The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-10

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implicated as though your name were
Tweed, Oakley Hall, or O'Brien." But
what may we not expect from man.
who sought to stultlfy che ballot box?
/ Let it never be forgotten that Hon--J.
Ia. Blaine was charged, by rumor, with
receiving few thousands from & rail
road company, and the Cincinnati Cen
vention refused to nominate him. Vii
den was charged, under oath, by re-
aponsible parties with embezzlingsS
100000 from Western railway corpo-
ration, and the St. Louis Convention
did nominate him. All through the
Western States suits are standing against
towns and counties in favor of Tilden,
the head and counsel of the corporations
that have robbed them Of the heavy
subscriptions they were induced to
make.
Climatic fringe" Is the term applied
often seen dangling ON "a lady's fore
head. But Tilden with g "hard Coney"
FIaoel dangling on his breast, d "soft
money" label OH his back, with "re-
form" painted on his forehead. "free
schools" swinging from one ear, for the
Protestant "church schools" land from
the other for the Catholic, with one
hand filled wish pndding-tiekets" to
make the illegal vote of NewNYork City
overcome the honest vote of the State,
and the ether hand filled with stolen
Western town and county railroad sub
; scriptione, is the most be '%fringed !"
} spectacle now on exhibition.
The public press has, with great truth
9Ibeen styled the palladium ofs-liberty."
r Il ramifes every nook and corner Of the
Hand It reaches every hamlet and en-
llIghtens every mind in the search for
: information In no country on this
globe is it's benefcent influence so gen
: orally felt, or its moral power 80 gene
rally acknowledged as in the United
States of America. This influence of
the press kes it the generator of a
correct "publ:c opinion" Where that
opinion is ia the interest Of error, or
would lead to false conclusions. the
press modifea it. and makes it subser-
Went to truth. This view of the power
of the press and it's controlling influ~
ence upon public opinion makes the
inquiry an interesting one, whence
would it lead. US IN the political canvass
upon which we are now entering:?' AS
there are said "to be two sides to q
question" SO there are different schools
in politics. The press is found a9Vocst-
ling opposite sides, and by this very at
triton we are enabled to distinguish
between truth &ad error, to separate the
y "wheat from the chaff."
i We take it that it cannot be success
4 fully denied that the great prepoa6er-
i ance of patriotism and public virtUe is
i with the Republican Press of the eoun-
.Itry. The principles of the Republican
n party are the outgrowth of an orthodox
political faith, and as such upon their
predominance in guiding the future
.destinies of our country must its pcos-
perity depend, "lEsto perpetual
i Virginia has been called the mother
of Presidents. New York may as sig
ni6canty be termed the mother of Dem
ecratic aspirants for the Presidency.
Seymour and Greeley were both forced
upon the Democracy, through the in
strumentality of trickery and fraud in
Democratic National Conventions. They
were both ingloriously defeated.
The nomination of Tilden was made
in the face of the protest OF large
and influential portion of the Dem
ocracy of New York: IL was the
result of the lavish expendi-
ture of money, by which the press was
subsidized and party leaders purchased.
It was not the spontar eous expression
of confidence in the public and private
integrity OF the candidate. On the con-
trary, it was forced upon those repre-
senting the better judgment of the par
i ty. The consequence of this is that the
heart of "the rank and file" Of the party
is not in the fight. The contest, on the
part of the Democracy, lacks the enthu-
[ siasm which begets success.