Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-10
SIN BAD GRACE TO SPEAK OF
THE FRAITD OF S1B,

BAD GhEANE III Ian VI
THE FRAUD OF '76.
The InteHigeaeer, in speaking of Mr..
TILDEN, says: "At such time it comes
with bad grace from Democratic newspa-
pers to assert for him a claim which, while
he lived, they did not think strong enough
to entitle him to second nomination. If
they thought him wronged why didn't
they give him another nomination, and so
afford the people q chance to repair the
wrong?" ....
The reason Mr.. TILDEN was not given
denomination was, that he did not wish it.
His old age, his physical disabilities, and
his business relations, made him unwilling
to again undertake the great responsible
ties of a Presidential campaign. In both
1880 and 1884 he emphatically declined
to be q candidate. His last refusal, IN
1884, closes with these striking words:
The best gift of heaven is the occasion
and power to communicate an impulse for
good. The republic is not now, or ever
can be, dependent upon any one man. l
but submit to the will of God in deeming
my public career forever closed"
But whether Mr.. TILDEN was renomi-
mated or not has nothing whatever to do
with the truth or falsehOOd Of the great
fraud Of 70. This stands to the disgrace
of the Republican party no matter who Is
or Is not nominated to the Presidency.
The IateRigeReer may regard it lin bad
grace" for Democratic papers to now call
attention TO this black history Of the Re
publican party, but the blackncss is
there all the same, and now
stands out so prominently that
very many of the Republicans admit that
Mr.. TILDEN should have been inaugurated
as the rightful President. Those who
were active in the great conspiracy are
now ashamed of themselves and will ere
long share the fate to which his ex-Fraud-
ulency, X. B. HAYES, has been consigned.
Mr.. TILDEN said of this national dis
grace: Il did not get rObbed-the people
got robbed. had before ME on my side
a course of labOriOus services in which
health and even life might have been per-
lied, and on the other hand relaxation
and ease; but to the people it was robbery
of the dearest rights of American citizens. "
Public sentiment now appears to take this
view of the matter The estimation in
which the characters ofTILDES and HAYES
are now held is alone enough to show this.
Mr.. HAYES is rejected and despisel even
by his own party. lie is political out
cast and couldn't be elected to
the humbleSt position. On the other
hand Mr.. TILDEN has almost been the idol
Of his party and has inspired the respect OF
all parties, and ne goes down to his grave
honored by all mankind. What reason
can the IateRiymcer assign for this great
contrast?
Ii Mr.. TILDEN had been willing TO ac-
cept 4 denomination in lSSO or ISL, there
would have been such 4 vote for him that
the Republicans would have been entirely
showed under. As has been said by some
one, "Mr. TILdEN ran so well in 1876 that
he Won by half million votes, and three
States in the Electoral College had to be
stolen away from him to give his compel
itor one majority. If he had been renomi-
mated in 1SS0 or ISL ne would have been
reelected overwhelmingly, such was the
warming to redress the wrong of 1876.