The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-13


Tweed was a Democrat, and so were the
most of his confederatcs. 1'ildcn was In
the foremost rank of the citizens of New
York who prosecuted that ring. and
brought its members to condign punish
ment. Without Samuel j. Tilden's aid
vigorous cooperation and sagacity. prob
ably they would never have been con-
victed.
This fact brought Mr.. Tidcn into prom
inence. not only in the city. but I'm the
state of New York. and the eyes of the
whole country were turned upon those
cases. SO monstrous were the frauds and
thieving that the frame of it had spread
throughout all the land. BY the prose.
cution of these men he acquired a
national reputation.
Mr.. Tildcn in his prosecution. so adj
dressed himself to the favor of the peo-
Pile of the State of New York, that two
wears ago he was nominated for the
office OF governor of that State. lie ran
against very prominent and very
popular man, Gen. John "A. DIX. Mr..
ridden was elected by a large majority.
That shows the esteem of the people, and
of the State. and of the city of New Y DIRK,
for Samuel j. 1ilden. at that time. The
people who knew him face to face. UNI
Ilerstood his motives and his conduct.
There had grown up in State of New
York
ANOTHER RING LARGER THAN THE TWEED
RING.
1t extended from one end of the State to
the other, and 1t was known IA the canal
ring. 1t had been in existence good
many years. 1t comprised Democrats as
| well rs Republicans. Ii extended all
| through the State from Albany to Buffalo.
| aud ia every town and hamlet it had its
members. Mr.. Tilden was but fairly in.
augurated governor when he began to turn
| his attention to this ring, and the result
| has been that he has brought the men,
| bers of it likewise TO condign punish
ment. Many of them are serving their
| terms i'll the penitcntiary, while Others
| have run away to escape like fate. Now
this canal ring had been in existence dur
| ing the administration OF Coy. Dix and
during the administration of former Re
publican governors. Ii had been grow
ing and strengthening and roofing deeper
and deeper, but no governor ever had the
courage to attack it until Samuel j. Til
den was inaugurated governor of the
State of New York. Cheers.l This ar
raycd against him great deal of OPPOSE
| ton in that State among the Democrats
themselves. But while it arrayed against
him the opposition of thieves and rascals
of both parties it gained to him the respect
and friendship OF many men outside the
| Democratic party, as it ought.
you frequently see now. day after day,
rs do, quotations in The Hayes papers,
from papers in the State of New York
| purporting to be Democratic papers, de-
nouncng Gov. Tilden. Those papers
from which these extracts are taken are
the canal-ring papers. They are the pa.
pers whose editors and proprletors have
had their toes mashed by Gov. Tilden in
his prosecution Of the canal ring. This
Is the same character of opposition and
denunciation that NJ. BristOw raised up
while secretary of the Treasury, in the
prosecution of the whisky thieves of the
country.
| have no personal acquaintance with
Gov. Tilden. do know
GOV. HENDRICKS
| of Indiana, the nominee for vice-presi-
dent. | served in the house of represent
| tativeS while he served in the senate.
| Indeed, | have known him since 1857 :.
When | first went TO Washington he was
commissioner of the general land office.
lie had been before that, a member of the
house of representatives and after that he
Noo ciA y Cii > III tlit stildlc Vi the L nltcu
States, and since that time has been gov
ernor of the State of Indiana, and is 2oy-
ernor now. lie Is man of brains and a
man OF integrity. And right here I
wish to denounce statement which ]
have seen going the rounds OF eo,nn of
| the Hayes papers, that Tilden and Hen
| bricks sympathiZed with the South dur
ing the rebellion That is not true.
[Cheers.1 Mr.. Hendricks as a member
of the United States senate universally
voted tor all the measures brought for
ward tor the vigorous prosecution of the
| war. He always voted for supplies for
| carrying II OH, and If his record was not
such, these papers which are denouncing
him would find 1t in The Congressional
Globe and parade it to their readeas.
Tilden, before the war, was Il barn-burn-
| er Democrat Of the Wilmot proviso sort.
In other words, he belonged to that party
which ran Martin Van Buren, in 1915
upon the free soil Democratic platform.
Iilden did not stand firm with the Demo.
cratic party OF the nation at that time,
His tendencies were too strongly in favor
| of free soil, and freedom in the territories.
de had the independence and courage at
all times TO ayOw those sentiments. and
on one occasion hes eceded from a State
| convention at Syracuse because that con-
| vention adopted resolutions in opposi-
ton to the Wilmot provisO.
Mr.. Iilden throughout the war was a
war Democrat, just such as many of you
were throughout this country. He held
just such war sentiments as those Demo-
Gratis who Unlisted i'm the army and helped
TO night the battles Of the country, still
maintaining their attachment to party.
That was the character of Samuel j. iii.
fhnsn
and Hendricks favored the South during
| the rebellion are simply false. [Cheers. |
so much, my fellow-citizens. with ref
erence to the candidates themselves. and
their positions before the country. / will
add another word right here; while Mr..
Hayes Is without reproach in his private
or public character. and is, as ! believe
MN To be, man of integrity,
HE Is NOT LEADER.
do not think he possesses either the
character or brains or that character of
independence which is necessary to con-
stitute leader. HIS characteristics are
of negative quality. His popularity is
OF the available color. Not that he has
ever done anything, but that he never did
anything. That Is what makes him pop
ular- Nobody can say ought against
him, because he never DID anything that
was particularly prominent TO attack.
While as a soldier he served faithfully, so
did many here before me serve Just as
faithfully, who are not on that account
nj to be president of the United States
probably many OF them.
While in the house of representatives.
probably his votes We're all right enough,
as he voted with the Republican party,
yet do not remember any particular
thing that Mr.. Hayes ever did in the