The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-10-12

ney in one sentence and adopts 'tthe
battle Giles of the inlationists and
soft money men in another. There is
design in this diversity; there is meth
cd i'll this madness of contradiction.
The seeming inconsistency conforms to
a consistent purpose. The hard money
features of candidates and platform
were intended to carry hard money
States; the soft money features, soft
money States. The continuance was
believed to be shrewd, but it really
was very shallow. The democrats are
fought in all the States as intlationists
and repudiationists and rs such it is
to be hoped that they will be defeated.
Piece of Tilden's War Record.
When every loyal heart was glowing
with patriotic fire at the CRY that came
up from Sumpter what did Samuel J.
Tilden do? Did he, too, throw away
his law books and briefs and 60 forth
with the gallant sons of the Empire
State to fight for honor and the right?
Did he freely offer his own life that
his country might live? No! alas,
no There was no responsive fire in
his heart. All was cold, calculating,
false!
On April 20, 1861, in reply to Presi.
dent Lincoln's proclamation calling
for $4,000 troops, grand meeting of
the citizens of New York was held in
Union Square to indorse the action
ind to pledge themselves to the main
tenance of the laws and tho Constitu-
lion of the United States. General
Dix was chosen president, and
among the vice presidents or speakers
were Daniel $. Dickinson, J. I. iioff.
man Fernando Wood, A. S. Hewitt,
Erastus Brooks, Augustus Schell, and
others. Was that Of Tilden included
No. One Of his friends called upon
him and begged him to come, rut Til
lien refused decidedly to have any.
thing to do with this ''abolition war"
And when his friends expressed fear
that he would live to regret this re-
fusal, Tiltlen having faith that Robert
Tomhs would yet call his slave-roll ut
the foot Of Bunker Hill. replied: 81
think not, and remained firm in his
refusal. Nor did he contine himself to
negative support of the rebellion he
gave it in words when among his
friends. But even before the war
broke out, in 1860. he wrote as follows,
speaking of the Republican party:
SELECT Lincoln, and we invite those
perils which we cannot measure. We
attempt in vain to conquer the SUBJ
mission of the Sonth to an impractical
BILE and intolerable policy. Orr only
hope must be that as President he
will abandon the creed, the principles,
and pledges in which he will have
been elected. Defeat Lincoln and all
our great interests and hopes are equal
ly safe.''
That Know-Nothing Story-What an 1nde-
pendent Democratic Paper Says.
New York Herald {1nd. Dem) Oct s.
A facsimile of a letter written by
Gov. Hayes private secretary was pa.
raded yesterday in the two leading
Tilden papers Of this city. A plate
for printing the same fac-simile was
also offered to the Herald by the Til
den shop in Liberty street, but we de-
clined to use it. 1t does not quite do
to assume that the readers of Il news.
paper are idiots, who think that the
exact reproduction of a piece of hand.
writing gives significance to it's SUBJ
ject matter which it would have in
printers type. What interest can any
two'legged creature have in the hand.
writing Of so obscure person as the
confidential clerk of State Governor :?
The attempt to make the contents of
this clerks letter important is be-.
meath contempt. The so-called Amer.
lean ALLIANCES, Of whose bylaws. and
purposes Gov. Hayes probably knew
nothing, passed resolution indorsing
his nomination for the Presidency.
Like all Pr esidential candidates WHO
are in daily receipt of mass of com.
pllmentary effusi0ns which it would be
i waste OF time to read, he turns over
such correspondence to the Secretary.
who opens his letters. with instruc.
tons to make civil replies. Gov.
Hayes clerk seems to have been dis.
crete enough, for he merely acknowl-
edged the compliment. Gov. HAYES
desires me to acknowledge the recent
of your valued favor OF July I, enclos.
ing resolutions of the American AL
lance, and to say in reply that he is
!eeply gratified by this expression of
cOntidence.' 1t is not probable that
this note of mere formal courtesy was
submitted to the inspection of Gov.
Hayes but even it was, there is moth
ing in it which it was worth while for
him to tell his Secretary to alter. It
Was mere acknowledgment crouched
In courteous terms. Gov. Hayes has
never seen, and did not care to see.
the trumpery constitution of an oh.
scure set of men who had seen tit to
indorse his nomination, and did not
stop to waste thought on so trivial =
matter. lie thought it due his charac.
ter us a gentleman and his position As
candidate that his clerk should ar.
knowledge the receipt of respectful
communications, hut he did not feel
that it was incumbent on him to make
minute investigations into the organi.
cation of every insignificant BODY of
men who protested their intention of
supporting him. But Mr.. Tilden' s shon
in Liberty street, having got posses.
'on of this paltry note, made an inves.
tlgat'on and found that the American
Alliance is 4 set of Know-Nothinps.
The Liberty-street shop thereupon
conceived the brilliant idea of making
Mr.. Hayes responsible for the princi
pies OF that obscure organization and
of twisting the note of his clerk into
an acceptance of those principles. We
are sorry that any respectable news.
paper should have lent itself to so de.
spicable a trick.
The 9th inst. was observed in Chi
cago by a general suspension Of blsi.