The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-10-31
TME GREAr BtTTLE.
What COIOneI BreckinTidge e
Knows About Nr, Tiiden
and his Method.
The New York anu ohio EIec-
tsOns.
+ Special to the Courier-Journal.

ridge, of Lexington Ky, the sill
yer tongued orator of he Kentuck J
bar A man of culture. brains, and
well Informed upon current political
/ history, a shrewd observ cir. with keen
insi2h into men aud their motives; a
man with convictions which he dares
avow. and a faith which is always
within hailiug distance os re>inlorce-
menf of sound reason hi views oil
men and events which engage the pub.
/ lie attention would a; any time deserve
Interested consideration. but ar this
particular juncture his opinions upon
affairs that are of general discussion
should d-haSes ,s-sPveia1 IntereSr- for Ken
tuckians on account of ihis, to some
extent. personal repres esenaation OF them
and of the debatabie qae-tion; for in
addition TO his position a. an eminent
( political leader, he was 3ridrn elector
( tor the State of Kentuck4 Y in 1876, and
is therefore in special: way entitled
to ~ay his say in answer TO the inter
rogatory upon every mans lip. What
d. you think of the political situation?'
Col Breekinridge was seated in his
/ law office, over against ;the old Lex
Ington court house and IN full view of
that architec ural anchori-m when the
I special commissioner of the Courier
j ournal made his business call. With
his smooth, pleasant way and without
any ado, he at once eutered into the
depths Of the subject in hand
Owing to the sickness OF one Of his
children, he said. he had not been able
to give much attention 70 the consider
alton Of the political events which had
transpired within the past week. OF
course, said he,
THERE Is NO DENYING Tue FACT
that the election 10 Ohio must enter as
an important factor in future Presi-
/ Dental calculation But | do not
regard the result as the siiuging deiear
+ it i Represented TO be have not
seen the prpers aud do. nor know the
returns. but my uotion. l. that when
+ the real figures are made public it will
be found that Ewing polled a larger
vote than any Democratic candidate
/ tor Governor ever polled 10 Ohio
/ think the returns will Show Gen Ew
/ ing TO have gained for the d mocratic
parry accessions of several thousand
votes H. made brilliant canvass
and has reason to be proud of it. And
/ yet it is more than likely that it was
mistake 10 take Ewing 10 preference
10 Bishop. vino is hand shaking man
and a popular man There was nc
reason for overslaugine him; he had
oever done anything to deserve il
should attribute the defeat Of the De
mOeFacy to Two cau>es-!-jhe great ex
citement attending the election and tht
+ consequent widespread interest in the
+ result, aud the fact that the whole
power of the Government was brough
TO bear in behalf of tHe Republicans
They could not afford to be defeated
I have always regarded Ohio as Re
publican State. certain! 10 fall in line
with the Republican party whenever
any great national questions were
/ pending and to be settled by elections
The Republican party lis composed o.
two classes. the machine politician.
and Office holders, who are llways Ger
am to vote, and large body OF lDde
pendent, thinking people. descendant,
of the old abolitiouists. people of NOR,
than ordinary culture. d0ctriaaireS
fellows who form societies aud separate
from each other becau,e things do not
90 exactly to suit them. Unitariar
church fellows, fellows who think ior
themselves who would have no hesi
,auon about haugiug.a man These
men sometimes vote for Demucra
because they like the man or TO puuisl
the Republican party for some sin o
omission or commission, but in a grea
emergency rhey come to the support O
the Republican party because It stands
to 'hem "A the representative of lhei
'i-m-' more than any other, and as tht
embodiment of opposition to principles
80 which they are hOitile These ar,
the men that carry elecfions in tn.
4 Northern States These are the mer
that carried OHIO aud will carry New
YORK. Perhaps 10 ahe latter S,au
they are little more ditietdnte thar
their brethren 10 Ohio Men lik,
Park Goodwin, editor Of the Nation
believe. and John Bigelow, of the New
York Times, were in favor of 1ildei
for Governor of New York Ever
now Geo William Curtis is opposed t.
Cornell. the Republican nominee fo
Governor of that State, and the Har
pers seem to be sustaining him in tn,
position he has taken"
The Colonel had ratified off this brie
lecture on The philosophy of histor,
almost without pause At its con
clusion. the correspondent inquired a
10 Col Breckiurldge's opinion upoI
The next Democratic nomination 70
the Presidency.
"Oh. [ have no doubt 10 my mine
that MIR. Tilden will tie the next Dem
ucratic nominee for the Presidency.
have thought so since 1877, and tol'
both Black burn and Beck that the,
were doing very foolish thing II
fighting Tiiden in favor of Thurman
OR ANYBODY ELSE
MY opinion is that Kentucky ough
not to claim any voice in the matter a
all The Democratic nomination vii
be wholly dependent upon causes whle
Kentucky canuot effect If Ewing ha
carried Ohio, it woald have mad
Thurman a strong 1sudidate. If th
Democrats carry New York, and Gov
ernor Robinson should be elected,
will make Mr. Tilden's nominatio
certain.
The truth is.' said Col Breckin
ridge, "a he threw himself back in hi
chair with a manner indicating hi
coming 10 the point in the discussion
and his impatience OF availability ar
gument, "the truth is, the question
not whether Mr. Tilden shall have tn
Democratic nomination for the Presi
dency. but whether he will accept it
teudered him [ have my doubt
ahont - AR TiIdsp holds a uninu