American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-24

by handsome VOC, We
gained IL Uni ed States Senator in
1873, however. when Gov. Tilden
had developed his policy and made
reform the chief issue n change
seems To haN g come ever tto Fu.t4s
Of She Empire State aat. Leg
ture, strongly Republican. was
by $4,000 majority. In ad-
dition to this the town elections,
during the present year, have re
suited unfavorably for the interests
of Gov. Tilden; many cities aud
towns, which have here tofore been
Democratic, have this year gone
Republican by larger naj"ri,ies.
take, for instance, the City OF Roch-
ester-it has heretofore been a
Democratic stronghold, but this year
the Republicans carried the city by
1000 majority.
Nor is this state of things all that
Will operate adversely to the utter
ests of Mr.. Tilden when, with due
deliberation, we weigh and consider
his availability.
IAiS DCtd
that he has created split i'll his
own party, and there is strong
body of popular and influential
lnen, headed by Chief Justice Church
and Mr.. John Kelley, who are bit
terly opposed to the Governor and
are, even now, using their best eff
forts to thwart his ambition to oc-
cupy the White House. GA house
divided against itself must fall,'
and any man, presented at st.
Louis, who has not a backing al
home sufficiently earnest and.strong
to enable him to carry his own
State, is not available as candi
date.
There is statesman, now not
! much spoken of, but who should not
be forgotten, whose character is un-
impeachabie, whose reputation is
untarnished, whose bold and fear.
less stand in favor of Constitutional
liberty ard reconciliation between
| the sections has excited the admira-
| ton OF the entire country, who Is
thought by many to be more avail
able than any one of those mentioned
in connection with nomination +; he
is the Hon. Allen G.. Thurman, than
whom no man in all this broad land
deserves more of the Democratic
| party, as reward for long and
brilliant service.
Many think it more likely thai
Mr.. Thurman can carry New York
than Mr.. Tllden, but OH account Of
his rejection by the Ohio State Con
vention Mr.. Thurman will, in al
probability, fail to get the nomina
Hancock, it is likely, will be the
| nominee of the Democracy at ST
Louis. He is now probably the
| most available candidate, and would
[ gather around him Il more earnest
and enthusiastic support than any
other man who could be nominated
The West will not have Tilden
who has not yet recovered from the
blot upon his record made by his
treacherous support of Martin Van
Buren, and tile Free Sellers in 1913;
the East will not have Hendricks
| Hancock's nomination would solidi
fy the party, would bring together
in hearty accord the hard-money
men of the East and the infationists
of the West. He is the only man
now mentioned, who would have
the ghost of q chance in PennSyl
vania aud Ohio.
His nomination would unite the
party in New York, and he would
receive the solid Democratic vote
IN all probability carrying The State
bv at least 10000 votes; no Demo
crat could be opposed to him on ac.
count of his financial views, and his
record shows that he Is as much the
representative of civil liberty, oil
reform, retrenchment, and good
government as MIR. Tilden, or any
other man. He would certainly
carry Connecticut, New Jersey Cali.
fornia and Oregon.
The 50 considerations have caused
many to believe that Gen. Hancock
is probably the most available man
who is likely to be presented, not
twithstanding his connection with
the Surratt affair in which he only
acted as an officer in obedience tC
orders; and they say that, with
Hancock at the head of the ticket
aud with ';Reconcilidtion noU, ana
Onion JoreUer'. as our motto, we car
sweep the country. as did "Tippe
canoe and Tyler too in the memoir.
able campaign of 1910. Y.
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