Year: 1876




Uncle Sam Hoists tho Black Flag.


The little speech made by Governor Til
den to a militia company in Albany is
worthy of note as his first public expression
since the nomination. In this speech the
Governor calls upon his followers not
to be satisfied with moderate can
vass, but to make an aggressive war
upon the enemy A Tribune reporter,
who was charmed with His Excel
lency's ''glittering blue eye." quotes the
Governor as saying there must be no 'still
hunt" In this speech the Governor strikes
a low key. He describes the wolf at every
door; he AYERS that for eleven years the gov
ernment has expended the in come of all tho
labor and capital, and that taxes have in
creased fourfold. ''The government no
longer exists for the peoplethe people ex-
ist only for the government" 'Our Gen.
tennial product is the wrongs, license and
evils to escape which our ancestors aban-
doned their homes" The remedy is ''re-
FORM" The Governor sneers at his rival as
negative, adopted to save system upon
which the party in Office has fattened. This
speech Of Governor Tilden is in marked
contrast with that of Governor Hayes. who
went out Of his way to pay compliment to
Mr. Thurman, who was then prominent
candidate for the democratic nomination,
and to inculcate harmony and good feeling
in the canvass.


Now if We have vigorous campaign we
shall be disappointed. We want quiet,
temperate, patriotic Centennial canvass.
The Governor carried the ST. Louis Conven-
tion by Cossack tactics. He rode down his
opponents They we're assailcd in every
form. The deliberations" Of the Conyen-
ton recall the worst days of the Jacobin
Club, and already there are rumors that tho
President of the Convention will have TO
fight Sunset Cox. At one time it looked as
if the President would order the arrest of oil
the anti-Tilden men. Tho policy was to
win, and this policy was never abandoned.
The treatment OF every leading anti-Tilden
man was harsh, and after Mr.. Hendricks
had declined the Vice Presidency he was
rudely taken and forced upon the ticket
to ''help Tilden." The editor of the Rich
mond Enquirer, a leading democratic news
paper, openly says that money WAS used to
nominate the Governor, and expresses u
hope that only half as much as was spent at
ST. Louis will be given to the canvass. The
success of the Governor may justify the
tactics at st. Louis and we infer from his
little Albany speech that they are to be ap-
piled to the country at large.


The reason why we deplore such a canvass
as Mr.. Tilden proclaims is that it will do no
good. If the democrats make rancorous
war upon the republicans they will return
the fire. Mr.. Tilden's orders will reach his
own forces, but the other side must be con-
sidered. The republican candidate has
counselled moderation and good temper,
but if the democrats mean to take their cue
''Reform" is captivating issue, but so far
as the democratic party is concerned it is an
issue Of premises and not performances
There are other issues that will be invented
or revived-issues which we do not care to
see, but which the Governors policy will be
sure to provoke. There is the question of
religion and the South. If the Governor
insists that the campaign shall open by de-
nouncing the republicans as robbers the re-
publicans will go into the business of prov
ing that the Governor and his allies are
sJesuts" and 'sassassins." So from one
point Of defamation we shall go to the other
and the result will be deplorable canvass,
full Of bitterness and passion.


The truth about the whole thing is that
these cries are claptrap. Tilden wants
power and Hayes wants power. If Tilden
wins times will be about as they are now
the same influences about Washington, under
the sway of new men. There will be
the same complaints about taxes, the same
dissatisfaction with the currency. The new
men will do about as the old men are
doing--namely, take all they can find and
hold on to it. Our hope is that the canvass
will be orderly. respectful. decorous. This
hope was justified by the speech of Governor
the black flag we shall probably have music
For the Encours cement Of Com merce.


This city is, or used to be, n numerical
port 1t has n commodious and safe harbor
an admirable water front and all the natural
advantages which great seaport ought TO
have. But this is not all. 1t has city
government, fcarfully and wonderfully
made. which seems to exist for the purpose
of showing to the mariners and shippers of
the world how much human ingenuity can
do to counterbalance the gifts of nature
This city government has maintained at an
expense of many millions the most incon-
venient and unsafe piers and docks to be
found in any first class seaport. 1t per-
mitted for some years the levy of cxorbtant