The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-06-21
HAYES AND WHEELER.

4 TICKET THAT CAN BE EA8LLY
.-D-EFE DEFEA TED. .EEr.sSH
From the telegraphic accounts of
the proceedings of the. Cincinnati
Convention we publish elsewhere it
will be seen. that Gov. r. B. Hayes,
of Ohio, and Hon. <Wm.~ A. Wheeler,
of New York, were nominated last
Friday by the Republican party for
President and VicePtesident. This
is regarded as a strong ticket by the
politicians of both parties, simply be-
cause the strength Of the ticket is
entirely negative. It lies as much
in5the fact that no positive harm can
be said Of Hayes as it does many
thing he ever did or said. They are
probably representative men Of what
is regarded as the best element of
the Republican party; and while
81. they have always been firm partisans
they have borne the character of
honest men and gentlemen. Gov.
HAYES career has been a remarkable
. run of.Iuck. He was a. poor young
lawyer in Cincinnati, when the war
began. He entered the service as
Major of the Esd Ohio Infantry, Gen.
Rosecrans' regiment, was rapidly
promoted and mustered out brevetr
Major General at the close. in 1864
he was elected to Congress-. and in
1867 he beat Cecil. Pendleton for
Governor, and in the next election
defeated Senator Thurman for the
same Office. His last political feat
was beating Gov. Allen last fall, for
Governor of Ohio. 1 '@f ,a
y Mr.. Wheeler. the nominee for Vice
President. is a member OF Congress
from New York, and is the author of
what is known as the wheeler Lou
isiana Compromise" and if we are
not mistaken in the name, is also
less creditablyY mixed mp In the PA
cific railroad Organization, and other
land speculations, which, will not re-
main unInyestigated during the hot
contest so soon to take place IN the
States of the Union. sf
\ But as popular as she Republican
ticket. seems to be. it can and will be
defeated. at this time it occurs to
us that the utmost harmony at St.
Louis would do so beyond perad-
venture-for then we could nomi-
nate Tilden and HeDdricks-a CON-
bination which can give harmony
once more to the great Democratic
party-a combination which can rec
oncile the Democracy Of the North
west with their brothers of the EN-
pire and Eastern States, and thus
make .effeetnal the one hundred and
thirty eight electoral votes of the
South--a happy combination which
can reconcile what has heretofore
been thought the frreconcilable diff
ference on the currency question: |
combination that will relieve the st. |
Louis Convention of the necessity |
Of platform of principles, because |
such q ticket bears on lis forehead |
the Constitution Reform and Honest
Government. Reform in the abuses
of government will be our battle cry.
Tilden, to a greater degree than any
living man, is the exponent of that /
idea. His war on Tammany and the
Canal Ring, and corruption in every
SlAA pc asAtCf GNAA(AOh1s u2AA esnSCOo Va
an honest administration. His re- /
duction Of taxation from 7s mills to
81 mills in New York is a sufficient
evidence of his economy and Rnan-
eial ability. aceH ncc4 Fl
Tilden and Hendricks What bet
ter men can We get? Tried and true
men are better than unknown ones,
ItOis snicidal--it 4 is Ipore-7it is
crime against the country to wrangle
at this time. WeoWea duty to Re-
publican liberty which should and
must be fulfilled. In Tilden and
Hendricks all elements concentrate
and consolidate. The reformatory
power of Democratic principles, and
The reforhatoft purpose Of the Dem
ocratic party are alike fully demon
strated tc the entire satisfaction OF
beth classes of Independent Repub-
lieans "a fact which cannot fail TO be
gratifying to every believer in the
regenerating force of the doctrines
Of the Democratic party.