Middletown transcript., 1876-06-10

Letter from Washington.
WASHINGTON, D.. c., June 6, 1876.

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
Every Democrat, who desires the sue.
cess of bis party, wishes to see the best
and strongest possible ticket nominated
at St. Louis. and stands ready to sink
personal preferences and sectional ques.
tions in coming to the support Of that
ticket, whatever it may be. That the
Democratic National Convention will
not nominate men whom the whole party
cannot support, may be assumed. But
the delegates have duty beyond that.
They should correctly inform themselves
as to the relative strength of the various
candidates for the nomination. and not
permit themselves to be Influenced by
the statements of prejudiced partisans.
who appear as the friends, or opponents,
of any particular candidate. The DEM
ocratic party intends to elect the next
President of the United States 1t in
tends to offer for the suffrages of the
people ticket that cannot be beaten.
Those men who, from personal reasons,
attempt to mislead public opinion in
reference to any leading Democrat, are
enemies of the party, and should be
treated as such. lam lead to write this
by some recent attempts made here. to
convey the impression that Governor
Tilden is not strong in his own State.
This is done by innuendo and deliberate
falsehood. do not say that the St.
Louis Convention ought to nominate
Governor Tilden for President. There
is long list of distinguished and able
men to choose from, any one of whom
would confer honor upon the party.
But any falsehood which affects any one
of these party leaders, affects the party.
GOVERNOR TILDEN
was elected Governor of New York by
a larger majority than any Democrat
ever had IN that State. He was elected
over the most popular Republican Gov
ernor the State ever had, Governor Dix,
who was elected in 1872 by SO, 451 ma
jority, change of nearly 104, 900 in
Tilden's favor an event unprecedented
in the political history of the State
There is bitter opposition to Governor
Tilden in New York, and there has been
bitter opposition to him for many years.
Tweed opposed him, with all his power.
from 1867 to the day when Tilden drove
him into the Penitentiary. The Canal
Ring thieves have done their worst to
destroy him. But in no one instance
has he failed to defeat these men. His
great strength with the people is based
upon this very opposition. 1t because
the thieves are against him, that he is
the most popular man in New York
State to-day. and it is an honor to the
Democratic party that he is SO. AS to
the few respectable men who are oppos-
ing him, it is sufficient to say that every
one Of them opposed him in IA, as vio-
lently as now; but every one of them
voted for him nevertheless. Since then
he has reduced the taxes of the State
one half, saving the people $8, 900, 900.
It will not be wise for the Democratic
party to underestimate his strength with
the people Of New York. New York
has gone Republican too often in the
past sixteen years to make it advisable
for us to throw away the certainty Of
carrying it.
Is BLAINE GUILTY!
The Sunday Gazette, Democratic
journal Of this city. in an article, yes
terday, entitled Summing up Mr.
Blaine" put the case very charitably
and yet very strongly, when it says that
be must be bad man who would desire
Mr.. Blaine to suffer under the imputa.
ton of an offence of which he is not
guilty; and that there are very many
who would gladly believe him innocent,
were the circumstances such as to admit
of the presumption. 1t furthermore
says that there "are large numbers of
persons whose judgments are suspended
upon the question of the absolute cor
rectness Of the testimony that has been
presented against him, but who find in
bis own carriage and department. since
the investigations commenced. that
which forbids them to release him from
the suspicion that there is something
wholly or partially hidden. which be
apprehends would seriously impair his
reputation If it were revealed In short"
says the Gazette, "tbe conduct of Mr..
Blaine has been very unlike that of a
nan who is conscious of innocence; and
The fact is so palpable that, in thousands
of instances. it is involuntarily felt when
not consciously apprehended."
VETERAN JOURNALIST.
Among the distinguished veterans Of
The press now in Washington is Col.
John H. Harmon, of Michigan. one Of
The oldest and best preserved journal
sts in the Northwest, who has been
spending the winter and spring in the
,ity The Colonel became connected.
with the Detroit Free Press nearly forty
years ago. and feels as much pride in
The success of that able paper as he did
when connected with it. Mr.. Harmon
has oeen in the habit of visiting Wash
ington almost every session Of Congress
for over thirty years The political
history Of the country, with all the In
,idents and anecdotes of our old states
men is perfectly familiar to him He
has attended every National Convention
# the Democratic party since 1846 and
ooks to be about forty-five years of age
His long black hair shows no thread of
silver.
BENZ. BUTLER's LETTER
Now and then the inspiration to per-
'orm generous act seems to be aroused
u the bosom of the most hardened Grim
nal and the most Inscriptions partizan.
Some such sudden inspiration seems to
rave acted upon General Benjamin F.
Butler, urging him to- write letter to
Speaker Kerr, saying that 10 decent
nan, woman or child in the United
States could believe for a moment the
.harges Of the witness Harney, and beg