The Portland daily press., 1876-03-20
M'Guire on Tilden.

The Syracuse Standard priots a full report of
the speech, mainly devoted to the setting forth
of the shortcomings of Gov. Tilden, which ex.
Speaker Mcclure delivered at the greeuback
convention in that city ON Wednesday We
make the following extracts;
"For what purpose did Tweed and Tilden
seize the organization, its management and
control? Simply TO commit the Democratic
party 10 their bas-Less. Tweed was as profose
aud equally as sincere as flden, in what was
tacetiously called platform of professions of
90 esty, economy and integrity in public at
tairs, and holy horror of frauds, peculstious,
c'rruptlens or malfeasance Professions aud
practice in Tweed's case have passed into his
tory, and in Tilden's it will soon be placed in
the same category. That great and greater
time will place them both in the niche of the
gallery, one as coarse, bod Dick Furp,n, the
other as cowardiy, sneaking demagogue,
compound of the whining hypocrisy OF Peck
sniH, and the crawling snake-ke humanity of
Ur'sh Heep, seeking TO accomplish by iudffec-
tIon what his more bold associate openly at
tempted. They will pass down the tide OF time
together, hand in hand, as they ran the Demo
cratic organization, the one Infamous for the
magnitude of his crimes, the other for his
tleachery to friends and party ami unfultilled
promises aud professions to confding and be-
trayed people. The running of the organiza-
ton was dual performance. Tweed at the
khead and Tden at the tail-Rome was not
large enough to hold two Cesars-and New
York was not large enough to hold two such
worthless. So the crafty, subtle tactics of the
ohe were brought into requlsitlon upon the
other. Tilden became an informer and turned
states evidence against his friend and asso-
ciate. Tweed fell and Tilden rose and became
master of tho organization which Tweed had
managed so shamefully and corruptly. AL
though of local character, the stupendous
frauds exposed produced profound impression
upon the public mind from one end of tie con-
t;nent to the other. Charles V. retired to q
convent TO do penance for his msdeeds, and
Samuel /. retired to his cloister and assumed
| the role of reiormer. From this retreat he is
sued elaborate essays to prove himself the de-
strOyer of the formidable New York ring, and
| when he appeared in public he was clothed IN
a long seal-skin coat, in imitation of the lion
skin worn by Hercules at the staying of the IA
bled hydra. He is all imitation, and nothing
but cheap imitation at that; be initiates Peck
sniff, he initiates Uriah Heep, he initiates a
refOrmer, he initiates a Hercules, and last
though not least, he is an imitation Democrat.
There can be nc question that the majority of
the Democratic party of this state, if left free
to express their own CONVICTIONS, would un-
doubtedly declare in favor of the repeal OF the
act of 1875 But if the party trusts its manage
me Mt to Tilden & Co., with their manipulations
| the party will be again misrepresented. and
agaiu start oo the road to defeat Tilden is
playing bis last card and most desperate game
to control the convention for the selec ION of
delegates to the National Convention He has
had no purpose, nc thought. no motive siuce
his accession 10 power but that. Every town
aud county mmittee has been subordina ed
to that end. Canal appointments, canal mes
sages and canal commissioners were but aux
lliaries of his uncouquersbe ambition his
character 4 assumed, it is strue) of reformer
his professions of superior honesty swinging
around he circle, aud making political speech.
es, all pointed TO the New York delegates to
the National Convention. His CLAIMS to he
the smasher of rings, the friend of the people.
relieving them from taxation, are the tricks
and professions of the demagogue to boost S.
j. Tllden TO the height of his asDrations."