Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-07

We think him to have been the best
equipped public man Of his time, certainly
in all those matters of knowledge which
are needed by a public man in this coun-
try. He was q master of financial science,
not only learned in all that can be learned,
but an original thinker rs well. He had
n great mind. We wish it were IN our
" to add to the picture those Inca
ments which portray a great character, but
the qualities which make a man great IN
action-reSOlution, daring, forceiul VIII
and persuasive enthusiaSm-if not alto
gether lacking in him, were not present
with the strength that the situation and
the events demanded. During all these
later years he has lamented the dishonor
which the Electoral Commission brought
upon the country. and the violence that 1t
wrought upon our institutions. But at the
time he did nothing to defend his country
from the disgrace and the violence. Those
who went to him for knowledge got no re-
ply. In the very hour of his fate he was
speechless and without resource. Inc
greatest crime of u history could not
wiring from the lips of its chief victim even
4 cry for help.
SsC York WOTld.
Mfr. TiIden was a thoroughly equipped
statesman. He was familiar with all
questions of international law, adrOit IN
p%olitics. consummate in partisan ability,
sar,cious i'm financial management, and
paSSeSsed of wonderful administrative ca
nacity. But above all he vas IN honest,
upright man. The browning virtue in
MIR. Tilden's public career was his noble
sacrifice of personal ambition for the sake
of the peace of the country. He was fairly
elected President in 1876 by 4 large ma
ioritv ofthe people of the States. \ bold,
INSCRIPTIONS, corrupt party, holding pos
session of the government and Ot the
United States army, resolved to cheat him
ont of the office and 20 retain its own power
by force if necessary. The nation, just re-
covering from the wounds of II dreadful
war. was appalled, at the prospect Of an
other rebellion. this time by the party in
control OF the government. Such Il calam-
itv might have been the downfall Of the
republic. 4 word from Mr.. Tilden would
have caused his inauguration by the strong
arms OF democratic majority, but ut the
cost of blOOdShcd and civil war Mr.. Iilden
was silent. Calmly he submitted to the
infamous wrong to save the country from
a terrible fate. History will do him jus
tice, and his patriotic and noble Self-Sacri-
flee will be the brightest chapter in his rec
ord.
Ncr York ErcpjRg PsS.
Among ;hc great nOn-military men who
have passed away in Such numbers within
a comparatively brief time, Governor Til
den was undoubtedly the greatest. lie
had acquired a hold upon the Democratic
party such Us no contemporary statesman,
except Douglas, had ever enjoyed. AbsO-
lutte confidence in his purity and almost
absolute confidence in his wisdom resided
in the breasts Of fully onc-halfOf the Amer
lean people, and it may be said that Gov
ernor Tilden commanded rs much of the
respect of the other half rs it is possible
for an inileNiblc partisan to win from his
opponents. II the election laws of the
whole country had been like those OF New
York. ne would have been President Ofthe
United States for II term and probably
for two.