The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-12-11
FOR TaLDEN.
The Programme H+aid ss"ssn b.
hix Nearest Political Friend.

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his Nearest Political Friend.
WASHINGTON. Dec. Awhile the or
ponents of Mr.. T,lden are Tn''e nn'>ii'
aud continually printing abort The NJ
cessity Of harmony in the party; I'll"
friends Of Mr.. Tildn content th"tn-
selves with quietly anaeerieg any
quiries that may be Fnt TO them
had a free talk with II o these men
who is not only the rec ,gniz.d champ
ion of Mr.. Tilden in q ngress bn' ~
the State which he represents. VIVA
he says may be implicitly 'ccentHd ~
the voice of tho Tii,ien element Of the
Democratic party. re-
In answer to nv Question 90 t."
whether ths fr'erls If Mr. Tiiden w"ul
consent to Seymour. snpr'sing 1t pcs
slh for that gentlemen to acrept the
~ndShtaation, he replied emphaticailt
Never! I know, he continued.
that Mr.. Tilden has not sought to in
hnenco in any way any representatives
of u part OF tho country in his be-
half for 1880. Hs has pursued a digni-
ged, manly and generous curse,
Everybody who knows anything about
the inside history of our Democratic
politics for the last twenty years.
knows that Mr. Tll,len has not o2ly
been u tower OF strength to the purity
in New York, bnt has been the the most
liberal. generous giver to the campaign
funds. st tie aud national.
But [ asked. do you think Mr..
Tilden wants the nomination in 1882
No, I believe he would prefer to take
his time and enjoy tn elegant leisure
which he has the means AMI the taste
to aft Ird and desire. Bat his personal
preferences will not be committed. He
was elected President in 1876. and the
people we're d.frauded Of their choice,
and by means that have not yet been
fully laid-bare. The people mean to set
their seal OF condemnation DO that great
crime by renom;nsting Tildsn in 1880,
and to do their best to elect him. The
MASSES of the DAm)cratic purity are for
Tillen. 1t is only scheming and am
bitious politicians who are against him.
This is what bis friend, b ~.lievA. and
they mean 10 stand by him He is in
their hands. Thew believe that Tam
many il a reproach to the Democratic
party; that John K-lly and his gang.
having now voluntarily pnt Themselves
without the pale of the party, ought
never to be allowed to get inside the
lines again.
'.But," / said II hear Senators and
Representatives here saying that the
party must hava the se~vnnty-seveu
thousand votes Kelly polled in orler to
carry New York next fall"
Well. let it ba under4tood, promptly
said Mr.. Tilden's frien Is. that these
voters have 10 show their repentance by
voting for the man whom the National
Convention noninatas before they can
be recognized as Democrats. aud yOu
will get every one Of tina snvantY-snven
thousands votes that Kelly received.
save possibly his own and those Of the
few Canal Ring thieves that Tilden did
his best to pnt in the penitentiarv.
That is-the only sort of harmony we
will listen to. LIT it he understood
that a Presidential candidate was nam
ed By a National Convention to recon
cile Tammanv. and he would lose the
State of New York by one hundred
thousand majority.
Then you believe Mr.. Tilden's
friends ara going to make war to the
knife on Tammany, even if the result
in 1880 is imperiiled?"
They mean to do what IL right. l
know that Mr.. Tilden would rather be
right than be President. He might
have been President now had be chosen
to pay down the money demanded. He
~o.ll hoo l~rA - ,rkbo-L oyor1rn vi a ~
his bank account. There was more
than half a score of mon who would be
considered purists in politics. Who nrg-
ed him to pay his money and ransom
the right; but be sternly refused to be
a bidder at the auction. Mr. Tlden
eonld have easily avoided making the
issue he did this fall with rammarv.
and had he been 40 eager for the nom
~inetion in 1880 rs he represented to be,
he would not have made it.
"Yon think I said. "that Mr.. Til
den can be elected in 1882
I think if he can't no other Democrat
can come within q million votes Of an
election. Thera 10 one thing you can
inared. New York will go Republican
ny 5J.UJO m'lorltV.
"Drn't you think Bayari could carry
New York;" I asKed.
No man can carry New York who has
not Mr.. Tilden for him.
"Then yor nlsa1 To saw Mr.. Tilden
will not be for snybodv but himself?'
1 mean TO aay that il Mr.. Tilden is
not a csnd, hate. he is ont IT politics.
Tf he is ont of pOlities. NV York is
not a Dem ocratic State.
Glow do o make that out?'
Easily enough. The State has not
been carried bv the Democrats since
1856 awe only wher Mr.. Tilden furn>
ished the hrains, the money. and the
personal influence and popularity to
carry it. There is no other man who
has the machinery. who knows the
people, and who will spend the money
to carry the State.