Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-01
DEMOCRATIC OPINIONS
SAMUEL ]. TILDEN,
Expressed Prior to the St. Louis
Convention
The True Character Of the
Man as Portrayed by
his own Parsdsans.
FROM THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER.

fhcN Ihh SlNtlN NAH
"There are Z few facts concerning Sam 1ildeu
whic We trust will sink into the minds Of West
ern and Southern Democrats
81. He cannot carry his own State in No
ber.
'.2. He cannot carry any Northern State.
3. Heis hypoerite, political swirdler, has
lor g been public plunderer, arnd is really the
on ly disreputsble candidate prominently nance
Cd the Democratic side.
~. He has sought this high Office by methods
ST. punprecedentedly shameless and disrepUts ble
tnat it would be IN everlasting stigma upon
Democratic convention to nominate him, and =
'reproaeh upon the American people 10 elect him
if nominated.
''Should Gods providence, eeeming estran-
ged,' permit his nomination, by whom and what
would he be nominatedt BY the seryile. coz
scienceless tools that money can purchase; by
the most corrupt influences that ever entered
I into Presidential nomination; by the system
/ on which all other guack medicines sold
| advertisng-and even respectable medica. assO-
Citations read out of the profession doctors that
| will advertise. II would seem that the Demo
I cratic party should have high respect for
| the good name OF the party and the Government
As the vendors OF pills have Tor their craft II
could not bu: be that man educated in Gun
ming, hypocrisy, and iniquity, nominated in cCt
ruption and STAINLESS efironteTy, even though
I his millions could elect him, would give Us the
| most corrupt administration the country has
SNtI -fG-tASf Ol-llNiS- Albl tl4S
/ gloom of solitude. says Tecitus, could save Ii
/ berius from himself, and Tildeu could nor rise
above himself, above the sources Of his
I power.
| "There are many reasons why Governor I'll
! den should not be nominated, and why if no
| minated, he will be defeated. He has been too
closely identified, socially and politically, and
| legally-we will not say financially-with the
| Tweed rsgi1.e of New York. When Tweed
escaped from the custody OF the Sheriff OF New
| York, many months ago, the Boss was not only
penifs1tary convict, who had not fulfilled
I one-iitn of his term, but was being tried on
civil suit 10 recover S, COO 0O0--but portion o:
| the amount h- had stolen from the city. There
WAS every likelihood of making Tweed dsgOrga
, but the Sherifi's officers were bribed, DO doubt.
! and the Boss went on his way rejoicing. Tiiden,
| the next day, with flourish OF trumpets, de-
clsred that the Sheriff. who was under bonds,
| was liable for Tweed's escape: and further.
/ more, TO pay over to the city g. 900 OCO, for
/ which Tweed was held, anl which suit, as L
matter Of course, must 20 by default. Nearly
I ten months have since elapsed. Tweed has not
| been caught. The Sheriff Of New York (COu-
ner) still holds his post, and his bail boad and
! property, and all effort to capture ard bring
| back the Boss has been abandoned i. The people
Of New York city hold Tilden responsible for
retaining in office Sheriff who lea ny the great
| thieves of the Ring who nearly bsplkruUted the
city. Another objection TO Tilden is his aristo-
4
| York do not like him. His money helped TO
| elect him two years ago. He Is I bachelor,
with ample fortune of four or the millions.
and spent 1t freely, or let his fricrtis spend i
freely for him, in the campaign of fs1i.. Until
| his election for Governor he was ha rill' known
outside of New York. Tilden and his friends
bznboOZled the poor working m.n Of New
York by telling them they could have 2 lerty Of
work, at good wages, if they would 'ote FOR
| him for Governor. They did so. Tb-CaIy there
are more idle men in New York city tha when
| Dix was Governor. Besides, wages hE 'e been
cut down"
From THE ALBANY "EvENING TIN ES.''
