Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-15
TlLDEN AND THE RESUMPTION
ACT.


New York begins to murmur over
Democratic concessions to Hendricks.
They feel that they and their marionette.
Little Sam Tilden, have been offered up
upon tho altar of the Rag Baby. Sam
Cox, carried away by the pressure from
the Wabash intiators acted rs the high
priest at the sacrifice. The Herald
speaks the voice of the great commercial
metropolis. They are the creditors OF
the West. If not demanding their
pound of flesh, at least they demand
their pounds OF hard money. The
House of Representatives under Hen
bricks inspiration have repealed the
Resumption Act. New York thinks this
squints not only toward imitation but
,oward reputation. The Herald e1-
plains the situation in the business cen
ter of the Republic as follows:
The repeal of the act is, We repeat, q
concession to the Hendricks wing of the
party-the mad infationists of the West,
who believe in the communism of rag
money. Now, if the Democrats begin q
reform campaign with one concession to
the spirit of repudiation. when will they
be called upon for other concessions2
rha, is the question which all friends of
the National! credit will ask. In passing
this act Congress made a pledge. 1t said
to every holder of q government note
10,
,ha. note in gold. Was this an unrea-
sonable pledge? The late Mr.. Chase
did not think so. for eight years ago be
said The only way to Resume IS to
resume" He knew the. finances and
the resources of the country; he knew
all about our loans and our issues OF
notes, because he was the author Of
them II an authority SO lllustrlous
thought that resumption was possible IN
1866 why should we decline to name q
day for resumption? Why aheuld We
revoke this solemn pledge without at
least making an effort to redeem it? The
Democratic House has been in power
since last December. 1t has had abund-
ant opportunity to deal with the quss-
ton What has j. done? 1t is controlled
by the friends of Mr.. Tilden--by the
men who will control it should Mr. Ill
den win the Presidency. Will they vote
against resumption now, only to vote for
it two years from now! We do not
think SO. The men who repealed the
Resumption act on Saturday believe that
resumption is Q mistake. that We need
more grsenbacks, that illimitabls paper
issues will ease the country. They are
not men to abandon their belief, and Mr..
Tilden cannot resume without their aid
It would have been much better for
Mr.. Tilden to have held his party to the
promise to resume, and, in the event of
his election, used all the powers Of the
government and his own great ability to
redeem the promise If he failed then
the act could be repealed. 1t is really
weapon in his favor If be means TO bring
back specie payments. Now the Demo-
cratic party proposes to throw that
weapon away and 60 over to Hendricks
and his friends, who do not mean to re-
sumo SO long as it can be avoided. We
do not doubt that tho action Of tho House
will, as Mr. Hendricks said in his brief
letter, aid the Democracy to carry some
districts in Indiana, and perhaps the
State. But SO would q bill directing
the Treasury to issue q thousand mil
lions of greenbacks. The whole busl-
ness is bad, very bad. 1t il a blow al
the credit Of the country. 1t shows
willingness on the part of the Democrats
TO make terms with the infationists. 1t
may be that in this degrading effort to
carry Indiana Mr. Cox and his friends
nav laSo Nav York