Middletown transcript., 1876-03-25
The Presidency The Democratic
go ,saa Candidates. s 8si9il Fl

To the Ehtor Of the Alerandria Gazette; Roa
4 The Republican party Of the United
States will now have less to say Of 1.-THE
4 shot that run, round the world" and
kindred phases to this. The gun they
!, fired last week made full as loud re-
port, and carried the additional charge
Of public infamy Nor will We be 50
fatigued with damnsble iteration about
1.-THE best government the world ever
saw. or concerning the party Of .'great
moral ideas !" aud '.0hristian States
men, will soon be. as rare as white
crows or we'll authenticated instances
ofspontaneous com bustion. The keeBes,
sight or the most powerful glasses will
fail to discover any vestiges Of the
third term" the intended beneficiary
Of which is believed to be, happily for
the American people, we'll out Of q
first term in an institution whose walls.
hut for thoroughly understood manage
meat aud instructions would ere now
have closed upon his Military Secretary:
an institution in which exercise is lin.
tied and the attire not plain though
they wear neither purple nor ine linen.
nor Dc. they fare sumptuously every day ,
The Republican party has gqne with
the third term. Grant mansged all
that He has made it stencil In thc
nostrils Of the people, who are buryine
| it fast. Ar -. 80, ,s.d,
And now the Democratic party comes
into power This is inevitable; inevi-
table, we almost believe. even il that
party were mad encogh to renew some
Of the insensate follles and measureless
blunders Of the past ten years, Il is
as inevitable as any other grent histor-
-ical reaction "What has been shall
be, and there is nothing new under the
sun" But the Democratic party win
speedily disappear before . successful
rivalif it does not make the wisest use
Of its present opportunities. The frs,
oftbese great opportunities is its selec-
tion Of the next President. the C.htep-
NAL President Of these United States
And We propose now rapidly to sum up
the claims Of the three most eminent
candidates. those most prominent before
the people for this, high hofice All have
bright records,,lall are good men and
true. but, we respectfully submir, one
only combines the necessary attributes
in superlative degree. He is ''primus
inter psres.
We begin with, the respectable Gov
ernor of the great State Of New York
Unquestionably Mr.. Tildeu il shining
example Of the good old Democratic
statesmen of former times, and has done
the cause of reform and good govern
ment yeoman's service in the Empire
State AS the advocate Of Free Trade,
Hard Money end Home Rule. be un.
doubtedly stands on the right platform
Al the Democracy nominee he would
carry the State Of New York by an
overwhelming majority. but so would
almost any other candidate. We regard
the fact that New York has had the
nomination for her sons at the three
last elections for the Presidency. which
resulted in disastrous defeats for the
Democratic party, as conclusive against
Mr. Tilden's cb ,nces, and we therefore
only venture to allude, in the most del.
icate manner possible. (and do 80 at all
only because Of the paramount national
importance Of the subject TO the con-
dition of bis health, which sometime
ago was understood to be threatened by
44r. gaiad ia rnsl .anita.ia
We now come to the distinguished
Governor Of Indians, who unlike Gov
eruor Tildeu. has reputation beyond
his own State. Mr.. Hendricks has
served. and served honorably. in the
Senate of the United. States. he is q
man of integrity and ability. who. even
his political enemies would not venture
to deny. would make good and worthy
President. Named alongside of any
candidate Of the Republican party aud
be becomes invested at once with para
mount excellence. But even If we would
We cannot disguise the fact that the
Democratic party in Indiana and the
West is divided upon the money ques.
tion. and it is divided in precisely such
a way that each section will vote fur an
Eastern candidate, wh"se views upon this
question are opposed to the opinions Of
their section. far more readily than they
would for Western man SO opposed.
This, is consonant with human nature
and with the facts as they are well un-J
ierstood Inexperienced politicians iu
and elsewhere We re-
.pectfully submit that these facts logi.
,ally and conclusively dispose Of the
claims of Governor Hendricks to the
But the anti-ibfstion. De- ,
nocracy are largely in the majority in
he West, and overwhelmingly 60 in +,
he East. Thus, probably. We may say {
certainly, the anti-inaation Eastern Dem {
,crat must te the nominee Of the party {
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