The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-11-16
A CHANGE OF FRONT.

The New York " sun which has
been hc Stsadlu>t mot tn say viulen;)
friend and defender Of Mr.. Samuel
Tild,n from the beginning Of the prcsl-
dental canvass in 1876 down 10 The
present time. and which has carried its
partisan, hip 81 far a. 10 stlgmatIZc all
the leading democrats who voted for the
electoral commission bill a. being ac-
completes in conspiracy To steal the
preSidrucv-ths remarkable journal
on "Wednesday executed 4 complete
change of front, which Is not the least
of the surprises with which ii has en-
tcrtaincd lis READERS The sun says
it supported Mr. Tilicn in 1876 To the
best of lis ability, because il found in
him a thorough faith in the Constltu-
ton of the / nited States, and in the
principles of genuine .Irtiersonian dem
ocracv. And this Constitution and
these principles" the sun ayers,
d" cmbodv and contain for uS the whole
rule OF political salvation. Mr. Tilden
the sun declares. was elected. He
bad a majority Of the popular and cleo
toral votes. but the republican managers
conspired together 10 cheat him out ut
these and succeeded. The" sun says
it has not been altogether content with
Mr.. Tilden'S conduct during the cul-
mination of all these adverse cIrcum-
stances, and regrets that it was not pos
sible for him " 10 display in that june
ture the splendid determination and az
gre-siveness of Henry Clay or of An
drew Jackson" but still it has not i'm
itated other journals in blaming hIm
for these defects OF temperament and
character. But according TO the e sun
the democratic leaders abandoned the
fight even more absolutely than Mr..
Tilden declined To take it up, and Mr..
Tildens cause has been thus rendered
hopeless. There would have still been
il saws. =" u sort Of sentimental conSo-
intion in again supporting man whose
name must hc forever memorable IN
history in connection with ;hc fraud Of
lS1G-I -" but even this consolation
must he denied us And now We
come to the gist of the &c suns article.
IL saws:
While We should bc ashamed to
ioub, Mr. Tiidens personal integrity,
we are Vet constrained II say that II Is
proved and admitted through the publ
cation of the cipher kilograms that dur
ing his presidential campaign lac suffer
cd clique Of politically immoral people
To surround him. 10 act for him, and 10
comnron.,st. him. We knew
at the time that some of these persons
were profoundly foolish. and we de-
nounccd them for their Stiffness. but II
now appears that this was not their
worst endowment. At any rate they
have proved themselves able In fatally
iniurc what they could never have bull,
up Their imbecilliv and their immora-
liv could never create anything, but
with the extraordinary confidence repoS-
ed in them their powers for mischief
was great indeed. They have sufliccd
To damaged the character ut lifetime,
aud they have wrought n dcplorahlc
mischief To the course of public affairs
Mr.. Tilden will not again Inc the pre>i-
Dental candidate Of any party.
Ii will he seen from these paragraphs
that the New York L" Sun abandQns
MIR. Tilden'- cause a. detinitivclv a il
has hitherto vehemcnlly advocated it.
We have no concern with The more or
less reconcile reasons underlying this
change Of front. hui the fact il Il matter
Of historical importance, and a. such
,hnuli he nuly rrrnriru