The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-03-11
Illaels Raslfrecliln.

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All dInbts respectior Mr. rilden'e
prrposes has boon remosel 10 il
annou,ce'l, by authority. that be
will be d can iid,to before tho Dem
ocratic National Convention fov
nomination. The announcement has
made \ eensation. II has greatly
li'tnrbed those pronounced Demo,
cratic editors who have beou for
mpnths vigorously writing him out
ui the field, 10 has also dls,rrougo
tle theories of those in dependent
e'htots. With Dem lcratlc prOclIyi'ics.
WHO have asstndl That tbay woill
not again be askol To carry this
II mm Of the sea. Tn.y have
assIi!ed bin ftom every directions.
Tlay hlvs ptrid.l hi- plssical IN .
iirDi'irs. have miynlied his mental
di'q1IliirItiD1s, lnl given circuln
tihn t. all tie calu nnies set ali ,ut
bY bis eucnie5 But these tactics
have boon untvajling. la remains
Grrn in his resolve. Ills ftst sign
OF llfo was the l,tn assault On Soma
tor Biyari. whom he drove from the
ngli by the revival uf speech dc.
liyercd by BIya,d in June. 1861, in
which ho advocated acluesceuce in
tho disuuion elIactod by that date
through the secession movement
HIS second Was the distict auuounco
inant Of his own c,uiidtcy.
Can DO be nominated The in-
ijci,ioIs now are that ha will bo
There is NJ really strong man
against him. The opposition il Iii
vidc1, can rally on no strong aiiirm-
a'iye policy or canl:dltc and are
likely to fall n prey t. bis schemes
aud munipuldtions IIc has strong
bold upon the synpatLies OF his
party, who believe hin to have been
w-,n2"d by tho act of tho Electoral
CopmisHinn. He appears to have,
Ia some form, neutralizod the oumity
OF johu Keiiy, aul thus have plIcsl
himself in position to assert his abil-
iiy to carry the vote OF the state Of
Nav York, which is necessary con
d'iun OF his nomination. II able to
make this plain to the Democratic
Convention it will bo difficult to To-.
sist the force Of his efforts to cap.
ere the nomination. In th9 State
uf New York is admitted u DO the
KEY 1t tho Democratic position.
Can ho be elected I Popularity
cn.'liered, he has great weakness
HIS personal record il bad He j.
uuirust worthy. lie is admitted t.
have cheated the Government lie
is believed to have swiudlei many
innocent interests. lie is known to
have wrecked railroads lie has
made his enormous fortune by ire
CHARITIES which have attached a
s'lyn1 u his name. Ho is deeply
taiut"d with the attempted crimes
revealed IN the "cipher tolegrtms'
Al aIr Vt diatrust surrounds him
which repcls conf lence, destroys
respect hnl cluse antlg tie
h1I no synplthies winch attnch
f.irn u to III, osuse tie hls N i
dclities which holt affection. He
hns no marked power winch creates
admiration. He is merely success
fal s,hsner-une who sIcroei4 ~
f,r ~ iis has succeeded in polite.
by tricks and shams. by iudirections
and deceit-. Among ths paop!n.
slch man can not have great pop
ulhrIty bat considering tho ele'
Ineuts which largely make up the
bemJct4tic party, those fu,Jies are
!i;tle regarded ns disqnalilcptipns
fpr high political trusts. Ia tho
South, even. he ia not in suY sense
popular. He deeply otfrudal them
ia the ci'npliSn of 1875 by "showiug !
the white feather on the quest Oh |
OF paving Southern claims but the
South will postpone this question .
ar yIall ans minpr demand for the
purpose of securing control Of the .
presidency through a Northern
dnughface. Therefore, it will be for
T:llen, il a ciniilate, aud without
n hroak Whether he can be cleo ed
will iepani upoa the course Of the
Republican convention lit should /
Select as u clndiltte tho pers1u
whom the masses Of tho people pre-.
fer, ono who will eulist the ardur
OF tho young, who will command
tine active aid Of tho maturer classes
and who will stir the blood Of the
entira orgauizItiou-nlklng it glow
with the life of high resolve
the triaupi OF the cause will bs rs
inevitable as the al ,p'ion Of this en-
liShtened policy.-Pdiia Press.
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Tariff iinkering has been in
dthutoly postponed. Tho ap-