The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-11-03
Z Vile Conspiracy To Weaken The
Army Of The North.
Old-Man-Afraid-ot-Hi -His-Record.

DELETERIoUs ROOTS AND HERBS.
Brooklyn Argus.
We reprint the following letter from
an unknown friend in Buffalo:
BUFFALO, September %, 1876"
ITO the Editor the Argus"
''* You may be surprised tc
know that 'Tilden's Extract of Coffee
is sufficiently known in these parts tc
warn the people against trusting the
National Treasury to man who swim
died them and sickened the soldier:
with deleterious roots and herbs.
Il s."
In 1861 a rebellion occurred in the
Southern States. 1t eliminated i'm the
most gigantic war recorded in the
worlds history. A Confederate Gov
erument of the ten seceediDg States
was organized. A President was elect
ed, a Congress convened, Cabinet ap.
pointed, and over 1, 900, 600 men should
cred their muskets, with fratricidai in
tent, to wage war upon a Government
which had fostered and given protec.
ton, life. and vitality to 50, 900, 00O
people. The rebel States had been
preparing for war for months, if not
for years They found
THE NORTH ENTIRELY UNPREPARED.
To save the Nstional Cabinet from
early capture required the prompt ac
ton and speedy outfit of all the force
the North could command. 1t requir-
ed not only tile assistance which the
Government could render, but
the voluntary assistance of patriotic
private citizens, to advance money,
men, and transports. 1t finally requir-
ed the assistance of over 1, 500, 600 men
and four years of sanguinary conflict
to put the Confederate Government to
fight and compel the rebels to lay
down their arms.
OUer so, 900, 0J0 ,Cere contributed 6y
indicidudLS to take care of the soldiers
and provide for their families, besides
an expenditure of over $4,000, 600. 900
by the Government. The contribu-
tions were made by Republicans and
Democrats alike. The question simply
was the preservation of the Govern
ment. One of the wealthiest men in
all the North, Samuel J. TIlden, upon
each and every occasion when called
upon,
REFUSED TO CONTRIBUTE ONE DOLLAR
to put down tie rebellion, so far as we
have been able to ascertain. Instead
of contributing to the necessities of the
soldiers Tilden Immediately comman-
ced specializing ont of their necessities,
and out of the necessities of the Gov
errnent. Through an arrangement
with Tweed's gang, which controlled
New York City, Tilden only paid taxes
on So, ,000 per annum on his immense
personal property; be violated the
banking laws ofthe country, aud issued
an illgal currency in the State of
Michigan, on which lie refused to pay
bankers taxes; as the head of the
Northwestern Railroad Ring, while the
River was closed by the reb-
els to the products of the Western
Stetes, Tilden advanced the railroad
freights to Chicago, as follows:
Per cent. Per cent.
upon Wneat..s.-.-----12iU pom live Stock-..--.-13
Upon four. Upon nerchaDdise-.Ss
Tilden's friends have frequently as
serted that during the four years of the
war he made over $4,000, COO. Never
theless he took an oath that his income
was less than So, 900 in 1862, and there
after he only paid taxes Oh about SIS
700 per anum. Not only did this greedy,
selfish, quadruple millionaire defraud
he Government and speculate out of
t as above described, but through a
irm, composed of his brothers,
HENRY AND MOSES TILDBN,
md, it is believed, himself, the firm of
'Tilden Brothers" still further did the
Government out of taxes due for man.
Alcohol" We copy from
lie Cincinnati Commercial of July 2,
.S76:
"a reporter of the Commercial, yes
erday, called Oh George w. Guysi,
Internal Revenue agent, having been
advised that he could give the facts
the seizure of distillery
N the State of New Ark, in which
SAMUEL J. TILDEN was interested,
Oh LET haO DlANo l. I16 NE EN = Il
SOME TIME IN THE COS. Mr.. Guysi
aid"
In 1866 or 1867, in the wiut er,
ant tell exactly WI at month, / was
ent over 10 Lebanon springs n. Y, the
he home of Mr. Tilden, to investigate |
IN irregularity there in the 'Tilden
They call it a laboratory. |
The Titden Brothers Ioere distilling
here end paying no tareS The tax at |
ime was 81 per gallon. They claimed |
hat they had chemicals in the mash.
they HAD A REGULAR DISTIL-
lERY, and were mashing from one
iundred to one hundred and twenty
i've bushels per day. They
THAT IT CAME OUT ETHER
Reporter-What was the distiIla-
ion2
Mr.. Guysi-Alcohol, of course.
Reporter-And subject to the tax of |
Mr.. Guysi-Certainly.
Reporter-Had they been paying
Mr.. Guysi-NOT A CENT.
Reporter-How long had this been
Ding on.
Mr.. Guysi-Well l can't exactly say
oH. The tax ought to have been
aid In the neighborhood of $500 or
SUI per day. stopped them, and
urned the matter over to the Assessor
here to collect what was due from
hem.
Not only was Tilden, who so fire.
uently refused to donate to the Gov. /
cause. speculating out of the
government, but the firm of TiIden
'rothers, undertook to palm off upon
ne Union soldiers, an article called
Tilden's Extract of Coffee com
ound said to be composed of cheap
bots and herbs. costing two cents per
ound, which sickened the soldiers.
ave them the diarrhea, and which
as refused admission within the lines