Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-02-28
THE PnEsIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.

The nomination of Z. S. Grant as the Rad
ical candidate for the Presidency in 1880 is
now considered an assured fact. He will go
into the convention with a solid south. "
The negroes and carpetbaggers constitute the
Republican party in the south, and as they
enjoyed a carnival of robbery under the pro-
lection Of Grants bayonets, and hoping for a
new harvest Of pillage and plumber, a solid
southern delegation will clamor for the nom
inatlon Of Grant, which, with the support
Grant can command in the northern States,
assures his nomination. As another evidence
of the restoration of the Grant dynasty to
power, we have only 10 refer to the fact that
all the old corrupt managers who made
Grants administration a national stencil
have recently triumphed over men known to
be opposed to Grant. Johu 4. Logan,
Grants chief fUgleman, has been elected
senator from Illinois. He represents that
form of Republicanism which the BepubG-
cans were forced to repudiate two years ago.
Zlchariah Chandler, the embodiment of the
worst elements of the Radical party and the
aVowed champion of Grant for the third
term, has been elected United States senator,
and he will work up much strength for
Grant among the stalwart RepubIi-
cans of the north. It is under
stood that C0nkling Will go for Grant most
heartily in preference to any other candidate,
provided he cannot secure the nomination
himself. Don Cameron and his ring own
Pennsylvania, and will give the vote of that
debauched state to Grant. Logan, Chandler,
torLy I5r.- -uifn 10 Of
solid south. will unquestionably secure the
nomination Of the great gitt-taker, and with
the return Of Grantism to power there will be
a return of whisky rings, Indian contracts,
post-traderships, Belknaps, Robesons, NJ
Donalds, Joyces, Baboocks, and all the
thieves who made the administration of Grant
infamous. It is difficult to tell who will be
the nominee Of the Democratic national con-
vention. An effort will be made to secure
the nomination of Samuel J. Tilden, but it
Will fail. Tilden would no doubt make an
honest, faithful and efficient President, but
he has not been equal TO his opportunities. !
He made a good governor Of New York, and |
he managed the canvass Of 1876 with admir- |
able skill and ability, but after the election, !
when the party was at sea and sadly in need |
of a pilot, Tilden seemed to be paralyzed, and |
permitted himself to be swindled out Of |
the Presidency, when, if he had ap- |
peared at Washington, and in a few bold |
words demanded the Office to which he had |
been elected, he would have shown himself
man, vindicated the confidence which the
Democratic party had placed in him as
leader, and thus prevented the consumma-
ton of the greatest crime of modern times.
So far as the Democratic party Is concerned,
it owes Mr.. Tlden nothing. As the st.
Louis Post and Dispatch says: THE party
owes nothing to Mr.. TI.den. It elected him
10 the Presidency. He allowed the great Of
ice to be ilched out Of his hands. He was
nominated as a bold leader. When the
emergency arrived ne led no more than a
mouse. Eager in the pursuit of both the