The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-10-23
TsfE roLrrrcxL SITUATION.
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and Platform EsHersfiai to =, Ssc1oss :
fcorrespon denee Of The Richmond Dispaseh:l

| mant for the South. he Is Man VI
talents, connections, and courage, potn
nersonal and morsl. But ne mas no
sound ideas on finance. he mas peen
Ytren1e In bis views, INSISTING on
iarUa increase Of the greenoack cireu-
| Iatfon. and,iI believe, leaning. even 10 the
- fjat-morey" folly. He has iaTored Tree
= ,;ni;ynitsd coinage of silver. 1t Is a;mis-
.aLe RI con,oupd him with such statesmen
~ Reck: Mcdonald, Hendricks, Thurman,
ond Sayler-gentlemen who have never Ia
vnred an imitation OF, the; currency or an
;ssue OF irredeemable paper-moneY. Inc
wild notions OF General Ewing, Sam. Cary
and the Cincinnati Enquirer cost us. ONO IN
1875. liz Ewing had this summer recos-
niZed the altered con dition OF things, pos
sihIy he might, have been elected. But ne
| IGNORED or denied the revival OF business.
and made speeches Just as if>lt had been
| ;7l and ,T6 instead, OF 1879. He LETT the
bard-money Democrats, no, opportunity 10
condone his heresies. He staked all on the
money issue. My opinion is. that he did
not, after all, get any more OF the dreen'
hackers than did Foster. The vote IN Gu
cinnati and Cleveland shows that the Ger
mans and businessmen refused 10 vote lor
Ewing. fl $50. -ragr :. a
dead issue, denying, the revival OF business,
and "singing Psalms to dead horse BIS
opponents were waving the, bloody shirt
and preaching crusade OF hate against Tue
South. Not being met in proper manhgi,
thew made great impression on the pubic
mind. The result Is that Ohio is gone by
such a majority as to make it difficult,
though not absolutely impossible, to be car
ried in 1880. We lose the Governor and we
lose Judge Thurman from the Senate. The
last loss is almost irreparable. He is the
abIest man in that body. a great lawyer.
scholar, u patriot, and conservative states
man, we NAV we'll mourn his loss. But l
do not agree to the idea OF his political
death and burial. AS long as there is con-
servatiye party in the land he will be one OF
its most useful and honored leaders.
Had Ewing been elected by 10000 instead
OF being defeated, he and his followers
would have come boldly to the next Ma
tional Democratic Convention TO demand a
platform similar to his own financial views,
and he himself would have been pressed
as candidate for the presidency. Now
| we Get rid Of all this sort OF thing. The
| Democracy will hold conservative position
on the money question.
The loss Of Ohio shows where the battle
ground of 1880 will lie. Such States as
Louisiana, Florida, and South Carolina will
require work, but they can be carried, and
| the fight will be at the North. Indiana VIII
give from 5000 to $4,000 majority for any
candidate OF the Democracy. Since Nor
toms death it is secure. oregon IS also
Democratic, but will demand effort. Cali
fornia is debatable land. But the real bat
tie lies in New York, New Jersey, and Con-
necticut. New York Is absolutely essential
to success. 1t will not do to rely on either
Ohio or Pennsylvania.
unfortunately at this time the New York
Democracy are divided. The strong and
bitter opposition to Mr. Tilden in that State
will ensure large plurality for Cornell, the
Republican nominee for Goyernor-say
20 600 and upwards-and will also, fear,
cost us the rest Of The State ticket. With
this election in New York it will be demon
strated to the satisfaction OF all, or nearly
all. candid and disiuterested Democrats that
Mfr. Tiiden cannot carry that State. He Is
far weaker with the people in 1t than Gov
ernor Robinson will be. The latter can
and will get some Republican votes. l have
no idea that Mr.. Tilden can get any~Repub-
lean votes. Large numbers OF New York
Democrats are bitterly hostile to him. With
such detection it is hard to see how he
could possibly carry New York, or New
Jersey. or Connecticut. A schism in New
York would spread to the adjacent States
and affect us all over the country.
The Ohio election seems to eliminate the
western candidates from the race for 1880,
except, perhaps, Judge David Davis But
this gentleman would De liaDle 10 the same
objections as will be made to Messrs. Thur
man and Hendricks, inasmuch as his votes
in the Senate have been in the same direc-
ton as theirs. For my own part, / have en-
tire confidence in all these gentlemen.
have no sort OF doubt that on financial as
well as constitutional questions Mess-s.
Thurman, Hendricks, aud Davis would
be wise, prudent, and conservative
rulers il elevated to the presidential
chair. But the scale between the two
parties IN New York, New Jersey,
and Connecticut is held by class OF men
who have been led most uuduly to regard
these gentlemen as unsafe on the money
question. The class I refer to are men oil
property and captal-brokers, merchants
business and Observation-Disclosures fear
disturbance Of values, and who, above al
things, desire stability in business. 1t is
this class whose support is essential tc
Democratic success in 1880. They will not
!, support a western candidate. They de-
mand a conservative platform, and a candi
date whom they have no sort OF doubt
about.
II / am right in this view the list OF pos
sible candidates is narrowed down to Bay
ard, Tilden, Hancock, and Judge Field, oil
California. But from this list Mr.. Tllden
must be dropped, if two weeks hence il
shall appear by Robinson's defeat that Mr.
Tilden cannot carry New York. II Robin
; son be elected he will turn up as candi
date, and Mr.. ri,den's friends will also in
sist that it is his victory; that he did it with
his bow and arrow. On the other hand, il
Robinson be defeated, the Tilden men wi!
insist that il Tilden had been running il
would have turned out all right, and that
he can carry New York. But the Demo
cratic masses will not believe this after Ro
binson's defeat
With the conservative class OF whom ]
speak as holding the balance OF power in
the pivotal States, / believe Mr.. Bayard i;
far the strongest man that we can put up
They regard him as prudent, patriotic.
[ conservative, pure, and manly. Nobody Of
any party pretends to question his integ
rity, candor, and sincerity. These are mora
j forces that will tell on an election. ] would
greatly prefer to rely upon such a known
character for probity and conservatism az
This to any /" barrel Of money" or half dozer
barrels. The barrel business is all non
sense. / am pretty we'll posted as to, tht
Eamount of money disbursed by the ma
tional committees Of the two parties il
1868, 1872, and 1876. ! am safe il
: saving that neither party has spen
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