Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-01

tee should be the chief ad
Viber of his administration, tn
record he has more recently made n
himself IN reforming aud purifying tn
government of New York, in exposin
aud correcting the enormous corruption
thsssctuaIly saturated it, and In prose
eating without fear or favor the guilt
s-ringsters who battened on the spoils O
cfhcial peculatloD, prove him to be lack
ing aeither In the sagacity nor the oour
age necessary to the administration tina
would successfully venture upon th,
Aegean task OF reform which our Who'll,
| ciyIt ssrvice now requires. Scmethipl
inneasurably above and beyond merI
putty OF personal or civil character wa,
eaEential IN the man who should be Sc
| leeted to fulfil the hopes and demands O.
me people In this respect. Tie mar
10 90 this should be one whose re.
coru gives evidence o! ability as we'll Sc
virsae and devotion to the Law. Grant
ninseif will leave behind him q reputs-
f"- inconnoetencv than for
psrsosal dishonesty. While bis admin.
isirat;on has besn the most corrupt the
nation has ever known, not bis individ.
ua lack Of virtue, bit his tUtsl and
shefiteful incapacity for civil affairs, has
been its cause, and In this circumstance
lies the lesso., the country should take
to heArtan profit by. When regarded
In this light, what still more striking
contrast does this great reformer, this
sstuse lawyer. this shrswd and expert
enee6 Civilian, this prC.ocnd ststesp1an,
1si6en, present to the negstfFe, obscure,
and purely and essentially available
Hayes?
lSt. Louis Times.l
In the nomination of Samuel J. Til.
den there is deep7r significance than
ever before attached t the selection of a
PRESIDENTIAL candidate. It is q nomina.
ton, also; that hss dee per origin than
ever 55i0re attached to the choice Of q
political party. Ii may be considered,
indeed; and ia no doubtful sense, the
out-cropping Of necessity never before
known IN the History OF the country, for
no other man in American public life so
thoroughly ernbodies the browning; i'm
perious, exscting; ali parmeating idea OF
national raforr5, as the distinguished
gentleman who was yesterday desig-
mated for the first place in the gift of the
American people. 1t is not so much the
high personal character Of Mr.. Tilden,
his splendid intellectual capacities, his
unswerving fidelity to officis1 RESPONSE
bility, his honorable anlecedents in all
the relations Of public and private life,
that commend him to the acceptance OF
the country; as it is the pecdiiafiy he
roic devotion which he has exhibited
to the dictates OF duty and the
welfare OF his State, at o time
when it had become a grave question
with the people whether there was
longer any protection for their property
or vested rights against the bold and de-
liant lnvasiOns or eonHptions. At q
crisis when the government Itself seemed
upon the verge CT irretriev8ble ruin
through the faithlessness and profligscy
Of its rulers, Governor Tilden became
the master-spirit Of a revolution that
was none the less needed in his own
State, and how well he has succeeded in
crushing out the rsscality and robbery
that threatened the bankruptcy of his
and the utter impoverishment
OF his people, is matter % luminous
and universal record. He goes tlen be- |
fore the forty millions of his fellow-citi-
zeDs IS the foremost representative of
cause that concerns the security and
we'll being Of every man among them,
and as the embodiment Of the idea that |
rules uppermost in their hearts to-day,
as did the spirit Of independence in the |
hearts OF their ances .ors hundred years |
ago. In this sign will he certainly con-
luer.
Nashville Banner.l
One Of the foremost men Of the nation |
was yesterday nominated at st. Louis |
or the Presidency: Samuel J. Tilden |
has record Of which any public man |
might be proud. At once able and cul. |
'ivated, he is at the came time the very |
of the reform spirit of the
.geS 1t is rare that availability and |
worth center so strikingly in the person
)f spsndidate for high station as they |
10 in the case OF Governor Tilden. Par.
les are sometimes co npelled to nomin-
ste for Presidential office man whose
'nly merit is that be is popular and can
De elected, and who, after being elected,
proves that he ossesses no fitness for
t. The present occupant OF the
place is such man. But in Til.
len we have q man who stands in the
ront rank OF American statesmen,
md is, at the same time, one of the most
popular Of our public men. He is both
and fir. No other man in the
'srty has so many elements of strength;
10 other man surpasses him in capacity
0r public duties. There is 10 other
Democrat who has equal chances OF be-
ng elected; there is no other man, Dem.
'erat or Republican, who, after being
lec:ed, would be found better fitted for
he duties of the station. 1t is not too
much to say that Governor Tildeu would
Inow more about the fuoctiOns and
and the limitations OF the
anctions and authority of the office the
lay he entered it than the present in
umbent has learned in seven years ex-
louisville Courier-Journal.I
The nomination of Governor Tilden
marks new era in American politics.
t is the effect of the exertion OF posi-
i've forces; not merely the result OF the
oncessioIs of powerful rivals who
Rould not yield to each other, and so
ct the nomination drop to lower plane
{ ability and prominence, in order to
nutually spare each others feelings.
he nominee is the representative of
ositive, not negative merits; and the
thus inaugursted will be one
( organized ideas, not OF heterogeneous
lements combined for the selfish pur-
ose of securing to themselves the pub
g spoiIs The issue presented to the
ublie, and on which the campaign will
Q conducted, is the shsrply-defiDed Is.
ue Of administrative reform, the i'm
ortance of which Is conceded even by
hose who secretly oppose it, and the
rgency Of which no man can deny
,ithout doing violence to his conscience.
New Orleans Picayunel
The st. Louis convention hag given
he Democracy leader of whom not
My the party, but the whole country |
as just reason to be proud. Governor
ildsn is not an unknown man. His
scord is the property and the pride of
le nation. His private character is
bove repreach, and his views of public
olicy are in accord with the demands
[ the time. 1t Is true that he has ene-
lies. There never was great man
tho escaped that penalty of greatness.
. reformer who iDfiiots punishment
pom thieves iDcurs their enmity; a
andidate who defeats his opponents
nd outstrips his rivals In the race for
ublic preferment is sure to become the
.rget Of slander, which loves shining
lark. To sum up, the convention has
wen US positive man and positive
Iatform, to oppose negative man and
q evasive nlatfOrm. Our platform
it'll our men on 1t ought to win. We
eiieve it will.