, 1876-10-27


ments Of Republicans high in authority, Mr..
Tn.oEN would havo gono down to his gravo
not knowing wllat Ind defeated him! The
earnestness, tho desperate omphaass, with
which he thruats tho promise Of n veto be-
fore tho people, gives f1at DENIM to tho
suggestion that ho has not been n tliligont
student Of tho whole business, and fully
nwnro thnt, unless ho co,lfl deceive tho pub
lio BY sreciqus promise, Ills election was
hopelesaly lost.
We havo n1rcaiy shown that Mr.. TtIpES,
IT elected, will be confronted by 1d0 1scpre.
scntativcs and thirty-two Scnntors of lis
own party. who will bo porsonM representa-
tiyos Of tho Stntcs mud of tho people who
hold these clain1s and who nro supporting
T1LnEx in tho full assurance that they will
DO paid. Under TINT assurance and convic~
ton he will receive lnrgc Electoral voto TINT
might l,avo been otherwise given. Ho will
be confronted by thcso Democratic Senators
and Representatives with bill ropoaliu8 tho
prohibition Of payment Of any claim egainst
tho United Statos to nny person who had
boon engaged in tho Rebellion. That is tho
whole Legislation needed by the South. Tho
reped Of TINT simple prohibition will open
tho door to the whole million Of Southern
claimants They will ask no other legis1a-
tion,-tho existing Inv providing all TINT is
needed to place those claims on On equal
footing will. tie hundred millions of dollars
Of other claims already paid. In support Of
that bill, repeating tho disfoyalty clause. tho
Governors and Legislatures of every Southern
State will petition. Tammapy Ha1l, Which
will be moved to Washington with T1tDEN,
will support It; all tho ssato-9ovoretgnty
lawyers in tho United States will approve 1t;
tho Domocratio Congressional caucus will
approve 1t; tho Democratic party in both
branches Of Congress will approve 1t. It will
become tho great measure Of tho purity, and
how Gnu AIr. T1LpEN veto It? Will ho, at
his advanced ago, after having intrigued for
with his party at tho threshold Of his Admin
iBtration, md become mother AHDnEw Jo1rN-
soN-a President without parsy? Such .
veto, impossible against tho united support
of his party, will bo opposed to every prin-
siplo Of political action over asserted by A1r.
T1LpEN. Tt will DO In conflict with his whole
political code. Ho has fully advised himself
of tho inability Of President to resiat the
power md coercion of his own party; lie has
declared tint no President con tlo this unless
projected III his Independence by MI amond-
mont to tho Constitution. In his letter
Of acceptance llo ridiculed Gov. HAYEs'
promise to mike himself independent Of party
by refusing to bo candidate for reelection.
This, TnpEa clnimod. was absurd. No Pros
ident could put his party in Congress- at def.
anco. Hero is what be said:
While much may be accomplished by these moth.
ods, II might encourage delHslre expectations " !
stitheld here The oppression o( my conviction Tint
no reform Ut tho ciyH serysce In this country will
be complete and permanent until its Chief sfagis'
tratc Is consttntsohay disqualified for recollection,
experience daring repeatedly erpossd &t ufiiAy o.
seif.tmpose1 resl74etioat BY candidates or taca.
| btnts.
This emphatic assertion OF tho futility Of
promises made by &C. siidases rs opposed to
party discipline and party unity Is Of itscll
tho strongest answot to A1r. T1LpEN's ow1
elevonth-hour promise, that If elected ho viii
veto tho grent leading measure Of hia Admin
istrasion. At previous e1octlon, in denying
TINT Mr. LEscoLN, il elected, could exercise
my restraint upon his purity by tic exercise
of the veto, ho thus laid down rs tho geuora
INV applicable to al: Presidents electod b.
pnrty. In his letter to Judge KENT he usol
this language:
What will air. LINCOLN ao1 Can ho be cxpe4t-a
rs President, 10 understand the stato Of things Il
any other acs,sc than TINT Of s own partisan poll
| cYy Gun As arotd the attempts TO maintain II
rowtr Of ALI party By th1 sdmt means trhtch vi!
hare dcqHiTedHf Can NJ esndne3pate hiassf!f from
the dominion Of tho Ideas, nssoesatsons, and ihfu
taces rhich srtH hars accompanied him IN hls rfs
/ to po,cer5 Can ho bc expected 10 act In any ey
direction with sufficient breadth Of yiow and 1sm
acss Of purpose!
Can A1r. T1LpES ask my higher patriotism
for himself ti,nn what he insisted was i'm
possible in any other President2 Can h
ask the people to give any creator weight tt
his promise to dofcat theso claims by III
veto. whom he but few weeks ago solemn
declared that ll se1f.imposed restrictions b.
candidates wero wholly futile? 11r T1LpEN
II elected, will bo elected mainly by tho vote
OF these claimants, who vote for lin expect
ing thoroby to securo payment. To use Iii
own pointed language, CAN ho emancipat
himself from the dominion Of the ideas, a.
socintions, md influences which will hav
accompanied him In his rise to power"2
What the American people want, in orde
to ba assursd that these claims will not b
paid, ia not Mr. TtrpzS's promise to voto til
bills, OF thut lo will stand alono with sho
gun to shoot any claimant approaching til
Treasury but what the people want is a.