The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-06
NIX. TILDEN'S LETTER or ACCEPT
ANCE.

an admirable document. It's state
ments are 80 lucid and It's language 50
simple that the great and vexed ques-
tions with which he deals are made
clear to all minds of average compre-
bension. After reading Governor
Tilden's letter, we are no longer
perplexed to find cause for
the commercial and industrial
depression which exists all over this
great and rich country. We ore no long
or at loss TO point out the evils which
have deprecated the value OF property
ia every city Of the Union, which has
thrown hundreds of thousands OF work
ing people out OF employment, and
| epgendered in all our large cities q
spirit of communism which actually
threatens society. Gov. Tilden tells
us very clearly why the workingmen of
Chicago are organizing bread riots and
why those OF New Orleans are without
employment and in sore Distress He
says:
| The present depression In all the business
| and industries OF the people, which Ia deprlylng
| labor OF its employment and carrying want into
40 many homes. has it's principal cause In OK
| cessiye governmental consumption.
This Is clear statement OF the great
evil which actually lies at the bottom OF
all our poverty, decay and distress.
But Gov. Tilden does not content him
self with d simple statement OF this
fact; he proceeds to sustain 1t by state
msnts which cannot be refuted, and
which may be comprehended by the
simplest mind. He says
The Federal taxes OF ths last eleven years
The ss Z, ,or He u ewo
thirds ar much more. Tho vast aggregate is 81 not
less than seventy FIVE hundred nilions, This
had greatly treat Inquired our aggregate wealth, and
had made prompt reduction ot expenses IN
dispensable. ,sg f iesit ss
Having stated the real cause Of the
distress Of the country and given these
startling figures, Gov. Tilden thus ap-
plies the argument:
Even In prosperous times the daily wants Of
Industrious communities press closely upon
their daily earnings the margin o. possible ma,
tiopal savings In at best Il small percentage OF
national earnings, yet now for these eleven years
governmental consumption has been q larger
portion Of the national earnings @ ;nen .me wn"s
times, for MI now investments. Inc conse-
duenees Of these errors are now acute pubic
calamity.
Gould anything be palmer? Is there
any one who will venture to dispute
either the facts or the figures, or the
theory Of national ruin, embraced
In these few but gigantic sentences
All the columns OF Radical sophistry
which have been or may be writ
ten. cannot refute the grim truths
which these three paragraphs reveal
to the country. II the American people
have not lost their common sense, these
sentences will prove the death war
rants Of the Republican party. We ask
every honest working man IN Now Or
leans to read them. It requires no
subtlety Of intellect. no great amount
OF learning, no unusual intelligence, to
comprehend them. We ask all right
thinking men to read these few sen
tences and bend al their energies to the
one only thing which can relieve the
country, revive our commerce and our
industry--the defeat OF a party which,
In eleven years, has taken from the
people the enormous sum OF seventy
Eve hundred millions Of money; which
has wrung from the people not only
all their earnings, but even a portion OF
the capital Of the country.
Gov. Tilden's views on the Southern
question are liberal and enlightened,
and If carried out will revive the era of
peace, law and prosperity in this long
suffering, outraged and plundered sec
ton OF the Union. He says that, II
elected, he will use all the constitu
tional powers OF the Government to
protect all citizens here, whatever their
former condition, in every political and
personal right. This is all the South |
asks all that 1t desires.
Gov. Tilden's views OF the financial |
question are in accord with the st. |
Louis platform, and his letter gives a
clearer view OF that intricate subject
than any OF the papers or speeches we
have seen. Every line OF this admirable
letter should be read by the people, for
every line OF 1t is pregnant with thought.
1t requires very little comment, and we
commend the letter itself to all who
wish to thoroughly understand the real
questions which are involved In this
campaign.
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