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Show OUR UNCLE SAMMY. OrConrin lie Will Se About the lreideuc Steal. Tbe Wronc Done to the People. Peo-ple. New ' York,' 24. The' Herald reporter interviewed Tilden yesterday. The latter thought Hayes was alienating alienat-ing all parties, and he soon would not have even a corporal's guard. Tbe south pau him on the back, but wont support anybody but a true blooded democrat. The southern ovations to Hayes were all humbug. The reporter asked: "Do you purpose prosecuting your right to the presidential presi-dential chair?" : "Certainly I do," answered Tilden spiritedly. "The country knows that I was legally elected president and thiB American people aro too intelligent intelli-gent tu forget that one' glaring and ! paramount fact. On that fact the very foundations of the republic reat. It the voice o! the nation be not realized real-ized in the serious question of electing its supreme ruler, then you may calculate cal-culate on bitterness of feeling that will not be assuaged until the wrong is righted. Tbe people who supported me feel to-day that their votea were given in vain. Tnoy feel that they light as well cast their Buflrages for a dummy, and they number ao large a portion of the population of tbe whole country that it ia an uuwiso experiment lo trifle with their rights. As far aa I am concerned, it is of little consequence, but I tell you one of the gravest principles in ft representative repre-sentative government is involved, and if the people do not ace to it tbe matter mat-ter will be a subject for deep regret to coming generations." |