The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-10-14
The Income Tax Slandar on
Gov. Tilden.
y. Y. World.

The campaign of calumny set accot
by the TIMES under the direction of
"pccoy' Bliss and 10y order of ChanA-
lev, official head Of the Republican
party ofrcforE'. is a crime. of course {:
a crime against society, drc"Hcy and
the laws. But it is worse than a
crime it is a blnulcr. 70 the whole
indictment Of the Ntpnh|i,a; party
10y the common sense Of the country,
the so!c answer made by tic organs
of the Adm Illustration has been the
Charge TINT Gov. ridden fourteen
years ago knowingly, willtully and
vickealy committed perjury in ma
king his return under the income tax.
The Republican organs have not at
tempted to deny that the administra-
ton of the affairs Of this country by
jhr}r party during all these iou1trer
years has resulted in national dis
grace and individual ruin without a
parallel in oar history. They have
not attempted to deny that tho pub
lie service under their sway has be-
come hoprlrSSly corrupt and drmor-
allied. The; have not attempted to
deny that it is impossible for them to
shake their party free of Grant and
GyantiSm; OF the Chamhcr|ains. the
Harkar1S, the SpcncrrS and thr Pat =
tcrsons in the South: OF tho Ben
Buffers, the Lnuans and the NortoNS
in the North. They have not attcmp-
ted to deny that under their control
taxes have increased and incomes
shrunk all oyer the country until the
burden Of supporting wastrtul Gov
eminent is driving the capitalist out
of all his enterprises, and reducing
the laborcr to despair. They have
had only one thing to plead against
the popular demand for a complete
change in every department of the
administration, and for a complete
new departure in the methods and
the spirit Of the public service; tho
mllleunial lie that GOV. ridden COM
mittcd perjury fourteen years ago
and swiudled the Treasury of his
country! Upon the establishment of
this INDUSTRIOUS charge brought in 'he
crisis of great political contest
against a citizen who for thrccscorc
years had lived in honor and in good
rcpntc in the commercial metropolis
of this cnuntry, honorcd and applaud
cd Ivy the authors themselves of this
miserable Islander, they have dclibcr.
atvly staked their political hopes, to
win or lose them all. This is scan
dalons and wicked thing for the or
cams of Il great party t" have donc
1t is also silly and stupid thing to
have dorc. TO abuse the pldinlill"S
attorney may be Il clever device in a
prttifoySiny case before a petty court
1t is IL srnSrIrs> ard suicidal device
where the case involves the welfare
of Il nation, and the tribunal is the
conscience and them common sense OF
forty millions of people.
at the VI gent request of the Chair
man Of tne Democratic National Com
mittrr, Mr.. Hewitt, a tall and cl;l-
bp'.tc account Of the facts in rela-
ton to this monStrous SANDER has
been prepared by Judge Sinnott, who
in l-33! was tn" confidential clerk of
Mr. Til.lcn, aud this account we pub.
fish to-day. MIR. Hewitt has prcfaccd
it with a clear and concise statement
OF the nature and origin of the caum-
ny, and With a summary equally clear
and concise of the plain tale Of truth
which Mr.. Sinuott has been asked by
him to tell and has told about it.
We leave these documents to speak
for themselves, not even pauSin" to-
day to comment upon the indecent
share taken by the Government of
the United States in bolstcliny up
this refuge of lies which tumblcs now
about the cars of its builders, 10y
sending on papers from the public
archives at Washington, to be used
in giving color to partisan falsehoo'ls
published in Il partisan newspaper.