Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-05-10
IAN GEL 8. TILDEN, OF NEW YORK,
FOR PRESIDENT

Until this Centennial year Of grace,
and eeer Eince the war between the
States closed, the south, beaten in a gi-
gautic contest, has been made to feel
that her place in national legislation
was sub ordinate to that OF the north
and west, and was at the will of the
party in power. So feeling, she
ass in All the national political conyeu.
tions ac.ed as II subosdInation beet be-
came her. = condition OF thinss
70 anomalous, between States, equals
and iree' under federatiye
system, could MT, in the nature Of
thiogS be expected to last long. Are
suit oi me feverish and excited con-
'di1:on Of the public pulse following after
great effort for sectional mastery. IL
must in time subsids and leave the peo-
pie on a dead level whereon to find a
foundation for future poDsies grow
ing out Of the party struggles that
sre legitimate result of our free
ano enIigbtenCy d system Of government.
Inc AFFb AL believes that the country
Al isE' has at last determined that the
sip for this to end has come, and
thst 1t is the duty and the
right OF the south to throw eff the
yoke Of political and sectional subordi-
nstioD, and assert the position she is en-
filled to in the conventions of the two
great parties, 70 either Of whom politicsI
supremacy may fall as a result Of well
directed labor, : sound and sensible
platform, and the nomination Of a msn
who represents, not il mere promisep,
but IN his public acts and general course
in life the reforms, the retrenchment,
the economy, and the high sense Of jug
rtice which shall encourage all good men
Throughout the whole Union to believe
that his recommendations for legisa.
tionwill embrace primarily, reduction Of
.Plblic burdens and exemption from the
-harassments, snnoyspces and oppres-
-sions Of an Odious Federal tax system.
And here LET us emphasize: We say the
whole Union because we are not sec.
-ional, because the south has ceased to
be sectional, and becsuse we sincerely
aud honestly desire, shove all things
eise, the prosperity, the advancement,
and the Peace Of the Union so necessary
- TIE welfare OF the Staies. We cay
the whole Union, because we know from
experience that with majority Of the
people OF our country the Union is first,
is parsmOunt; and because we are
able to say, speaking.for the people Of
the south, that the question of secession
is absolutely and unquestionabIy settled
forever, snd that all the issues which In
1850 divided the Democratic from the
Republican party are folded up and laid
away forever, never again to become
a disturbing cause Of the Interstate
comfy and goodwill 30 essen
tlsl to public peace and public pros
perity. Having in view, then, the
whole Union, mindful of our obligations
to it, and desirous Of securing a man
who possesses the qualifications We have
named. and speaking not merely to the
Democracy OF Tennessee, but to that of
the adjoining States, whose local causes
we have made our own, whoee battles
we have f-ught, a2d whose burdens we
have borne ulcompIainingly, we present
the name OF SAMUEL J. TnDEN, of New
York, for President, as that of a man
whose life is a guarantee OF personal
honesty, OF retrenchment, OF re-
form and Of Justice; whose ca
reer is that OF statesman character
izsd by sagacity, by enlightened poll
cies, tempered by the spirit and move
ment oi the age, and an unconquerable
aversion and deteststiOn of the cliqu-
ism and ringism which have been the
baae and curse Of the public life Of the
past sixteen years. Possessing the con-
fdence Of the large and IDfiuentisl e!e-
meut IN New York which holds itself
independent Of party control, and hsv-
ing the unanimous Endorsement OF the
party Of which he has 80 long been a
leader, we feel that We can confidently
invite to his support the Democracy Of
Tennessee, Of Arksnsss, Of Mississippi
and OF Alabama, indeed Of all the States
OF the south. Entering upon the can
vass for governor Of the first State in
the Union in point OF wealth, CONNER
cial activity, interosl commerce and
political influence, at time when the
Democratic party was under the ban by
reason Of the infamies and crimes Of
Tweed, he oveTcsme, by the sheer
weigh. OF his name and character, and
as 8 result Of life we'll spent, all
the oppJsitioas, defeating former DEM
ocraf. an able state,man and pure citizen,
and recovering for his party the prestige
OF which /. had been robbed by the band
cf thieves whom Tweed bosssd, being
elected by plurality Of 53,3I5 over
General John A. Dix, who had been
elected two years previous by plurality
Of So 45l. Taking his place as governor
Of New York-s place, let US say, only
snro7H 70 thgt Of Presideat-he pro-