Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-12
EXECUTIVE UFFICE,
NASHVILLE, TENN, June o, 1878.
TAMMANY HALL AND THE PRESI-
DENCY.

The Tammany hall Democracy utters the
general voice of the Democratic party in its
recent address prepared by John Kelly, Au-
gustus Schell and Henry L. Clinton. The
document begins with a strong approval OF
the Potter investigation. Such frauds as are
charged, it says, should be fully exposed or
they will subvert republican institutions, and
they cannot be condoned. We make the fol-
lowing extract from the address:
A spirit of obedience to law pervades the
American people. Whatever their griev-
ances, they seek redress In a legal manner.
The question as to who should be inaugurated
President on the fourth of March, 1877, was
decided with the aid of an electoral commits
sion created by congress. Nearly every Demo-
cratic member of the house of representa-
tives and of the United States senate voted
to create the electoral commission. That
body, eight to seven, decided not to go be-
hind the returns. Those returns the whole
world knows-or ought to know-were fraud
ulent. In respect to the ACCESSIBILITY of Gre
atiDg that extraordinary body-the electoral
commission-we trusted to our leaders in
both houses of congress. Undoubtedly they
exercised their best judgment and were gov
erned by pure and patriotic motives. Whether
they erred Is not now the question. If We
intended to abide by the decision only In the
event of 1T being in our favor, we should
have said so at the time. The question of
the title of Mr.. Hayes to the Presidential Of
fee for four years from the fourth of March,
1877, was decided by the supreme tribunal
of the natlon-the court of last resort. There
is no appeal except to the ballot-box in 1880.
The result will be that a Democratic Presi-
dent will be elected in November OF that
year, and on the fourth of March following
he will be inaugurated.
This is the unvarying voice of the Demo-
cratic party In every State of the Union. Ev-
erywbere, and on all occasions, the Demo
Gratis unite in declaring that they have no
desire to reopen the question of title, and that
they could not if they would, The house
judiciary committee has been credited with
the purpose to present this view of the case,
formally, in report adverse to the Blair
Maryland project. The announcement, as
yet unverifed. at any rate reflects the known
sentiment of the more influential members of
the committee. There is no intention of the
Democratic party in any part of the country
to make an attempt to GUST Mr.. HAYES
through the exposure of the frauds by which
he reached his office, because, so far as the
office is concerned, that was established by
the subsequent action of congress. Hardly
any intelligent and fair-minded citizen had
doubt about the frauds having been commit
ted, or that Mr.. Tilden was fairly entitled to
the Presidency, either at the time the elect
oral committee was sitting or since The
details of the infamy which the Potter COM
nittee is bringing out, and may further ex-
pose, were scarcely necessary to convince any
'ne of the general fact, but they may serve an
public purpose in showing the
guilty parties, and the base methods used
% defraud the nation. The exposure may
cad, also, to measures for preventing re-
of such an outrage on our citizens
and Institutions. Notwithstanding these
facts, Key and Sherman will continue to
howl about revolution and Mexicanizing the
government. The Democrats only propose to
investigate ''Mexicanization" to prevent the
Radicals from "Mexicanizing" the govern
ment in future elections.