The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1876-09-21
Like Party, like President.


Aug. 31st, quotes the following extract
from Morton's speech at indianapolis:
"The Administration of any President
will be in the main what the party which
elected him makes it. If he breaks away
from his party, the chances are that hewill
be broken down. In government of par
ties like ours, the President must have his
advisers The men to whom he owes his
election, who have defended him from as
saults, to whom he must look for support in
the future. toM ordinarily control his ac-
ton, and he will do nothing offensive to
them"
1t thereupon accepts this proposition,
and claims that Hayes if elected, will be
under the control of Blaine, Conkling,
Cameron, Avery, Mckee, Babcock, etc.
do not know that this position of Nor
tons is altogether tenable. But take it as
the Gazette accepts j. and let us see where
it will lead us, and-Shere et will place Mr.
Tilden.
Who are the men to whom Hayes, if
elected, will owe his election? Primarily, to
the men who secured his nomination. And
who were they? Were they the Blaines, the
Mortons, the Conklings? These were his
opponents in the Convention. They did not
desire his nomination. They acquiesce in
it now, but only acquiesce. 1t had a
strong flavor of ''crow" to them. Every
intelligent man knows, and every fair mind
ed man, not blinded by party, will admit,
that the nomination of Hayes was the re-
suit of the opposition to Blaine, and Conk-
ling, and Morton, and Grantism. These
were not they who nominated Hayes
Neither will they elect him. They advo-
cate his election, it is true, but they are
not the leaders who are bringing back to
the Republican party that great body of
independent voters, without whom Hayes
cannot be elected. Neither are they the
leaders of the sentiments which is domi-
nant in the Republican party. That senti-
ment is following Schurz and Curtis, and
Bristow, and Evarts and Hoar.
But let us see where Tilden will be, if
Morton's and the Gazette's rule be applied
Who will elect him, if elected? Who will
defend him from assaults? To whom must
he look for support in the future? For
these, according to the Gazette, ''uiU con-
troll his action" Who nominated him?
Was the West for him. Was Thurman,
was Ewing, was Pendleton, was Allen, was
Hendricks, was Voorhees,, for him ? No.
Who were? New York and the South.
Who were the leaders from the South that
were for him? The sixty Confederate Of
ficers that are passing rebel claim bills up
on Congress. The men that are crying to
the Democratic party, ''we care nothing
for your questions of finance; give us poo
er and to this end give us the man who can
get the most votes in the north" They
the st. Louis Convention.
And who were for Tilden from New York?
Active, jealous and prominent among his
was John Morrissey, and be-
hind him was great crowd of New York
city ''roughs, betting and fighting. for the
nomination of their ''reformer," Tildenl
If Tilden is elected, who will elect him? |
We are not in the dark here. The plan is
bold and shrewd, and it is openly and bold
y avowed: ''We care nothing for Pennsyl-
vania, we care nothing for Ohio. Give US
the South and New York" This is the
plan. The very men to whom Tilden owes
his nomination, are the men to whom, if |
slected, he will owe his election. They are |
he men who once wore grey in ne South,
and the men who lead the Democracy of |
New York city. For outside the city, New
York is Republican.
Now let us apply the rule. These men,
% whom Tilden will owe his election, ''sciI
control his action, AND HE
WILL DO NOTHING OFFENSIVE TO
THEM. Look at the argument of the
Gazette, in its legitimate applications.
Come up, ye Buffers, reeking with the
gore of Hamburg. Come up, ye Missis-
ippi leaders, who suppress the ballot-box
~ the shotgun! Come up, Ben Hill, de-
ender of Andersonville, Come up, Tuck
II, of Virginia, Sam. Cox, with your jests
IN Hamburg's blood, and Morrissey, with
'our "short-haired" host; come ye all up,
Tilden is elected, FOR ''HE WILL DO MOTH
Nc OFFENSIVE TO YOU"
But perhaps the Gazette says this is push
ng our conclusion too far. Altho' the Dem
'cratic statesmen of the North and West
lid not desire Mr.. Tilden's nomination,
hey are working ardently for it. They are
him from assaults, and to them
le must ''look for support in the future"
/ is not fair to overlook them.
The men we have named are much more
eaders in the Democratic party than such
nen as Avery and Mckee and Babcock are
eaders in the Republican party. If Til
len is elected he will owe his election, much
more to Morrissey and Cox, and Hill, and
Tucker, than Hayes would owe his election
o Avery, Babcock, or Mckee The Ga
ette pushes the conclusion further than
We.
To whom, then, would Tilden, if elected,
1--WE his election? To Voorhees, and Ewing,
md statesmen of that school? Are they
he men who will control his action?" If
10, away goes your hard money profess
ons with which your platform is loaded.
Is it to be Seymour, the statesman that ad-
lressed bowling mob, fresh from the
sack of orphan asylums, and their hands
,ed with innocent blood, as ''my .GIends?''
Is it to be Seymour, and Thurman, and
Pendleton, to whom Tilden is to owe his
election, who will control his action? If
so, the country will justly question the sim
,erity of your platform professions of ac-
Iuiescence in the amendments, for not one
perhaps of these statesmen but is on the
record denouncing them as "unconstitu-
tional," and not one of them but believes
in his heart, now as much as he did in 81,
in the doctrins that justified and made pos
sible secession. If these are to be the con-
trolling advisers of Mr.. Tilden, the coun-