The New York herald., 1876-07-29
The Democratic Canvass-The Iuame-
diate Duty Of Mr. Tilden.

Unless Governor Tilden takes command of
swept into tempest of ridicule as disas-
trous as that which overcame the canvass Of
Greeley and Brown. 1t is almost too soon
to anticipate results, but the democratic
canvass is menaced on many sides There
is good deal of champagne drinking at the
Manhattan Club Sin honor Of Uncle
Sammy" and Dorsheimer is reported in a
beaming mood, 'full of victory" and Nor
rissey is betting right and left on the reform
success, and they Dung men in the Governors
retinue are serene and hopeful. Far be it
from us to disturb these romantic illusions
of friendship; but the clouds that rise over
the horizon bode no good to Tilden. The
attitude of Hendricks belittles the canvass.
He insists upon directing a campaign in
which he is but subordinate. He accepted
his nomination for the Vice Presidency in a
manner which was almost an insult to the
party, and according to the Erening Post he
sent special embassy to Washington, COM
posed of the State Treasurer and the State
Auditor of Indiana. This embassy was to
necessity of promptly acting upon the ques-
ton Of repeating the Resumption act" 1t
threatened that unless the Resumption act
was repealed the Imitation element" in
Indiana would put State ticket in the field
''that would poll from sixty to eighty thou
sand votes" The Western democratic
papers, and more especially the Cincinnati
a. xha f.on Nf
Tilden as serious. The delay in writing q
letter of acceptance has injured the Gov
ernor. 1t has given rise to hundred i'm
pressions, more especially as we learn that
Mr. Hendricks has arrived in Saratoga on o
second EMISSION" In Iowa a leading dem
ocratic politician has declared for Hayes in
telling speech. In Ohio the Cincinnati
Commercial, which supported Greeley and
whose editor was expected to support Tilden,
comes out for Hayes in three column
leader. In the South there is an uneasy
movement, and good observers think North
Carolina will swing away from the demo-
cratic allegiance. Ever since the nomina-
ton of Hayes the republicans have been
closing up their ranks, healing differences,
perfecting their discipline. Every wing of
the party has been strengthened, assigned
its place, and this powerful and victorious
organization goes into battle with steady
column.
Even the rivals of Tilden before the Con-
vention treat him with coldness. Mr.. Bay
ard is the only one who has shown him
allegiance On the other hand the rivals of
Hayes fastened to fall in line and aid him.
The meeting at Tammany Hall the other
evening was distinguished by the absence of
the leading men in the national democratic
organization. It's presiding officer has never
been o democrat and does not now belong to
the party. The speakers were good, fair
men, but where were Parker Allen, Thur
man, Seymour, Hancock and the great
names of the party? Governor Allen, we
believe, has ''retired from politics. and yet
the wisdom of Mr.. Tilden's nomination
is unquestioned. The democrats have not
had better candidate since Andrew Jack
sons day. Compare the two men, Tilden
and Hayes and no one doubts the intel
lectual superiority of our Governor. He is
man of high attainments. He has been
for forty years in active politics. He
shows his business abilities by amassing
pripcely fortune. All his life he has
been concerned in the management of great
interests so that the Presidency would not be
a burden which he could not bear He knows
the country WELL He is citizen of whom
all our people, without distinction Of party,
may well be proud. His work against
Tweed, however much his enemies may be-
little it, was well done. 1t was timely, tell
ing and successful. No one doubts that if
elected Mr.. Tilden would be q fair, safe,
conservative and vigorous President. His
platform commends itself to the better sense
of the country. 1t is the platform of re-
form-enforcemen of the law and justice to
all classes. The more the nomination is
studied the more the party will see that it
was wise
And yet so fair and so promising o candi-
date already suffers from a canvass that
shows signs of defeat No sooner is Tilden
nominated than his Southern friends must
arrange q massacre in South Carolina which
arouses at once the old war feeling of the
North-a massacre so atrocious as to call
down the denunciation of Southern men like
Lamar. Republicans and conservative men
ask, If this is what we see in the green tree
what shall we see in the dry? Then, instead
of giving Tilden safe, sensible colleague
for Vice President-such a man as Wheeler,
who would at once fall into place and
do yeoman's service, the Convention gives
him pretentious, inflated, mlschievous
politician, whose whole course is 80 injur
Gus to the canvass as to lead to the inquiry
whether he really desires the election of Til
den or Hayes. We venture the assertion
that Governor Tilden is weaker to-day by a
hundred thousand votes than when he was