Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-01
S0SIGHT -TILDEN AND HEN.


~ tue DSmoctatlc bEu00al convention
ID Tlden and Hendricks, for Preside nj
and Vice-President OF the United
States. Aud well they may re.
joice. Never since Jefferson and
Buu opposed each ether, and our
own Jackson confronted Clay and
Crawford, HIS there been ticket pre-
sented that 50 challenges the SUPPORT
and votes OF the Democrats Of the couu-
try. The issue upoz which We 20 before
the Union is broad and national one.
IL means, 'on the part Of ihe Republi.
cans, the msking O; The south a second
Ireland, over @hich there shsH be :
wealth OF orAtOry, and in the sub,u.
galon tf which there shall be ex-
pended fabulous sums, every dollar
OF 1t to ind its way into the
pocket Of carpetbag thieves or Eind.
hpg "dough-fsces'' anxieus to make
Terms with the dominant party. To the
democrats 1t mems release from the
grasp OF despO,ism more reckless than
thst over which the sultan of Turkey
Pres!des' and more rapaelous than tha.
OF RassiaD governor. 1t means IN ns
the rescue Cf the country from the psrtv
which ms furnished the ~hiiky thieves.
the defaulters who have rioted
and .attened upon the public treasury
ard the rUfliAus who in the nsp,s q, /
loyalty" have feasted and urosn
iusty at the public crib. It tnasr. 10
Us OF the south, especissly, the restora. !
ton OF the Union AID the perpstpstio,, |
VI fepuolcsp:sG1, or the destruction of
'O'u !" "e success OF the no ost corrupt |
'SA'cai Organization the. ever dis.
srSced s. nation. For eleven years thA /
tH'publicsns have been ste,t,,Iv |
soFsnoang to absolu. ism, and b1ve nsr. |
s''". ".ntly ignored tne enlightened, wise |
and statesmsnlike policy of abraham
Lincoln. Led by Tb as stswens and
Coifax, Blaine and. Conkling, thev
have ignored Their. traditions and their
historic policy II freedoms. and have
sought to enslP we ten raiIllons of white
msn and Women. Under ptetexts in
ohemseIVeH q disgrace to the most
~''ainSFY intelligence, they have
fo,Ss'1 the States they first bound
hsr4d and foot, leaving no strength of
capital or substance upon which to re.
huild or resuscitate. They have afflicted
us with the curse of military power, have
subj iseted US TO the caprice of arbitrary
sway, watching with eager eyes cur
gains in esrnlrg' only TO clutch them
under pretence o. tpGblic necefs fsity. They
have murdered our people by proxy,
employing the ignorsnt negro
in that capacity, and have made
us to grOan under exschons that have
prevented US from paying even the in
terest or the debts they contracted in
oar name. Against these vilest OF viii
lains we ere orgsnizsd-to defeat them
we have given the country ticket that
challenges even their respect. The
Poker Jacks and the Bond. bill Btaines.
smartiDg under Democratic reproof, and
the thieves in and out OF the naniteutiary
who disgraced even ths Republican party
hy their excesses, Cannot find fault with
fliden or dendricks, Or otherwise than
view With alarm that we have pitted
them against Hayes and Wheeler. Til
Gen the great reformer and Hendricks I
tbs honest and true, against Hayes the
negative and Wheeler the persistent op.
ponent Of everything like western river
Improvement. Tilden, who procured
Tweed's conviction and sent Lord,
the Republican, to prison. Tiiden,
whose sympathies are with the men
who, like himself, work and toll. Tllden
who cut down the taxation Of New York ,,
oDe-half, sud made the Erie canal free
TIlden who has spent a lifetime in po.
iitical harness and never sought office.
Tilden who is feared by his enemies and /
loved by his friends. He it is we have :
offered the country as a candidate for
President at a crisis when the Union !
nesds the guiding and helping hand s
of craftsmanship above reproach. To !
him aud to the noble, unselfish govern |
or of Indisna-representing another :
wing Of the party-we propose to remit {
all the powtrs OF the governm ment, be- !
lIeviug that out Of the equitable balance 1
OF their brains we can solve the solution .
OF all our troubles. - then we look
with confidence for the relief of all
our grievances. To them We look
for a reduction OF the tariff, re- Z
duction Of taxes, OF office-holdipg
expenses and restoration Of cOnstitu- '
tional methods. To them we look for 8
the final overthrow OF the power ard :
party represented by hayes and Wheel T
er-the power and party that have 3
robbed and well nigh ruined us and C
brought us to the verge of dissolution. =
Inspired by their lives, cur hopes Of sue b
cess uith them well founded, the De- !,
mocrsey can afford to rejoice t
TO pour cut their hearts in =
jubIlatIon aud Thanksgiving that after Il
90 many weary years of trial and y
orrow srd ssdness, we can i
. like freemen and face =
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