Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-10-17
For the OrangeDurg TIMES.
Tilden and His Accusers.


pressed, with the wisdom of your
views OIL b1r. Tilden, and his relation
to the Democratic nomination for
President in 1880; and 1 am frank to
admit that to every student Of the
past political history Of this country,
and to every close observer of the
present bearing and aspect of affairs,
they must appear rs sagacious and
wcll-timed-
1t was only few years back that
MIR. Tilden's name was in the mouth
of nine-tenlhs of the Democrats of the
South as the creates, rcformer of the
country. Without him the great
Democratic party seemed helpless.
by an almost universal agreement he
was chosen as its standard ben rer. A
gallant fight was made under his
leadership for the Presidency. The
agis Of his name carried enthusiasm
every where; and it led the Demo
cracy to victory at :he polls; bit by
the stupidity and the lack Of courage
On the part of tile Democratic House
of Congress, lie was not installed as
he should have been, bet bad !!.;s
triumph submitted to juggling
Commission, the majority ofwhose
members had their. minds made up tn
seat Hayes before they took their
oaths of Office I'ilden was not then,
and should not now he held respon
sible for that gigantic fraud. No
one during the sittings Of the Com
mission pretended to say that it was
the work of Iillen. On the contrary.
it was regarded rs the result of the
combined wisdom of the Democratic
.s-:aaders i'll Congress. But as so,n as
it iniled to pelturm the task which
anxious Democrats wished it to do in
spite of every thing, the men who CON
ceived the idea o. originating it, began
to hunt about tor excuses to shield
themselves from blame or censure;
and soon The onns of the whole jung.
ling affair was duly paced upon the
broad shoulders OF l,c sage Of Gramar-
cy Park. "Ile ought to have march
ed to Washington and taken the oath
of office" these slnfilers said, land we
would have backed him with our
treasure and our blood" What
transparent nonsense! There il not a
reader of your paper but would have
damned him into eternal infamy if
he had attempted any thing of the
kind, and been unsuccessful! With
Grant at the head of the nation, he
and his followers would have hee3
shot down like dogs, and the South
would have had to undergo new
reconstruction; for the hla II, of the
whole affair would have been lai
upon the South by the politicians of
the North, aud insteal Of lin, in
almost entire possession Of g,vern.
ment, as the Democratic party is to
day, the nation would have been re-
mandcd back into Tie han Is of the
worst element Of Radical politicians
Under the circumstances, believa
that Tillen>s course was wise, patr,ti ic
and subserved the best interes Is
Of the South; and it comes with i'll
grace from her cdi,ors to be continu-
ally damning him for what WAS best
f,r their country. They have lavish
ed unsiii.ted praise upon Hayes, who
stole the Prcsiden, but they have
proved with tendish slee upon the
very vitals of the man who no doub.
saved the nation from being 'lrench-
ell Il second ime in blood.
do not say nominate Til den, but
do say he sh uld receive batter
treatment from people he tried so
hard to rescue from GrantiSm. B.
sides, should he be rcnpminIte |,
Radical orators and journals will tax e
what is said againsS him now to fight
| us with in 1880. Don't YOU remember T.