, 1876-11-03

TILDEN AND SECESSION.
LETTRN FROM T1funLow wEEp-snCEssIoH or
THE SOUTHERN BTATBs cEHTAiN " TlLDRN is
ELECTKD.
New YoaK, Oct. 81.-7'o Ahe Editor Of the Ae.o
York Tribune: The issues In tic pending can.
vass have been 20 clearly, forclbly, and ably dis
cussed Tint should not venture to offer MP
own views II one aspect VI tho queatton, and IL
my mind the most vital one, Ind been presented
to the people. Tho first alluston to the great
est danger Of tho hour that I have seen Is Id a
Tribune editorial Of this morning. pass by
other and well-foundcd objecttons to Mr.. TIL
den, iu the ilope OF concentrating intention
upon feature III tho Canvass which cannot fail,
think, to arouse md Internally public scnti-
mont against Ills election
amounting to more than q, 2,000, 000, 900 arc to
bc pressed upon Congress, and that tho Thir-
tcenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments
to tho Constitution Of tho United States arc to
he nullIilct. Gov. Tlldrn's letter sets ali such
doubts at rest. It may now, therefore, bc ns-
si,tnc! that the South will deny that these con-
stftutinnat, amendments werc duly ratified by
for tue return Of the cotton tax. for Rebel
losses, for. tho occupancy Of their ia,itls
BY the Cnfun army, anl payment for
Their cmanc!pated slaves, n1ost Of Which have
united South. Tho Btato Of Missouri i.as al
ready audited ant1 allowed much claims, amount
tng 70 more thnn g. 900 200, for which Its scrip
Inns been issued, payable Wien TINT State s1lull
Treasury. Tho payment Of thesu cla!ms would
more tf.ar double our natlonal debt. That bur-
den altlcd to one wlIcl, Is oil Tint our people
can, and more than they ought to endure, would
bring inevitable bankruptcy aud ruin us'on the
peo1te and the Government. But, II tho North
should be strong enough in Congfcsa to resist
the payment of ttlcsu clnims, what, witt, Mr..
Tiltlen as President, would bo the next stcpf
In his letter to judge Kent, Mr.. Tildcn said:
eraas.ta Wien Il seu 5 So demanasa al by So pu
ltc opinion Of stasp; left It With power to saap
fhe Ito Of eonffdtrdfion, as a natton might break
a treaty, and 10 Ecpel coercion ns milton might
Similar views were expressed BY Mr.. Tfllen
about tho same time III long letter to thu
Eieni'y Iost. Ilc held those opinions through
out M tho Var md acted upon thenl tn refqstnEto
and maintenance Of the untor. Al Demo
cratic gathering at Twedllu Hall, In Albany, IN
1Sol, Mr. Tilden's speech is thus reported III
the Albany dryNs:
hlt; Tllden argued strongly nsainst. coercion.
en- States: lilo declared that he, for one, would
resist, under any and al sireamstanees, the uso q
bccausu It would bo ineffective, and nc1t, because
It would lead 10 war Of determination.
With o President holding such opinions, to
which he has deliberately md publicly COM
United himself what would be the course OF
Confederate States whose claims had been re-
jcctedl With the door left open, would they
not stop out Of tbs uniona They
could do !. so un0ppoacd, tho President
having declared that they were ut liberty to
"suap the tic Of confcderatfonn whenever they
chose to do 81, md thcru was no power In tho
Government to coercc them back. L purpose,
tleFcforc,, which cost four years. war will bo
accomplished WITHOUT Resistance, delay. Of. cx-
ponsc. The Confederate Government will bo
rc-cstablfsllcd and the freedmen of the South
.rcmau1cd into slavcryl euel arc to bo tho
fruits Of Mr. Tillcn's election. Can any intel
ligcnt man doubt, Or Will auy rcflcctlng man
deny, that these consequences must to thu 1e-
gttiniate and logical results OF such cnusesl
The Southern States went out Of the Union
In 1850, Iii accordance with predetermined
plan, without other Qualification, renson or pre-
text than tho election OF q Republican Prcs!-
dent. The secession and Rebellion were unpro-
yokcd aud carsclcss except In tho lctcrInina-
tio1l to "enap tho tic Of confederation" Now
tho South, from It's potnt of view, will hare rcA-
sons ua thick as blackbcrrtes Tor ~ organizing
revolution" And with tho knowledge that
tho President OF tho United States will refuse To
use tho power Of the Government to preserve
tho Union they will quietly and complaceutly
walk out Of Il, Should tho Democratic party
succeed In this election we shall witness tho
spectacle Of Samuel j. TlIdcn presiding over
ono fragment, and Jefferson Davis presiding
over another fragment, Of dlsmcmborel Union.
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