Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25
TILDEN TALK.
A Kentucky View of the Campaign In
I880---hOn. Wm. H. English Named
for the Second Place.
nooinl 70 tho oincinnnti cnmmoroial.l

Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.l
LOUISVILLE, KY, October 21.-
The declaration Of Congressman
Blackburn of his future adherence to
Tilden, has had the effect of causing
considerable changes of tone in the
expressions of many others who live
in Kentucky, especially the Ashland
district.
Said a prominent politician to me
to-day $50 far as Kentucky is con
cerned, she is for the most available
man. To be sure, the Ohio boom has
come like a wet blanket, but then
take it that all sensible men must
soon, if they do not now, admit and
fully understand that Ohio is Re
publican State and that Indiana is
Democratic. They may flop about
occasionally, but the one is Republi-
can, the other Democratic. The Dem
ocrats felt too much hope in carrying
Ohio, and as matter Of course this
disappointment and the non-realiza-
tion of over confidence is felt all the
more keenly. For my part, and
know Watterson, Proctor Knott, Joe
Blackburn, Caldwell, Stoddard John
son, and other Democratic leaders in
Kentucky, agree with me, that, as
New York goes, so will go the Union
If we win there, Tilden will be at the
head of the ticket as surely as We
are now talking to one another. In.
diana must furnish the second place.
You believe, then, in the old
ticket ?"
No, l do not. l am opposed tt
Hendricks. He possesses too many
small traits of character to suit me
| do not like, and the best evidence o
our not being made stronger by hin
is his waning popularity in his owl
State"
Certainly you do not favor tn,
Tall Sycamore ?"
No, sir have a new name t.
suggest"
Mcdonald ?"
Nor him, either, unless my othe,
choice refuses the use of his name.
refer to the Hon. William II. Eng
lish, of Indianapolis. He has grea
strength in Indiana. His none,
ideas were in accord with those of thu
great majority of his Nation. He wa
a stout Fsderalist during the war ant
although he has led a quiet life sine,
leaving congress in 1859, the peopl,
have never lost sight of him, or ceaseC
to think we'll of him. If you remem
Der, it was his clear head that stayeC
off the rebellion four years, by the in
PRODUCTION of the famous Englisl
compromise bill. There was a dead
lock in congress and breakers nea
ahead Every effort to obviate tn,
trouble failed, when in the last hou
an able compromise bill, drawn b,
Congressman English, of Indiana
was found acceptable, and the smok,
Of threatening trouble soon cleared
away. | understand that Mr.. Eng
lish has amassed, perhaps, as mucl
wealth as Mr. Tilden. He may. per
baps, and win, doubtless, be hard t.
bring out of the privacy of happy
home, but my word for it, if William
English is ever induced to accep
public trust, the majority Indian;
will give him will astonish the ole
Tippecanoe folk themselves. He MAY
refuse, as | am told he did the sen
ate, but if he accepts there will b.
little need to call Indiana the doubt
full State of the Nation"
Isn't considerable opposition tc
Tilden shown in some sections of tht
State of Kentucky p
None now; before the Ohio boon
numerous country papers bubbleC
with bosh intended to oppose him
but it has ceased. Jealousy of tn,
Courier-Journal, and perhaps tn,
suspicion that they were dictated to
of course made the country press ,
trife against Tilden, but one by one
they now are falling in his line"