The Morning herald., 1878-10-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Special Correspondent

WASHINGTON, D, c., Oct. 10, 1870
The uumberof possible Democratic.candi-
dates for the Presidency who have been
killed off lately, in the lively Imagination OF
radical newspaper men, is very great. First
is Mr.. Tilden, uneuestionably one of the
purest and ablest men the country has pro-
duced who is coolly assigned to obscurity
or infamy on the strength of what the New
York "Tribune says that some one said an
unknown man telegrsphed in an unknown
cipher at time when the same Mr.. Tilden
was being swindle6 or # his cffee' by Res
publicaDs. Next is S. II Thu. nan, said
to have been killed By the Ohio election.
Mr.. Thurman is decidedly the best lawyer
in the Senate, snd its most influential mem
Der. That he is not exactly dead Is pretty
conclusively shown, one would, think, BY
the following hkely and admirable state
ment of political affairs made by him In an
"interview" few days since
"The third party contains many good
"men, and not few misguided men. The
" idea that 1t can absorb the Democratic
" party, or the Republican party, or draw
" enough from them both to become the
" dominant party is faliacious. In coun-
" try of free institutions there never has
" been, and there never will be, but two
" great permanent parties, the one party
of privileges created by law, and the
+" other party of equal rights. In our
" country the party OF equal rights Is the,
" Democratic party. The party OF
" privileges, created by law, has ever been
" and yet is, the party opposed TO Demo-
cracy. exclude from the comparison
"the slavery OF the blacks that formerly
" existed, not only In tie South but in the
" North That was forced upon US by our
" English spcestors against the earnest pro,
test OF our forefathers, Excluding that,
"what statute was ever passed By Demo-
cratic Congress or n Democratic Legisla-
ture te confer special privileges upon
" Democrats9 Not one. But on the other
hand, every public debt law, every bank
" ing law, every tariff law, every subsidy
Flaw, mas conferred immense privileges
"upon our opponents. Sir, the Democratic
" party is the natural party Of free institu-
P" tions. it is indestructible so long as
| /" such institutions exist"
1t would perhaps be possible for the
| Democrats to Domtrate a man In 1880 who
| could not be elected, but will the Rspubli-
can papers name the man on their eide who
prob.b "could bef
Among the prominent subjects to come
before Congress this winter will be the ques-
tiou of promoting a trsnscontinental rail-
way to compete with and break down the
present monopoly OF the Central and L Dior
Pacific Com binstion. The Government has
| experienced such difficulty in dealing viii
these roads and .he merchants have fell
their heavy hand so severely In the matter
OF eXerbitant rates, that all appear to bt
united IL the demand for com pct'ng line
Il The most prom sing ftu1r is OF course III
completion of tie Texas ard Pacific rose
Through San Diego, with branches on tail
: side to st Louis, New Orleans, Memphis
| and Cairo, accommodating all sections
The only question is as TO how far the Gov
ernment is willing to 60 In aid of It, but
, is noticeable that many samp pies have beeI
q overcome by the demands of trade, and b.
the offer .! the company to retrocede abou
So 600 acres Of its lands, aEd put 1t
Operations undCr government control, Pr
. gided the government will guarantee tn
o simple interest on the construction bond
Whatever may be tne result oil this pro
:, position, it is probable that some plan 10
e another Pacific railroad must be enforced 8
no distant day, ..
There is an effort on toe part OF ilnite
: number of Democrats in Indiana, and
Y | arge number OF Republicans 81! over I'll
:, country to run Democrat against Hon.
W. Voorhees, for the Democratic nom!ns
a ton for the Senate. II ever any man had
!. claim upon such. domination at the bapt
of party Mr. Voorhees, has It. The Il
& diana canpaign-snd highly successf,
one it was, too-w8s fought in bis nam
0 In the first speech Of Gov. Hendricks
o distinctly announced that Democratic vi
tory m meant the election Of voorhees, to II
: Senate. And to the Senate he will De elec
n ed. 1t is idle to speak OF his qualification
I'll The whole country knows them. No ma
would be more missed than be by his broth,
Senators, by the citizens Of Washington, {
Is BY the distinguished people who are attrac
ia ed here during the sessions OF Congress.
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