Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-09-04

tne nrSt blfu OF TINS century. ms
would give US cessation Of-special leg
islation for the benefit of capital against
labor, and repeal Of all laws heretofore
passed, the end, aim and action Of which
are TO make the rich richer and the poor
poorer, and have at last produced the
present prOstratiOn of industry all over
the land. That is what the people are
after, and to that end their unerring in
stinct and common sense will bring them.
In the coming canvass ought Hayes or
Tilden to be their man2
As | have said, and as the reader win
indeed have plainly perceived. am no
blind partiEan. ! regard a party simply
as means to an end, and have never
hesitated to scratch or bolt ticket made
up by politicians against the interest Of
the people. / care nothing, therefore,
for the nominees simply as party candi-
dates. My only question is, which viii
be most likely to give US the most COM
plete reform, and bring back the gov
ernment to the true principles of the
Declaration and the Constitution ?
Personally, | regard the republican
nominees as entirely unobjectionable.
They are good and honorable citizens,
who will DO what they can and so far as
they know, to give US good admins
tration of the government. But what
are their political principles in regard
to the great questions touched upon
above? The only answer to this is that
we know nothing about them, and Mr..
Hayes does not even allude to them in
his letter of acceptance. What he prom
ises in that letter is all desirable and
good, but he may effect every reform
there indicated and yet leave us, as re-
CARDS fundamental questions, spbstan-
TALLY no better off than we are to-day
and tie aohOle banking, bond holding and
speculative interest IS on has side.
Not SO with S. J. Tilden. Bred JEFF
fersonian democrat-"the most straight
est of his sect" he has been true to the
faith of his youth. He has always been
man of unimpeachable integrity, and
fierce foe to corruption both of prln-
ciple and action, within his own party
as well as without When partizan pref
udice subsidies, so that the true history
of the whole matter is allowed to be
known, it will be understood that he
was the man who fought the Tweed ring
from the start, took the scent of every
iniquitous trail, and finally, with
bloodhound's grip. seized and shook the
life out Of that giant iniquity. Until you
have read such collection of documents
as that given by Mr.. Tildcn in his his
tory of "The New York City Ring, its
Origin, Maturity and Downfall pub
lished by him in 1873, you should new
er join with those who. for political pur-
poses, seek to misrepresent his relations
with Tammany and its rascally chiefs.
On all financial points it is in vain to
try to impeach this great mans record.
Though then in the thick Of the success
ful struggle with the New York canal
ring. it was his hand that was put forth
against his own party in Ohio to defeat
the Allen imitation ticket, and did it,
This was the death blow to the danger
Gus greenback party Of the west, par
ty Of deluded and misled farmers and
working men, who caught 10 the net of
the speculators' imitation Of greenbacks
and national currency, hoped to be cur
ed by hair Of the dog that bit them.
They are rapidly being brought out Of
their delusion, aud under the teaching
Of such smart logic as is contained in
Mr.. Tilden's letter of acceRance, are
not likely 10 suffer relapse.
No one has a right to doubt that Mr..
Tilden has both the spirit and ability Of
reform. The people recognize it. and !
expect not only TO see him elected, but
expect him TO be supported in bis ad-
ministratiOn by the people and all their
true representatives, 10 be opposed only
by spectators. rogues and all who live
by preying upon the industry Of the ma
ton. and finally 70 retire from office
with the verdict on every hand, "Well
done, thou good and faithful servant.
may add that upon the slavery ques-
tiun Mr. Tildeu was always sound. and
an early aud active free-soiler, promi-
nent in the conventions Of that party be-
fore the republican party vas founded
No word or act Of his has ever shown
him to be other than friend offEeedem
aud of bis country. lie worked against
the ylank 10 the Democratic platform Of
1864. declaring the var failure, aud
eoanseled the population of il 10 Nc
Lellau's letter u acceptance. These are
historical facts.
Ny letter has far Outrap my inten-
ton iu beginning i. bpt it contains. as
brief a. / ean make Il. statement Of
the true democratic idea. and 0f the rea-
ssns why the democrats 0f Vermont
should not join their republican fellow
citizens Ia voting for Hayes aud Whee-
Ter. 4. HI
.AeseYort. Aisg. 70, 1876.