The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-26
A Task tor Tilden,
[Chicago Times.l

The great successes achieved by Gov
| Tiiden as practical reformer OF abuses
in the local administration OF New York
| State and city are already generally
known to the people OF the country, and
the party press may be trusted to take
during the canvass. AS an organizer Of
political movements, the Governors
capabilities are equally well known in
side the narrower circle which, until
four or five years ago, circumscribed his
field Of action. Thoroughly trained In
the Van Buren, school Of prudent poll
ticians, and endowed by nature with a
large share Of the governing or admin
| istrative faculty, he was able for years
party, while avoiding all appearance OF
| offensive prominence, or dictatorial
slate making. calculated to wound the
! sensibilities or provoke the rebellious
| jealousy of those upon whom bis
power was exerted. II is upon this rul
ing faculty of Mr.. Tilden giving as
surance that, il elected, he will himself
be President, with full knowledge and
appreciation of the duties and RESPONSE
bilities Of that high Office, and not the
mere tool Of strong willed, selfish, and
utterly irresponsible party associates
that many independent thinkers, look
| ing solely to the public good, justify
themselves in preferring Tilden, an in
stinctive reformer and a leader and
manager Of men, though member of
an utterly demoralized and superiluous
party organization, to Hayes, a man
! possibly of equally honest instincts,
but born follower, swayed constantly
by the influences around him, and those
influences, unhappily, sure to be OF the
quality which have made Of Grants
administration failure so disastrous
and deplorable.
1t is not, however, for the purpose OF
contrasting the personal qualities or
political surroundings Of the two Presi-
Dental candidates, that the Times here
refers to the peculiar aptitude of Mr..
Tilden for the task of quietly and effect
lively controlling and directing his par
tisans but rather to invite his attention
to field where the exertion of all his
powers in this direction Is Immediately
necessary That field is not his native
State of New York; or any other portion
Of the North or West, where selfinterest
will prompt the Democrats to prudent
self-control, Ii 1t fails to inspire them with
any higher wisdom. Mr.. Tilden needs
to look to the South, and to put himself
at once in close communication not
only with the men of recognized intlu
ence and power in that section, but with
that lower strata of the party which,.
quiescent enough in tranquil times, is
dangerously apt, under great political
excitement, to exhibit the recalcitrant
propensities of the fiery and untaimed
jackass, kicking friend and foe with inn
partial recklessness. The average igno
rant Confederate Of that region is in
spired about equally by devotion to the
Democratic party, and blind detesta-
ton of Republicans aud Triggers" and,
4 hutf nm
eessary and unwholesome confusion Of
ideas, Is very prone to think he can best
worship the one by killing the others.
| Upon this element the Governor should
make haste 10 exert his influence direct
| ly and through every instrumentality
within his reach Every outbreak OF
violence in Southern State now is sure
to be charged to political account. 1t
matters little that the country general
| ly south of the Ohio and the Potomac
| is as quiet and orderly as any portion of
the Union; that the worst and vilest
grades Of crime against the person are
not half so frequent In the most be-
| nighted regions OF Dixie as they are
| In New England, or Michigan, or Iowa,
in proportion to population. A man
may be murdered by a mob, within
sight of the State House in In
dianapolis or Des Moines, under circum
stances Of unparalleled atrocity, and it
passes for nothing more than an ebulli-
ton Of popular frenzy. But let the same
thing be done in the remotest corner of
Louisiana, and the peculiar genius OF
| the Radical orator magnifies it into
political event so mOmentouS that it
should mold the destiny Of the nation
for years. Here is the occasion for the
most adroit and prudent management
of the classes most subject to the excite
ment which breeds vigilance commit
| tees and their lawless administration
Of what may indeed be in some cases
exact Justice, though more often likely
to prove atrocious and incurable wrong,
and Of those whose political enthusiasm
breaks out in the form OF mania for
breaking heads. II Gov. Tilden can
succeed in organizing his whole party
in the reconstructed States into one
grand vigilance committee and peace
society, pledged to the sole object
of maintaining unbroken tranquil
lily for the next four months,
and the swift arrest and transfer
to the ordinary tribunals OF every
offender in their own ranks against the
the public peace, he will not only make
that section the wonder and admiration
Of the whole Union-which will be a
capital thing for the South itself-but
he will spike half the heaviest guns in
the Hayes and Wheeler campaign artil-
lery-which will be a most desirable
thing for the Governor and his party.
He may not be able to do this absolutely
and completely at once, but his organ
izing and controlling faculties have
been vastly overrated il he cannot do
, very much toward it's accomplishment.
Let him try it. No better work than
this could be assigned to the polite and
persuasive Herman, the judiciously i'm
petuous Dorsheimer, and the whole ar
ray Of Democratic missionaries now
wasting needless eloquence upon the
North Send them down among the
palmettoes, the alligators, the Kuklux
and the White League.
Emory A. Storrs, attorney for Babcock
and the Whisky Ring, has made great
speech on politics at Aurora, Ill. 1t
| Fov H. nI will nhoh