, 1876-07-27
Tho Old Mans Opinion of Sammy
Previous to His Nonl-
nation.
Eight Days Before St. Louis, Hc said'
1T Is Useless to Talk Of Defeat
j. lug Hayes with Ti'dau."
"Tlldtn and Hendricks" Shriett1 Slorey,
"Would Be Tladt.1Iark Of Political
Dishonesty"
Tho Continuation "Wou1d Not Got an
ELECTORAL voto North Of tho
Ohio River"


From ~ Chicago T,u<,, June 10.
Tho nomination Of Mr. Tl1dea at St. LOFTS
would Inevitably give the State x Indiana to
tie Hayes pnrty in October. To thc rag
money lulfatics Of Indiana bourbonlsm, tho
devil would bo preferable to Sam Tilden.
The capture Of 1ntfana for I1ayea IN Octo.
her would be followed by the capture Of
New York ia November. Another Thing
which would contribute immensely To these
consequences Of Tlllcn's notnination Is tho
unfortunate record Of 1lldal os Chairman of TIC
Platform Committee IL The Chicago Cof.m.,lfoi Of
1864, which nominated George b. Mcclellan.
That Presidential campaign, whose outcome was
thu b,lrial uf a who1e host Of Bourbon ,pliti-.
clans beneath a mountain Of popular odluln,
WAS contested upon tho noted "pcace plat
forln,". which declared tho experiment u
wnr" failure md demanded au Immediate ccs-
tatIou Of hosttlifcs, "with q view to an
ultimate Convention Of The States or other
pcaeeuble nlcans, to the end TINT ut the earliest
tic basLs Of tho Federal states." That most
offensive platform, whicl, aroused the North to
tho fury of Indignation nga!nst lts authors, was
conceded a,ut b,e,ght forth oV Conn'ifttx 81
'say 's".ayo '" s.s :,ts,s ne s ~ a ia ai"a dseles
fheys it.,s no dissent" THO nomination Of Mr..
Ttldcu at St. Lotus could hardly fail to be the
signal for re0pcuinE VI the "bloody.sh!rt,
contest with oil the advantages on tile side
aol.lter in the War which Tildcn's Committee
declared to be u failure, At the time when pat
ldiottc declaration was put forth. ...u,
IT'S ,.stiess ia talk Of dsja,tfag Hayes teftl 1u,
that nothing bit It afnd fatality et i!k s'u'tfett
paripttm roo'Ati tenturs upon ~ plld asr1ptFl-
n,emt.
MORE or r1IE SAME Klsp.
The press organs OF the Bourbon Earty mn,
chine recognize in the nomination Of 1oycs and
Wheeler serious dlsasrangcrnent q the prt,-
gsamn,u they had mapped out forItl.e Presi.'
dentlnl contest Hnylng t,yo-tllirls majority
In Congress- the managers Of tho fnnfedcrate-
Bourbon allIante have consumed one of the
largcs. sessions u Congress In t6ing. to the
almost tota! neglect Of the publt Interest," to
sllould enable them to get possssion' Of the
| Government. They set out u.,ur.ho old plan of
combining Soutllrrn preludiees aud fauattefstn
against Northern prcj9ellccs any ianasicisnn:
political opinion aud sincere public purpose,
was the problem to which they directed ul( their
cnlcaVors. To thrust aside The transccndent
| lnancc question. and every other nolncntous
political question Of the ttMa al1u to mako up
Presidential combat of emhttered animosttfcs,
upon mcrt cutlery aEainstadmtntstrattyc cor
rIipttM,, without proposing my measure or pol
Icy conducting to butter csl!ultton Of things
such was tle progFalnn,o q tho Bolrionie man
| ayers. The defeat at Cfndnnatl OF eycfy muu
who represented the Administration party mn
chine Ia my positive xny, s1Ml the nomination
of y merely negative inals against whom the sing
vf the GruHt 4dlmfnfstrafofa ra,ttlot bc charged
tle,t iftreatialy, lisarransed thls Bourbon Con-
fetlcratu progratnme, andforecs tho managers
to 4 confession Of iNllurc IN advance, or to take
! new departure. Tho battle which could have
been made with q fair hops OF sncccss against
against Hayes. To tlcfeat Hayes, the plum tof
tic campaign must be reulodcfcd, and the lines
Of operation rcarranged. Instead Of negative
force Of pretended goodness against q positive
p Te s sefa ot 1oaa
| candidacy nleuna nothing whatever Of posi-
tive character, either OF good or OF bad, can only
be defeated by candidate Of the opposite char.
avtcr-onc wlloac candidacy Will mean positive
purpoae Of political good.
