The Portland daily press., 1876-08-10
Campaign Notes.

The Tribune opens leader on the repeal
OF the resumption act with this significant
declaration: ''The Democratic party has
slaughtered its candidates already"
The New York Herald thinks that Gov.
Tilden made fatal mistake in not taking
few lines of his tediously long letter 10 de-
nounce the Hamburg outrage.
The Boston Post, once the most respecta-
BILE Democratic paper in the country, has
partisan journals.
The State, well known Democratic organ
OF Tennessee, says, in huge capitals: "Let
it be known before the election that the farm
ers have agreed to spot every leading radical
negro in the county, and treat him as an en-
emy for all time to come. The rotten ring
must and shall be broken at any and all costs.
The Democrats have determined to withdraw
all employment from their enemies. Let
this fact be known"
The New York Tribune explains that to
fix date for payment is a ''hindrance'' to
payment. "You've got my note at six
MONTHS" says the debtor; won't you
please erase the date and signature, so that
shall be sure to pay it sometime? The ex-
isteDce of the note annoys me in my busi-
ness, and is 'blndrance' to my prosperity"
And, of course, any creditor who under.
stands finance according to Tilden and Hen
bricks will do it.
Here's specimen Of our Southern recon-
structed Democrats. 1t is ex.Goy, Vance,
the Democratic candidate for governor Of
North Carolina who speaks: 81 am in favor
of -enslaving the negro, and if that cannot
be done at once my idea is to adopt plan
which will bring about such a condition of
things. would deprive the negro OF educa-
tional privileges; 1 would pay him low wages;
I would prevent him from acquiring real es-
tate; would deprive him Of arms, ammu-
milton, stock and agricultural implements"
The Democratic House has been in power
since last December. 1t has had abundant
opportunity to deal with the financial ques-
tion. What has it done? 1t is controlled BY
the friends of Mr.. Tilden-by the men who
will control it should Mr.. Tilden win tho
Presidency. Will they vote against resump-
ton now only to vote for it two years from
now? We do not think so. The men who
repealed the resumption act of Saturday be-
lieve that resumption is mistake, that we
need more greenbacks, that illimitabe paper
issues will ease the country. They ave not
men to abandon their belief, and Mr.. TT ilden
cannot resume without their aid.--N. Y.
Herald.
The worst that can be said against Gov
Tilden's letter is its joyful acception by the
initiation wing of the party. The Cincinnati
Enquirer, which has been the most infiuen-
tial advocate of soft money as well as the
widest, is in ecetasy over the the letter. 1t
quotes what the Governor says about the
volume of the currency and italicises the
statement that the Government sis bound to
furnish all which the wants of business re-
quire," adding: 1t is an emphatic statement,
for whose truth the Ohio Democracy have
contended. 1t is couehed almost in the very
words of our PLATFORM of 1875. which was so
bitterly berated." The Enquirer finds sew
eral other points in the letter which coincide
with the same soft money platform of 1876.
and declares with delight that the Governor
has made greater concessions to the senti-
ment of the West than the st. Louis plat
form, More than this, it thinks he has said
more than Gov. Hendricks in favor of the
Western idea upon the currency question.