Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-07-07


ne produea this morning. from TIE New
YORK Expzsss. one Of the Democrs tle el-
gsns Of New York Citss-eslited by 1rsstus
brooks. some leayes from the. reoord q
Semuei ]. 7ilden. the DemOoraticf 'refoFm'
I candidate ION President OF the United
states. which win attract general attention,
and surprise many people, who, in ignor-
auce Of the mans true character, have
looked upon him as TefOrmer. The ex-
tracts we print were made up from legal
documents and official records. and are
copied from Democratic newspaper Of
wide circulation and good standing IN the
eityDf New York.
i The rascalities, the open rObberies, with
which Tilden is shown to have been con-
ueetell commeneed fourteen years ago, ana
have been continued up to within recent
aariod. The old man having accumulated
millions in this Esy. became reformer
when the Tweed ring vas broken up, and
upoh this latter record he IS nov placed be-
fore the country as q great refoFmer. Load-
ed doHn with the money fsaiidulentlF OBJ
tained he now uses his 5h-gptten gains and
his sham reputation to place himself in the
highest position within the gift Of the
american people, and this, too. at time
when citizens demand genuine REFORMS. mn
der leaders whose character IS without a
bleInish.
Ihere are many lob0ers in this country.
There are men VINO have amassed colossal
fortunes BY means that would send ordin-
airy persons to to fei0n' cell, but we ask
the public. after reading Tilden's record,
as herewith printed, to point out, II they
can, any man who has been more unscrup-
nlons or more successful, or who has the
impndenee to present a bOlder face to the
American people than Samuel j. Tilden.
But bad as this record IS the half is not
told. This story of the life of an unscrup-
ulcus man IS to be continued, and before
the campaign is over the people Of this
country viii .slnoE enough to know, that
Tilden IS the worst man thst could possibly
be named for the high position to which
/ ne aspires, and for which he has been nom
mated by the Democratic party.
The following is a partisi list Of the rail-
roads he plundered: Galena & Chicago
Union Railroad, the Kenosha & Rockford
Railroad, Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
road the Peninsular Railroad; the Coatin-
entail Improvement Company; st. Louis,
Terre Haute & Alton Railrosd; Belleyille
& Southern Illinois Railroad. They were
all broken down and plundered by Tilden
and his associates, and in all cases Tilden
was the leading spirit.
Like the huzzard that smells carrio on
from afar, Tilden had an instinct that
brought him into connection With sWind-
ling schemes. When that rascally organ-
izstion, known as the Credit Mobilier was
concocted, for the purpose Of robbing the
/ government and stockholders, Tfiden was
there. From the testimony Of Cakes Ames
before the Credit MObilier Investigating
COMMITTEES, we learn that Tilden advised
1 its. formation, and pronounced the ring leg
! al. He, Of course, got his share Of the
s#ag. That organization drew many pub
lie men into its trap, and these are now ly-
ing IN political graves. In the Republican
party not one Of them could be nominated
for any Office. But now the Democratic
party bring forward Samuel J. Tilden, who
helped breathe into the fraud the breath Of
life and stood BY the cradle Of the baby, as
q candidate for Presidentof the United
States, the people q universal demand
for honest men.
Now mark the course Of the Republican
and Democratic parties. Blaine was the
leading candidate Of the Republican party,
and would have been nominated but for
jobbeFy in which he had been engaged; vet
what are his offenses compared with those
IF Tilden3 The Republicans defeated
Blaine. The Democrats nominated Tiden.
It now remains for the people to reject the
sham reformer, with his i1-gotten gains,
and to save the Nation from the disgrace
that the Democratic party would fasten
upon i'll us trus'E g gai1E 81 il1EiHf