.Hcnl1icks ts the mani cry tho Bourbon
organs Of tho botton,lcss shlnplnstcr swlndlc.
'tlfaycs' CHANCES for e!cction arc but ncsgre, II
the Convention at St.: Ltssis acts wisely, and
nomlnatcs Hendricks" 10 says Hendricks
7 II tho Convention at st. Louis should nolui,
nato Tom Hendricks, tic election Of Hayes y! a
larger majority than Grant got IN 1879 would b.
date tiat can 10 presented Il s., Louis, ,ho fsil
strength Of the Administration party. Against
Hendricks lio would get, In addition to the Ad.
mlnistrat!on purity, thr Tlols yoto of the LIB;
every sors, wllo undoubtedly comprise tlc bull
auce Ut power. These Independent thinkers,
whom the 1naclinc politicians snocringly style
tioetrfAairsst ilavc no particular liking 1ol
aye THEY would ghSiny prefer :" 1ots for
breadth and depth Of charncter, whose cand!tla-
cy woslll nlean not lneruIy negative NJ poaitt.
cal rottonnees, but vo,ld olfcr q posttvu anti
dote TO political rottc'ncss. tbs ca,nidacy oi
Hendricks would not mean anything hut :
change VI spols.ncn. Hendricks Is nahinE hui
notorious political fencc-rtdcE, who ins luveI
been knownto bctray rhe possession OF an hon
cst political conviction. Thcrr Is not b An,erl
regarded by ill independent political thinkers
With feelings Of lnoru thorough contempt. Like
1Ioratio Seymour, the indianapolis dcuagogut
ix q political. aahnongcr, to whom nll ways .us'
alke that bring trade to ha shop. Hle nomina
result In Now York, New Jersey. Connecticut
mud the Pacific statea for Hayes. It would NJ
srre the election of uaycs by an uncoumonl!
6tsr Engineers Of tho con!easratsBoutbor
party n,ar6lup think that "ffden aml Hen
drlcks L. the ticket which. can. and whlcl, vii
beat Hayes and Wheeler" Hendricks alou
.naM carry Indiana, but I nothing else n9rtn @ ia
drieks eo,ntatel ,ooaid b guarantee Of ths ~
cess of the Hayes party eps't ~ Indiana. 18th
financial question goes to tho real, ~ says on
orgauIht who proposals to eeat Hayes an
, Wheeler with or,.tfhorhyathus ticket, who's
authors shall adycrtiss tauir own political dc
pravIty by asking honest men to yots for an o'
gi,.ixai contradictions, ono end Of which Is frau
ons way and tho other end Of which is frau
curry certificate Qf tu'Aieal fraud OF, the face
IL. Instead of sending this finance question =
tie rear, It would be plain attempt ot unpFiE
other political question of the titue IL tue claI
! netcrstic attitude Of Tuul Hendricks
,, ! t,oiscl -astraldl. Ut the dividing lltt
Instead nf bringing tho two upposst
.. parts together, tho efloct would bo sfluI,l
to fill all Huest ;nt,. -. to slider Of TIC (tues Iil
eoMtenpt for .ueh los bs:Jaaei frl<ksrv. 1ustea
Of strong t!ekut, lisdcn and IleMirisks wo.i!
probably be found the weakest tiekyt tat so1i
curry New York were It not Tllden's nouIi9atto
would tnsy!tsbly siye Indiana 70 the III ,liaytt :
might possibly tbut not probably carry Indian
: but certainly aot Now York, G,onn,sstteut,
blncl would be trademark Of political d1ho
esty tta. all hot1st ctt7tas soo,Ad spnr's: II nu.
s3trfnr1i t6fS Stnfh 1f thk Ghko {I{U<