The Hartford herald., 1880-05-12
Washington Letter.

The compromise I'm the interest of
harmony in the Pennsylvania COnven-
ton was unlocked for, and the an
nouncement of ii was received with
great satisfaction. Ii is gratifying to
know that both Speaker Randall and
Senator Wallace, who have SO long been
leaders of warning factions, realize that
the cause of Democracy is more than
personal supremacy, and that personal
strifes must sink out of sight before it.
Both certainly had too much at stake,
in common with the party, this year to
admit of divisions, and the party at
large could not have forgiven them for
failure to bury the hatchet. According
to all accounts received here Cameron
ism will have its hands full in Penn
sylvania this year.
Ii is to be regretted that the New
York Democrats are not us united.
Yet the situation there was materially
different. SO long as the Tammany
Hall and Kelly faction were i'm open re-
belliOn and loudly proclaiming that
they would not abide by the action of
either the State or National Conven-
ton, unless the action was precisely to
their notion, there was no chance for Il
compromise. The action of the regu-
lar convention is generally regarded to
have been all that could be done con-
sistent with the dignity and honor of
the party. The personal interests of
any Democratic candidate are nothing,
but the great principle of majority rule
Is everything, and any man, or set of
men, who openly declare war upon it
can not be regarded as true Democrats.
If nnlilxsix- hat Ar oil
is paving the way for an attempt to
State of New York to Conkling this
year, but there are signs that he will
not be able to deliver so large n follow
ing as formerly.
1t does really seem to be an unfortu-
nate circumstance that so many DEM
Ocrats have joined in the bitter personal
attacks upon prominent candidates in
the party and more than any other one
thing that has placed our chances of
success this year in jeopardy. l am
not championing the cause of Mr.. Til
den, but as a fair man and an earnest
Democrat am free to say, with thous-
ands of Others, that the opposition to
him has been most disgraceful, under
all the circumstances. Even If he were
not the able and devoted Democrat
that he is, he stands, so long as he lives
as the representative of great cause
the VICTIM of great wrong, not alone
to himself, but the party and the liber-
ties of the American people.
The Democratic party owed it to itself
to stamp the outrage with the brand of
condemnation. Let il
be quietly asked of Democrats any
where, who they think ought to be the
next President of the United States,
and nine out of ten will tell you, Sam
uel j. Tilden; yet not half that proper
ton now favor his nomination because
they feel that the opposition to him is
too great-that he has been slaughtered
in the house of his friends. Here in
Congress We have some of the
bitterest opponents of Tilden. They
say they are against him because he
was "cowardly," i'm not seating himself
when elected, yet many Of them are
the very ones who were hottest for the
Electoral Commission swindle, and
who hob-nObbed with Charley Foster
and other friends of the present fraud
before the count was finished. This is
plain talk but it is the truth. And now
this sort of thing has gone so far that
unless there is a powerful reaction, do
not think it would be safe to nominate
Tilden. Leaving poetic justice out of
the question, there are two other DEM
ocrats whom would personally like to
see i'm the Presidential mansion, i'm
preference to Tilden or anybody else.
They are Horatio Seymour and Allan
q. Thurman. But both are apparently
out of the question. This District has
just elected two Seymour delegates to
and the Washington Post
continues to advocate his nomination,
yet ! personally know that he positive
ly will not run, under any circum-
stances. As to the Republican nOmi-
nation, there is scarcely shadow of
doubt; Grant will be the man.
The mails were doubtless originally
intended for the transmission of letters,
documents, etc, but since the law al
lowing packages of four pounds in
weight to be carried has gone into eff
feet, Ii is difficult to tell what has not
been, or may not be, sent as mailable
matter. PHONO.