The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-14

ty-leaders who had been feeding ant
fattening on the people for SO lonI
the plunderers who had been max
ing princely fortunes under Grant
Administration for eight years
were of course 10th to give up thei
places. They instantly set abou
some way to render the peoples yer
dict null and void. The Returning
Boards in Louisiana and Florids
were composed of corrupt, vena
scoundrels. It was only necessary
for the conspirators at Washington
to tell what kind and how much foul
work was necessary at their hands
and ttey would perform it with alac
rity. While this dark work was go.
ing on the Democratic party needed
leader. Mr.. TIlden was the only
one the party had. 1t looked to him
for advice and he was as silent as
the grave. The 41h of March came,
and with it Hayes Inauguration.
The prize had slipped from Mr.. Til
denis grasp and the Democratic par
ty was subjected to aihumiliating de-
feat. Complaints now will do no
good. Bitter denunciation Of the
authors of the great frapd will avail
nothing. Mr.. Tiiden cannot be Presi-
dent of the United States unless the
people should again elect him in
1880, which is not at ali probable.
We are sorry for Mr.. TiIden. He
is an unfortunate man. No other
American statesman has ever been
treated with such refined cruelty as
lie. With the magnificent prize al
ready in his hand, lie was robbed Of
it in broad daylight, by such Great
ures as Wells, Of Louisiana, and
Starnes, of Florida, under the diree
ton of Chandler. Blaine, Morton
and Company. 1t is natural that he
should feel the outrage keenly. and
that he should cry out against the
authors of the stupendous wrong
against himself and against our sys-
TEN of free elections. Perhaps some
good in the long run will result from
his speeches. The people may need
to be reminded occasionally of the
Great Fraud. Eternal vigilance is
said to be the price of liberty. and
it may be that this man, wronged
and outraged as he has been, by
stepping to the front once or twice a
year and calling attention of the
American people to himself, will
keep the Great Fraud fresh in our
minds, and thus enable US to avert a
similar misfortune in the future. Att
any rate we see no reason why lie |
should be sneered at or denounced |
for the speech he made in New York |
a few days since. Heretofore he has
been remarkably prudent-amazing-
ly prudent-and it il not likely now
that lie will say or do anything which |
will compromise either himself or his |
party in the eyes of the people No |
fair-minded man can blame him for |
denouncing, in the strongest posi-
Bile manner. those who have SO cruel |
ly wronged him. 1t is right that he
should do so. Mr.. Hayes is doing
we'll enough in the Office to which lie
has no right. Public opinion ha
forced him to act upon the policy
upon which Mr.. Tilden was elected.
and the country is beginning to en-
Joy measure of peace and prospect
ty from the adoption by the Admin
of Democratic principles;
but this peace and prosperity should
not prevent Tilden nor any other
Democrat from openly and constant
" denouncing the Great Fraud which
was perpetrated upon the American
people. upon the ballot box. upon
liberty itself, by the leaders Of the
Radical party at Washington last
winter and spring. The crime can
rot be condoned. 1t must not be
or for one moment suffer
ID to be absent from the minds OF
.he people, until those who commit
ed it are driven from the high places
hey have usurpe l, Into a retirement
rom which they can never again
emerge.