The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-03-03
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE pRESl-
DENCY.

The action of the New York Re
publicans, it may be said, assured
the nomination of General Grant
No one who has watched the pro
gress of events for some months past
could entertain any reasonable doubt
that he would be the nominee. The
managers who have engineered and
directed The movement from the out
set have not scrupled to employ any
available means to promote the OBJ
ject in view.
The weak and uncertain opposition
of such leaders as opposed the noun
ination from principle will entirely
vanish ere the Convention assem-
bles, and each day as the canvass
proceeds we may expect to hear Of
new converts. Politicians, as q rule,
are not given to throwing themselves
headlong against the wave which
promises to deliver them safely upon
high ground. Even the eminent
statesman of the Interior Depart
ment, Notwithstanding bis profound
and deep. seated convictions" may
yet be induced "to spare" the country
and with il himself. "
On the Democratic side, about all
that can be said is that no candidate
spoken of thus far, has developed
sufficient strength to give any one of
them any decided advantages over
his competitors. Mr.. Tilden is the
only candidate at the present time,
perhaps, who has anything like an
organization that will contend with
persistence and that will be directed
by the determination to win. But it
is now generally conceded that the
opposition to him in his own State,
is lnsurmountable, and the feeling
against him too strong to be over
come, even admitting that his differ
ences with John Kelly could be sat.
lsfactorily adjusted. 1t is evident,
however, that he will make the fight
to the bitter end, and since he is
poss. ed of all the requisites to car
ny out his designs he will remain a
formidable contestant. 81 .'.s@
For our part, we see no reason why
Mr.. Tilden should not be regarded
as the strongest candidate which the
Democracy of the country, at large,
could put forward. The disafiection
which exists in the Democratic ranks
in New York, we cannot be persuad-
ed to believe is so deep-seated or so
unreasonable as to prefer Grant and
q third term to an honest Democrat
with record so pure as Samuel j.
Tilden. -ar't 1tI-"
The friends of other prominent
Dem ocrats assert that Mr.. Tilden's
sole claims, at the present time, are
grounded on the remembrance of the
great fraud of 1875, and that it is
meaningless and all affected senti-
ment which seeks to revive and to.
restore him as a candidate in 1880.
We have only to ask, has any other
candidate that has been spoken of
a single claim upon the SURFACES OF
the honest and independent voters of
all parties that can offset or approach
this one in its real magnitude and
Importance? ..-...,.-.. z'....,, 49,.
In dealing a death blow to the
third term there could be no more
fitting or appropriate finale, than to
bury in the same grave the monster
which openly threatens to sabvert
the liberties Of the people, and which
stands today as an outrage without
parallel in the history of free
country. ...4 '
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The publishers of the three Ba-
ton Rouge papers, Advocate, Capito.
liam and Herald, have just played a
little game of cut throat for the city
| nr;ntinp Tho unroid hid ot the