The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-11-08
MIR. Tildcn's Attitude.
The Speech Of MIr. TllAen in Nev

The Speech Of Mr., TilAen in New
York, upon his return from Europe,
was in every respect admirable, 1t
gave new evidences Of the comprebcn-
slvencss Of his views, tie strength oI
biz mind, the sonnducss Of his judy
ment, aud the elevation Of his moral
tone, After some suggestive remarks
upon the material Interests Of the
country, he took up the great political
question OF the tunes, Here is Il pas
sage:
You are all aware Of the result, Of the
contest Of ls7G. lVoiccs-"Wu know you
rot robbed 81 No, | did not get rOBbcd ;
the people got ronbcd. 1t was II roObrry
Of the dearest rights Ofthc American Giti-
zen, The conformation by The people OF
the greatest political crime in Our history
by which the rc.Nlt OF the Presidential
election OF 1876 was set aside and reversed.
IL general and overwhelming. Her sister
states might AFFORD to have tie lo,cc Of
New YORK irittrrcd away or It's expression
deferred lLCOuld not change history II
could not alter the universal Judgment OF
tn" civilized world it could not avert the
moral f"trlbutiOn that l. impending. But
New YORK herself cannot afford 10 hay,
her voice lmIcard.
In the canvass Of lS7G the Federal Coy
crlUlclt embarked IN the canvass Wltil
INSCRIPTIONS activity. 4 member OF the
Cabinet Was the bead ~ Il partisan cOil-
mitlcc. Agent. stood at the door. Of the
pay oil 'cs 10 exact contribution. from OF
iiCial subOrdlnatc,. The whole OliroiiOId-
ing elias. were made to exhaust their pow
or. Even the army. for the first time. to
the disgust OF the soldiers and many OI
The officers, wa. moved about lIc country
uS AN clCCtiOnccriuI Instrument. All lills
was done under the cycUl lIc beneficiary
Of il. who was making the air vocal vita
professions Of ciNi srrN lee reform, to be-
bcgum after he had himself exhausted all
the immoral adN antagcs Ol rlill service
abuses. Public opinion IN .omc states
was o|ycrbornr 10y corrupt influences and
by fraud. Bat 80 strong wa, the desire
for reform, that the Democratic candidates
received I,3OO.OOO Sullrtgrs Tmi~ was I,
majority Of the popular vote u about
100000, and Of l,2JOUOO of the white citi-
zrn>. It was Il vote 100000 larger tIlaII
Gen Grant received in lS72, and l,3UO,OOU
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' ,', ~ ,"n,'otinn inv tLn prr.inruI fine
S"uolr nI ,Ii'tntnriiI uowrr over NH the
.Iinns in controversy and the menace
OF the enforcement OF ms pr','uacl a'-
of the business classes, and the kim
'''.' measures Wy Wl'1r' ,nf ''''e count
Tho result is the establishment ofa prcc-
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