The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-09-30
Mr.. Tilden,s Vindlcation.

The letter If Judge Siunotts which We
publish, today. on the first page, fully and
completely vindicates Mr.. Tilden against
the foul calumnies Of the Neao FORK
Times, in reference to his income tax.
The radical press, however, do not mean
10 accept ii as vindication They pro-
coed upon the principle that lie well
stuck to is as good as the truth. They be-
gan this campaign with calumny and
detraeticn and the most rancorous personal
abuse, aud they mean to pursue it to the
end, Let no Democrat henceforth give
the slightest credence or belief to any of
their foul aspersious.
We subjoin few extracts from the
press Of different shades Of opinion, all
coucurring as to these aspersions upon Mr.,
Tilden.
ssThe immediate effect The break down
of this SANDER viii be to produce 3 powerful
reaction in favor Of Mr.. Tildea in all fair
minded persons who had trusted in the 1fMes.
There is a spirit Of fair play in the breasts Of
Americans that leads them to side with the
object Of persecution. For thirty years Mr..
Tilden has occupied position Of eminence,
and no suspicion Of his pure and elevated
character ever was uttered until be became
the presidential candidate. There is another
aspect of this thing highly favorable to Gov
ernor Tilden. The Republican party have
pitched this battle upon the personal charac-
ter of the candidates. This foundation has
been cut from beneath their feet, and It is too
late for them to organize another plan OF
attack. They are obliged TO change front in
the presence of the enemy, manoeuvre
always dangerous, and particularly so now.
Their anti-Catholic campaign was cut to
pieces by the passage ofthe school amendment
in the Democratic House, and its failure in
the Republican Senate. The personal attack
on Tildeu has failed disastrously on their
hands. They have only left the Nbloody
shirt, and this seems TO be losing its effect.
Their only reliance now is direct force in the
southern states, and ballot box frauds in the
western. And If the people of the October
states keep sharp lookout to expose and
prevent the contemplated frauds, the reign
of Grantism will soon be over. "--Bdh. Gdz.
The Philadelphia Erming Telegraph, q
strict Republican paper, which devotes col
umn editorial to the subject, says: "We
think that any fair minded and unprecedented
person who peruses the statement which we
publish to-day, and which, although it is
issued over another signature, is undoubtedly
Mr.. Tlden's own explanation, viii be satisfied
that he has been falsely accused, and that he
is innocent of any wrong doing whatever. 1t
is shown beyond doubt that number of the
most important charges made against Mr..
Tilden are absolutely and unquah6edly false,
and with regard to the others that have acer-
tain surface Of speciousness, the explanation
is most ample and sufficient"
In view Of the complete explosion Of the
accusations against Gov. Tilden, touching his
income tax returns-so long and so carefully
nursed by ''the leading Republican organH-
the moderate and sagacious supporters of Mr.:
Hayes are warning the more hot-headed and
unscrupnlous of his partisans that the cam
paign of SANDER, which has been checked so
suddenly and disastrously, must stop, or the
party will be beaten by the very disgust its
spokesmen are exciting = Brooklyn Eagle.
The refutation Of the specific accusations
against Mr.. Tilden was put forth by authority
of the chairman Of the National Democratic
Committee. It is essential to the vindication
of Mr.. Hayes, that the accusations against him
be met as specifically, item by item, and re.
fated through such authoritative medium as
he may prefer. This the public have the right
to demand. Nothing less than this will sat
isfy any fair minded man.--Albany Argus.
The Boston Advertiser, good Republican
authority, says. ave are frank to say that,
with reference to most of the thirteen items
which the New York Times published on the
9Th instant as going to make up Mr.. Tlden's
income for 1862, the denial appears to be
complete, explicit, and, in the main, salts
factory"
The Springfield Republican, which trains
with Hayes aud Wheeler, says that the specific
charges against Governor Tilden in the mat
ter Of the income tax, 'are broken down the
details by which it was thought to sustain
them are overthrown.