New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-09
Uncle Sam Hosts the Black Flag.

The little speech made by Governor Til
{ den to q militia company in Albany il
worthy of note as his first public expression
since the nomination. In this speech tn,
Governor calls upon his followers not to b.
satisfied with moderate canvass, but t.
make an aggressive war upon the enemy
A Tribune reporter, who was charmed with
J his excellency's "glittering blue eye,'
quotes the Governor.as saying there must
be no "still hunt" In this speech the Gov
ernor strikes q low key. He describes the
wolf at every d0os; he AYERS that for eleven
years tie government has expended the in.
come of all the labor and taxes, and that
! taxes have increased fourfold. THE gov
eminent no longer exists fer the people
the people exist only for tho government. /"
? 'Our centennial product is the wrongs,
license and evils to escape which onr ances.
tors abandoned their homes" The remedy
is reform" The Governor eneers at his
rival as. negative" adopted to save q
system upon which the party in Office has
fsttened. This speech of Governor Tilden
is in marked contrast with that of Governor
Hayes, who went out Of his way to pay .
compliment to Mr.. Thurman, who was then
prominent candidate for the Democratic
nomination, and to inculcate harmony and
good feeling in the canvass.
Now If We have . vigorous campaign we
shall be disappointed. We want q quiet
temperate, patriotic centennial canvass
The Governor carried the st. Louis conven-
ton by C0ssack tactics. He rode down his
opponents. They were assailed in every
form. The deliberations" of the conven-
ton recall the worst days of the JacObin
Club, and already there are rumors that the
president of the convention will have to
fight Sunset Cox. At one time it looked as
If the president would order the arrest of all
the anti-Tilden men. The policy was to
win, and this policy was never abandoned.
The treatment of every leading anti Tilden
man was harsh, aud after Mr. Hendricks
had declined the Vice Presidency he was
rudely taken and forced upon the ticket
to help Tilden." The editor of the Rich.
mond Enquirer, q leading Democratic ne VS.
paper. openly says that money was used to
nominate the Governor, and expresses a
hope that only half ss much as was spent
Ct st. Louis will be given to the canvass.
The success of the Governor may justify
the tactics at st. Louis, and We infer from
his little Albany speech that they are to be
applied to the country at large.
The reason why we deplore such can.
vass as Mr.. Tilden proclaims is that. it will
cOrOus war upon the Republicans thew will
return the fire. Mr.. Tilden's orders will
reach his own forces, but the other eide
must be considered. The Republican can.
didate has counseled moderation and good
temper, but if the Democrats mean to take
their cue from Tilden there will soon be an
end Of it. reform" is captivating issue,
but so far as the Democratic party is con-
cerned it is an issue of promises and not per.
fOrmances. There are other issues that will
be invented or revived-issues which We
do not care to see, but which the Govern.
Or's policy will be sure to provoke. There
is the question of religion and the South
If the Governor insists that the campaign
shall open by denouncing the Republicans
as robbers the Republicans will 20 into the
business of proving that the Governor and
his allies are ''Jesuits" and "assassins." So
from one point of defamation we shall 60 to
the other, and the result will DO Q deplora-
BILE canvass, full of bitterness and passion
The truth about the whole thing is that
these cries are clsptrsp Tilden wants
power and Hayes wants power. If Tilden
wins times will be about ss they are now
the same influences about Washington, un-
der the sway of new men. There will be
the same complaints aO0ut taxes, the same
dissatisfaction with the currency. The
new men will do about - the old men are
doing, namely, take all they can find and
hold on to it, Our hope 10 that the canvass
will be orderly, respectful, decorous. This
hope was justified by the speech of Gov.
ernor Hayes, but now that Uncle Samuel
raises the black flag We shall probably have
nusic.-New York Herald.