The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1879-04-09
" TIE OLD TICKET"

The Courier-Journal, last Thursday, came
ont aat.footed and double-eaded for Tilden
and Hendricks for the Democratic nomina-
ton next year. We notice that the chief
argument for the denomination Of Tilden,
the one urged most frequently and dwelt
upon most emphatically, is the assertion
that he was legally elected to the Presiden-
cy aud was robbed of the Office by the Re.
publicans. This is only partially true. He
was fairly and lawfully elected, as much so
as jackson, or Polk, or any President we
ever had. None but fools and knaves as
sert otherwise. But right here we separate
from our Tilden friends. We decline to
march with them under the Gramercy Park
banner to the tune Of Sammy or Nobody"
The Republicans did not rob him of the
Presidency, for the simple reason that they
did not possess the power to accomplish the
act of spoliation. Mr.. 7ilden nds in real.
iy despoilcd of The office TO tchich he ras
elected by the people, by The Democrats
House Of Representatives. In other words,
the Republican minority only pouched the
game brought down by the shotgun of the
Democratic majority. They simply profitcd
by the insane folly or deliberate .reachery
Of their opponents If the House had re-
jected the Edmunds BILL as it could easily
have done, the to game could never
have been played, and Mr.. Tilden would to-
day be in the seat to which he was chosen,
at present occupied by the man rejected of
the people. This is truth that can not be
crushed to earth and pinned there, by the
specious declaration, however persistently
obtruded upon the public, that the Republi.
cans alone were guilty Of the theft of the
Presidency. Erery Democratic Congress
man Tho roted for the formation Of the
S0-caiied Electoral Commission urds equal
~ guilty Of the outrage upon the personal
rights Of Mr. TIlden and the sovereign
rights Of the people as any Republican
Congressman that cast the same uote. The
combined votes of Democrats and Republi-
is what Mr.. Tilden and his friends base his
claim to n second nomination upon. We
dispute the validity of the claim. He holds
no lien upon the nomination. The party
did all of its duty in 1876 by electing him.
That he was subsequently robbed of the
fruits of victory was not its fault II were
just as reasonable for the Courier-J ournal
to insist that debtor who has paid a sum
of money to his creditor, of which the latter
was subsequently robbed, should be com
PEELED to reimburse the loss by paying the
debt a second time. The Democratic par
ty has other and better work before it than
to become mere instrument for advancing
the personal. and political fortunes of Mr..
Tilden. We believe that his nomination
would prove not only a grave but fatal
error. We believe that we would suffer an
ignominious defeat There has been too
much tomtoolery by our national conven-
tons, of late years, and the party and the
country have suffered therefrom. We have
invaded the camp OF the enemy, captured |
their leading men, placed them at our head |
and marched to disastrous defeat And it
was no more than we deserved. Just now
The question of finance overtops all others.
The position of the vast body of the De-
'nocracy is Numerically opposite to that
by the Republicans. Mr.. Tilden
and the Democrats Of the east are shoulder
% shoulder with the Republicans on that
question. To all intents and purposes, so
lar as the great body of the party is con
,erned, the convention may as well adopt
he nominee of the Republican convention
ls force Mr.. Tilden upon us again next
iear. In either event, the triumph of the
Republican party would be assured.