The Van Buren press., 1879-07-19

| IN nOllclng an interview OF JaZette
reporter, with certain distinguished gen
tlcmen, our old friend Durham, of the
Van Buren Press, says:a
We are pleased to differ with Gov. Miller,
Gen. Newton and Col. fSmthee on the point
that Arkansas is for Gov. Hendricks tor pres
ident. The people of our state want a man
that can rin
That can ,cin And is that all, friend
Durham? We think you mistake the
people of Arkansas. Miller, Newton,
and Smithee, who have been among and
raised up with them, know them better.
When the people of Arkansas go into q
contest " to win," like sensible men they
wish to know something about the
stalses-what's in the pool what they
arc to win I'll. r. Gazette.
In plain Eng lsh, and to be ontspollen,
these three words, That can pin," en-
brace the platform Of the Southern
states. Tho people Of the South will
not sickle for a platform that will not
bring to them the victory, but sure de
feat. Load down the candidate with
this mans and that mans views on
finance, tariff, and other agitated ques-
tons, and defeat stares us in tho face.
Nothinr Iut +b~ L-a~l~e4 ni,a..:.,. M
the political questions of the day, will
assure us the victory in the November
election of 1880.
Senator Wade Hampton, OF South
Carolina, looks upon the situation with
the eye of statesman. He says :.
awe want the party in the north to
place two good men on the ticket, and
we will support it, for the national sue
cess of She democratic party. With ref
crence to the personal choice of the
south for particular presidential candid
atcs, do not think the south has made
any. | believe there has bocn a feeling
that, in justice to the old ticket, it should
be renominated There are many rea-
sons, however, which may be urged
against this, and the refusal of Hen
bricks to be put in nomination, again,
seems to render it impossible. | don't
think the South cares copper who the
next presidential candidate may be, as
long as he is a strong national man.
They do not care where he comes from,
or what his financial views may be-"
Notwithstanding the evident intent of
the Gazette to make Gov. Miller "boom"
for Hendricks, we are confident his
views, if fairly stated, would place him
in line with Senator Hampton having
in view the success OF the democratic
party, the man possessing the greatest
elements of success in the nation at
large, should receive the nomination,
without regard to his views on she va
rious questions agitatod in a canvasss of
this magnitude. In other words, the
man that " can ,rin."
We honestly differ with our friends at
Little Rock, feeling assured that they
deceive themselves in their estimated
strength of Mr. Hendricks, in Arkansas
The democracy of Arkansas want to
,rin, and in Mr.. Tilden they have man
whose ability and popularity have been
tried, and found to combine all the quail.
tiles necessary for the embodiment Of a
president of the United States. Among
the many able mon presented to the ma
tonal convention, Samuel J. Tilden will
stand pre- eminent, and the delegations
that go up from the great masses Of the
people, will point to him as the man
who shall again lead them to victory,
and complete the redemption of tic
Southern states.
Tammany Hall and the New York
York World are poor authority to speak
| for the State of New York.