The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-09-29
REASONS WHY TILDEN SHOULD NOT BE

ELECTED.
For the following good and sufficient reasons
Samuel j. Tildsn should not be elected Presi- |
dent Of the United States:
LIST. Prior to 1861, he Was in full sympathy, |
personal and political, with those Southern
leaders who conspired to destroy the Union.
I'd. He encouraged rebellion in 1860 and 1851,
by declaring that the Government had no con-
shtutional right to coerce the South into obey
ing the laws.
Sd. He made false return OF his income IN
1862 by declaring under oath that his income
did not exceed a7.l18, whereas in 1876 he made
oath that in 1862 he received from one railroad
fec Of 10000.
4th. He allowed the assessor to add the
penalty OF 80 per cent to his discoverable in
come from 1868 to 1872 rather than make oath
TO the amount he received. BY this means he
paid tax Of only $4,000 while his yearly in
come was not less that $4,000.
9Th. He was the legal adviser OF, and largely
interested IN two mining companies IN Michi-
gan, that issued many millions Of dollars IN
paper money on the circulation of which not
dollar OF tax was paid, while every branch OF
business and both national and state currency
were taxed for the money needed by the Gov
eminent.
9th. He was the man who advised Cakes
Ames to form that swindling company known
as the Credit Mobiier.
7th. He was the chairman Of the Committee
that framed that infamous resolution which de-
clared the war failure, and which became one
OF the planks in the Democratic platform in
1864.
9Th. He has besn opposed to every leading
measure Of reconstruction since the close OF
the war, including every amendment to the
Constitution,
9th. He has been for the past twenty years
an active politician, schooled In all the tricks OF
Tammany Hall, and during this time has been
the friend and confidant of those notorious
leaders that have dsgraced the politics Of New
York State, from Rynder the striker to Tweed
| the robber.
10TH lie presided over political convention
N 1871 wherein Tweed sat as recognized and
honored leader, and this more than one yeal
after the extent of his robberies had been pub
lished to the world.
18th. While he was Governor Of the State oil
New York he allowed Tweed to be placed un'
der the charge OF a sheriff who had been ,
warm perso nal friend of the "Boss, and from
whose custody he soon after escaped. Although
the people wore loud in their denunciations o.
this outrage on justice, the Governor made nj
effort to recapture the fugitive or remove thu
sheriff who permitted him to escape.
18th. He has made pretensions Of reform
and put forth claims to the breaking up Of tn,
Canal tring OF the State Of New York, and ye
the official records show not one OF the RIM
punished nor dollar Of the stolen money re
! covered.
18th. He has assumed to himself the credi
Of reducing State taxation for 1876, wherea
the reduction was first proposed, and the law
necessary to effect it enacted, by Republican
Legislature.
18th. He is surrounded by the most unscru
pulous politicians, the Kelleys and Morrissey
Of New York, and if elected would have th
ear of the most dangerous and corrupt class @
men that ever dsgraced politics,
18th. He is the representative OF the disloy,
element Of the South, the copperhead elemer
OF the North, aud his election would lead to th
recognition Of claims in the interests Of th
D South the advent into power OF men an
measures which cost the Government for
years Of war and millions Of treasure to defeat
! and would make the beginning OF a decline
= IN our national credit that would end in unive
8 sal bankruptcy.
4 There are but few Of the many reasons wi
!, Tilden should not be elected. Any one Of the
:: ought to be sufficient to defeat him, for Il
n nation cannot afford to intrust its vast inte
u ests in the hands OF any one whose record
,e not clear and clean. The man for the PREF
b dency must not be Tammany politician. I
must be above reproach and not open to 81
pcion such q man as Rutherford b. Haye
le His past record is without stain. His care
<. has been a noble one, such one as would 81
20 promise OF true reform every where. His elt
Of ton will be public blessing in whose tram "
r, come prosperity, protection to all overland
is justice North and South and that lasting pea
III for which the nation has waited so long.