Year: 1877

Europe will be pretty lively part of the
globe before The end of the Summer. The
war has fairly begun on the Danube the
trouble tlic.ens in France; the racket of
preparation is heard in all the dOcl-yards OF
England and here in the midst of 1t is America
hurting the lvelest of her statesmen INTO the
thick of the turmoil, like a miscbicvous boy
tossing pack of Chinese crackers into the
very heart of a numerous dOg-iight. Mr.. Conk-
ling has gone across, waving little American
fac, and prepared to embrace the whole British
nation in gratitude for their treatment OF
his friend, Gen. Grant. M Hendricks
has gone, to improve and consolidate, by
vigorous exercise and rapid changes of scene,
the robust health of which he is sad to have
made rather unfeeling display Oh recent
memorable occasion in Ncw-IoTE Mr.. Illden
is going to shout "Fraud' at the doors OF all
the palaces of the despOts, and to convince the
Old World that he ought to have been Presi-
dent though he mly have failed to impress
that conviction upon the New. He has only
to persevere in the policy of crying Fraud"
which he laid down for himself and his fol-
lowers the other night at the Manhattan Club,
and he will do more to stir up Europe than
both the other statesmen combined.


Mr.. Tilden will carry with him when he sails
the best wishes of his fellow-citizens for his
personal prosperity, and we all hope that he
will stay abroad as long as he finds pleasure
and profit in the journey. The Democratic
party will no doubt miss his cOunsels i'll the
coming campaigns, but we suppose it will
manage to get along, and if the truth must be
told there are signs that the party has already
reconciled itself to long separation from its
defeated leader. The Manhattan Club speech
has been received by the out-Of-town Dcmoc-
racy with a coldness that speaks volumes. 1t
is perfectly clear that the Democracy does not
mean to keep on shouting "Fraud un-
I'll the next Presidential election, for
it appreciates better than Mr.. Tilden the dis


gust which the American people entertain for
that sort of childish warfare, and the good
plain sense which tells them they ought to be
ashamed of themselves for repudiating the
Judgment of arbiters of their own selection


Indeed it is remarkable that Mr.. Tilden, a
veteran politician, who has been busy all his
long life in managing men, should have failed
so entirely to catch the drift of sentiment
even within the limits of his own party. He
misudges the temper of the country now, and
they say that he never succeeded in reaching
a cordial understanding with the Democracy
during the critical times of the campaign.


Mr. Tilden has been bitter disappointment
to his purity and to many others besides. \
few years ago large number of the reform
eIs and independents were tempted to place
their best hopes in him. He had distinguished
himself III conjunction with Mr. OConor by
an effective and brilliant demonstration against
the Tweed Ring, at "A time when ii was still
the fashion with numbers of Democrats to
apologize for that gang of thieves and the
final overthrow of the conspiracy was consid-
erably hastencd by the valuable service he
then rendered to the city. He exposed and
broke up the rascalities of the Canal Ring,
and in his struggle with this power
full organization he showed not only
fertility of resource but striking courage and
persstency. The people believed that they
had found IN him genuine reformer; and
when he was nominated for the Presidency in
opposition to Gov. Hayes it was felt that both
partics had made an admirable choice of can
didates and whichever won, the White House
was sure to be wOrthily filed. Such was the
reputation with which Gov. Tilden began his
canvass: what was his character at the close
Ii is hardly too much to say that the discov-
cry of the Oregon scheme to "buy Il Republi-
lean eector" was blow at public morality.
II shook the faith of the people i'll the reality
of all professions of political virtue and all
pledges of reform. 1T made the name of reformer
a mockery and, throwing doubt upon the ex-