New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-17
COZ TyLDkN,s REBELLION RECORD.


experience expects that the course pursued ny
him during the Rebellion will now be publicly
discussed. On Monday, in the House OF kep-
rcscntatiyes, Mr.. Kasson called III question
the LOYALTY of the Democratic candidate
during those cventful days, and there was
the usual dispute. There is nothing OF
startling novelty in the sum total OF the
matter. Gov. Tildcn'S position during the war
was that of his party. He is really responsible
for il So far as he assisted in mOldng IT. We
sum il up briefly when we say that he thought
the South partly in the right ana
not without injuries; that he believed the
course OF the North to have been agSravatlng !;
that he did not approve Of making cinancIpa~
ton n condition Of peace that he dld not ac-
ccpt as wise the war measures OF Mr.. Lincoln :
Administration and that lac considered con-
cr,sion to be right and necessary. On the other
hand. we are quite ready to give Coy. lilden
the benefit of all the explanations which his
friends have fastened to make, and some OF
which we have allcady published, promising
that the record of the other candidate requires
no such commentary of excavation. Gov.
Tilden did probably, rs Mr.. Marble says that
he did. "condcihn the doctrines of nulllhcatlon
land secession He ne doubt addressed a
regiment setting out for the front, ana attended
q presentation of colors To the 10Th lilghandcrs.
But Mr.. Marble eliminates the matter wonder
fully when he says that GOV. 1iIden " diSap-
"proyed of thc scattcration military manage
"ment and the imitation financial policy adopted
"hy fine Administration" This was his way OF
kccpiny on good terms with his party. They
were called CoppcrhcadS, and Mr. Marble knows
why. But We do not attach the importance
To GOV. Tildcn's old hcresics which they
assume in the eyes of such partiSnnS aS Mr.
KasSon. We do not think that the Governor
himself cares much for them now aad We are
more interested in knowing what are the views ol
reconstruction which he holds ai present There
are better reasons why the people should not
vote for him than the opinions which he en-
tcrtaincd when the minds of men were greatly
distracted. and it was easy TO make mistake.
Al the same time we can understand how those
who risl.r6 their lives who gave their money,
who surrendered the sons dear to ihcm VINO
remember NIL the anNicticS all the icafiui oN-
prrienccs of those darl@ years, may recall,
even NJ this distant day. with some ihdIgna-
,ioD. the logical coldncss, the conservative
doubts, the diSpasSiOnIte ani obstinate theories
of gentlemen VINO figured members oi
the old Society for the Diffusion of Political
Kuovlrdge. Citizens who were i'll earnest then
are likely - be quite aS mach III earnest now
They do not remember the course OF leading
Democrats during the war with pleasure; ana
long memories will undoubtedly lose GOV.
Tildcn good many votes. Tins may not ne
precisely lust, but i'll politics we must take
THINGS n, we find them. Almost any old vol
untaer who left a limb in Virginia or whose
recollection of a Southern prison Is hvely sui
would be more likely to vote for the other
Goyerubr. This might not be exactly char!ta-
HE. Int il would bc entirely natural.
II is greatly 10 he regretted that the present
canvas. cannot be conducted without reference
70 old grdces and venerable disputes. There
ave li,iu, questions enough without too much
investigation Of The past. The finance problem
i, pressing, and not less 50 is the correlatire
labor duestion. The States lately Ill rebellion
/ ,.,, meyer be restored TO the status fHo, but
they may be made peaceful and prosperous
members of the Federal Union by wise man
acrmcnt. People, however, VIII be suspicious
of the probable wisdom of a President
who. during the Rebellion. sympathlzed
70 some extent with the bcHigerent
.l,ychoders. This may he an unneccs-
sary diStriist, but as we said before 1t Is per-
! fectlv natural. Voters viii DE guided by their
memories of the past. There Is no reason why
! GOV. Tiden should not be at this moment IN
excellent Union man; but some men VIII ask
| if he still holds to his old opinions of state
Rights. and whether they might not prove
| awkward under certain contingencies. IL is
this feeling which lends responsibility 10 such
speech as that of Mr. kasson. We are,
with all our amiablc professions, still ANXIOUS.
/ and like burned children. we dread the fire.
The terrible experiences of the nation have
made il distrjstful. This may be unfortunate,
| but not the less is 1t true.
THREE SPEECHES.