The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-09-08
CHAPTER I.

| DID Mr.. TILDEN ASSIST TWEED AND swFENY
IN PASSING THE "RING CHARTER" THRo'
THE LEGISLATURE?
In 1870 the Tammany Ring, by corrupt
ing the Legislature, secured the passage Of
what is now called the ''Ring Charter" by
which they were enabled to obtain undis-
puted control of the municipal government.
1t has been asserted, since the beginning OF
the present campaign, that although Mr.
Tilden was fully aware of the nefarious
scheme, he held his peace, stood aioof, and
permitted its consummation without remon-
strating against it. Hearken to the Times
of August II, 1871, in an editorial on the
subject ...... ....... ..,..,..
There ,cere a Je,c indignant protests agains,
the scheme uttered BY such Mgh-t0aed Demo
crats as Sawuei j. flden and others of his
character, but they were without effect, for
Tweed and Sweeny had the voters already
bought up. OF ALL THE REPUBLICAN
| SENATORS, SENATOR THAYER ALONE Is ON
RECORD AS VOTING AGAINST IT.
DID MR.. TILDEN OBEY TwEED's ORDERS?
On October 5, 1871, the Democratic State
Convention assembled at Rochester to NOM
mate State officers. There were two con-
tending delegations from New York city
the Tweed and Swreny delegation, or Tam
many, and the. antiTammany. As this
Convention was held in the midst of the
great excitement that succeeded the expos
ures of the enormous frauds perpetrated by
the Ring, it was currently reported that the
Tammany delegation would not be admitted
10 seats in the Convention. The day before
the Convention met, the Zines published
the following from its correspondent at
Rochester:
"Ihe old guard are coming to the front
again, and such men as IIoratio Seymour,
Samuel j. Tilden, Francis Herman, and the
like, '0ho hare BEEN thrust asieieJo years past
by the thieves and bulies of Tammany
Hall, will Tomorrow guide the councils Of
the Democracy" ,....... ., .- %,
Let the fact be noted and rem embered
that the Times here admits that Messrs. Sey-
,mour, Tilden and Herman were thrust aside
from the control of party politics in the State
lor years, by the scoundrels of the Tweed
aud Sweeny ring.
DIP MR.. TILDEN PROVE HIMSELF A SELFISH
POLITICIAN
II the Times of October &, the Times ia its
| reprt of the Convention, says;
"Ar. Tilden proceeded to denounco the
Tamnany organization, and declared that
he woNd not this fall, vote for any of the
nominations for Assembly made by that orr
ganizatbn, and if that was undemocratlc or
Irregular he would resign his position as
ChairmaAof the State Committee and retire
to the boom of his plundered fellow citi.
zens." s., .rls,
The Time in describing the effect Of the
above spee9 on the Convention, and the
unpopular reeption it met with, wrote =
As further q d conclusive evidence of this
fact, 1t should Ne noted that when Mr.. Til
den told the Convention that he should 90
back to New Yoh and work and vote against
every local candidate nominated by Tam!
many Hall, he wy greeted with storm Of
Kisses accompanied by very feeble ap-
Plause. W i. "A ..,.,-
And in the repos Of the proceedings Of
the same date, the fdyowing we're the editoI
rial comments of th, Times ON the course
pursued by Mr.. Tildel at the Convention