New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-08-06
4 P1E7Y LOAES ITS LEIDER.

The country dee, not Yet know how much
one of the two great parties which divide thu
utliacc, oi IT. citizen. h.l, lost by the death o.
VI. 1Ild,n. He WIS 10y iar It, wisc>i leader.
ana with the wisdom to mark oui Il s-lsaclouS
policy tor hi, party he united remarkable NIL
III that infringement 10y winch great ,plut. Al,
lo.wandol With moe sensible and more pain
ntic material, Mr. Tdcn might h,s, been Pie
idcnt. and would have done ali that MIN c"ul'l
Io io Iclahlltitc thr Democratic patty Ia hl'
It above the vindictve passion OF til" wal and
the shallow dcnldgogi III winch Ia, made II I'M
potent Tor good. lie nd great Elull, bal ma
nwnc-S ol vision was not one of then. Among
he bland the Unc-cycd il hing. and u pa ~ with
eyes in Tia, back OF it, head NATURAL, looked
lor wisdom and leadership Ia the one man whs
Wiz able Ia occ in hont oi him.
Mr.. 1Idcn'> lat participation III public aildl!s
was "A rcbukc oil the mean. harrow, and unpatli
olc split OF hio own party. llo letter ~ Sen
ioi Ilawcy, IN which he expressed IN, am Zc-
r.cnt at the refusal OF the House To mike al
,lllatc appropriations ioI cost defence, SPOKE
hi, ute w,11lnc>S Of patty which he hm -
long trl,d 10 hit and lead To better thngs. 1t
v.ls the curse OF hi political lille that he had 10
dead with the m.lclLl OF which that panty
ompo,cd-wih II great body Of Sontlcn yoi
ca, who can neither comprehend NATIONAL in
lcrc>t, nor the needs Of snodcln industry. VI
Tll,lcn trIcd to put his party on Il hand money
nd II, ne / money la In. But 1t latest pcro M
,ucc wis to take the manage mcnt OF the T.,els-
my Department om the hand of IN II who
have acted upon Nj. Tillon', advice, and t
declare hoctihiy 10 the CON ~ Of public hdclltl
which Nj. IIldcn had couIo,lcd. In lo.ln.
nun, the Dcmoc ratio patty 10 - 10y lm the emo -.
puwcIiu defender Of the pubIc faith IN it
.nk,. and il il was It'll, httal ior the lcspon>i
blIlIc, oi power with INN living and c~ti.Ining
lis wort tcnd, ncic', II bccon INN, L>IlIbl
less worthy al trust with la, Voice 10 eve
,ilcDt. fee trader III principle, Mr. Tides.
was ahicwd enough 10 arc that the g,owth %.
indu.ty nGdci twenty-five years Of p OtccuOli
mad III lie IL iIc'-tadc policy lm,omi sihlc and
hid doomed tp defeat any pa, " which m ii
!hu theory IT, law OF action. With Inn living
the Democracy had powerful, wcll-olg.ullzcd
ard wcll-lcd n.iao.ity, always lcady To resi-:
ills attacks upon the protective policy. WITH
him IN his grave, the patty L. lelt 10 ITSELF for
VI. Randall without Mr.. TiId,n 10 pLn and t.
manage behind HIM i, another anin. Ii would
be strange now 4 the Southern and Western
majority should act secure complete cOnt.O 81
the patty. and ,hape lie financial and indll,ti l.ll
policy as II WILL
Mr. Tildcn'~ political career was not blame.
less. 1t will be impossible for tine count Y Ia
forget the naturalization fraud, the dlshones:
returns OF 1869, or the ciphcs dislatchcs-t
effort mde To secure an electoral vot by the
ne of money. No doubt NJ. Tild,n's MIMI
was 80 warped that, Ignoring AL. the fraud, and
crimes by whicl, his party had robbed RcWb
lcfn voters ut the South ol most OF .llcil rights,
he really believed that they had gained a tecll-
meal victory, the fruits OF which hc was entitled