New-York tribune., 1876-07-01
cRANr RE-ENE0RcLHG YLDEN

GRANT RE-ENFORCTHG TIIDEF.
IF Gov TiIden has any sense of gratitude
whatever. he must feel that he is under large
obligations to President Grant IL Is to Presl-
dent Grants Administration that the Governor
owes in the first place his: prominence las u
practical political refomcr, by the contrast 1t
offered Had President Grants Admini'tra-
ton been anything else than what it really
was had his surroundings been Of Il different
character, and his appointments other than
they were had his advisers and trusted
connselors, his intimatcs and friends been Sc
lccted from a different class OF people, and his
policy been less selfish and personal, narrow
and petty, Gov 1ilden's position - \ political
refOrmer would not have been so isolated
and uniqac, nor himself 20 marked a
figure ia tle field Of politics. Prcsi-
dent Grant fairly gave lin his opportunity
and helped him up to his place. The shrcwd
New-York politician was not long discoyerl'g 2
the possibilities OF the situation, nor slow to
take advantage Of them. Ii was not merely a
chance left open in the game Of politics Tor m
oppunent to make damaging move and gam
commanding position; the Presidents policy
actually pushed Gov Tilden into his place
before the county. So that if the Republican
party stands now at disadvantage, it has
President Grant and the Senatorial group
whose counsels he has so closely followed 10
thank for it. At the same time Gov. i1ldcn
has the President and his advisers TO thank
for the opportunity he has during the past two
years embraced and made the most oI.
Aud it must BE said that the Governors OBJ
legations To the President do not end here
He is receiving aid from him constantly.
What more could GOV. Tildcn ask President
Grant 10 do, at the moment the former was
making his arraigmcnt of the party in power
for its corrupt use Of authority, than 10 accent
uate the indictment by the porcmp:ory re-
mOyal from Office Of such an energetic GHd
faithful public servant rs Mr. ii. l.. Iaryan OF
The Internal Revenue Department. Nh. iar-
van has been one OF the most efficient cf the
| special agents of the Department la feTeting
out frauds upon the Government and prose
cutipg the offenders. OF course he has made
enemies by his Jealous discharge OF duty, and
! from them came the demand for his removal.
The President complied, and Mr.. Yaiyan goes
out, leaving the way open for the commission
of frauds which he has been largely instru-
mental in furnishing and preventing. Such an
| act at such time az this is not without sig
nifcancc and such significance too as The
! friends of Tillen and opponents of the Rcpub-
! iican party viii not be slow to turn to their
own profit Precisely what the opponents of
! The Republican party charge upon It, and It Is
! struggling to escape the responsibility OF, Pres
| idcnt Grant does without shadow Of reason, or
| any decent pTetext. At the moment when it is
/ most essential to it' own success that the pcO-
pie sh1nd hust it upon its professions of re-
| form, its own Administration is engaged in
| the renewal of men from Office for no Othei
reason than that they have been too actively
engaged in the work Of reform. Gov. pi'den,
responding to n scIcnade at Albany, makes the
! charges, and President Grant at Washington
| hold, out the proofs. Could the Governor ask
any more practical or more valuable aid from
any quarter than this?
Meantime the Republican party has scmc-
| thing at stake. The President has nothing.
1t cannot afford to be careless Or imprldent.
! The President can afford anything. VIII the
party continue to be so handicapped, aud go
on carrying not only all tho Grant Admins
tration has done, but all it may do to the end
of its official term I Is there no way to IN.
| load, or must the party go through The cam
paign saGdlcd with the responsibility for al
| Administration which is in so many ways con-
tributing TO the success OF its opponents II
! the party can find no way ont, at least ITS
! candidate for President, who has Vie creates.
| interest in the result, may. 1t is for him IN
| his letter Of acceptance to say whether upon
the whole he will carry the Grant Admnistra-
ton on lis back or snload it et once and de-
csively. And from the present outlook tho
race is not one in which either party can
afford to carry weight or take any unneces-