Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-07-14
The Democratic Nominee:

In the nomination of Samuel J. Tilden,
at st. Louis, the genius of intrigue is vim
dicated. To obtain this honor he has, for
two years, bent every energy and employed
every art known to the politician. Cir
Cumstanccs have favored his ambition
The mask of the reformer has served his
purpose. The assumption that he would
carry New York has by dextrous presen-
tation been regarded as valid claim by
those furthest removed from knowledge
of the facts in the case. The political
concession that New York is the battle
ground of this campaign has been ingeni.
ously turned to his advantage. The belief
that he would throw large amount of
money in the canvass has materially aided
him in impecunious sections. His own
talent for combination has been crowned
with success; and by the vigor of his pre-
tensions and the unscrupulousness of his
agents, Samuel j. Tilden, whose reputa.
ton, until very recently, has been purely
local, now stands as the National leader of
the Democratic party.
1t is not necessary at this time, to give
the biography of one who is tolerably
well-known to the people of this State.
known as q man who has acquired an
enormous fortune by questionable transac.
tions with great railroad companies, who
was the advocate and the instrument of
the Tammany Ring, until adversely over.
took it, who by a stroke of fortune became
Governor of this State, after he had been
instrumental in depriving the State of one
legally elected Governor, who, claiming to
be reformer, was sustained by the Re
publican party in what seemed legitimate
efforts at reform, who used the means
generously rendered him by his political
opponents for his personal ends, and who
now appears before the Nation and asks its
sutfrages upon false pretenses. His career
is known to the people of this State and
by them it will be judged.
We candidly confess our qualification
at this result. 1t makes clean issue be-
tween genuine integrity and pseudo re-
form; between craftsmanship and cum
ming; between fidelity to public trusts
and their employment for personal ends.
Gov. Tilden demands the verdict of the
people upon his administration, and upon
the political heresies he has inculcated.
He comes with his pro-slavery, anti Union
and Tammany record and asks the popu-
lar endorsement. The Republican party
will take peculiar pleasure in crossing
swords with the Democracy as incarnated
in Tilden. The issue is accepted, and, in
accepting it, we have no desire to belittle
tlc metal Vi inc antagonist we nave TO
meet. There are four months of an excit
ing campaign before us, and we believe,
there is sufficient time to convince the peo.
pie of the insincerity of the professions
made by this Democratic leader, to bring
into bold relief the spots that stain his
record, and to tear the mask from his acts
by revealing the motives that prompted
them. Believing that Samuel j. Tilden
can thus be exposed, we thank the Democ-
racy for the real weakness they have ex-
hibited in his nomination.
AT the same time, we are not insensible
to the nature of the contest. We know it
will be earnest, and, perhaps, bitter. This
is man of resources-a trained politi-
clan with vast wealth at his commando
man who has imposed upon large num-
bers of his fellow citizens, and who will
use every appliance to obtain the triumph
he Graves. We shall have occasion here
after, more precisely to define the weak
ness and the strength of the Democratic
candidate. For the present, it is sufficient
for us to say that, while we have entire
confidence in the success of the Republi-
can party, we have no disposition to un.
derestimate the candidate of the oppos-
tion to misjudge the delusiOn he may
have inspired or to misapprehend the Sc
rious contest to which the Republicans of
New York are summoned. Let us do bat
tie cheerfully and confidently, but not ig-
norantly .-Rochester IN. ~ Democrat and
Chronicle.