The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-11-21
Morals Of the Election.

Greenbackers separated, # Is powerless
10 do go when these elements are united.
Henceiorth, it will be the aim of one side
TO keep this division open, and the effort,
ON tho other side, to heal the breach.
Upon the success of one or the other, the
Presidential election largely depends,
The Democrats aIe no doubt ngreed
that they have before them a work of
exceeding difficulty, if the next Presi.
tency is to be won. False hopes and
%hort-sighted leaders had lulled them
into security. The rude, but we trust
sautary, results of the past week are be.
fore them. The st. Louis Republican
teaches solid truth when it insists that
there must he, in future, Thorough unitv
of action; no division of forces; no rid
ing Of local hobbies no advocating of
both sides Of the same question; no run
ming after false gods. The enemy is
wide awake and ready to seize and i'm
prove every advantage Democratic disor-
ganizatlon may ci'er. Those who think
there Will be Democratic walk over in
1850 are fools or blind. 1t promises to
he the bitterest and most desperate strug-
gle i'll the annals of American politics
The party which has had twenty years'
unbroken lease of power will not fall TO
pieces and give up the ghost at the blow
ing of rams horns. 1t will contest eyery
inch of ground, and die, if die it must,
sword in hand and in the last ditch. II
there are any first class Democratic gen
erals the sooner they come together in n
council of war and decide where and
how the approaching battle shall be
fought, the better for the party prospects.
We cannot win by 'bull-luck and awk-
Wardness' the next time"
The Republican leaders know very
we'll that the people have not intended
to endorse their past or present conduct,
but to put the Democrats on good be.
havior. This reaction should bear good
fruit with wise men. L .e New York
Journal Of Commerce states fact worth
needing when it declares that "the Dem
ocrats may recover more than they have
lost, and go into power with a tri-
umphant majority at the next Presiden-
,ial election if they will manifest more
courage and patriotism and less party
seliishness. The mass Of the people are
Ntili uneasy and restless, and oppressed
with grievou, financial burdens; but
they will not consent that their discon-
tent shall be used for mere party advan-
cage, and nothing come of it that prom
Ises to better their condition."
Nicat ciSSat'SiaCtiUii is expressed In
some quarters at the management of the
Democratic National Executive Com
mlttee, under the lead Of Senator Bar
mum. 1t is said that Mr.. Barnum is the
warm personal adhcrent of Mr.. Tilden.
which has also made him obnoxious to
those Democrats who are hostile To that
gentleman. 1t is asserted by those who
assume 10 know that Mr.. Barnums
efforts during the campaign were con-
fined almost exclusively to the election
OF members Of the Connecticut Legsla-
turc with Il view to his own return as
Senator, and that he showed but little
practical interest III the election of Dem
ocralic members of Congress anywhere
else. ~ we'll advised and reliable cor
respondent at the Federal Capital de-
ciarcs that these matters are freely
talked OF IN Democratic circles, whether
based upon actual facts or not. AS
Chairman OF the National Committee,
MIR. Barnum has it in his po' ~ to delay
the next meeting Of the committee fer
some time, and 1t Is possible that by the
time the next meeting does take place
the dissatisfaction which now exists NAV
be appeased. Possible, but not probable,
Tor 1t is almost inevitable that struggle
between the Tildcn and the ant-Tilden
elements will occur when the committee
does meet for business. 1t has always
been considered, and correctly, that the
Locality where the national conventions
are held has much influence on the for
tunes of candidates for the Presidential
nomination, and this vii! be onc point
where the Hi!den and tie aiit-Tildcii
sides must lock horns The committee
''ii not have 10 meet 10 decide this for d
very long time yet, but there are other
matters which will claim its attention in
advance, and the dissensons and diff
icrcnccs will be likely to find veat. AS
To- The intention of Mr.. Tilden to have
MS name brought before the next Ma
tlonal Democratic Convention it is be-
lieved by many that there is not the
shadow of n doubt"
AS MIR. Barnum has not been able to
get the endorsement of his own State, in
spite OF all his money and diplomacy, we
think successor to his Presidency of
The Committee advisable, and that he
should resign, so that man who can
command more confidence may be elect
cd lie, as the friend Of Tilden, will
probably prefer 10 stick, the more SO as
New York has become perhaps essential
!" Democratic success in 1880. very
independent observer in the Springfield
n'P"otcan demonstrates that practically
me me chance of Republican President in
19oo depends on that party's carrying
@ New York. Connecticut, New Jersey,
ono and Oregon will make bu. ISL Re
puoiican votes, or short of a majority.
WIN New York on the Republican side,
el'ner New jersey alone, or Connecticut
ana Oregon tcgether, would make just
majority, willie Ohio would make a Re-
ranllcan majority Of 27, if all three other
1'ales went Democratic. On the other
H,'ahd, the Democrats could lose New
lnrk and still elect their President, pro-
'ided they carried Ohio. New Jersey.
ana either Connecticut or Oregon. Prac-
NWcally therefore the issue hinges on New
i"rK, and while good many things
may happen in two years. it is certainly
.'lr TO say that to-day the Republicans
s"'a nm even chance of carrying New
iofS and with it the Presidential cleo
itls this necessity of New York's vote
n'at makes Mr.. Tilden so important
e.or IN any programme for future ac-
". III he should make it appear that
~ man other chan himself Ian carry
,,;n mgw lork for the Democratic party, he
Nn,; W., not be easily got rid of in the next
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