Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-28
Gov. TILDEN has written q letter

Gov. TILDEN has written q lettel
defining bis position upon the ques
ton OF paying rebel claims, refund
ing the cotton tax, &C., and say int
81 shall deem it my duty to vet'
every bill providing for the assump
ton or payment Of any such debts
losses, damage, claims, or for TIT
refnnding Of any such tax.
We place the above on record
that in case Mr.. Tilden should b.
elected our readers can see tor them
selves whether or not he keeps hi
promises.
This letter no doubt was writer
because the feeling has become 81
general among capitalists that |
the Democrats get into power TIT
debt of the nation will be so increas
ed that it will never be paid. Ever
the possibility of Tilden's election
has caused the syndicate to decline
to make any effort to do anything
in connection with funding Ameri
can securities beyond what the con
tract compelled them to do, unit
the question of the Presidential
election is settled, and in case Til
den is elected they do not believe j
will be possible to make any addi
tionaI steps successful. Probabl!
Tildcn, with his usual shrewd for
sight, saw he must do something to
counteract this feeling or lose man!
votes. Therefore he writes his let
ter making fair promises simply tol
political effect.
Let us see how many of the Dem
ocratic papers at the South print
Mr.. Tilden's letter. We hope the
Republican National Committee
will flood the South with this letter.
If they do Mr.. Tilden's "solid South
won't be so "solid."
The New York Herald on New York.
A small number of Republicans
effect to be alarmed because Tilden
was elected over Dix two years ago
by over $4,000 majority, and they
have fears that he will carry the
State this fall which will elect him,
AS it is generally conceded that the
vote OF New York will decide the
election. All these fears should,
however, be completely dispelled by
the following facts as given in the
New York Herald of Thursday last {:
"The Democrats carried the State
last year by 14,S1O, with a prohibi.
ton vote of IL, lO3, consisting al
most entirely OF Republicans, so
that the Democratic majority last
year was really only 1907, More
over the total vote of the State last
year was only 776,715, where us in
1872 it was $40, l5l, the stay at home
70 ers in 70 numbering G3, 436, con.
Sisting mainly of Republicans.
When these facts are duly weighed
it is difficult to find any solid ground
for the sanguinary expectations ex-
pressed by some Of Mr.. TiIden's
friends respecting his prospects in
the State. 1t is only by strained
inference that New Y ork can be sad
to have Endorsed him last fall. lie
went upon the stump himself, and
begged for a Legislature which
would support his policy, but the
Legislature elected was strongly Re
publican in both branches, although
in the preceding year a Democratic
was elected with Mr.. Til
den, the Republican Senate holding
over. 1t was merely nominal vic
tory which the Democratic party
won in this State last year, furnish
ing more reasons for apprehension
than for confidence"
The Herald then goes on to say
that the election OF Tilden in New
York, depends entirely upon large
majority in the city, to outnumber
The large Republican majority in tue
country; and as the Democratic
actors are engaged in an irresisti-
Ole conflict in the city, that this di
vision will lose the State to ridden.
The Herald might also have added
hat the temperance vote in this cri
us will nearly all go for Hayes. The
Liberal Republican vote will also lie
nearly unanimous this year for the
'egular Republican ticket. But per,
laps the greatest falling off among
he Democracy will he the thous.
lnds who are personally opposed to
[iiden, and who did everything in
heir powea to defeat his nomina-
ion; and lastly, there are thous-
lnds of honest Democrats in the
State who will vote against Tilden
lpon his record OF having defraud,
ID the revenue for ten consecutive
ears.
REMARKS by a prominent Demo
rat in New York, not intended for
publication, but overheard by a re-
,orter of the Post: Gle consider
ID the Indiana victory an empty
ne, in view of the fact that the
Democrats at their last election in
indiana had majority of seven
cen thousand and secured the Leg
stature. They had spent a quarter
{ a million of dollars in thp Stata