The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-05-03
THE SOUTH AND MR.. TILDEN

| thE ooolh AMI NIX. TlLDEN
There is something moresin the foolish
attempt to 60 behind the fuding of the
Electoral Commission, as confirmed by Con.
gress, than appears on the surface The
agitation. of which Mr.. Blair is the fife and
the New York Sm is the drum, has pur
pose other than that which stands confessed.
In plain words, the plan is to place Mr..
Tilden on the track for the Democratic
nomination in 1880, as the only adequate
recompcnse for the wrong done him in
1876. AS long as the public mind can be
kept alive to the fact that he was dcfraudcd
OF the exalted Office to which he was elcc
ted, so long, it is expected, will the Demo.
cyatic -pesty party be oonstained to Civ. tho
people an opportunity to right the wrong,
by clecting him, over again, by majority
that no single Southern State can affect.
and that no packed tribunal can impair
This is in keeping with the subtlcty and
indirectness which are MIR. Tildcn's strong
points. 1t is forgotten that the interests of
Mr. Tildcn and the interests OF the Amcri-
can people are not necessarily one aud in.
divisblc
The Southern States control the Demo-
cratic nomination for President Without
the South the Democratic party have no
electoral votes worth talking about The
Southern Democrats do not desire that n
Soxthefucr be nominated for President
Their veto is final when they say that they
will not agree to the nomination of par
tlcular candidate. There are some Demo
Gratis with regard to whom the South in
-tsnds, 10 exercise its right of exclusion, and
candor requires us to say that The nrst 6r
these, candidate who will not be accented
on any terms, is Mr.. Samuel j. Tilden
The inclination Of the South i'm 1876
was towards Bayard or a Hancock
There was general wish that Democrat
OF the highest type, one far above the arts
OF the precinct politician, one inspired with
love OF country, should receive the nomi-
nation at ST. Louis. The South swallowed
MIR. Tilden, because the party magnatcs in.
sisted that no other candidate could carry
New York, and that, without New York.
the Democratic candidates must be defeated
There was no mere enthusiasm in the South
when the nomination was made, than there
is in MIR. Tidcn at any timc. The South
bowed to the inevitable. Our whole duty
by the DcGI0oTats TnG pc0rfo rave se.! rir. tHe
Tiden all they could give him. Thay
could not endow him with boldncss, decision
or nerve. The want of these qualities, not
the want of votes, cost him his Office, and
made Mr.. Hayes the President. During
the discussions preceding the agreement
lor an Electoral Commission, Mr.. Tilden
was as ilabby as a summer oyster and as fiat
as yesterdays champagne. 1t was his part
to be the leader Of the Democracy, to guide
and direct, and, if need be, to command
Where was ho? In the shady reccsscs of
Gramercy Park, explaining to casual visitors
that he was not in favor of the Electoral
Commission, but did not object to it, because
"our friends on the spot in Washington,
who ought to know best, think it is the
wiscst thing to do" This weakness, this
uncertainty, this abdcation of his position,
led to the sauUc qm pcut which gave Louis
lana and South Carolina to the Democrats,
and leaves Mr.. Tilden at home.
The National Democracy have been bea-
ten once by the fecblcncss of their leader,
and the South says distinctly, and positively,
that it does not mean TO be so beaten again
The person who prevented the Democracy
from enjoying the fruits Of victory in 1877
will not be allowed to play the same game
over again four years later. Mr.. Tildcn is
not entered for the race The South bars
him. 1t is distinction enough for Mr.. Til
den to be the only person elected President,
since the foundation of tho Republic. who
did not obtain his Office This position is
unique, like Mr.. Tildcn. and it is not pro.
posed to compromise his dignity by allowing
him to become President The South will
not have Mr.. Tildcn.-Nc,rs and Courier
a GENERAL SURpRIsE-Wc Gull the
following from an article in ,Scribncr, cnti-
tied Deer Hunting on the Au Sable -
The next evening one of the dogs, footsorc
and worn out, remained in the woods. His
master and one other sailed out into the
inky darkness to look for him at points near
which they deemed it probable he would
have lain down They took lantern. with
out which it would nave been impossible to
walk, md after fruitlcss search. extending
to distarc2 Of three miles or 81. turned
back Suddenly they heard light foot falls
in-tGtc.road and with two or three
beautiful bounds, young doe aliehtcd
r,;th;,, tbo n;,cl, il,u,uinrtcl hv tbc In