American citizen., 1876-06-03
SAMUEL j. TgLDEN.

It Is now evident unless :, me
change takes place, not now iorseen,
that Samuel j. Tiidep will get the
nomination at st. Louis. The
chances are in his favor against the
field. THU man, man of intel
lectual acumen, integrity, frmness.
and equal to the demands of any
occasion, has been over slaughtered
by the action of his own party in
his own State, and this throws him
in fact out of the race. Hendricks,
a man of tact. and experience i'll
public affairs, and in times past
possessing the fullest confidence Of
his party, is a little outside of the
current f.kely to wait him on to
success in the Convention. Bayard
is perhaps the favori,e of the South,
and for that reason not OF the
North. Hence, Notwithstanding his
acknowledged purity, ability and
fitness, he is not regarded to the
fullest extent available, and must
give way to another. After q sur.
vey of the whole field, the country
seems to be settling down upon him
whose name is at the head of these
lines. Reform has become the
watchword, and Samuel j. Tilden,
the head of reforms He has had a
hand-to-hand fight with the power
1ul "rings" of the city and State of
New York, and has been winner in
every contest. This has given him
the vantage ground. Whether pos
sessed of a higher intelligence, great
er frmness, more of the elements OF
the statesman, than any of the
Others spoken of. is not exactly the
point in question. So utterly shame
less, SO honelessly stepped in cor
ruptiOn, has the present admins
tration become, that there must be
a union of reforms, "for the sake of
the Union.o Some man, though
possibly, net the most desirable in
all regards TO every individual eIec-
tors eye. must be found upon whom
The forces can be concentrated.
Tilden seems to he that man; he
has firmness, he has independence,
he has integrity. he has intellect,
he cannot be bought, nor influenced
by gifts. lie was among the fore
most to declare hard money the
true policy for the Government to
adopt, and whether this will altern-
ately prove SO or not, it is the popu-
lar wave at the presen. time.
The following is from the Memphis
Appeal -
ssThe Republicans fear the nomia
aiion Of Gov. Tilden, hence the pru-
dent and sagacious leaders of that
party are urging upon the Cincin-
natl Convention to noailiate eau
siidate with the expectation of op
posing the eminent statesman of
New York. The Chicago Tribune
the leading Republican paper, is not
sIneuIne of success with Tilden as
the Democratic candidate. 1t say s:
The Democratic party is reason
ably certain of the electoral votes
of all the late slave holding States,
except South Carolina; that III ad-
tIitinn to these votes the votes of
California, Oregon, Connecticut,
New Jersey and New York will
give the Democratic candidate more
than enough to elect him that
whatever circumstances will load to
a Democratic majority in New York
will naturally lead to the same re-
suit i'll fhe other four States named;
that under this condition of things
the State of New York becomes a
matter of prin necessity in the
election of Democratic candidate,
making that State one of the great
battle fields of the election of 1876.
That the Convention will meet after
the Republican candidate will be
nominated that the Democratic
Convention will be governed in their
choice mainly by the consideration
Of success, and knowing full well
that Tilden can carry any other
State that any Democrat can carry,
they also know that be alone of all
Democrats Can promise with some
degree OF certainty 10 carry the
State of New York. Therefore, on
the epresuInption that the Democratic
party will act with ordinary common
intelligence, and nominate to win,
it in fair to assume, aud the whole
Democratic sentiment is drifting
that way, the Convention will nom
mate TiIden.'
This is the strongest argument
we have yet seen from any quarter
as reason for the nomination of
Gov. TiIden. The showing of the
Tribune elects him as the Democratic
candidate beyond all doubt, for the
Republicans cannot nominate a man
who will carry New York with Til
den as the Democratic candidate.
The 1ribDne admits that New York
il to be the great battle ground,
which is virtually confession of q
Republican defeat ,as neither Blaine,
Conkiing, Morton nor Bristow can
carry New York, should Tilden be
nominated at st. Louis. 1t further
"a, $, in the article from which we !
make the above extract, that
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