St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-08-11
Tilden and Hendricks Letters of Ac-
ceptance.

The letters of Cows. Tilden and Hen
bricks accepting the democratic nomi
nations for President and Vice PreSi
dent, we've published on Saturday, just
fnrty-two days after the nominations
were made. The long delay of TIlden
and Hendricks WAS evidently for IL pur-
pose. and the appearance of their let
tiers simultaneously with the decision of
the house committee to repeal the rr
sumption act leads to suspicion that
the delay of the candidates and the de
ciSion of the committee were closely
and Sympathetically connected.
The letters are quite lengthy, Gov.
'Tildcn'S being much the longer and
tbIeI. They both bear ample evidence
of very careful preparation. and can
not fail to have an important influence
upon the canvass. While they contain
nothing new, they Yet present the is
sues of the campaign, Us viewed from
the standpoint OF their authors. in Il
clear and fnrrible light, aud 10y the
democrats especially will he accepted
;is the platform of the party and given
even more weight than the platform of
the st. Louis Convention. Gov. Til
den l. evidently an earnest and able
man, and has given great attention to
the questions he treats upon. He is.
too, an adroit and skiltul politician
and has set his sails to catch the pop
uilr brrcZeS with conSImmatc ability.
| He Is evidently determined to win. and
the Democratic party under his lead *
undoubtedly moIc powerful than il has
been at any time since the outbrcak of
the late war. No reference i made to
the Hamburg massacre, and III this
failure the Governor made Il great
political mistake. The Southern urIrS-
ton Is really the great question III the
campaign, and it cannot he ignored N
treated lightly.
ON the currency question. the two
candidates are III substantial accord
If amy thinG the expressions of Gov
Hendricks on this subject are stronger
than those of his colleague. because they
are more inttliyihlc. He desires the
repeal of the resumption act aS the re-
tracing of false step. Gov. ridden
virtually takes the same ground. al
though at some length and with much
ability he points out the plumbers in
our whole financial Legislation since the
close of the war. First, the Governor
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cause it means nothing. Then he would
sav" enough money To redeem the legal
tenders. aud when we had that .centr;il
reservoir OF coin" he would resume. lie
Indicates no time when this resumption
will take place. although he thinks the
sooner the better. He has no faith in
statutes fixing certain days for re>ump-
ton. because they are not respected.
This whole business. he proceeds To
say, ''bclongS to the domain of practi-
cal admini>tratiV" >t;itc>manShip. The
captain of Il steamer about starting from
New York t" Liverpool does not ASSEM-
bile II council over his ocean chart and
fix an angle by which to lash the rIddcr
for the whole voyage. y human intel
ligencc must he at the helm to discern
the shifting forces of the waters and the
winds" This figure of rhetoric cN-
presses the position of the two candi-
dates. AMI it may he thus expressed
Repeal resumption, save your money
and allow the President to resume " hen
he is ready"