Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-30
SAMUEL j. TILDEN.
4 Merited Tribute to SeIf-SacrtftcinG
Statesman.
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
Now passes into history one more name,
to become classic and enduring, engraved
in ineffaceable characters, among the Hottest
and most admirable of American states
men.
Of delicate physical mould, modest and
retiring in disposition, but endowed with
mind intuitiveiy bent on vast subjects, and
grasping great public questions, Samuel
J, Tilden pursued peculiar course. Sec
ond to none in his interest in public affairs,
ne persistently remained in private life until
he saw difficult and essential work to be
accomp lished, which no one else had COM
bined intelligence and courage to encounter.
We speak considerably when We say that
it required much more uncommon quality
of moral courage to undertake and conduct
to success the warfare against corrupt
bench. as accomplished by Mr. Tilden, than
is REQUISITE for the most daring achieve
ments on the field of battle. 1t is the cOur-
age of calm reflection and self-sacrlicing
spirit it comes from love of country and
of Justice superior to all love of self.
Mr.. Tilden had hold upon the country
possessed by no other man. He undoubtedly
would have been renominated had he not
declined. We thought that his dectnation
oucht to have been disregarded by the con-
vention. We thought that he should be put
forward again as the candidate of the pa
triotic Democracy, even if ne "died in har-
ness" in consequence. But nearly every
member of the convention knew that Mr..
Tilden's health was, temporarily at least,
greatly impaired. They were forbearine to-
ward one who had done so much at once for
the party and the country.
Then it seems that Gov. Tilden's full and
magnificent letter of declination was supple
mented at very early hour yesterda? moru-
ing, before the nomination was made, by the
following telegram:
JUNE "a, 1880.
''Hon. Daniel Manning Grand Hotel, Gin
cinnati, Ohio:
Received your kilograms and many Others
containing like information. My action was
we'll considered, and is irrevocable No friends
must be allowed to cast doubt on my motives
or ny sincerity. SAMUEL j. TILDEN."
After this nothing was left but to abide
by Mr.. Tilden's strongly expressed and reit-
Grated wishes. The greatest, she wisest, the
best men are mortal. Mr.. Tilden had given
to his State and his country so much of his
physical strength that it would have been an
inconsiderate, If not cruel act, to require
him to endure the burdens of another cam
paign.
Mr.. Tilden's name, in future history, will
rank with the names of Washington, Jeffer
son, Madison, Jackson and Lincoln. A
truer and purer patriot is not to be found
among them ell.
Mr.. Tilden served this State il the Office
of Governor as it has been the fortune of NJ
other man since he was born to serve it. He
wonld have served the country as President
in the same way. He was elected, but de-
frauded ont of the Office. Having been
elected, he steadfastly and sturGily refused,
upon the principle, all invited brides to
officers to make true and correct returns.
NV, when there is no longer any object
to make sinister and libellous attacks on
Mr.. Tilden, he will begin, for the first time,
to attain to the true honor and farna which
belong to him.
Few men SO remarkable have been born
on the American continent-which has given
birth to some of the best menof any country
of all time.
Mr.. Tilden passes-not to the grave, bnt
toa deserved, recuperatiye rest. His is the
rarest of all fortunes-to enjoy at o;c, the
fame of the noble dead with the 2 81, the
glow, the enthusiasm of, we trust, a long con-
tinued life The administration, the nation
will yet seek his counsels and profit by
them. He has richly earned his rich re-
ward and all that loving troops of friends
and grateful country can coafe upon him
will be his.