New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-15
UNOBJRUSIVE LOYALTY.

n all comes out at last. The shrinking
virtue which hides from its left hand the good
deeds of its right is one day rewarded openly
"Duty performed" says the copybook, is n
" rainbow in the soul !" but the time comes
when all the world can see the arch OF prom
Use which has been cheering the inner life oil
deserving modesty. During the war there
was a Pharisaic loyalty cOnspicuously pro-
fesscd that it might be seen OF men,
Numbers of our fellow-citizens arrayed
themselves in blue uniform and fol-
lowed flags and carried muskets before the
ewes of all, while there were others whose
patriotic duties were all performed III secret
in closet as it were. Mr.. Tilden it now APP
pears was consumed with zeal for the sup
pression of the Rebellion, but he carefully con-
cealed this fact from his cotemporanes. He
might have stood upon the street corners to
proclaim 1.-THE was even urged by eminent
citizens to lend his name and presence to the
canse, but she was trying case" and mod
estly excused himself. Gradually, however,
Mr.. Tilden's loyalty came TO be recognized III
select circles, and Mr. Marble has recently dis
closed the fact that he had discovered Mr..
Tilden's secret as early as 1864, although
neither of these gentlemen divulged the truth
at that time, and people kept on believing
that Mr.. Tilden helped to fabricate the plat"
form which declared the war failure.
But now comes ex-GOv. Joel Parker Of New
Jersey, and turns a calcium light upon history.
As master of solemnities ut the recent Demo
cratic Convention in Trenton, Gov. Parker in
the course of his Grafton said that in June OF
1863 he passed some hours with Mr.. Tilden,
and the two freely discussed the duty OF DEM
ocrats in reference to the prosecution OF the
war, and " that Mr.. Tilden was decided in his
convictions of duty and outspOken III their
" expression. He said that without regard to
"errors of administration it was the duty of
every man to sustain the Government in its
"efforts to suppress the Rebellion, and that
che fully approved my Gov. Parker's) course
Gin raising men and money to prosecute the
"war vigorously" This does not appear to
be a startling declaration from gentleman
who was struggling to be outspoken." Almost
any one of Mr.. .Tilden's fellow-citizens could
have said it in n horse-caT without alarming
the passengers. If gentleman should assevcr
ate in an outspOkcn manner that 1t was his
duty to honor his father and his mother, or to
pay his income tax, one might not recognize
the necessity of stating this as "cOnyic-
ton" but then it would not be difficult to
believe that it was an integral part of his
ethical system But Gov. Parker was evidently
astOnished. The war had been raging for more
than two years, and Mr. Tilden, obedient to his
duty as a Democratic citizen, had no doubt been
vigorously engaged in suppressing the Rebellion
all the time, but III such an transformations
manner that neither the Rebellion nor anybody
else had suspected it. 1t is no marvel that the
statement made so profound an impression upon
Gov. Parkers mind and memory, and that lac
has treasured up these words in his heart for
more than thirteen years; and it was proper
and timely that when the calamitOus news
from Maine came, like the warning of approach
ing dissolution, he should mbrden his soul
of the secret
1t may be distressing to medesty to behold
its good deeds brought into the light, but
Gov. Tilden cannot escape from the domain
of law. Not only does the heavy villain who
has prosperously covered up his crimes all
through the play meet with detection and