National Republican., 1880-03-23
T1LpEN AND HONEST ELECTIONS.

sophical view of affairs in Pennsylvania.
lie believes that whatever has occurred in
that State relating TO his political prospects
is all for the best, and hence he is rs COM
placent as q spring morn. lie does not,
however, view matters in the precise color
ing that tints the opinions of his opponents
in the Demo cratic ranks. OF course he does
not publish his opinions to the world any
more than he pays his income tax, until he
is compelled to. But he has friends who
represent his views, and they unequivocally
cling to the opinion that the Pennsylvania
| convention will pronounce for him when 1t
shall have spoken, Notwithstanding Scna-
tor WALLACE and his friends are jubiant
over what they seem to regard as a decided
advantage over TGLDEN. WALLACE's little
game in managing the primary action look
ing to the State convention is regarded by
the Tildenites as a juggle worthy of Boss
TWEED in his palmiest days, and TGLDEN's
supporters have great confidence that the in
terval of time between the call of the con-
vention and its holding will be ample to
enable him aud his barl to make all things
even, and more, too, before that time. 1t is
n remarkable feature of TILDEN's manage
| ment that he is enabled often to snatch
victory from the jaws Of defeat" His only
failure in that line was when he encoun-
tered the Electoral Commission, and YVES
forced to succumb to the facts and the law,
which became the inevitable in that in
stance. Neither TILDEN nor his friends
have had much respect for the Supreme
Court of the United States since that unfor-
tunate encounter. But the case is different
in Pennsylvania. The Democrats of that
State can be reached by his peculiar meth
DDS, while the Supreme court could not be-
That is the difference, and hence he does
not despair now Of overturning Senator
WALLAcE's well-laid schemes for his over
throw. The venerable saint now authorizes
his friends to say that
He stands on the broad platform of honest
elections, and he is ready TO go into battle
| once more with that principle inscribed upon
| his banner He has made that point time and
again in public and in private-on all proper
occasions-aud there is no reason, therefore,
| why he shall come forward now, as it were, to
electiOneer for himself The timo for speak
ing is past. 1t is action, now, that is needed
Such sublimity of position on the broad
platform of honest elections is seldom
found in erring humanity. There has been
nothing like it since the twin patriots and
promoters of honest elections" WILLIAM
NJ. TWEED and SAMUEL j. TILDEN, in
vented way to count GRGswoLD out of
the goyernorship of New York and JOHN
L. HOFFMAN in. That was q striking eX-
ample of "hOnest elections" which has
since been emulated in the late Confederate
States, where honest majorities have been
counted out by the thousands to give
vitality and power to the Democratic party
in and out of Congress. This is the char
acter of "honest elections that form " the
broad platform" upon which TuDEN
now stands so maiestically. 1t is magnif-
cent spectacle to contemplate. The figure
that surmounts the dome of the Capitol
should be removed, to give place to the
statue of TILDEN on his platform of
honest elections" This platform and
these noble characteristics will combine to
make him the Democratic candidate in the
ensuing campaign, nevertheless; and
don't you forget il"