The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-27
NJ Tilden's Letter

;',hs bono Of saving New York, which
',,'s,wi.e' save through the most gigan-
,i.f,,uI. in the two cities OF Brooklyn
md New York, must be lost. 1t is writ
,.r i,r the Northern market alone, and Its
J.l,y va. ri.ked just as long as posi-
EIs With, view Of avoiding possible reac.
,ioou,be South. Thisis the explanation
oiil present appearance,
We desire to ask attention to the grave
,,r.ider,,iors that come up in connection
,i,b nj. letter. We premise first that
;iW, Tilten i. elected President Of the
r,i,ej States i; will he by the votes otthe
men who have already introduced into
cop,,e.. ,ls3 bills for damages resulting
t,,m the invasion OF the South by the
Union army. Next, We premise the fact
,b,, Judge Clifford, IA Democrat) OF the
rs Supreme Court, has already decided
,b,, the Colonel Of regiment was liable
IA, .ugar confscatei on n Louisiana plan
u,ion for the use Of his regiment-Part
Of i. for hospital purposes. Next, we
premise that Samuel J. TiIden, the au.
thor Of this letter, in conversation with
GOV. Underwood, Of Vermont, at Sara.
,oca, took the ground that every North
ern soldier at the South was u trespasses
on Southern soil and liable to penalties as
such. Next, We premise that~the very
zane sort Of pledge that the pres
ept Democratic nominee ior the Presl.
deucy has made, was made in 1852, by
franklin Pierce, the nominee OF the Bal
timore National Democratic Convention
of that year-the Convention that re'olv.
ed that the Democratic party will resist
"all attempts at renewing, in Congress or
"out oi it, the agitation Of the slavery
question, under whatever shape or
"color the attempt may. be made" And
yet in less than two years the bill for the
repeal Of the gr4,t Missouri compromise
VA. introduced, md Notwithstanding the
appeals Of the North not to disturb that
compromise, it was passed by the Demo.
cratic party, and Franklin Pierce, a Demo-
tru.t Retdent, did nOt dare to reio il.
Why? Because solid South and a
divided North stood at his back and de.
manded that he should let the bill pass,
Frank Pierce did not dare TO keep the
pledge Of the party to the country, nor
bis own acceptance Of it. And SO it
soulI be with Tilden. He is no better
paman than Pierce, and his record as
politician is vastly worse.
Next, We premise that again in 1856
The Democratic party, alarmed at the
sight Of the great Free Soil host in the
North that was rallying against the dom
inant slave power Of the country, met in
convention at Cincinnati and renewed
Ihi. same pledge to the people OF the
United States in precisely the same
words; and another Democratic Presi'
lent, James Buchanan, Northern man,
was his predecessor, following the
lead ot the party in Congress, approved
the infamous LecOmpton swindle in Kan
'H, whereby slavery was sought to be
established or the people OF that State
isAin,t their will. Why did james
Eachanan not veto that infamous swim
die, whichi' now SO generally regarded
" an infamy throughout the world T?
Simply because "Solid South"
and divided North stood a! his back,
and he dare not gainsay the demand that
was made upon him. This is history
the history o! two great epochs in this
countryside history OF the Democratic
party in two memorable crises, and like.
wise the history Of how false that party
was to its solemn pledges. "History is
philosophy teaching by example,
What more is the Democratic party
now than j. was in 1852, or 1856, that we
should trust it? What more is Samuel
]. Tilden than franklin Pierce or
James Buchanan, that we should trust
him? They were men Of far bet
ter personal antecedents. They were
never associated with Bill Tweeds and
John Moris'eys in politics. Horace
Greeley never had occasion to write tc
either Of them such letter as he wrote
on October 20, 1859, to Samuel J. Tilden
IN which he publicly accused Tilden a'
being Particeps criminis in the most gi'
glatr scheme Of fraud at the ballot box
ever concocted among men. Here are the
exact word. Of Horace Greeley to Tilden
"NE. Ell!.n, you can not e,eup. responsibility
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And you, not merely BY Silence, but BY positive