Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-08-09
Correspondence.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, July, |

ROCHESTER, N. Y, July, 1876.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Judging by the tone of the
western press, the opinion must very gen.
orally prevail, that the result of the Presl-
Dental campaign is to be determined by
New York. Such may or may not be an
absolute fact, but the full responsibilities
of our relation to the canvass we feel, and
the west can be assured that it is altogeth
er safe to trust the intelligence and patriot
ism of New York in the coming crisis,
that we will not suffer The banner Of repub-
licanlsm to trail or 60 down before the rebel
shiboleth- reform. The whole stock in
trade of the democracy is found IN that
simple catch word, and sounds coming from
the source it does, very like the Devil re-
buklng sin. The cunning Of Tilden inspr-
ed it, and Saint John Morrissey sounds it
along the whole line, while Ross Kelly and
Geo. D. Lord, echo it back with all the
significance of the thief who cries stop
thief. The whole band of confederates in
and out of Congress Union hatsrs-are all
Jealous reformers. The slums of New York
City through Its assassins and thieves, out
of its brolhels and gambling bells, with
thick tongues and incohersnt utterance,
howl reform. Is there no significance in
all this to the thinking man? Are these
the sources of intelligence. honesty and re-
form? Can the people trust Saints from
such cesspools-in brief has it come to
this, that John Morrissey, the prize fighter,
the bully, the gambler, is to determine Who
shall, or shall not be the chief magistrate Of
the Great Republic7 Tildens right and
left bowers, Kelly and Morrissey are known
to have dropped The Irish feud through Til
denis promise of equal division of spoils.
These things are understood here, as it
will be throughout the country as the can
vass progresses, and the people will be made
to see that the campaign on the part 81
Tilden, is frand and an imposition. Kel-
ly and Tammany opposition was on make
believe, false pretense, and the same il
true of the canal ring. Bill Bowman the
henchman ::of Lord, indicted at the same
time made the first speech of the campaign
for Tilden. George the silent, when badg.
cred about supporting Tilden. which be
does, says its all even now between him
and Sammy (Tilden) as he, George has
agreed to take only q canal now and then,
while Sammy is to have monopoly of the
railroad steals.
There is new bond of sympathy be-
tween George and Sammy, found in the
fact that they both are begging for time or
delay in court-the one for gobblng a rail
road, the other for a canal fob. A counter
felt scalp of Georges, just as unreal and as
false as Tillen's other pretensions, did more
| to nominate him at St. Louis than any
other one thing, save perhaps his barrel OF
| money. His friends cant deny this, yet
George, was never scalped, and never ex-
poets to be by Tilden. The similarity of
their relations to the courts and justice,
does not by any means argue similarity
of character. for their is broad difference
between them as men, for while George is
the very Prince of good fellows, spending
his fobings like true Lord that he is, Sam.
my misers awfully. .
The Republicans of this state fully COM
prehend Tilden's character, tactics, subter-
fuges and the use he may make of his
money, yet have no fear for the result. 1t
was possible for him 10 succeed in packing
caucuses and conventions in his own party
through the influence of his shoulder hit
tiers, money bags and promises of spols
but it is quite another thing to succeed at the
ballot box. The Tribune, Herald, Graphic
and Evening Post could publish his paid for
pufs before his nomination. but alas, none
of these are for him now. The Springfield
Republican could eulogize him SO long as be
seemed an earnest foe Of the canal thieves,
but when it discovered that it was only q
make believe on the part of Tilden, it for
sock him and now denounees himlas con-
idence operator. The people of the west
may see in these straws which way the
wind is blowing.
/ think it must be new experience for
the ''oldest inhabitant," and cannot be a
hopeful moral or political sign, to see q
Presidential candidate resorting to the
grovelings and tricks of ward or town
politician to secure his own nomination for
the first office in the gift OF great and en-
lightened people. Yet it is potent to every
body here that that is just what Tilden has
been doing for the past year. O, Temporal |!
O, mores ! JUNIUS.