderers must be turned out of
pflce, and honest men put in their places.
Now, there il one man whose natural
tendencies and favorable circumstances
have made him peculiarly the represent
alive of this kind of reform. That man
b SAMUEL J. Tu.DEN of New York. lie
h not merely known as arguing in favor
Of honest government; he has not merely
exposed and denounced the thieves and
plunderers OF the other party; he has
exposed and attacked the thieves and
plunderers of his own party; he has
stopped Their depredalions, md brought
them to justice; he has reduced the taxes
OF the State by millions; he Is an econo
mist rs well as reformer and the people
everywhere see from these facts that he
b the kind of man who is needed in the
White House at present.
That this is SO, is proved by the univer-
BAL opposition and the bitter hostility
which thieves and public plunderers of
every degree make against Mr.. TILDEN's
nomination at st. Louis. He is the man
above all others whom they don't want,
and for long time they have been doing
Ia.
mated and elected. There are some up
right and worthy men who oppose Mr..
TILDEN for other reasons OF their own,
! but the main force OF the opposition
against him is the opposition OF thieves
and plunderers.
This has gone so far, and has been car
ried on with such zeal and bitterness, aud
~ little Of ordinary cunning and prudence,
shat the great body of the people have
been led to rally around Mr.. TILDEN with
such tenacty and determination that the
question has passed entirely beyond the
limits of ordinary controversies about can
didates. In fact, 1t has gradually yet de-
cdedly assumed the aspect of an immense
struggle by the dishonest element TO defeat
m honest man: and this has been made
such n conspicuous feature Of the affair,
that MIR. TILDEN's defeat and the selection
of another person would inevitably appear
to the country to he the exclusive work of
corruption venality, ana public plumber;
and as such, another candidate selected IN
stead of him will be generally regarded as
defeated the moment he is put up.
Under such peculiar and unexpected
circumstances, produced, too, by Mr.. TIL
DEN's enemies, and not by himself or his
friends, we may well appeal to the gentle
men who have been mentioned as COM
peting with him for the nomination. to
carefully ponder the facts, and to deter
mine whether they ought not peremptorly
20 retire from the competition, and TO nd
wise their friends to give their hearty and
earnest support to the candidate of New
York. Mr.. HENDRICKS and Mr.. BAYARD
especially should take this matter into
consideration, and see whether patriotism
a. well as selt-respect does not advise them
TO take the course we have suggested.