The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-07-27


cratic Reasons Why Tlldeh Should
be Defeated.
5 have thus stated then, substantial
ly the principal reasons that have i'm
PEELED me To oppose the election OF
Mr, Tilden to the Presidency
l. Because he interfered with justi-
ha6le cause to bring defeat upon the
democracy Of Ohio last fall, that he
might further his own aspirations for
, tie Presidency.
2. Because the Democratic party
bad been defeated IN three successi We
Presidential eampaigns under the
, leadership of New York, and she had
no right again to demand Of Us to take
az leader man who has q large
and influential opposition in hls own
delegation, and an Oppcs sitiOn c1m-
prising men of the very highest per-
sOnal and official character through
out the State.
8. Because the action Of his friends
, In efteetiPg his nomination by the
convention was in violation Of parlia-
mentary usage, unfair and unjust TO
all opposing candidates. FhedeeOru %
OF the convention WAS grossly insult
ed, by three cheers for Tilden being
called for from the platform occupied
by the President, and given by his
friends before the call of the States
had been completed on the second
ballot.
4. Because the platform adopted by
the convention does not declare the
true principles of the Democratic
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national banking system, as our per-
manent system Of currency and
finance. 1t discredits the grsenbaek
currency, seeks its entire destruction,
and proposes the forced and imme-
diate resumption of specie payment.
5. Because the convention, at the
instance of Mr. Tilden's supporters,
and in the interest of the New
York Gold Ring, repudiated the resO-
Hutton offered by Mr.. DOOlittle to re-
store the law providing for the coin
age OF the silver dollar, and making
it legal tender for all amounts and
and all debts, as il always had been
in the United States from the founda-
tion Of the Republic up to the time
when that law was repealed by
stealth in February, 1873, thus in
ereasing the burden of the public
debt on the people to the amount OF
from Sl00, 900, 900 to 500, ,0OO, ,OOO, to
benefit the bOndhOlders, and increas-
ing by the difference between the
value of silver and gold the debt
every man in The United States owes
l to his creditor.
6. Because the fOreed nomination
of Thomas A. Hendricks, q man of
1 viz in "a 10
| greenbaek currency, aud Ia opp0si-
ton to the same ticket with Mr.. Til
den, and on the platforms adopted By
the convention, is an inconsistency
so glaring as to amount to an insult
to the intelligence OF the people Of the
country.
Z. Because Mr.. TiIden is not in
character of qualifications what his
friends claim him to be. He. has re-
sorted To means to promote his as
piratiOns to the Presidency that are
unprecedenl in this country, as
they are disreputsble His record as
q YefOrmer has been seriously i'm
peaehed by sOmer of his most
ardent supporters two years sgO.
His connection with railroad cOrpJ-
nations and the Credit Mobilier swim
such as to reflect credit upOn his char
acter as lawyer, much less as re-
former and as q hard-money man,
the issue of some four millions of in
dividuRl currency, in violation of
law, subjectlng him to heavy penal !
ties, proves him to be a sham, and |
Will require much explanation. He |
ia not, in brief, such q man as even |
1kn
less such q man as the country |
should accept for the high Office of |
President of the United St4tes.
ELOQUENT Tribute TO GOVERNOR
HAYES.
In comparison Of antecedents and |
character, he suffers much when
placed beside the pure, strsight-for-
ward and excellent man the Republi- |
can party had the good sense To NOM |
mate for the Presidency = Gen. |
Hayes. loud and prolonged ap-
plause.]
CONCLUSION. .-
Again, then, fellow citizens, We are
about to enter upon another Presi- |
dental campaign. 1 have endeavored |
TO show that the man in whose hands |
placed is not worthy of that honor
that those Who, under his instrue-
tiOns, have seized on the leadership iD /
this contest, achieved their success at /
st. Louis, by mob, clamor and viola
ton of those parliamentary rules
which experience has prescribed as
necessary to secure the just action Of
deliberate bodies !; and worse than all /
this, that they have bean unfaithfdl
to the true principles OF the Demo-
cratic party. The tumultuOus clamOr
of the Roman mob, when the bold
PretOrian proclaimed from the ram
parts, in the insOlent excess of mili-
tary license, that the Imperial crown
was TO be disposed OF to the highest
bidder, was not more disgraeeful than
the elamor of the st. Louis eonven-
ton, which, over the violated rules
adopted by itself, forced the nomina-
ton Of Samuel j. Tilden upon the
country.
But let gentlemen heed the lesson
of history. o-
TILDEN DESERVES DEFEAT.
This man, who commended him
self to the highest official position In
the world, in this most iilnstriOus Of
all the years OF our national existence,
by the arts of q common advertiser of
his own qualifications, who has been
pulled into nOtOriety by the use Of his
money, and who touched the tele-
graphic keys at Albany that prompts
ed the insOlent and overbearing con-
duct Of his supporters at st. Louis as
he directed from New York the opera
tions in Ohio that resnlted 10 our de-
feat here last fall has yet to submit
his qualification, his conduct, and his
principles to the scrutiny sud judg-
meat Of the American people. The
cry OF reform, cheap device Of those
VINO are always ready 70 keep the
words Of promise to the ear to break
it to the hope" will not prevent the
discussion OF the principles of that
platform and the purpose Of the man
who drafted it. After Julian had pur-
chased the Roman throne by the pay
ment OF q donation equal to thou
sand dollars TO sach soldier of the
PretOrian guard, and an Obsequious d.
senate, affecting more than OrIiin ary ;
at his eleYatio n to power
themselves upon the
public felicity, We are tnh thzt even
the guards themselves were after
ward ashamed OF the prince their
avarice had persuaded them to accept,
and that the citizens at large eonsid-
cred his elevation last insult To the
Roman name.
A gentleman travelling in Scotland
says in a letter to q friend "k will
now tell you of two young women
who, disappointed in marriage, and
being intimate, revealed their minds
to each other and resolved 10 live n
man aud wife in some place where
they were not known. fney drew
lets to decide who should be the man.
The one on whom il fell assumed the
name of james Han. They then set
out on their journey, and at last came
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