The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-08-07
TIE DEMOCRATIC MARRIOTT.
rinin Truths for the Party Leaders at the
North.
From The Nc,c York Hc,ald.

From The Nc,c York H,1Gh
You can never be President of thl
United States, Mr.. Tildcn and witt
your clear head and practical mind yo,
ought to see this as everybody else see,
it. You have doubtless certain powe,
in your party, for you can probably ruin
its chances, if you want to, by forcing i,
to take you, or by leading a faction to
defeat it if it refuses to submit to your
demands. Either would be fatal to the
Democrats next year, and the first in
our belief, even more certainly 80 than
the last. You cannot be President, Mr..
Iilden, but you can be something else.
lou can resign your pretensions to the
nomination, can publicly take leave OF
public life, and in this retirement YOU
would discover, to your surprise, per
haps, and certainly to your qualification
we hope, that you possessed more inNu-
ence over your party, and were better
able to turn il to those policies which
you believe to be truly Democratic, aud
would have greater, or, at least to O.
man OF ideas, Il more desirable position
than you have ever had, or than the
Presidency, if you could achieve it..
would be for you.
You cannot be President, Mr.. Tilden.
for q number of reasons. We will not
hero refer to certain disagreeable events
III your career, because that would he
unkind, and we are now addressing YOU
IN the most friendly spirit. We will not
alludc to your unfortunate income tax
suit, with its painful adjuncts nor TO
the still more unfortunate cipher dis
patches; TO your sometime relations with
the late William NJ. Tweed nor to vour
relations TO certain shipwrcckcd rail
roads. 1t IS far from our purpose to re.
vlve In your own mind the recollections
OF events which, nevertheless, arc fresh
IN the public mind, and which, as all
sensible Democrats very we'll know, their
opponents would, if you should have the
ill-1ortune to procure yourself to be NOM
mated, take care to advertise abundantly
to public which, though it may not be
saqueam!sh in its own pursuit of fortune,
| Is, pc"haps for that reason, tho more rig
idly particular about the character of its
servants. 1t is not necessary to refer TO
these matters, Mr.. Tilden, for the truth
is thcro are other reasons besides these to
; prevent you from ever becoming Prcsi-
| dent. You arc undoubtedly m able
man, Dut your action in partisan politics
Is disastrous to the party which you seek
TO control. You follow your own career
! with such untaltcr;ng determination that
you notoriorsly forget everything else.
and politician of whom H. is generally
suspected that he means to either rule
his party or ruin i. cannot expect long
continued success. You succeeded once.
You became Governor of New York.
You ought to have seen that this was
properly the end Of your career as an
officeholder.
The Democratic party, with wise man.
agement. has flir chance of success
next year. A great many people begin
to think that, on the whole, the country
would bo the better for change of par
ties. The Republican party has done
much good work for the country in its
eighteen years of power but the people
are o little disgusted at the dcadly
tenacity with which Republican leaders
cling to the offices it makes them Sis
picious they think it wise to have a
change, if only for four years, and no
doubt they are right. If the DAn,ocra
should next year offer them safe plat.
form and fit man we believe the voters
might accept them. But you ought to
see that it is just here that you are out of
the question. You are q Marplot in
your party, which will not have you if it
can help it.; and if you should succeed
in securing the nomination the country
which will not change unless it can
change for the bctter-thc country, Mr..
Iilden, would reject you: and, VIC say it
III all kindness, it would be right in do
ing so.
Suppose, Mr.. Tildcn, that putting aside
that over-cautions hesitation, which is
one OF your bcsotting sins-suppose you
should tomorrow openly and entirely
strike out of your life every thought Of
the Presidency or any other Office, and
help others instead Of working for your
SELF Can you not see that you would
stand at once on higher plane of life
that you would rise very greatly in the
esteem of your party? that could easily,
and, Indeed, would naturally become one
OF its sagcs, its chief advisers? that liv.
ing In the pleasant retirement of Gram
ercy Park, your lo'ise would be the
Mecca of Democratic politicians, and
you could influence platforms, inculcute
sound principles, show the younger men
how to secure tho confidence and the
votes of the people, as you cannot now
do? Democratic principles, you have 81
ways said are dear to you. 1t is the too
general conviction that you want to use
them ns q ladder for yourself. Mr.. Til.
den, which has disabled you heretofore
from making the force of your reasoning
and the value of your policy felt by your
fellow Democrats.
What the Herald proposes to vou.
therefore, and what perhaps, you have
yourself almost resolved on, is to follow
the Dractice and senaihlo oyompIa IF Gap
Grant and retire definitely from public
life. Grant, emulating the noble exam
| pie OF Washington, reti.cs to Galena; he
remains abroad, it is undcrstood. to avoid
hippcdrome receptions, partisan oyations
Presidential nomination; he announces
from far Of Japan that on his return he
! will retire to Galena-as Washington re-
turned to Mount Vernon. Can YOU. Mr..
| Iilden, resist the example? Can you for
get the course of your political prophet
aud great exemplar, Jeficrson2 lie was
the sage of Monticello; how fit that YOU
should be tho sage of Gramercy Park
Each party would then possess an ad
wiser, counsellor in all its difficulties,
and while Republicans turned to Galena
Democrats would hasten to your shady
nook in Gramercy Park for the supplies
! of pol::.:ca! w;sioIn which they would
there find awaiting them.
You cannot be President, Mr.. Tildon,
but you can serve your party by retir-
ing to private life. Do that--and who
President yet.
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