The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-12
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WAsH1NeroN, D. G, Sept. rs, 1873.
TFIdeq1's Fraudulent Aq1St0eT-The Coo
ler7anae11t should Immediately Prose
cute Him-Its Effect upon Ceqatera-
NAL Visitors and Voters--A Campaign
SobreQuet = Honest Gen. Hayes and
Dishonest Sam. I1zde1a, etc.
The answer of Tilden to the charges of
systematic defrauding Of the revenue
fer ten years, is generally considered ';too
thin and viii utterly fail to shield
Slippery Sam. from total defeat at the
hands Of the country. Doubtless nine
out Of every Ten Democrats will throw
Iup their bats and declare tia com ple'e
yindIcation; such men would vote tor him
Iif he had stolen the whole United States
Treasury, but the difficulty is with the
tenth man. At least one man III ten OF
the Democratic party has some claims to
honesty, and belieYes in real reform.
Even This class wall swallow him If they
can get him doSn at all, with the great
{ st difficulty. But admitting that ma
nv will do so, still it may besafely deter
mined that at least one in hundred OF
the entire party will not take HIM and
will vote for Hayes This will be all
sufficient to defeat Slippery Sam, who
must now take his proper place along
side of Boss Tweed, Boss Shepherd, and
the hundreds of defrauders of the people
both in and out of the penitentiary.
Since the publication of this letter theduty
Of the government is plain. The proper
officers should Immediately commence q
criminal prosecution against Tllden, and
let the trial be brought on before the
election. No nice drawn dltfidence on
account of the high position of the Demo
cratic candidate for the. presidency
should shield him, no more than 1t has
shielded hundreds, of lesser lights tor
defrG uding the government. But an
other feature OF the canvass is now open
" spoken of by many Democrats in this
city, which is to call the National Con-
vention together, drop Tilden and sub
stitute Hancock or Hendricks. They
feel that with Tilden defeat is certain,
while with one or the other of these
well-known candidates there would at
least be a chance of success. But,
doubtless, this even would fail, as the
time is too short TO make the change, and
the canvass in favor of a different Candl'
date could not be made. To change
just before battle has
nearly always proved DISASTROUS and
would prove so in this instance. Whatever
course the Democracy may take, their
defeat is now certain.
When the charge Of defrauding the
revenue was so distinctly made and found
by the N. Y. Times and copied luto near
the entire Republican press OF the country
the effect upon the public was SO marx
ed that the Democracy saw that unless
this effect was counteracted In some way
that Tilden's defeat was certain, and as
the facts could not be refuted, hence me
trick was invented of trumplDg up Al
counter charge against Gen. Hayes or
also defraudirg the income tax,as II this,
If it could ever be proved. would excul-
pate Tilden from the positive evidence
gainst him. But Hayes promptly
every item of these charges
and in so plain and concise Manner
that they were all proved false, hao not
the shadow of q foundation, ana were
all weak inventions of the common
enemy, and so complete wasth renee
ton that the Democratcy have not since
ven alluded to them. Gen. Hayes is
found to the whole country 10 DC an
honest man IN every respect. but, on
the contrary, the lame and lmpo'ent
letter of Tilden, in place OF being III
refutatlon, or even the semblence OF |
refutatlon, has had the effect to prove to
every honest man In the land, thas IN