Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-14

iical, religious, abuse wildly, and is pos
sessed with the determination to aoate remove
that he is wiling sacrifice everything that most
men enjoy covef, In order 10 accomplish his mis-
siou. Such characters not always amiable or
lovely. They have a contempt Tor conventionslities
that Is often annoying They sacrifice social advan-
tages aud alliances They deliberately reject all ire
personal advantages that might come from cOmpro-
missing with the practices OF the evil they fighting
While this class of men frequently uncharita-
Ole, unwise. aud impractical, their sincerity, uevo-
ton TO principle aud siuge-nindedness enable them
To work out results for the race and. after
enrolled among the heroes and saints whom all good
men venerate Without such agitai0rs abuses oil all
kinds would crystalze into adamantne hardness and
durable despoism the church would degenerate into
corrupt ecclesiastical tyranny, and all good insulu-
tions would turn into Observation-Disclosures OF evil
We have doubt that MIR. Tilden would like to be
considered of this class of the worlds unseifsh
beneiaciors Ii was as "Reiormer" that he got
| could be elected as . 'Reiormer," what more
natural than that he should be candi-
date for the Presidency as the standard-bearer oil
great Reform movement against the party In power,
whose miSdeeds aict his righteous spiritY 30 that
the Presideniai campaign has already BEGUN on the
which has only local spheres Tor the display OF us
ability in the way Of obtaining "public plumber,
suce large section OF 1t appealed from the ballot 10
The only reasonable method Of ascertaining what is
the peculiar fitness Of Mr.. Tiden TO put on the white
robes OF chief Reforter of the various wrongs and
abuses perpetraed since Mr.. Lincoln began to fight
the Democratic party South, Is to review, anaiyze
and ScTutlnlZe MS past dcnitvementS IN the
field where he has had offered him rare opportuni-
for the display of Reformer's" courage. unset
fshness and unwilingness to compromise with evil
doers Certainly man In this State was ever
placed in position where he could do so great good,
by the simple exercise of common honesty,
common courage and common manhood. The most
adrot aud practiccd ''wire-puller' this State has
known since Mr.. Iidens master and teacher, tue
late lamented Martin Van Buren," left world Of
primaries, caucuses and conventions Mr.. Tiiden had
acquired before the war position OF quiet power.
such as no other Democrat WELDED He became
known TO- or by, every .iour-eorner statesman from
Montauk Point to Buffalo. His network Of CORES
pondence and political intrigue was SO perfect that
the smallest insect Of { politician could NOT get
railway lawyer. his social respectipiiity-al COM
bined add his power over tine coarser less polite
and more disreputable politicians OF his party.
With this estimate OF his power, suppose that we
ignorant Of his actual career for nfteen years
past, and that had taken Tor granted that this
has been what he wants now TO be Considered viz
Reiormer. With this theory in our minds. let us
review few periods In Mr. TiIdens recent lie wnicn
have tested the material he was made Of.
We find that in the period when southern Demo
Gratis waiting whether Northern Democrats
believed that appeal from the ballot to the bullet
would be a constitutional method Of preserving toe
as it is Mr. ., Tdso in ls,,e, TO Hon:
light TO his misguided southern friends:
1.-The masters In political science who constructed
system, preserved the state governments as bu-
against oppression from centralized power. They rec
o,nized right Of constitutional secessoD but they
LETT revolution orgaDized whenever II should be de-
manded by the public opinion OF State; left IL with
power TO snap The tie Of confederation Nation
might break treaty and TO repel coercion as Nation
mis hit repsl invasion"
As to the mpatibity Of which ufterance with the
character of unselhsh and single-mnded "Reorm-
err" the late Horace Greeley conemporapeonsly spoke
his mind, in language that was character
isrc of that earnest man. and sincere "Reformer.'
when he said:
'Mr nlden is an aged man, and we wish to treat
him win ell decorous veneratlon but viii he allow
respectfully that when he merely desires
20 be pathetic impressive, he will do we'll 10 avoid
falling into the broad farce Of inane and insane exas-
geration.
