Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-11-16
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.


Already the newspapers throughout the
country, and especially the leading East
earn papers are rife with speculations as
to the next Presidency. 1t has been pretty
generally conceded that Gen. Grant will
be a candidate for reelection. The New
York Hera'd, a leading Democratic paper,
has the following flank admission of his
great strength:
The Republican candidate for 1872 is General
Grant and there is no danger in his case of any
contesting Republican aspirant. He stands to-
day the accepted champion of his party against
all comers and he stands upon the acceptable
platform of careful mOney-suving retrcnCh-
ing, taN-reducing and debt-paying adminstra-
tiOn. Against him, from the facts of the late
elections before us the Democracy in 1872 will
have buta slim chance Of success.
We endorse what the Herald says of
President Grant. If he goes on, as he GER
tainly will, saving the peoples money, re-
trenching, reforming, reducing taxes and
paying the public debt, the good sense of
the American people will point him out rs
the man for the Presidency for another
term.
Upon the other hand, whether conceded
or T., it might rs well be, that Tammany
intc,is to furnish the next Democratic
cand date for the Presidency, and their
man is John Il. Hoffman. All other as
pirants may as well make up their minds
at once to either decline or be defeated be-
fore a convention. Tammany has become
power in the land, and in the future will
not only essay to control New York DEM
ocracy, but will extend its operations to
the whole country. In carrying out their
plans they do not rely on ordinary mans,
but have at their command never falling
argument, and that is money This they
win use without stint. The leaders are
the most corrupt, INSCRIPTIONS, unprinci
pied villains upon the face OF the earth, and
are never restrained by what men call con-
science. The "Tammany Ring" and the
"Elie Ring combined, presents an organ
ization with illimitable means, and unlim-
tied corruption. These two have formed
4 coalition for the purpose of controlling
the country through the Democratic par
ty, and they intend to give the country
the next President. If the Democratic
party succeeds they will do it.
The Sachems of Tammany have grown
immensely wealthy, and think nothing of
spending round million TO carry q State
election. BY the cohesive power of public
plunder they are held together, and al
though the people of New York know
they are being feeced constantly, they are
perfectly impotent in the hands of the
powerful organization. The Sachems may
say to them, we will tax your property just
as high as we please, and will eXpend the
funds to our own liking, perfectly oblivious
as TO what you may think or say. They
do say it, While their expenditures are
enormous, they never publish how they
are made, knowing that they can retain
power through the corrupt use of money,
regardless of what honest men may think
or say.
This, fellOw-ctizens, is the organization
that intends TO furnish your next Presi-
dent. Mark what we say. Time will
prove the correctness of our predictions
Tammany Democracy, led by a few un-
principled corrupt politicians, having no
regard for honesty, perfectly oblivious as
to the good or i'll will of the honest people,
relying upon the corrupt use of money,
which is wrung from the people of New
York in the shape Of high taxes, they in
tend to control this whole country. These
men make no pretensions to honesty. They
do not desire to be considered honest In
everything that is ennobling i'm mans ma
ture, their superiors are to be found in the
State Penitentary. Are they the men to
control our public affairs? Read and re-
fleet.