Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-30
HAYEs's LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE,

candidates aud the two platforms, from
which we extract the following:
HAYEs's LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
The letter OF Governor Hayes. ginc
written in acceptance OF the nOmins
ton, iP, in some respac5s, an improve
ment Ofthe meaningless symbol of hi
party. 1t recognizes the need of cor
rectiDg the present mode Of appointing
TO Office, which has been one OF the foul
est spots Of q thoroughly foul systsm
But its manner Of correcting it--thst il
by giving sll the present incumbsnts O
office sn additional teDuTe-w0uld sim
! ply peTpetuste their hold o. the tiu3t'
they have so many Of them abused. II
principles, admitting them to be sound
as principles, would, in their practical
operation, be an act Of indemnity for 81
the felOns and IOgUss who now infest
and pO!lute the public offices II is slsC
more emphatic, though still quite gen.
eral and explicit on the sutjsct Of re
suming specie payments. To his speech
at Marion, Ohio, July 3lst, last year
| Governor Hayes declared that he was
| firmly opposed to ''contTaction,u and
| that "he left the work OF placing our
| currency at par 10 the Influences OF time
and the inherent energy and resources OF
| the cOuntry"-Mr. B)utWslps muoh-rid-
! icuie3 scheme Of growing up 10 IT." but
how we are to reach resumption Oy that
process fail to perceive. Resumption
IN that form means 30 resumption. AS
8 whole this letter does not meet the
eXigency. It proposes to trim away 3
few branches Of the upss tree, while it
leaves the root untouched. lis Omis-
slOns are as fabai as thCs3 of the plat
form. Il does rot even refer TO, much
less reprobsts, that dangerous perver.
sion Of sll right theory aud practice Of
government which, under the sigBifi
cant name Of Gca1tism, has become the
dominant spirit OF the party. Those
prodigious sDd profigste expenditures
that have maintained hordes OF useless
placemen and furnished food for the cor
rupt mRDipulators Of political machin-
cry, while they hsye almost paralyZed
the industries Of rte people, are hardly
mentioned. No matUred plans Of econ.
omy; no systematic scheme for the re-
adjustment Of cur absurd and oppressive
methods OF taxation; no chsngs In the
loose, prOcTasinatiDg and incompetent
treatment Of the finances is so much as
limited at, ard thus the letter leaves US
to doubs whether the writer even COM
prehends the vital necessity of thor
ough revolution Of affairs.
MR. TILDEN.
Vino, then, is Samuel J. Tilden?
In reply, good friends of the confer
epce, let me speak to you from my per-
sonsl knowledge. l have been init.
mateIy acquainted with Mr.. Tilden for
nearly forty yesrs, and tinEsh L have
often differed-1itn hKn politically, some
times even Ismenting his strong re-
lance on party agencies, hRve never
had the slightest Occss on TO suspect his
absolute Integrity Of purpose and sim
cerity Of conviction. In 81 the relations
of private life he is purity itself. At the
same time he has always been public
spirited citizen, taking an active pSTt In
whatever concerned the welfare and pro-
gress Uf the community in which he
lived. His devotion, indeed, To public
affIirs began while he was still youth,
and his early discussions OF Intricate
questions of finance attrsctad the atten-
ton of maturer minds by their singular
penetration and judgment. Profession
ally he has taken rank with Vas Buren,,
Brady, 0'Connor, Graham, Evart5,
kirkland, and other foremost lawyers,
and in a peculiar class Of cases-heavy
and complicated railroad litigstiops-
he is admitted to be fIciLe pTincep5.
His counsel, when important and deci.
sive action was involved, has been
deemed invaluable. In still higher re-
lations Mr.. Tilden seems to me 20 COM
bine, more than any man now before
the public, hardly excepting Mr. Adams,
Of Mass4chu setts, the two great kinds of
quality, theoretic and prac zeal, which
forms the true statesman; g profound
OF the pbilOsopbic
grounds Of political opinion, ard the sa-
gscious tact and energy of the man oE
business. This union of theOretic in
sight with practical capacity has been
shown in his administration
OF the affairs of this Safe. New York |
Is the largest commonwealth of the
Union, the largest in population, Ia sg-
ricultursl products, in manufacturing
in commercial capital-in a
word, in the diversity and importance of
Its business relations; and the governor
ship there is not mere clerical function,
confined to the appointment of notartes
and the signing OF commissions, ss in
many OF the newer western States, but
sn onerous, Intricate and resp0n-
sible tIust. The governor is
invested with the veto, which
makes him part Of the legislative
power, while hi executive connection
with the complicated business of the
quarantine, the salt works, the State
prisons and charities, and an Immense
system OF canals, imposes upon him the
most varied and difficult Cu.ies. Mr..
Tilden, in his short tenure of the place,
has evinced 3 mastery fitness for all its
duties. He has defeated multitude OF
and improper bile, Tecti-
fed many minor errors Of administrs-
tion, cgerthr0wn a fraudulent and
gigantic conspiracy, and reduced the
taxation from over fifteen million dol.
lars in 1875 to less than eight million dol
ars ia 1875, with an Sssu lance that, Il
the changes he has suggested are fol-
lowed, the decrease will be two or three
millions more in 1877! A part OF this
reduction is due to the extinction OF the
bounty debt, but the rest to Governor
Tildenis direct etfJTts and influence l
have seid that Mr.. Tilden was more of p
partisan than suited my own tempera-
ment, but I ought 10 add IN justice
that be was never so much OF q par
tisau as to render him insensible to
the higher duties OF the citizen. He sep
Arated from the bulk Of his own party
in this city, with other Free SoileTs Of
this State, when We thought if advisable
to protest against certain encro2chments
Of slave power. He separated from the
bulk Of his party in this city when he
to beat down the Infamous
Tweed gang, enIenched by the laws
and possesse of an almost stovsTWbelmiDg
fl:ce. It was against the advice Of ma
py Of the most eminent l1en Of his own
party that he Sssailed the canal ring,
whose lRmifcstiOrs extended through
every county in the case, and whose
waslth anu Influence were supposed to
be invincible. And 1t was against a
large and well-cOmbined faction Of his
oYn per y that he !ified it, at st. Louis,
ont OF the quagmire3 Of doubt snd error
in which il was foundering, and placed
it on the nigh ground OF its ancient tra-
ditions. Mr.. Tilden is cautious and
gsry, and never acts until assured Of
foothoiG on truth and right but then he
is as tenacious IN pursuit. as sleuth-
hound, and ABSOLUTELY inaaZible.
THE ST. LOUIS PLATFORM.
The platform adopted at g.. Louis
reads to me, from beginning 20 end, as
sn earnest and vigorous cry for better