The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-05-20
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IN i doubissssSadsd ieaailsri Cue Charleston
Ne,cs and Courier comes outSo EILDEEs;
and as goes that jotirnal 90 wlilgo the South
Carolina delegation. head .its stirring ar
ticle: ssIs Esass
TiLpEg sFoRsPREs1DEST.
We have hitherto opposed the nomination
OF Governor Tilden by the National Demo-
| cratic Convention mainly for the reason that
he appeared to be the pet and instrument OF
| a Tanimany crowd, whose Whole record,
aim, and purpose is IoathsoIDc to the south
crn Democracy. This crowd, with their
allies, defeated General Allen in Ohio last
fall, and we Of the South, who maintain
that constitutional rule and administrative
reform are the paramount issues in the pres
idential canvass, cannot hold them l,lame-
less who, for any economic reason, or to
unduly hasten resumption, copniye at or
help to secure the overthrow OF Democratic
candidates.
With Governor TiIden personally we had
no fault to find. There is no blot on his
public or private record. As stainless,
fearless, and thorough reformer he is with
out peer. While, however, we stood
ready to advocate his election should he be
nominated, we could not urge his nomlla-
ton so long as he was handicapped by the
support OF a faction whose aims are not his,
and whose object is their own advancement,
not their country's good. ,a'vt.
There is change in the situation as graft
| flying as twas unexpected The Utica Con-
yention formally declared that "the first
| and most imperious issue OF the time, the
commanding issue now before the people
of the Union" is ''the settled principles,
the frugal expenditures, and the admins
trative purity inaugurated by the founders
of the republic" This is broad and pa
triotic platform, acceptable to the whole
Union. 1t marked the determination OF
Governor Tilden to be fettered no longer
By the narrow and selfish doctrines OF a
Tammany faction, and it was so accepted in
the West, where the opposition to Governor
Tilden had been fiercest. The leading news
papers in the Southwest ut once declared
that they would advise the nomination OF
| the Reform Governor. We waited, for we
were not yet satisfied. But within the last
week the worst elements Of Tammany have
taken bold and open ground against Gov
ernor Tilden. This alone was wanting to
make him unobjcctionable to lis and desira-
bic to the South.
The commanding issue is reform. And
cept Mr. Tilden as the Democratic incarna-
ton OF reform in both principle and prac-
tice. The only dark spot OH his shield was
the character OF noisy group OF so-called
friends who eXpeeted to make use Of him.
Now that these are against Governor Til
den, now that Scllurz, Adams, Woolsey,
and Goodwin, Republicans though they be,
announce that they will support him ii their
own candidate, Mr.. Bristow, be not nomi-
mated at Cincinnati, we feel that it would
be disloyalty to the southern Democracy
and an infidelity to their interests to deny
to Governor Tilden whatever aid, encour-
agement, and strength our advocacy can
give. As sincerely as we opposed Governor
Tildcn's nomination do we now, iii the
changed condition OF affairs, call for his
nomination at st. Louis.
To-day Governor 'Tilden il the strongest
candidate in the Democratic party. With
him, il we be united, we can carry the Dem
ocratic banner in triumph to the White
House. There are difficulties in the way.
The friends OF Hendricks, and Bayar0, and
Thurman, are more or less busy, if hot hope
full. What is required is to give Governor
Tildcn a nomination at the outset that shall
be virtually lnanimous---not Il nomination
obtained after heated discussion and pro-.
tracted balloting. This the South can ef-
feet; and we appeal to the southern dele
gates, one and all, to waive personal prefer
ences, to forego the barren satisfaction Of
complimentary voting, and to vote at the
first ballot for Samuel j. Tilden, Of New
York-not as the candidate Of the South
par excellence, but as the candidate OF the
Democracy OF the whole Union-a candi--
date who will know neither North OF South
in Washington, and who, with such nomi-
nation as the whole South, with the Empire
State and his friends in the East and West,
can give him, will be in March next the Re
form President CT a free, prosperous, and
reconciled republic.
Tilden for reform! TilGen for Prcsi-
dent! Tilden for the North, and the South,
and the Union With these watchwordS
the Democracy shall conquer.