The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-17

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Of New York He replied: They won
nominate me- Said I: Yes, they will
Everybody's afraid to run, but you cap.
suppose you are an honest man; that g you
reputation. The hard times have made the
people disaffected with the administraeio
Gen. Dix is identified with it put it t.
him concisely. He went off and returned
IN about half an hour, and, by George!
couldn't shake him off He had Governor or
the brain"
| "Will he be able. Mr.. Morrissey, to con.
troll the delegation OF New York, in the P resi-
dental Convention"
IDENTITY for Governor, next fall, and beat the
Republican and the Democrat BY 100000.
Hes greater politician than any they have
got to pack convention against him, and
he's got the people of this State as no man
has ever had 'em, not excepting De Witt
Clinton. They say he can't get the New
York delegation; it would be death to any
Democratic organization in the State that un.
dertook to slight him. sThey didn't wan to
nominate him before, but the case
was SO desperate that they had to.
When got to iNew York city from the con.
vention, I was surrounded and bet SldO to
$25, $1,000 to $500, that he would be be- ten
$4,000. After 1 took all the bets OF that
| hihu, L UcSda W UcG tuAt u6 WOUIu gel
%, 600 majority. Why, sir, he's the bnly
man of genuine political courage they've eve,
had in that Office. Them canal thieves, lem.
ocrats and Republicans mixed, hadterrortzed
this State for years. Young lawyers and pol.
iticians had to bend down to 'em. He STRUCK
EN- square blow; next fall he'll follow it'll up;
he's the most terrible man to investigate and
| extort reparation in the country"
l expressed a feeble desire that the Cham
pion would indicate to me the nature and
| capacity of Gov. Tilden, of whom said that
the whole country had q very imperfect
knowledge.
"He's man of general public ability, y
said Morrissey, with an energy of work pos
sessed by no person l. ever saw, and the
tenacity of the devil. He is one of the finest
lawyers Of America; he is business man, with
81, 1000, 900 of money; the subject of finance
includes him as probably it's best scientific
student in America. His library is full Of it
it's business expert he is-a mir4cle.
When he was going through TwP bed,
Sweeny and the rest, I saw ON the big
| table in his library piles of bank and
| account-books a foot high, and he would
| follow a check or draft in and out from hank
| to bank and man to man, until he'd nailed it.
He has great library in his house, as big as
my pool room. He's got instant executive
power. For instance, was present when he
wrote that message to the Legislature, telling
them that if Grant or Sheridan killed Ione
citizen in New Orleans under the proca ma
ton of martial law, both Grant and Sheridan
should be tried for murder. I had receiv
a message from the Democratic Committee,
asking me to have the Governor of New York
give them some moral support. Tilden vi ent
Instantly to his '''rary, found the books and
the cases he wanted to quote. and dictated
that message. l was so tickled with his
knowledge and readiness that Just sat there
and said: Give em hell "
At this point the face of the gladiator wds
sort of picnic amongst the scars of volca no.
His white teeth disclosed smile; his broken
nose-twice broken-kept amidships, while
those eyes which sometimes dance with rage,
while his hair rises up spikily, as if it wan ted
to come down and engage, were like the eyes
was reminded of Dickens's Hugh in love.
''Gov. Tilden," continued the champion,
sis one of the greatest merchant lawyers in
the world. Who can beat him consolidating
railroads? Hes not courtier nor pla,lsi-
BILE fellow, but business bachelor, with in
tegrity of purpose. He takes position slowly,
looking at all the possibilities of failing.
When he's resolved he turns to fame, and
nothing can stop him."
Well, can he be nominated for the Presi-
dency? Has he the health ?"
"Theres nothing the matter with his health
except lot of boils all over him. He's hf-
ficted like Job. He'll be nominated as 81 re
as his names Sam. Tilden."
"Yes, MIR. Morrissey, but look at Ohio AID
the West"
"He can be nominated" said Morriss ey
with decision, with perfect ease, and without
the help of Western State, though he chn
get Indiana He'll 60 into convention with
New England, New York, Jersey, PennsRl-
vania, California, and the South to back hi 10.
And that's enough Amt it,
Mr.. Cammeck, large Wall street opera.
tor, was present, and he said that the Western
Democrats would come to convention. put lin
an imitation plank, and 1ilden would be
beaten in New York by one hundred thousand
majority if he got on that platform.
"He amt going to get on it," said Norris
sey. "He wouldn't step on it. He's going
substantial and sound. Them Western fdl-
lows may do as they id please. Now, II
look for the State of Ohio to put its foot Gin
these lunatics around Bill Allen. If he's
beaten this fall, do you suppose we'll tolerate
Ohio's foolishness in the National Convention ?
Are we going to stand in 1876 the asses they
made of themselves in 1868? Nobody here cares
much what becomes of Ohio politically. The
men that's trying to lead the Democratic
party in Ohio are parcel of children. Il
know EN- all, and like EN-, personally. Pen
dleton, Charley Woolley, Sayler, and SO forth.
They're rash men, without much head; 10
rushing on-destiny. Now, what sense wds
there in them fellows making platform oh
the finance? They had good Governor.
Why didn't they pin to him and appeal to
their fellows citizens on behalf of themselves
as the party of criticism = the Watch
on-the- Rhine. No, they must 20 into
the mysteries of the currency, committing
the Democratic party to policy that THE
sound men of money and property in THE |
party don't believe in and repudiate The |
4uarrels and petty jealousies of these Ohip |
Democrats has disguised the country. Mp
man from Ohio can get the national nominal
lion. The South and the East, with Califor
MIA, will settle their hash with Gov. TildenI
think Indiana will vote for Tilden in com
ventipn. They've spoiled things SO in Ohio,
but Tilden can save the field"
Morrissey also said that if the Ohio election
vent against Allen, as reports made probable.
The initiation leaders would never be heard Ok
n the campaign; and running against an ablb