Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-21

/ est ideal Of President, and capable Of
clearly describing that ideal. This they
| certainly did in their address to the
| country. After describing the condition
OF public affairs TO which Republican
misrnle has trOught us, they describe
| the candidate needed" "Our duty in
this respect is plain and imperiUus; il
suffers not trlf1ing or equivocstion; the
Worn'out elap-trap affair of promises in
party platforms will not satisfy ii.
Neither will mere fine professions on
the part OF candidates; not mere words
sre needed but acts; not mere plat
forms, bat men," These would
well describe BristoW or Tilden;
does Hayes meet their REQUIRE.
ments? Again, they say: 1--WE
shall support no candidate who,
however favorably judSed by his near
est friends, is not publicly known to pos
seas those qualities OF mind and eharac-
ter which the stern task OF genuine re-
form requires" etc. II this was not de-
s'g0ed as sketch Of Mr.. Hayes, it sure
iy describes him and his position. Again,
they ask: 'Can he the candidate with
certainty be depended on TO possess the
moral courage and steady resolution to
grapple with abuses which have acquired
the strength of established custom, aud
to this end firmly resist the press ure
even Of his party friends" This means
Bris!Ow or Tilden. They repudiate the
availability which consists in this, "that
the candidate be neither so bad as to re-
pei good citizens, nor so good as to dig
courage the bad ones." Mr.. Tilden's
nomination discourages the Tammany
and canal rings. We do not yet learn
that MIR. Hsyes's nomination disconr-
ages any Of the rings which have made
this administration infamous. They
cllnch their whole argument
with the flllOwiHg: "Tbe man
to be intrusted with the Presiden-
cy this year must have deserved
not only the confidence Of honest men,
but also the fear and hatred OF thieves.
be who manages to cultivate the
thieves cannot be the candidate for hon.
est men. Every American citizen who
has the future OF the Republic and the
national honor zealously at heart should
sOlemnly resolve that the country must
now have 8 President whose name is al
ready wa eh word OF reform; whose
capacity and courage for the work OF re-
form are matters of record rather than of
PROMISE" etc. This perfectly fits Mr..
Tilden. Does it fit Mr. HayesP And
yet most Of our Independent" friends
in hot haste proclaim their adhesion to
the Republican party solely on the
ground of "the WOrn-out clap-trap affair
Of promises in party platforms" " and OF
''mere fiue professions on the part of
Not only this; but they
propose to enter the canvass under the
lead OF ZACH Chandler man repu-
dated by the Republican party of his
own State, and elected against the Oppo-
sition Of the friends of Mr.. Hayes, ap-
parently solely because he is q member
of Grants cabinet. Never before, /
think, was cabinet minister placed at
the head Of 8 national committee in a
Presidential canvass; but this admins
tration makes its own precedents, and
l5 certainly Is very convenient
for the party which indorses General
Grants administration to have for its
director man who is eminently fitted
to administer upon the estate of the out
going administration. 1t secures con-
rinuity of policy as effectually as would
q third term. Equally with the candi.
1ates the platform emb0dies the aspira-
lions and purposes of earnest reformers.
There are spots on the sun, nevertheless
t gives light and heat. The Republican |
candidate exercises the right to supple |
nent his platform at pleasure. The |
Jaine hight belongs to every voter. lam
ep1pted to enter at length upon the in |
1iting field which this topic opens; but |
spare you. ] do not doubt the old |
Cradle of Liberty" Will echo tomorrow
hight the same sentiments for human |
lights and against human wrongs which |
IA the same spot fell from the lips of |
Iames Otis and the "brsce of Adanses." !"
have the honor to be, gentlemen, your
'bedient servant, F.W. BIRD.
Yacht Sank, and all on Board Drowned |
STAPLET0N, STATEN ISLAND, July
70 The celebrated yacht Mohawk was
truck by squsll, off Stspleton club
house, st hslf-past four o'clock this af-
ernoon, and turned bottom side up, and
ho 10 a