The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-05


idea, which Is represented by Governor
Hayes only feebly and negatively. Men
:. who hold the like idea can consistently
and earnestly support Governor Tilden,
not for the sake Of an ideal party (which
Is better represented by Bob Toombs
and JEFF Davis than by Sam Tildenl, but
for the sake Of the end they desire to
get to.
Cincinnati Commercial
The platforms both OF Cincinnati and
st. Louis are so drawn that the letters
of acceptance by the Presidential nom
inees will be influential as letters of in
depreciation. There Is competitor be-
tween the parties as to which Is the
real old original Jacob Townsend sars-
aparilla rd-money party, and which
is the positive and aggressive exponent
Of civil service reform.
We are informed on good authority
that Governor Tilden was sharply OPP
posed TO the declaration in the st. Louis
platform in favor Of the repeal of the
resumption clause Of the act Of 1875. and
he may be expected to produce promptly
a letter that will give his views with the
precision that marks his public utter
ances.
News and Courer.J
Hendricks can carry Indiana, and Tiden
| and Hendricks ticket would be lntincbe.--ll he
| News aud Courier. May 20.
! The National Democratic Convention
has nominated ticket that with fair
election, and no other will be tolerated,
is invincibIe. Both the candidates are
able. wise and patriotic They are men
of positive opinions, broad national
views and immaculate character. or
them both it can be said that they make
the platform it does not make them.
Without them, vigorous and explicit rs
1t IL, the platform could give no comfort
to tho public, and make no Impression
ut the polls In November But the plat
form Is the complement of the candi-
dates. These make IL living, breath
ing. substantial reality, for from the
moment of the installation Of Tildeu
and Hendricks, on the 4tb OF March,
1877, the St. Louis platform will be the
chart by which the President and Vice
President shall steer. It may not suit
the politicians It will disgust those who
20 for Tilden.-and an appointment; it
will satisfy the people VINO, above all
| things, demand an Immediate reform Uf
the administration Of the Federal Gov
eminent
| The platform Ia indeed fit pedestal
| for Samuel J. Tilden. In its declarations
| IL Ia an epitome of the work of his pub
| lie life. Not "a syllable of it contradicts
his record nothing Is asked for that he
has not already, where he had the
power. given to the people, or that he
has not demonstrated to be practicable
as well AS reasonable and just. The
words of the platform will ring from one
end of tho Union to the other. A uni
versal acceptance of the constitutional
amendments as "A final settlement Of the
controversies that engendered the civil
war The supremacy Of the civil over
the military authority The total separa-
ton Of Church and State! The equality
Of all citizens before Just laws or their
own enactment The liberty Of indivi-
dual conduct unvexed by compulsory
laws The faithful education of the
rising generation These are the bot
tom principles Of our Republican Gov
eminent. Upon them, in their entirety,
the National Democracy stand.
tCourier-J ournal.l
The st. Louis Convention yesterday
completed its good work by nominating
Gov. Hendricks for Vice President. The
banner of Tilden and Hendricks is
nailed to the Democratic masthead, and
under it the Democracy and all other
friends OF good government. whose love
Of country has not been chilled by party
prejudice, will rally for the great fight
dates, each Of the nominees carried his
State against great odds. Neither Of
the nominees Is great or a small I'M
known. Each has made a capital Gov
ernor, and has record OF public ser
vices that gives every assurance OF eff |
cheney and desire to improve the
character of the public service. One
is from the East, the other Is from the
West, and the North and the South can
cordially unite on both. There Is no spot
or blemish on the personal reputation
NJ al
the embodiment OF that effort of
the country toward administrative re-
form which showed itself in the Cincip-
natl Convention only to be igEominious-
ly elected, but which, from the first step
to the last, was the controlling Influence
OF the convention at ST. Louis. The |
platform on which these nominations |
are presented is in full accord with the |
lofty character OF the candidates. 1t Is
outspoken and honest; II means what 1t
says al q says what 1t means, and II
fully responds to the cry that comes up
from every part Of the land for a return |
to the better and purer days Of the
republic. The ticket must win. There |
is moral force in resolute earnestness |
that cannot be overcome by ordinary |
obstacles, and nothing but ordinary |
obstacles now stand in the way OF Tilden,
Hendricks and Reform.
IN. y. World
In nominating Thomas A. Hendricks,
Of Indiana, as the comrade OF Governor
Tilden upon the National ticket ,ithe
Democracy have presented for the
second place man entitled by his char
acter and reputation to aspire to the
Presidency. He was the leader of the
party in the United States Senate dur
ing the stormy period of reconstruction,
and by his eloquence, wisdom and legal
learning he won the confidence Of
friends and the respect Of foes. Eight
years ago he was, as during the present
week at st. Louis, among the great men
of the party canvassed for the Presi-
Dental nomination. For many years he
has been. the acknowledged chief of the
Democracy in his own State, holding
his supremacy without effort, as he has
achieved it without intrigue. He has
been an able and industrious Gov
arpnr watabipp with cara ovor tha !