"supreme selhshness, lnd cold, IN, crupu-
| lous, cunning nature, are his marSsd harac-
| teristics. The intensity of his sel;Ahoe IS has
never been relaxed even by the sofrenins iniiu-
ences of married life, and he seems &c be as
destitute of magnetism or emotion Is : mu mmy-
Having devoted the earlier portion Of his life 10
the study OF the art OF mCuey-lnak king. he p.ac.
ticed It with success which, withir lew ears,
BY one means and another, put Millions 4 his
purse. When he felt assured that tf-s do-, riull
| Of his former Tammany associates was j .evi-
table, he hastened TO promote that II, ut.
Having possessed himself of the parry mad hin
| cry, he used il TO secure the nOU tiuatiOu for
Governor, and succeeded ON acce unt Of the
want of any organized opposition, and the de-
termined declination of the mali whom the
party really desired to nominate Having Dc
come Governor, every act has II en- per1criTs u
with an eve single 10 the se11 sfsD. F.ndiTs ,
that to attack corruption and fr aud was Yopu-
lar, and that the public mind WI = suspicious q
any against whom charges were made, he a 81
tated not 20 promote attacks upon those IN
every respect his superiOrs, but whom "
thought were possible impedims nts in his psthy
that, as Governor, be succee led in single
year in reducing the Democrat ic majority Oy,a
thirty five thousand votes, notv outstanding the
unquestionably popular attack upon the canal
frauds and acknowledgement, ! conclusive ev.-
dence Of his want either Of cS Dacity or tact 20
successfully lead the Democu Itie party Of the
Empire State. That he is an inefficient hesita~
ting, and unreliable public 4 dcer. is palpabe.
He is neither prompt, nor fu .nk, nor generous,
nor agreeable, nor popular. To say that the
Democracy of the Union re- II ~ seek such
didate is to say that they 70 untitled to select
President
Yet again the TINES sayc:
There is great sire put upon the ser
vices of 1i1en in 'breakh ~ up the Tweed Ring
Tilden was a co-worker 'fith Tweed for years
and did not open his mo nth against him until
Jimmy O'Brien and the NeS York 11ses had
furnished many of the leading facts TO The
public. When it was discovered that 81 out
ragged community cou ID NJ longer stand the
frauds of The Rings, hut we're determined TO
break theIa up, then /. occu rred TO our great
railroad anencier that the opportune moment
had arrived for him to. make capital out OF the
facts of fraud with W hich 10, years he had been
familiar Had the public RETAINED Indifferent
to the q auds of Tive ed, there is no reason to
doubt siat Mr.. Tildei, would iave been as mum
as me use up 10 this vs-v d9.;"
FFoM THE NET YORK '-EXPRFsS,"
"While New York Democrats have not
! chang ed their position Governor Tilden has
chan, ,ci his. He is no b)nger for Seymour, Eor
for Church, nor for any man in the land bat
Sam uel J. Tilden , = The Tri'rre wants
70 snow the reason OF ofopposition III the country
to Governor Tild,n. II il vii read the ad-
dresses made at Albany it viii ffld its question
AM wered. II it will read the dlx equitable re-
cord Of public opinion, manufactured and
cr culated through large advertising Igetsry
in this city, it will find snswer. II it Ene-Y,
as we know, of the appliances used all over cbs
State 10 elect and defeat delegates for the Utics
| Convention It would ask Tor no other answer
| but, beyond this, there are auyle reasons
There are better men. There are more popular
! men men Just as trr1e as reiorIcRrs. just ais
| honest, just IS true 10 principles and 20 tbG
! country, more faithfrl 10 friends, Of quicslei'
perception, Of better Judgment, OF more exscu.-
tive ability, less sels sh, less ambitious, and.
\ wholly incapable Of making the bst record
| which has stirred so many thou.azSis in thil
! State either to prefs renee tor some other nas
/ or to more direct opposition to oGoEernoi
| Tiden. We might add many other fessons,
! but We forbear fer to- day At least"
| Again, June q, 1t ,says:
| I" man who hss ALT 40 larrely IN rSflroadk