The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-07-20
New York and the Presidency.

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the Democratic ticket in a Presidential contest.
The capitalists there cannot afford to trust she
Democratic party in the control of the nation
al government. They are too deeply interest
ed in the maintenance OF sound currency,
with specie as it's basis. to encounter
the risk of a Democratic Congress- And
! the election Of Tilden would imply the cleo
ton of a Democratic Congress- The record of
that party shows that at least five-sixths of its
adherents are opposed to the resumption of
specie payments, and are in favor of imitation,
or the circulation Of an irredeemable currency.
When the question is presented to the ruling
class of that great commercial metropolis and
money center, whether they will support Til
en-, and thereby contribute to the selection OF
Democratic Congress, with the certainty OF it's
being controlled by the rag-moncy element Of
the party, or Hayes, with the record the Re-
publican party has already made on the cur
rency question, there will be be 70 hesitation
in the determination at which they wilt ar
rive. Further, the record of the two men in all
their public and private relations is SO entirely
different. Gov. Hayes, the incorruptible Con-
gresham, the pure Governor, the brave sol
dierand generous friend, and Tilden, the schem-
ing, plotting, trickiEg railroad lawyer" the
life and soul of Tammany in the days of Tweed's
power, the two-faced politician in the struggle
for the '.life Of the nation,'' the corruption Of
public morals in the method adopted to promote
his personal ends and ambitions, and the sham
RECOMMENDATION the Contrasts presented to the
scrutiny and verdict Of the country, the honest
impulses Of the people cannot fail to declare
for the Republican nominee. +p
Then, as we have said, the State OF New
York is essentially Republican. There has
not been test Of party strength there since
1872, when in total vote Of s2s, o37, President
Grant received a majority OF 53,4ss-Greeley
being supported BY the Democrats and Liber-
al Republicans. In 1874, when Tilden was
elected Governor oyer Gen. Dix, 1862
Republican did not vote. That year there was
kind of tidal wave sweeping over the country,
which wheeled even Massachusetts, into the
Democratic line, and converted Republican
majority of sixty odd, into Democatic major
ity of about the same number into the popular
branch of Congress. In the following year,
1875, the Democratic majority was reduced
from IS, 900 to Is, 900 in New York State, when
Co. 1876 Republicans remained from the polls.
With these facts tS| glide. the judgment, and
the further fact that the reform record pro-
claimed by the Democrats for Gov. Tlden,
amounts, when boiled down, to a sham and
fraud-when OF all the smoke and fuss about
the canal ring, there has been nothing done but
the trial and conviction of one man, Mr.. Lord,
who has not yet been sentenced, at cost OF
$780, extra counsel fees to the State, the rea-
sons Of the case all conspire in favor of Re-
publican triumph.
Not only do these facts and reasons confront
the Democratic prediction of a triumph in the
Empire State, but the additional consideration
of Tilden's selfish and vindictive nature, his
personal unpopularity, and his enormous wealth
accumulated as railroad lawyer and specula-
tor, will be thrown III the balance against him.
The prediction Of the Democratic delegates
from New York to the st. Louis convention,
that, illuminated, he would lose his own State
by $4,000, is sustained by an impartial view OF
the situation and all the facts from which
fair conclusion may be derived.
The Liberal Republicans, who not only uni
ted in the support Of Greeley in 1872. but OF
Tilden in 1874, and the Democratic ticket
headed by Liberal Republican in 1875, have
| almost to man, declared in favor of Hayes
and Wheeler, and will actively cooperate with
the Republican organization in this election.
| We present these facts for the consideration
| of our readers. and to enable them to attach
| the proper significance to the blatant and sense
less iargon OF the Democratic press about sweep
inc New York in November next for the Dem
cratic candidate The fact of his citizenship
Of that State, is assumed as prima facie evid-
ence that he will receive its electoral vote. We
view it entirely different, Tor it is recognized
and acknowledged that Mr.. Tilden is personal
| " repulsive and unpopular, and this in con-
nection with the determined and angry oppo-
| sition to his nomination by the leading men
and organizations in the party, argue that he
is really the weakest man that could have beer
presented to carry the full Democratic strength
in New York.
According to our Interpretation Of the signs
and the facts, tine Republicans will carry the
State OF New York bya pronounced majority
and the electoral college by a vote large
enough to annihilate the Democratic party al
an organization for future national contests.
TilJen's friends claim that he carried tn
State in 1874 BY $4,000 majority. His vot