Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-06-20

great many OF the strong democrats
among the mass over TO him. To
hold sort of National caucus and
raise the battie-c,y for the party, was
the thing that most puzzled them.
They wanted the caucus not to appear
as a caucus, and so when Mr.. Hen
bricks, who was on the ticket with
Mr.. Tilden, for Vice President, con-
cluded to go to Europe, they saw the
chance to get caucus without hav-
ing it appear as caucus Last Tues
day was the time for Mr.. Hendricks
to be in New York to get tickets, &c,
for his trip over the ocean, and that
was the time for the caucus. 1t was
held last Tuesday night. Several
thousand invitations had been sent
out and letters from all parts of the
country were received, and men from
all parts were present, and the plan
for the next Democratic campaign
was mapped out. Mr.. Tilden him
self sounded the keynote, and that
keynote is, that he was counted out Of
the Presidency, that he was elected by
the popular vote, and that the Dem
ocracy cannot under such circum-
stances, support Mr.. Hayes. I'll tell
you if you fellows had turned your
back on Hayes, the world would never
have heard of that caucus; but turn
ing and going so strong for Hayes
Southern policy scared the Northern
leaders of my old party, and they
thought it best to make some stand,
and that is their stand.
There is nothing in it but the cry
OF a whipped mana man who was
whipped with the whip that he
thought he could whip Hayes with.
Old Hickory never liked whipping
people, and | would like to know how
that caucus is going to get over the
fact that the Andy jackson Associa-
tion of Washington City endorsed
the policy of President Hayes. How
can Hayes and his policy be both
angel and devils VIII the caucus
make the association take back its
endorsement ? or have the associa-
ton the pluck of Old Andy, to Stand
by fhe endorsement of Hayes?
1 never expected to hear Mr.. Til
den make such a whining speech. l
had always understood that he is a
real bleoded man, descended from an
old noble Norman family, having a
private record that recounts the her
editary political power and govern
ment of his ancestors, which should
all teach him that such political ac-
ton as that which puts man into
Office and takes him out of Office
within four years, is the merest po-
litical bauble. His noble descent
should have put him above such a
whine as he uttered last Tuesday
night / don't see why he should
banker after the place unless it would
be to say that one of the line of peo-
pie from which he sprang, had also
become the temporary head of peo-
pie who change their rulers every
four years.
1t does not sound well for Tilden
to complain. He belittles himself.
1t is belittling to complain over
thing that a man and his friends
agreed to. The whole reading world
knows that after the last November
election was held, that the election
was so close on the electoral vote
that both parties claimed some three
of the Southern States The world
knows that Mr.. Tilden's friends
would not be satisfied if the electoral
vote of these States were declared
against Tilden, and unless Congress
would give them a chance to show
that their electors We're elected they
would make fuss about it.
The reading world further knows
that Congress gave them just what
they wanted, and that they got Com
mission to examine as to which of the
two sets of electors from the disputed
States had the legal right to be
counted; but every time vote was
taken the Tilden men voted against
the Hayes electors, and if they had
had the power they would have de
clared Tilden elected; but they did
not have the majority under the laws
for the case, which they helped
to make, and now that they We're
beaten through the forms of the law
that they worked day and night to
make, they send up a bitter lamenta-
ton. I'll tell you, boy, Andy Jack
son never acted that way he would
have scorned to cry over battle that
had been lost, which had been bat
tie of his own choosing. On a GER
tain occasion Old Hickory and a
plucky friend went down to where
Tom Benton lived. They went there
expressly to brow beat Benton and
his friends into certain measures that
jackson wanted to have adopted; but
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