Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-07-25
FOUR MONTHS A PRESIDENT.
THE POSITION OF HAYES AND THAT OF
TiLDEN.

clAinb inc cOhuucl OF Ir. Illden, be.
cause Of his seeming indifference to the
"Great Fraud which has been perpe.
trated upon the country through him.
We felt like answering the gentlemen
indicated, but feared from lack of abil.
ity, that we might fail. Hence we
abandoned the case but fortunately
the editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, mo.
bic bird) comes TO our relief, and in
his able mannerpunctures the captious
and the GROWERS in this way;
"The conscience which makes cow
ards of the organs, because they know
that Mr.. Tilden was elected and Mr..
Hayes was not, frequently leads them
to fear that the Democratic statesmen
will head a movement to eject the
trespasser from the White House.
Fearing this, they proceed to invent
the movement lnvonting it, they then
proceed to abuse Mr.. Tilden without
stint, the organs in this business prov
ing the old saying that rascals never
forgive a person whom they have
causelessly wronged. The people have
not been imposed on by these ISLANDERS.
They know that Mr.. nlden's very
iailings are more virtuous than all the
merits of allthe papers that abuse him,
and that his personal popularity is a
million times greater than all influence
of ell the Radical journalism in the
United States, even multiplied by the
devil. Beside there has been no more
evidence TO connect Mr.. Tilden with
any such movement to disturb tho
country than there is to show that
Thomas Carlyle was concerned in the
frauds of the Louisiana Returning
Board, or that Martin r. ,Tupper in.
stigated the Bulgarian massacres.
Tho kind of journalism which has
occupied itself with lying about Mr..
Tildcn has lead Baltimore paper, the
Sun, to receive from q correspondent q
statement which claims to comprise a
rejoinderMr. Tilden himself made to q
Southerncr, who called on him recent.
ly, and told him the people oil the
whole country would have sustained
his claim and made him President, had
he taken a firm attitude early after the
election, and insisted upon his rights.
Mr. Tilden, according TO the CORES.
pondent of the Sun, replied that "he
had thought carefully and most con.
scientiously over the subject in all its
possible phases that be had become
convinced that, should he adopt the
course suggested, it would be resisted
by the Radical party to the extent Of
drenching the land in blood that be
shrunk from the responsibility of pre-.
cipitating another terrible civil war
upon his countrymen, and consented
to the compromise which avcrted so
dread disaster. He felt as koenly as
anyone the improperly of the means
by which the present result had been
brought about, but for all that he did
not regret bis own action. As it was,
the people Of the United States under.
stood it the Democratic party today
occupied such proud attitude before
the country as II had never occupied
before, and no mortal power could re-
slst its triumphal march TO success in
1880" As the Baltimore Sun is very
careful newspaper, there is reason TO
believe that Mr.. Tilden said in sub
stance what its correspondent says he
received from the gentleman who call.
cd upon the Democratic statesman.
This is the moreprobable, too, because
the views attributed to Mr.. Tilden dc.
scribe, as well as account for the ac-
tion he has taken, and are viewswhic
are eminently honorable and charac.
teristic. To have declined to become
the occasion Of civil war even with all
the right on his side and four-fiths Of
the fighting element of the country
with him, willrcdound moro TO Mr.. I'll.
den's credit as patriot and states
man than any act in our annals does
to the credit Of any man, with the pos
sible exception Of Washngton's resig.
nation OF bis commission and his dc.
clination Of royalty.
The whole matter of The fraud and of
It's consequences is taking care Of ITSELF
ioeH enough. Mr.. Hayes has the Presi.
dency under circumstances which com.
pei him to take notice, every hour, of
the opinion Of those whose Judgment in
history, upon the means whereby he
got his office and upon himself for tax.
ingh He has had to ruin his party,
trick his creators, hand oper the States
iohich ioere falsely made elect him 10 his
opponents, and in everyway demon.
strate the untruth Of his title and the
truthfulness of the Democratic victory
in the United States. He has lost the
respect even of the men uho counted
perjury and forgery Of no consequence in
his behalfor their own, and the respect
Of the rest has not been lost, only
because 1t was never acquired. His
policy is q plagiarism. His honors are
nettles. lbs position is a piiiory. HIS
name pW become as distinctly disesteemed
as that Of any other principal or tool in
capital or political ofenscs against peo.
pies. He is one Of The pery feio rulers Of
aidnkina oho can nera hope for any
credit for any good they may perform or
design His administration might be
fuller Of blessings to his country than
that Of any other Executive, but none
Of them would produce any regard or
affection for him, and all of them
would be only accepted as his admis-
sion that he was bound to render
tolerable his wrongful occupancy of
dnothcr's place, and that whilo he was
incapable of the reparation of relin.
gushing his position, he was, never.
tholess, moved by policy or rcmorsc to
make as much atonement, short Of
that, as possible. The only American
who can gain no appreciation by bene.
fitting his country is the President Of
the United States. His desire TO do
right is construed as the confession of
his offense. Every day Of his term is
q now count in the indictment Of the
wrong he incarnatcs. His cndeavor
to effect any reform Is rated an at
tempt to placate the public memory.
lie Is thankful through his organs
that the citizens recognize him. II Is
held TO be significant thing that,
after all, for the sake OF the Office he
holds, gentlemen will personally deal
with him, and even sit ut the table
with him. His escape from insults Is
recorded ne remarkable and crafty.
ing incident to HE trips through tho