Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-14
TILDEN.
His Views OF the Present SituatiOn-Not
Himself, but the People and the Pub
lie Honor Crucifled through
Mr.. Hayes.
Rumors OF Scheme to Feist Gen. Sher-
man upon the DemOeracy-Ben But
Ter Said to be HOning for the N.
G.. l.. Nomination.
Special to the Cincinnati EnquIrer.l

ELIZABETH. n. J., June 11.-Mr. Tilden is
in that undecided yet wistTul condition which
prohibits him from declaring his sentiments.
He is afraid to be interviewed, and no pubic
occasion comes in to give him more formal
opportunity. / saw Governor Dorshelmer TO-
day, and he asked if | thought Sammy las
Dorsheimer called him) was getting any ben
eft out of the investigation. Tildens great
trouble in New York is that John Kelly's
power has warned almost all the conspicuous
Democrats away from him. Those see are
all Indifferent. The governors nephew, Mr.
Pelton. is convivial, but guarded. The fol-
lowing are believed to be the private sentl-
ments of Mr. TIlden: He has two DESIRES
either to occupy the White House as the
proper and rightful tenant during Hayes's
administration, or to run for 1T as the de-
frauded candidate on the issue OF his iegiti-
macy after Hayes shall have filed his term.
Considering himself as the rlghtful Pres1-
dent, he holds that it is proper, and also
GOOD morals both to press the tenant
in his evil occupancy, and, if unsuccessful,
to make the usurpation the national issue
for 1880. Mr.. TIlden dlsclaims, as he did
last year at the Manhattan club, the idea that
he is the sufferer by the substitution OF Mr..
HAYES. He regards himself as only the rep.
resentative of a majority of the people, and
of the constitution, which are both set aside
while fraud rules. If the example is not
punished now, or the President elect is not
made President with the first opportunity,
the public conscience will receive a soaring,
and party honor blow not soon to be recov-
cred from. A stupendous national fraud,
Mr. Tilden says, is the issue of issues. His
extensive historical knowledge is brought to
bear upon the suhject-the troubles of the
Stuarts, etc. He thinks that man or a mi
nority which takes what is not his or theirs,
under a covert intimation of force, unless it
is conceded, is entitled to no more benefits of
compromise than any similar band of squat
tiers when overmatched. The Democratic
party nearly lost its organization in 1872 by
repudiating its own standard bearers,
and no issue of policy before us is
so broad as that behind, namely: The
historic cheat of 1876. If it obtains
prompt and full correction, the republic will
not have to stand another shock Of that kind
for generations. If uncorrected, it Will be an
encouragement to villainy, and perpetual
weakness to our system. Mr.. Tilden thinks
the United States the best organized of all
countries, and an insidious and successful at
tack upon its organic system IS an injury to
mankind. He once made reference to the
fact that the Republicans were afraid to en-
terrain the idea of q second election, as some
of their number had proposed, because in
that event their candidate would have been
swept out of sight. The Presidential usurpa-
ton was attended with such abundant mean
ness and small larceny that the proddIng of
it is already making the profits small and the
honor contemplate. Future history will take
pride that the American congress, after a
brief spell of submission, revived the great
ness of the national crime. As to the act of
compromise by which the intruder was
seated, it was vitiated in the way it
was carried out, if it had any constitutional
legality in its conception. The crime be-
gan with threat, and ended with trick.
This summary of opinions l understand to be
reported by prominent lawyer. | do not
charge that they are In Mr.. Tilden's words,
or that he has taken any pains to express
them. 1t has been said for several days in
New York that General Sherman's friends
are working to get him the next Democratic
nomination for President, and that their idea
General Butler wants TO oe the Nationai
Labor Greenback candidate. Sherman's re-
cent speeches, which the Sun planted at the
head of its columns, are said to be part Of
the Sherman Presidential design. The idea
is, ''Give us a great soldier, and then we
won't be cheated out of the Presidency when
we get it.. GATH.