Year: 1876

The Democratic party is fortunate in all
matters pertaining to the present national
contest. 1t is fortunate in being able to
present to the country firm and united
front; fortunate in a platform that cx-
presses sound policy, based on reform in
all the departments OF much abused
government; fortunate in a Presidential
candidate who embodies the great needs
OF the hour, a purpose to invest the Presi-
dential office with the dignity, courage,
and high sense of unsullied honor that
pertain to it in the estimation of every
true American. And the party is specially
fortunate in the response which Mr.. Til
den makes to the official notification Of his
nomination, which we publish to-day. Its
clearly defined and comprehensive utter
ances leaves nothing to be desired


One great merit of Gov Tilden's letter
is the ease and perspicuity with which it
makes clear the financial problem Those
in possession of the government have en-
dcayorea to so mystily this matter, and
to load and bclog the question with terms
OF no meaning and less real application,
that people have really supposed that the
resumption of specie payments. the return
OF business prosperity, and the general
welfare of the people, were matters full
OF mystery and understood by few. As
the letter of Gov. 1ilden is read, how the
mists disappear, and the togs roll away,
until the real requirements and conditions
of the case stand out firm, clear and
tangible, and the involved problem be-
comes as simple as a sum in arithmetic,
or an economic maxim of old Ben Frank
lin of blessed memory


Spendthrilts and prodigals may pedlle
out their sophistries as they please, and
endeavor to betray the reason and ensnare
the minds of men, Gov Tilden insists that
the way to financial prosperity for 4 ma
tion, rs for an individual, lies through one
path-that OF economy. He says-"W hat
you want to 90 now is to cut down your
expenses and live within your income, |
would give all the lcgcrdemain of finance
and linanciering, | would give the whole
Of it for the old homely maxim, live with
in your income


Reader, look abroad over this land Of
ours A better or iuirer does not lie ON
the face Of Gods green earth. 1t has
every variety of soil, climate and produc-
ton. Its shores are those of continent,
and are washed by the great oceans Of the
world. 1t has mineral wealth in all vari-
ETY., and in untold abundance The peo-
pie i'll enterprise, in mechanical ingenu-
ity in industry have no superiors on the
face of the earth There is dormant
wealth everywhere awaiting the hand Of
the laborer Why is it, then, that while
the great fields of the west groan with
harvests that in the east people feel the
pinchng Of want? Why arc the means
Of transportation but half employed? Why
do laborers seek in vain for employment
Why idle ships rot at the wilaryes2 What
mean the closed factories, the silent forges,
the empty ship-yards? They mean that
false principles are at work-that the hand
Of the tax -gatherer goes so deep in the
purse OF the people that discouragement
and despair result, The government that
should encourage and foster the industries,
represses and destroys them Armies of
government retainers eat out the substance
ofthe people, and punderers intercept and
divert to their own pockets large portions
of the revenue.


Let the reader endeavor to realize the
difference in the feelings of all honest
classes of citizens. who have been per-
yaded by sense of things as we have
described them, after they have perused
Mr. Tildens letter viii they not hail it
as the sure indication Of comprehensive
statesmanship-the utterances of u man
who has the ability and the will to en-
force the maXims of true prosperity
Will they not, looking back over the
stormy and disastrous rule of the past iif-
teen years, thank Heaven that there is at
last the prospect of man of clear and
comprehensive mind and statesmanlike
ideas at the head of the government?


One great drawback to perfect cor
diality between the sections of the coun-
try, as well as an incubus upon its pros
perity, has been the condition of the un-
happy South. This has resulted from the
deliberate policy of the Republican party,
which has sought to perpetuate itself by
living upon sectional dissensions and trou-