Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-10-19
(Cwrs4saSssee n fxe 1ssesa.)
81. IxreoEs. Mp. Ocr.e, 1879.

D&ASVN law ~ s<0~e$ &S< - WY tAto$0
exeited over the the Ismenln1ion of
your eorrespcadent .. ~ !" o. Ookville
Via, havinx seen educated i the dem
ocr.eic pot1y. HIS failed otlrf ! nsae
years persistent EFFORT b. harnssnixe the.
principles Of sid party viii his own.
He has waited and waited and watched
for thst party 10 do something which,
ia his view. would commend i /. % the
country and has finally in a evil hour
given up ID despair and eoae over 70 10
enemies. Nor has he chGoonsa very
propitious time for dis change = 'front.'.
Tor he hes joined the Republiean party
st the very time when Il has proven IL
self 70 be the moet dishonest, corrupt
and fraudulent party that ever fattened
upon the spoils Of of6ee or controlled
The destinies Of any country. But
whatever may be thought Of its acts by
others, they seem to have commended
themselves 10 your correspondent and
Il 10 to be presumed he has At last reach
ed the ae~s Of his hopes and found Z
party whose sentiments are eongenial
With and whose principles are Z coun-
terpart Of hs own. He tells ~ the two
parties having arrayed themselves in
hostile attitude to each other be feels
himself free to "eulogze the one or
criticise the other" and having taken
his position a. champion of the Repub-
lican and assailer Of the Democratic
party and its standard bearers, he pro-
ceeds to eulogize and defe.d the for
mer and assail and condemn the latter,
and in doing 40 it will be seen has grav-
itated quite naturally into the habits of
some Of his illustrious peers. The first
and most remarkable OF his charges is
the vain attempt to connect Gov. Tilden
with the Credit Mobelier" swindle.
In view of the well earned reputation
Of the Gov. as a reformer and weeder
out Of corruptionists. extending through
a series of years, and the unqualified
and earnest endorsement of his course
by the people of his own State in his
election to various responsible positions
OF public trust and finally as Governor,
defeating the most popular republican
candidate by majority Of over fifty
four thousand votes, this absurd charge
carries on its face its own refutation.
And what evidence does the gentleman
adduce in support OF his charge. None
but detached portions Of that given BY
the notorious Cakes Ames and one Of
his confederates in a case in which they
themselves were most deeply interes-
ted. Now every fair minded person
must see that in order to arrive at Just
conclusion in such case the whole ev-
idence must be considered. Even ad.
mltting the correctness of the evidence
adduced, it amounts to no more than
that Gov. Tilden gave legal opinion
as lawyer upon point of law when
called upon TO do so; and who but the
Republican Congress passed the law
under which this Credit Mobelier COM
pany was created and upon which law
the alleged opinion, if given, was foun-
ded The gentleman's case. supported
by such fimsy props as these, falls to
the ground when weighed in the balance
with Gov. Tilden's well known record
as the pronounced enemy Of all fraud,
supported by facts patent to, the people.
which initiate SO strongly against any
such improbable presumption. But l
may refer to this hereafter. IN" next
re.urrects an exploded charge with re-
gard to Mr.. Tilden's income tax, and
cite. the New York Times as authority
for the statement that che (Gov. Til
den) must certainly owe the Govern
ment for the unpaid tax on at least
quarter Of a million of dollars" and
says that Ms. Tilden has never replied
to it. The gentleman must have for
gotten, If he ever knew it. that in reply
to the charge Judge Sinnott, Mr.. Til
den's law partner and confidential clerk,
who kept his accounts and knew more
about the status Of his business than he
did himself, has published and given to
the public detailed and itemized state
ment and most exhaustive expose of
Mr.. Tilden's income during those years;
that the charge is now discarded by the
leading papers, orators or correspon-
dents Of respectable standing and that
such organs as the New York Herald,
New York Nation, New York Tribune
and others OF high standing-all stror g
Hayes papers-.'now describe the VIII le
fraud and perjury charge Of the T mes
about Tilden as loose aud lying ire
sentiment unworthy of further con.id-
Grafton" Even the Times itself has
been forced to admit that it was
mistaken in some of its items. The
following is a sample of the charges
and recantations of this immaculate
journal. From N. Y. Times. Sept. 8. ]
The false income returns Of Samuel J.
Tilden-Some items of the true state
ment. Fees during the year from the
Toledo and Wabash r. r. Co., SIS, 900.
IN. Y. Times, Sept. 2l. In Judge
Sinnott's letter it is asserted that the
Toledo and Wabash Railroad Company
never was a client Of Mr.. Tilden, and
that neither in 1872 nor at any other
time did he receive any fees from it.
That IRE must accept as tonclusire.-
Proof of our charge was promised from
authorities in which we had confidence.
but in its absence, That item must Be
withdrawn, and i, might have added
other items IN our charge stand in the
same category. But since the New
York Times is so implicitly relied upon
BY some republicans as the pulier down
of the reputation OF Gov. Tilden, let US
see what the Times thought OF him prior
TO his nomination for President. We
select a few extracts. When the Tam
many Ring was securing the passage of
what is now known as the Ring Char
ter" by eorrupting the Legislature.
the Tfuex of Anr sl1fh said .sThene