The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-06-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER,
WASHINGTON, June 6, 1876.
TUE TRUTH, T1iB wHoLB TRUTH, AND NOTHING
nut THE TRUTH

NUT TIRE TRUTH
Every Democrat, who desiRes the sacccas Of
his party, wishes to SEQ tho bcs, and sts onG
est possible ticket nominated at 81; Louis,
and stands ready to sink personal rrefhrcn>
oee and sectional questions in coming to tho
support Of that. ticket, whatever Il may be.
That the Democratic National Convention will
net nominate men whom the whole party
cannot support, may DO assumed But the
delegates have q duty beyond that. They
should correctly inform themselves as to the
relative strength of the various candidates for
the nomination, and not permit themselves to
be influenced by the statements Of prejudiced
Partizans, who appear as the friends or oppo.
nents, Of any particular candidate. The De.
mooratio party intends to elect the next Pre-
sident Of the United States 1t intends to of
fer for the sufFrages Of tho people ticket that
canuot be beaten. Those men Who, fyoin
personal Ioae0as, attempt . ,nis,o0d Iutlio
opion ia reference to any 'eaSimc rc,l ca,
are enemies of ,hc marty, nnG should 30 treat
cd as such, I am lead to write this by so,nc
recent attempts made hero, to convey the i'm
preston that Governor Tilden is not strong in
his own State This is done by innuendo and
deliberate falsehood. l do not say thai the
st. Louis Convention ought to nominate Gov
Tilden for President. There 10 q long list of
distinguished and able men to choose from
any one Of whom would confer honor upon
the party. But any falsehood which Affects
any one Of these party leaders, affects the
party.
aovERNoER TILDKR
was elected Governor Of New York by o larg.
er majority than any Democrat ever had in
popular Republican Governor tho State ever
had, Governor Dix, who was elected In 1872
by So, ,461 majority, q change of nearly 104,.
600 in Tilden's favor; an event unpreoedont-
ed in the political history Of the State There
Is bitter opposition to Governor Tilden In
Now York, and there has been bitter opposi-
ton to him for many years. Tweed opposea
him, with oil his power, frem 1867 to The day
when Tiiden drove him into the Penitcntiary
The Csnal Ring thieves have done their worst
to destroy him. But in no one instance has
he failed to defeat these men. His great
strength with the people, Is based upon this
very opposition. II Is bee ause the thieves
are against him, that he is tho most popular
man in New York State TO day, and IL Is ~.
homer TO the Democratic party that he lie go,
Az to the few respectable men who are op-
posing him, II is sufficient to say that every
one oRthem opposed himin "a, as violently
as now; but every one Of them voted for him
-.,.a,AhC1aoa ho h,n Al
taxes Of the State ono half. saving the people
So, 100000 Il will not be wise for tho De-
mocratiC party TO underestimate his strength
With tho people Of New York. New York
hos gone Republican too often IN the past
sixteen years TO make it advisable for ua TO
.hrow away the certainty Of carry it.
Is BLAINE GuILrYf
Tho Sunday Gazett, Democratic journal Of
this city, In an article yesterday, entitled
Summing up Mr.. Blaine put the case very
charitably and yet very strongly, when il says
that he must be bad man who would desire
Mr., Blaine 10 suffer under the imputation Of
an oifense of which no is not guilty; and TIM.
there are very many Who would .l.tIy believe
HIM innocent, were the circumstances such Gs
to admit Of the prcsumtion. IL furthorm ore
suys that thcrc "ure large numbers o; persons
whose Judgments are suspended upon INC
question of tho absolute correctness Of the
testimony that has been presented against him
but who finds his own oSrriage and deportn ent
since the Investigations commenced, that
which forbids them TO release him from the
suspicion that there is something, wholly or
partially hidden, which he apprehends would
seriously impare his reputation if ii were re.
vealed. In short, says the Gazett, the con.
duct Of Mr. Blaine has been very unlike that
of man who is conscious of innocence; and
the faot is 80 palpable that, in thousands OF IL
stances, it is inyoluntarily felt when not con
sciously Gpprehended
VETERAN JOURNALIST
Among tho distinguished veterans Of the
Press now in Washington is Col JolI II
Iiasoou, of Michigan, ono Of tho oidosr auu
j. tcaOrved Journalistic In tho NolAw
y .as boon epon.int .ho ai.tcr ouI ,Yi-a
IN Inc oity Tho Coloa, Lc6on3 oonLccul
wlC" thc Dctto.D Free frcGa Ee0il. i55.y yoa.s
ago, enj feels as much p.iio in The suoooss u
that ablo paper AZ he Ga When c1rneg Cd with
it. MIR Harmon has been In The habit OF
visiting Washington almost every session Of
Congress for over thirty years Tho plitioai
history of the country, with all tho incidents
and anecdotes of GU, Odd statesmen is perfectly
familiar to him. lie has attended cycry Ma
tional Convention Of Tho Democratic party