The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-05-13
Tilden's Platform.

meeting of the chiefs of the Democrat
ic party of New York are especially SO.
They commenced with the temporary
organization. Mr.. Lester b. Faulkner,
in calling the assembly to order, de-
clared that democrats would not sac
rifice their Democratic principles in or
der to gain success" At this evidence
of broad humor on the part of the
speaker the Convention smiled grimly.
When the speaker intimated that Til
den might have called a million men to
sustain his CLAIMS in 1876. but that he
refrained owing to his horror of civil
strife, delegate cried: "He's a cow
ardn' When the speaker stated that
he was not informed whether "the
distinguished citizen" (Tilden) would
again accept a call to official "posi-
tion," there was loud laughter. When
the Tilden Committee on Contested
Seats reported in favor of all the Til
den paper delegates, in advance of the
report of the minority, an indignant
member protested loudly against the
infamy;: but he was promptly Kissed and
howled down. Until this vote, which
was conclusive of the absolute owner
ship of the machine by Tilden,. the as
sembly acted like a parcel of maniacs;
but, the victory having been won, the
discounted minority sank into sullen
silence aud listened without interest or
emotion to the reading of Tilden's
manifesto in the form of series of res
olutions. The authorship of the reso-
lutions is not amatter of the least doubt;
they bear the ear-marks of the hero of
Cipher Alley. The sentences are long
and Involved, but they treat from
first to- last of the great defrauded
and his claims to second term.
They assume the election of Uncle
Sammy in 1876, and with rare
humor refer to the alleged election
of the statesman of Gramercy Park as
victory won "in the name and for the
sake of reform" Reform was nec-
essary' in 1876, saws the railway
wrecker, but the people were cheated!
Let us, however, write the word reform
on our banners again in this year of
grace 1880, says the paralytic. How
truly Tildenish is the following: "It
yet remains for the truly National party
to restore the National Government to
the fraternal spirit, the Constitu .ional
principles, the frugal expenditure, and
administrative purity of the fathers of
the Republicr' ' Frugal expenditure"
is good. When. the simple-hearted old
gentleman dictated this sentence to
Nephew Pelton he must have had in
mind his negotiations for the several
Electoral votes of Oregon, Florida and
South Carolina. =. Frugality of ex-
penditure'' was his chief aim then. He
carried =" frugality" step too far in
that instance; but the habits of life
time are not to be abandoned because
of one failure. By obeying tho dictates
of caution and economy he ciphered
himself out in 1876, fell between two
stools, as it were-South Carolina and
Florida; but the Democratic party is
not TO be bereft of the great principle
of Z" frugality" because of the mistake
and consequent personal loss of its
CHIEF four years ago. y no! Without
'' frugality" in the administration of
public affairs the Democratic party is
nothing. Witness the administration
of the late William NJ. Tweed in the
City of New York! But, says Mr..
Tilden in the platform: 1.-THE people
were defrauded of that victory QS76
by q false count of the Electoral votes"
And this outrage upon the people
must be avenged, cries the Sage of
Gramercy Park, in a fine burst of indig-
nation. HowP In this way: "But the
Democratic party of New York." pro-
ceeds the patriot of Cipher Alley, "also
declare their settled conviction that the
success of that conspiracy against the
peoples Constitutional sovereignty,
which by perjuries, forgeries, bribes
and violence in effect disfranchised
4, 800, SIG voting citizens, large major
ity of all, and which by the false count
of the Electoral votes reversed the re-
suit of the last Presidential election,
compels the next to turn upon q single
commanding issue" This sentence is
rather long, but it is not of doubtful
meaning. The "single commanding
issue" is the fact that 4. 800. SIG voting
citizens, ga large majority of all, ;" de-
manded that Sammy should sacrifice
himself by occupying the Presidential
chair from the 4th Of March, 1877; and
he has not occupied it a day! These
4, 800, SIG voting citizens were defraud-
ed, exclaims the Sage, and the sole way
to condone this fraud is for them to re-
peat their demand of 1876 in this year
of grace $780, "This ISSUE" proceeds
the great income-tax fighter, "precedes
and dwarfs every other. 1t imposes a
more sacred duty upon the people of
this Union than ever addressed the con-
sciences of freemen"!
This calculation of the exact number
of unterrified Democrats who voted for
the hero of Cipher Alley 800, Sl6-
would seem to most persons suf-
ficiently clear indication of the duty of
each and every one of them to repeat
his vote of 1876 in 1880 for the tender
hearted old uncle of his nephew. But
the fact that the old gentleman's WIS.,
ion is obscured by defective eye rem
ders him careful that there shall be no
obsourity in the platform. Hence the
following unequivocal connection OF
the great defrauded with the great
fraud: e.
their condemnation of the Electoral conspira-
oy of 1875 an emphatic declaration of their
continued condolences in the character, ability
and fitness of that distinguished citizen of
New York who was then elected to the high
est once in the peoples Gift, and who was in
his own party, his fellow-citizens, and the
cause of free government. The blow which
aimed not sns 80 S much at It him hi % as at the Demo,
cratic millions who stood behind him. While
making no instructions as to candidates, and
duty of joining I'm the deliberations of the Ma
tionsl Convention, we respectfully suggest TO
%elfsrs q the parity S S AND @ Nation demand H1 Of
them that they take such action as shall best
present this great issue to the people Higher
than all other party issues Is the solemn obli-
cation TO give TO the free voters of the land
an opportunity to pass their Judgment upon
Of M
speak with no doubtful voice.
After the Sage had dictated this
rather pointed passage it is evident that
he thought it wanting in emphasis, for
this clause follows: The Democratic
party Of New York hereby re-adopt
their resolutions adopted in the State
Conventions of 1864, 1868, 1872 and
1876" These resolutions not only en-
force the unit rule, but provide for the
summary expulsion of any delegate
who may have the hardihood to attempt
q bolt. Many men have been weak
enough to doubt Tilden's ownership of
the Democratic party of the State of
New York. After reading the pro-
ceedings of its late Convention they