The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-27

Turning over y pie OF pampnIets,
long since accumulated and forgotten,
W. come upon one which, after the
massage of a dozen years since II was
printed. presents matter OF interest To-
day. Ii Is a speech by Samuel J. Til
den 10 his neighbors Of Columbia Coun-
~. and Is entitled Taxation In the
United States-Its Enormous Burden
IIpon the Productive Labor Of Our
Country-Its Continuance Unnecessary
How the Evil May be Remedied by a
Change of Measures and Of Men," II
was an appeal for the election OF Sey-
mour over Grant, and we venture TO say
that no appeal Of hat campaign pos
sessed greater weight than this.
Mr.. Tilden said hat while many illu-
sions that were personal had passed
from his mind in the course Of years, he
still chung TO the hope that this coun-
try would remain free, ~self-governed
and uncorrupted. "as n man clings to
the only fresh and unbroken hope there
i IN life. l trust" he continued. ''that
that. too, Is not to be disappointed. At
All events. whatever others may do, l
shall cling to it to the last. At the cost
of much sacrifice Of time, business and
comfort, | have once more taken the
field to help my Democratic friends TO
carry out these principles which they
and / were devoted to in u youth, and
which / have cndeavorcd, and, with the
blessings Of God, shall cndeavor to press
forward unto success"
Such was the spirit Of this speech
and the prophecy OF evil which was
made then in case Of Grants elevation
10 the Presidency, has been more than
fulfilled; and yet again, at the end OF q
decade, full Of shame and disaster. the
same issues are presented in the threat
ened candidacy Of the same man.
Mr.. Tilden drew q terrible picture Of
the weight Of taxation under which our
people were grooming, greater by far
than that Of England or France; and OF
the increasing extravaganza and corrup-
ions of government. He dwelt es-
p~ecially upon the enormous and I'M
necessary expense of maintaining a
large army, moi to meet foreign aggres-
sion. but TO further designs unknown or
unavowcd; and he declared that the
only remedy consisted in cutting down
establishments. reducing expenditures.
and returning to the simplicity and
economy Of better days.
..Shall you have peace throughout
the SOUTH said he. "shall you allow
its industries to revive; shall you allow
il 10 help YOU pay the necessary taxes;
shall YOU disband your army, cut down
the hordes Of unnecessary and corrupt
officials that charge you with these ex-
penses. and return to the simple and
pure system Of your fathers, or shall
YOU 90 on till the tax gatherer shall
-. 49, AAt. ~ a hnfTAHAf
and ruined country? The pretense is
that the South will 20 into another war.
Nothing was ever more ridiculous. ]
tell YOU to-day that the South IL so sub
jugatcd and so exhausted that IT VIII
submit 10 almost anything-that IT Will
submit 10 what no man ought to-thas
IL will submit to what would have made
the blood Of your fathers curdie in their
veins il they thought you yourselves
would consent to submit To IT,
But the most notable passage OF Thu
notable speech Of twelve years ago wa
the closing one, every word Of whicf
might have been framed rs a warning
against the open and monstrous attach
upon our free institutions, which ever,
commonly intelligent man must see u
the present attempt to secure a thirt
term for that very soldier whom Mr.
Tilden then declared to be untitled
both by education and association. FOL
the first one:
LET us 70 forward 10 the ballot box. an
with united action and with one voice put int
the great trusts ~ the Government men WIN
beliey We "A we do and who will give their cnorf
20 restore the Government 10 what II was IN IN
days ~ our fathers tApplausc. A. voice
God grant iii Yes. A. my friend ~ N
audience says. God grant itr There y y
PRAYER that would ascend 20 the throne OF IN
Eternal purrr 81 all etlhshnesS. full ~ NOR
devoted patriotism. fun OF more bcnevoienc
toward the masses OF mankind here and \
other countries, and N AL future axsS. .na
ence puts up: God grant MI Cheers.
Fellow citizens. ! can imagine that from ~
ethereal heights the men that made this Coy
ernment-yuur Washingtons your Jcn crson'
your Mafisons-iook down 20 see whether thi
generation II 20 fail In 70 thcs
descendants the priceless Inheritance ~ Con
sfifufionnl government. Washington himsrl
his tall aud peerless form leans over trof
the midst 81 those patriots ana Statement z
the Revolution. to see to-day what we ar
ahout 20 do. shall We prove ourselves w"rtn
Of the ancestry Ifso, then there viii be mop
rot only for this country but Tor the urprs~se
and down-trOddcn In every cline ana Ia ever
age"
Such was Mr.. Tildcn's appeal in 1865
before his warfare upon Tammany Hal
and the destruction Of the Tweed Ring
and before he went TO Albany a. Coy
ernor to grapplc with the Canal Ring
and to put III practice within the Stat
~ New York some II the prcccpts b
then advanccd.-N. Y. Sun.