"Mr. Tilden was one Of those anti-savery Demo-
who In ls4s, defeated aud crushed Gen. ,ass,
because he ould with them for the Wilmot
Proviso Now he writes letters encouraging treason
and stimulating dsunon, because a conservative old
whig like honest Abe Lincoln, on Tuesday next to
be elected President.
an life's last scene, what prodigies surprise,
Fears OF the brave, and foles OF the wise,
From Marb rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow,
And swift expires driveler and show"
Nothing can be added to the above In the way Of
terse jud gment Of the Auti-Slavery "Rsformer Who
could TRANQUILITY behold the dismem bermenf Of the
Union and the disgrace Of the Flag. because slavery
threatened by the mere election Of "a eonserva-
tive old whig'-ss Mr. Greeley we'll described Abrs-
ham Lincoln. As Anti-Slavery "keforrner' even
Mr.. Tilden would probably confess that he vas a
total failure
organization in this state, still richer, respects
Bile and powerful that when he tod southern traitors
founders this government Iet revolution
organized. wherever IL should demanded by the
public opinion Of a State''-Mr. Tilden publicly,
and by name, appealed 10 by Mr. Greeley TO use his
power prevent the repetition OF the infamous and
notorious election frauds in this city, which gave the
Governorship to john q. Hoffman, Mr.. Greeley
then said in that plain and dreadiully earnest style
which made him such power
allow Is IL With you? You hold most responsible
and influential position in the councils Of great
party. You could make that party Itself with
polling legal votes If you only would In our late
Constitutional Con vention, tried To erect fresh
barriers against election frauds Did your The very
htile that was enabled 10 elect In this direction
shall Try TO hayeraiihed by the people ensuing
election. Will your Mr. TiIdep, you escape
responsibility by saying. with the guilty MseDeth.
Thou canst not say did it; never shake
Those CORY locks nj me-
for You east passive accomplce in the giant
frauds Of last November
Did Mr. 1ildrn respond to this appeal by any act or
declaration that showed his desiie secure 4 fair
elecfonf Was he not hand in glove with the very
seoundres-hgh aud l0w-who helped cheat this
state out Of its honestly elected GOVERNOR His OPP
portubty for doing good unequalled- Ills
achievements the way repressDg The evil deeds
Of his own tools too small To be remembered. In
this stage of his be does not look muck like
Greeley to-day illuminate that part of MIR. 1lden's
progress toward the Governorship With lurd light
that makes the 'respectabie" politician seem a hum
dred fold culp.bie than thousands Of the poor
wreiches VIII m he manipulated.
II was Ia 1870 that the Times began 20 assail vgor-
ously the frauds committed and planned bv the
Tweed ring, then omnpoie,t In city and State: rich
beyond the power of irs 'nzbobs' to comfortably
spend: allied with timid corrupt "respeciabiity,"
and able TO buy and all the rotten material In the
Republican party. serenely guiding the vast "ma-
chine which was steadily crushing all manhood and
virtue Of politics; directing the movements
OF the various corps OF the partisan army that
mainly Offered here Dy thieves their accomplices
using The resources that from piundered city
TO conduct his campaign-Mr Samuel y. Til
den deaf the stirring appess that were
ma to MIN by the fearless conductors OF the
Times Month after month II sought to per-
suade him Of evils and abuses which he knew then
far better than the Conductors Of the Times DO even
now. II any In This city knew-through and
through, aud to the hottom-all The ramidca ions Of
Ring viainy, Mr.. 1iiden was the man. From his
keen aud CONSTANT and trained observation, win OPP
portuniiies aud knowledge OF The work "behni the
scenes nothing important concealed; even the
ory.
As we have revived some Of Mr.. Greeley's appeals
TO Mr.. 1ilden to show his qualities "Reformer''
In crises that ought to have developed whatever Of
manhood aud courage might he concealed behind his
ference to the nature Of the means whereby he
wrought partisan victories shall some
Of the equally earnest and foreibe appeais OF tie
Times, when that journal was ishting The pow
ertul political ring ever known in any country
Going back the files OF The Times for 1870 we nd
harc-hitting editorial of The Dale OF September 23
of that year. After paying a compliment Mr.. T. rs
''lawyer Of high standing and character, a man Of
large properly and heavily concerned Ia various great
commercial Interests, he Is spoken OF a Democrat
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