The Fate Of A Reformer

Por a time he will be praised, but after that he will be abused all around. A man who p.tternpts to break down an abuse of long standing creates many bitter foes, and attracts few supporters ; and lucky will it be for him if in the end the rogues whom he has brought to grief do not contrive to make out bis character blaoker than their own. Th&t was a very wise warning of Coleridge " Truth is a good dog ; but beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out." Mr, Tilden is barking close at the heels of a great fraud, and he will get muoh encouragempnt just now ; plenty of people will spur him on ; but when we are told that he looks for public gratitude after his work is done, we must dismiss it as an idle tale, for Mr. Tilden is a shrewd man, and knows perfectly well what sort of a world we are living in. Is it any wonder that so many worthy men shrink trom the ordeal which running for an office forces upon thein ? If the present vile system be continu ed, at no distant time in the future it will be difficult to find a decent man who will so degrade hiraself as to allow his name to be inentioned in connection with any prominent office, and the republic, in all branches of its service, will be in the hands of the rascáis, whose hardihood is sufficient to support them throughout the malignant, slanderous, nasty canvass. - Michigan Tribuna (Dem.)