The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-03
Leavstem kept abont nnle. third Of .he party


the authority that had been conceded to 1t,
under a.habit of temporary shifts and ex-
pedients enabled it to exercise.power when
boiling Governor Robinson's nomination
IA power it cannot again exercise. Tam
many Hall was then q compact, thorough
" disciplined, well equipped organization
it's representatives filling nearly ali strong
positions of local power. Besides this,
in short canvass the hope Of carrying q,
local ticket representing immense ofhelai
patronage aud an appeal TO the symps thiesI
of aselass OF adopted citizens who had been
subjected TO injustice and oppression at
home, missed many sound and true Dem
ocrats who have the most absolute Inevp-
ton to the democratic party as their saiety
and shield in a national contest. Proofs
chicken around us on every side that they
cannot be again misled. 80 .z.4 4.
''On what do you base such assertions
TITS to be observed that the then
| feeble rival of Tammany HaH-the demo
cratic organic alton of the city and county
| of New York'-had long been hardly
more than a shelter for the remnants of
the party who had been rejected by Tam
many tor refusal to obey her exacting
FcotEmands Chilled by the Indifference Of
the party in the State. destitute of means
to perfect its organization. weak even IN
hope. deprived of patronage in both county
aud State, il was yet in sudden and peril
Gus emergency the only means at hand
wherewith TO gather and poll the great
vote of New York. and there was not time
in so short a canvass to form ANEW organ,
ization. Temporary expedients had to TO
|improvised TO supply itG Deficiencies.
Under all these circumstances, however,
the present sTammauy leader was whip
ped out of his boots. as Hooker said Of
Hood at Atlanta, and in the local contest
was driven from every stronghold in issue
Possessed now of a full measure of local
power, received into full party recognition
in the State, organized on a really Demo
cratic basis, in which power comes I'D from
the people and is not doled out by u single
autocratic hand. we have in the regular
Democracy of the city aud county, ire
spective OF Tammany's chieftain, a power
lul loyal. compact, confident and clean
organization with which to 6make sue
cess here
But the defeat OF Governor Robinson
last fall. through the hostility of the
Comptrolier's followers, may inspirit that
faction TO seek to accomplish like defeat
next November"
the Com ptroIler's adherents suffered
in our defeat greater disaster than any
| other class of Democrats, They lost pre-
stige and position in the party, They
incurred the censure of the great body of
| the party throughout the country. Their
| leaders have ever since been holding out
| their empty hands to Republican Lsgis-
| lature, bat the Republicans had been so
starved by Tilden's and Robiuson's ecouo-
mics that, after filling themselves. they
had nothing left to give to their late allies.
In truth, however, the Comptroller's
| followers have 20 pretence even of direct
nplaint against Governor TildeD, as they
professed to have, and made some candid
people believe they had against Governor
| Robinson The necessity did not arise in
Governor Iilden's administration OF ep
pIyingln2 the rod of official discipline to
/ any pet of the Tammany leader or friend
of his followers, The Comptroller opposed
Tilden's nomination at St. Louis even to
| threats of open rebellion. His followers
compelled hIm, nevertheless. to support
Tildens candidacy. They have greater
reason 70 do so now"
| You think, then, Tammany will sup
port Tilden ii he is nominated at Cincin-
Dsti?"
Il do. The evidences, already abundant
is rapidly accommodating thas they intend
to do SO. Doubtless, the Tammany
| leaders will maintain their present atti
| tude in the hope of preventing Tildcn
nomination should be consent to be CAM
| didate. The nomination once n de, they
would be powerless to control their troops
| against tie candidate OF the Democracy
of the Union, Their late experience, with
| its disastrous consequence, hope of 'recoV-
| ing from past errors, the stress and
| boom of the canvass, the grand array of
4.000 900, sDem0crsts IN line for Re.
publican government, constitutional liberty
| and administrative reform the absence of
State issues and local irrItatione the
| Presidency and the wrongs Of the party
| filling the whole political sky and melting
| all true democrats to an angry activity
| will sink democratic dissent ia this State
intoinsignihcance. and the Importance Of
individuals will lie lost IN the great surge
of political seveDts, involving paramount
issues confined TO no locality"
How do you look upon !tbo chances Of
nomination and election of Mr. TlldeB P"
| The frauds of 1876 removed Mr.. Til
den from the impediate custody and
guardianship OF his friends in this State
and made him the properly of the party
10 the Union at large. | believe that if
he stands for the nomination at Cincinnati
the vote of New York will not be needed
for his nomination. 1t would be hazard
Gus TO say that the two thirds rule 10
which bis friends everywhere, With his
approval, have lately given new assent,
does not sufficiently guard the party
against an unWise nomination The ex
perience of 1874 and 1876 disclosed Mr.
TiIden's power to add votes outside the
party, making clear gains irom the work
lngmeB, the Germans, the business aud
he literary classes, and it he stands for
the nomination he will have what the
racing men cali walk over at Ciucin
naij "
| L presume yo1 de- Dnt ignore the fact
that MIR TIidvn has been and il Violently
assaulted Dy meD Of both parties p
! 1t would be diff :ul Ia prove what is
SO very apparent, BIZ, the sane mie ht
have been truly said of Clinton Van
| Buren, and ackson As taxes ara ;be
penalty OF property, personal vi,upera;iOD
| is the penalty of political strength. The
same things that are snid Of Mr., Tilden
nov were said of him in 1874 and 1876
| The bitterness of bic assaIlauts simply
measures the fear of the rogues who know
that power in shis hauGs is dangerous TO
the plumber IN theirs. | have nowhere
seen or heard any censura of his brilliant
and effective reforms in administration.
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