The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-11-10


. Siscontinuance. Case Ne. 1S7 Is
known as the appeal Of President
Tildea from the Judgment Of the CIR
cult Court ef New York, oysrruiing bis
demurrer to the suit instituted against
him, by order of the late alleged Prssi-
dent Ha,se, to recover alleged income
taxes. II appeared on the calendar a.
Samuel ]. Tilden, appellant, versus
the United States. Il seems that the
present Law officers Of the Government,
after examining into the merits OF the
case. regard the suit as untenable in law
or fact, and this action, taken entirely
without pressure from Mr.. Til9en, is
regarded as an honorable discharge OF
the elected President Of 1876 from the
imputations put on him by the fraudu-
lent President in the suit.
Snch is the simple, hard, unyarnished
statement of fact, sent cut frsn
Washington City not long since.
1t is the ending af ono Of the most
damnable political schemes ever csn-
csated in this country. It will be re-
membered that, in the early days Of
the war of the rebellion, Congress
nassed the act known as the income
tax law. The people Of the United
States have always been opposed to
laws of that character, but the necessi'
ties Of the government, growing cut OF
the war, were deemed sufficient excuse
fer It's passage and enforcement. The
law was clumsy and ambiguous. and
the income tax assessors had much
trouble in enforcing It. Many cspi-
talists and business men, all over the
country, neglected Snd refused to give
in 3 statement of their income TO the
assessor, for the reason that the Law
was analogous anil it Was IMPOSSIBLE Il
tell what ~as rsqnifei Of them. They
thus refused because the Law provided
that, in case any person refused TO thu
make 3 statement of his income, i
should be the duty of the assessor Il
assess such rsrsGns Ia such sums Al
he defined to he jas'.
This the assessor did in the case o
T,lden and hundreds of other personi
ell over the cuultry. Mr. Tilder
promptly pail the amount assessed t.
him, as an honorable, upright citizsr
should do.
Time went on, ani The matter Wal
never known to the general public
Then Tilien VA elected Governor o.
New York, and proved himself 10 b,
the most efficient one The State had ev
er had This paved the way fer BIZ
nomination by the Democrats for pres
ident Shorty after his nomination. i
became evident that, de4,,ite all l"giti.
mate eGDrts u prevent IL, he would b
elected. Repullicsn lead. ~ i.csm.
desperate. They h,i lie trying al
the ordinary nlssns ~ stay the Tile oi
public sentiment tia, would land Sam
uel J. Til Ten in ,h. ,'r..i | .u:ia' eh 'ir
Then it wAs that thee Republican
leaders met aud cute c1eted the devilist
scheme above mebti med. They sent
their agents to Ora :, telling him ol
the necessity Of the desperate course
they had resolved TO adopt. Grant, oI
course, was willing, and the order wal
forthwith sent to the United States Dis
trict Attorney for the southern district
of New York to institute sui: against
Samuel j. Tlden fpr a supposed in.
come tax, over and above the amount
which the United States had officially
claimed (through the assessor) vas due
from Mr. Tilden, and which Mr.. Tilder
had promptly paid when demand had
been. made upon him by the collector
The sole and only purpose of this dia-
bolical zchame was TO cheek the tide OF
public opinion, which seemed inexora-
bly, oens on placing Mr. Tilden in the
presidential chair. The people had
learned to love hin, whose opinions
tersely expressed, whose great ability,
and purity of public and pri-
vate character had challenged the un-
mixed admiration Of honest men Of all
p partiss. It was this reputation which
these cOnspirators determined to de-
Utroy, in order to prevent Dir. Tilden's
slsctisn TO the presidency. It had the
Effect to cast cloud over Dir. TiIden's
character all over the country, but fort
1nately, so far, it failed of its purpose,
md Mr.. Tilden was elected by a najori-
y of 10 in the electoral college and .
majority Of the popular vote OF over
we hundred and fifty thousand. Thus
ar was the devilish Intrigue of these
thwartcJ, but these same
party leaders, under the name of "yisit.
ng statesman" went south to he pres.
mt when the election returns were to be
and then, By corrupt means,
BY forgery, by perjury, laid the founda-
,ien for the final csunting cut Of Mr..
rilden and counting in ef M-. Hayes.
But this suit has been kept standing on
he docket of the courts for six years,
md is now dismissed on the motion of