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

There is something moresin the foolish
attempt to 60 behind the finding of the
Electoral Commission, as confirmed by Con
Sress, than appears on the surface The
agitation. of which Mr.. Blair is the fife and
the New York San is the drum, has a pur.
pose other than that which stands confessed
In plain words, the plan is to place Mr.
1ilden on the track for the Democratic
nomination in 1880, as the only adequate
recompcnce for the wrong done him in
1876. AS long as the public mind can be
kept alive to the fact that he was defraudcd
OF the exalted Office to which he was elcc.
ted, so long, it is expected, will the Demo.
cEatic pssty Par.y be eons,ained TO Civ. tho
people an opportunity to right the wrong,
by electlng 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 subtlety and
indirectness which are MIR. Tildcns strono
points. 1t is forgotten that the interests Of
Mr.. Tildcn and the interests OF the Amcri.
can people are not necessarily one and in.
divisible.
Ihe Southern States control the Demo.
cratic nomination for President Witheut
the South tho Democratic party have no
electoral votes worth talking about The
ySoptAernS Democrats do mott desire that
thefF6rs Do nominated for rsPresidents .
Their veto is final when they say that they
will not agree to the nomination of n par
teplar candidate. There are some Demo
Gratis with regard to whom the South in.
Lands to exercise its right of exclusion. and,
candor requires us to say that the mrst Or
these, candidate who will not be accented
ON any terms, is Mr.. Samuel j. Tilden.
The inclination of the South in 1876
was towards Bayard or a Hancock
There was general wish that Democrat
or the highest type, one far above the arts
or the precinct politician, one inspired with
love OF country, should receive the nomi.
nation at St. Louis The South swallowed
Mr. Illden, because the party magnates 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 Mr. Iilden at any time. The South
bowed to the inevitable. Our whole duty
.Eas Y as9e4 Every Southern State was carried
'Dy .ie Den'oofa's. Inc people gave TTr.
Tildcn all they could give him. Thov
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 MIR. Hayes the President. During
the discussions preceding the agreement
Tor an Electoral Commission, Mr.. Tilden
was as fiabby as 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 he? In the shady recesses 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
wsest thing to do" This weakness, this
uncertainty, this abdication of his position,
led to the sauoe qui peut 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 feebencss 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 tho fruits of victory in 1871
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.. Tilden.--Ncus and Courier.
GENERAL SURpRIsE-We Gull the
following frem an article in ,Scribner, enti.
tied Deer Hunting on the Au Sable -
The next evening one of the dogs footsore
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 have been impossible to
walk, and after fruitlcss search, extending
to distanco of three miles or so, turned
back Suddenly they heard light foot falls
in-t0te. and with two or three
beautiful bounds, young doe alighted
within the circle illuminated by the lantern,
approached it in wide.cyed wonder and al
most touched it with her nose. a young
spike-horn buck followed her and both stared
at the light, their nostrils dilated and auiv-