The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-23
TlEDkN's CHAM rs AND RWING,s
OYERTHROW.

OHN6iS'o iOA poAhyt "abhOGN nASN
principles, and those who have been
educated to believe that a newspaper
IS mere mschine, to be used by the
leaders aud oflice-seekers, to deludo
the ignorant and defend foliies Of
demagogues-all these have been out
ragged because the STATESMAN, before
the event, constantly said that, with
the issues defned for rs in Ohio, our
party would be overwhelmed. The
result with the same platform would
be almost inevitable in New Y rk.
As Northern people contemplate the
facts, million graves were dug in or
der to bury out Of sigft forever the
very questions which selfish, ambitious,
unwise party managers have repro
duced. The bloody shirt was bad
enough; bat party managers have
gwen ConkliDg, besides this, the ban
ner of secessionism, which he flou;s
In the face of Beecher's congregation
ln Brooklyn, and thirty million people
shudder when contemplating the
ghostly flag, significant In their eyes
of all human griefs and poverty
and rags and degradation and ''recon-
structio1." and OF skulls and bones Of
Il thousand hateful battlefislds. o.
course We were beaten N Ol:O, and
none hesitated to presnnounce the even;
who cid not fear to tell the truth and
did not dread the wrath of the party
manbgers end whippers-in.
Next comes Nsw York, and next,
the presidential election. The ont
event is mere prelude to the other.
Tilden's genius is magnificent. He
wields all the appliances of money auo
intellgercs necessary to triumph
among politicians. He controls tae
States enormous patronage. he may
corrupt Kelly's choicest organs and
friends. He has the weakest of Re-
puolicsn leaders, Cornell, pitted against
he man Robinson. He has the grand
moral Influence sof Seymour and
perhsps that of ! President Hlyes,
who hates and fears Conkling,
co-oPerting with the appliances
which he, Tilden, employs to
overthrow Kelly and Conkling.
Even in the presence of this disaster
in Onio, for which he was prepared
ana which in nothing displesses him,
he may triumph in New York. II he
do he will be declared the candidate
at least of the Eastern Democracy by
scclsmstion, and will surely deserve
the position. He is the impersonstion
of the virtues of his E4,t tern followers.
Let US not forget, while depioring de-
teat In Ohio, that it may be even sig
nifcsnt of victory in Nsw York. TIL
den's is hard money platform. Ew-
ing's was ''infernslly diabolically" soft
like that cobbled up not long ago In
Austin to capture Greenbackers. Even
as OHIO Greenbavker's OF Nationals
hated Ewing and threw their ballots
for Foster, the John Sherman hard
money candidate, even so do Texas
Greenbackers prefer Davis Rsdicalism
to Coke's or R,agsn's Democracy.
Tilden may manage, after Tilden COM
prehends these facts, and may SO shape
events, even after C1nkling has done
his worst with the State rights, bloody
shirt. Yszoo shot gun Kemper county
issues, to bring the whole force of the
sound money party and people to the
promotion of his triumph. His
adherents on this hard money
issue will struggle for victory as men
never did in local political conflict,
and were it not for the detection of
Tsmmany and its foulness which gives
Robinson and Tilden greater power
with deccncy and intelligence every,
where, there would be no fears of Rob-
mson's overthrow. II Tilden sets
that thsi is inevitable or even probable,
Robinson will be withdrawn, Pot
ter the second on the ticket, taking
his place. Tammany will be appeased,
and thus Democracy assured of victory
is assured of the support of New York
10 1880. Tilden, it seems. will be the
master of this great Eastern State and
of New England and of Pennsylvania.
He must either be nominated on hard
money platform or the Wet and
South will unite. But is this probable
The South is drifting steadily towards
hard money, more rapidly than the
West. Ewing's inRlorious defeat on
soft platform hastens the end, and if
this Western and Southern alliance be
and Tilden wrest victory
in New York from the jaws of defeat
in Ohio, he or another avowed hard
money man must be the leader Of the
party Ia 1880 and instead Of Tlden,
it should be B,ysrd, against whom the
tongue OF calumny cannot be employed.
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