Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-22
MIR. rILDEN,s DEoLINArIoN.

MIR. TILDEN'S DECLINATION.
The GLOBE can congratulate its readers
upon the final retirement from the Presiden-
tial race of Samuel j. Tilden. While enter
tanning the highest regard for Mr.. Tilden's
honesty, ability and patriotism, and believ-
ing that he would inaugurate reforms of the
utmost Importance to the country, the GLOBE
has questioned his popularity-his ability to
command the full vote of the party, and for
that reason has doubted the expediency of
placing him in nomination at time when
so much depends upon the success of the
party at the polls. But Mr.. Tilden's letter
published in these columns yesterday def
nitely settles the controversy in way that
is alike honorable to Mr.. Tilden and crafty
ing to the masses of the party.
The letter is full and candid statement of
the motives that governed the writer during
his public and private career. He enters no
complaint of the manner in which he has
been treated by the members of his own par
ty, though it must be admitted that he has
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of them have pursued. He declares that he
accepted the governorship of New York for
the simple reason that in that Office he could
the more effectually carry out the reforms he
had inaugurated in private and profess
sionaI capacity in breaking up the rings that
had 30 long and SO disastrously dominated
the State. He had succeeded in accomplish
ing his purpose, and when the Presidential
nomination was offered him in 1876 he felt
that like reforms were needed in the man
agement of the national government.
Though shrinking from 30 grave RESPONSE
bility he had accepted the trust from sense
of duty, and had been elected by majority
of over quarter of million of the popular
vote and clear majority of the electoral
vote. AS to the means employed to defeat
him out of the election Mr.. Tilden speaks
most emphatically. The electoral commits
sion he declares to be unconstitutional, and
denies having anything to do with its crSa-
ton, or that he ever consented
to it. He declares most positively that this
commission counted out the man elected by
the people and counted in the man not elect
ed by the people. A subversion of the cleo
ton, he says, created new issue for the de-
cision of the people of the United States,
transcending in Importance all questions of
administration. 1t involves the vital princi-
pie of self government through elections by
the people. The immense growth of the
means of corrupt influence over the ballot
box, which is at the disposal of the party
having possession of the executive admins
tration, had already become a great evil, and
a great danger, tending to make elections
irresponsible to public opinion, hampering
the power of the people to change their rul-
ers, and enabling the men holding the ma
chinery of the government to continue and
perpetuats their power, and was menacing to
the people. Mr.. Tilden very properly calls
upon the convention to properly rebuke this
wrong inflicted upon the American people
through him. He then proceeds to declare
himself on the question of his candidacy in
these words:
Having now borne faithfully my full share
of labor and care in the public service, and
wearing the marks of its burdens, l desire
nothing SO much as an honorable discharge. l
wish to lay down the honors and tolls Of even
quasi party leadership and to seek the respect
of private life. In renouncing re-nomina-
ton and re-election-an effective vindication
of the right of the people to elect their rulers.
viol sted in my person. have accorded as long
a reserve of my decision as possible; but L
cannot overcome my repugnance to enter into
a new engagement which involves four years of
ceaseless toll.
This letter relieves the convention of any
real or fancied obligations the members may
feel under to nominate Mr.. Tilden, and en-
ables them to act freely and independently
without reference to him. 1t is most i'm
portant step towards complete harmony in
the deliberations, completely disarming his
opponents from every part of the country.
1t is more especially back-set to the Tam
many society, which has gone to Cincinnati
nearly thousand strong for the purpose of
opposing Tilden's nomination. These
worthless are now in the position of having
nothing to oppose, and the sooner they pack
up their carpet bags and return no he the
better they will appear in the sight OF the
people. Being no longer Democratic or
ganization they have no right to be in at
tendance at Democratic convention en-
deavoring to enforce the adoption of their
views. az.
THE CINCINNATI NOMINEES.