The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-05-14
A Western Editor ON Mr.. TiIden.

MIR. Henry Watterson, editor of the Louis
vile Cou'acr-Jomnal having recently visited
Hon. Samuel j. Tilden, at his residence, in
New York, a reporter of the World interview.
cd him in reference to Mr.. Tilden. In reply
to question Mr.. Watterson said he was sure
Mr.. Tilden will be nominated at Cincinnati
and added:
There has never been the slightest doubt in
my mind on that point. The best men in the
South and West favor him, and in my iudr
ment the nomination is to-day at his disposal
There is no one else whom the Democrats
can properly put forward as their champion
Mr. Tildcn embodics and emphasizes the Dem
ocratic protest against the party's practical
Acknowledgement through the Electoral Com
mission fraud. He embodies our one only
issue five let him go we have nothing left
His nomination in my opinion is foregont
conclusion. If the Democracy do not put
him up as their leader and fight out the bat.
tle begun under him four years ago they will
be demoralized and go out of existence
They came very near humiliation in 1872
when they committed the fatal blunder OF
picking up Horace Greeley. Nothing saved
them from oblivion but the terrible corruption
OF Grants second term, with its Babcocks
Belknaps and Averys. Now, if they hesitate
about Tilden they are lost and will be ground
TO powder. ! know there is opposition tc
him in this State, but it will not hurt him.
Why, sir, how can we desert Tildcn? What
has he done? Has he injured the party-bc
trayed its talents or lowered its flag? lie has
been wronged and Northumberland that is all
For four years he has quietly endured the
outrage and has done nothing"
Some say that is Just the trouble, Mr.
WnttnrS0n that ln hoe lopa 10,
he should have stood upon his rights and ia.
ken the oath of Office as President"
But what could he do? He couldn't rush
down to the footlights with the American
flag in one hand and hOrse-pisto in the
other, and die like n hero of tragedy, could
he? Hayes had an electoral commission to
escort him to the door of the White House
and Grant stood on the threshold to welcome
him there, with the army and navy at good
supporting distance. We hadn't single
Northern Legislature, and there was not a
railroad that would carry squad of men fifty
miles. Under these circumstances it was
madness to resist. We did think of having a
great mass meeting at Washington. After
careful consideration and by authority-mark
say by authority asserted in the auetest
manner possible in speech in Congress that
hundred thousand frcemen would assert
Their right OF franchise, and Immediately many
ofthc papers said threatened to march hun.
drcd thousand kcntllckians into Washington
IL was Il mere hint at unarmcd resistance, and
il was Immediately magniied into dcclara.
ton ofwar, What could Mr. Tilden do under
those circumstances? lie could only remit
his cause TO the people and wait until they
had avenged him"
Having settled to your personal satisfac-
ton that Mr. Tilden is TO be the Democratic
candidate, who do you think will lead on the
Republican side 2"
Grant, beyond doubt. He has the ma.
chinery and the supplies l am a little sur.
prised, however, to see SO much money put
up on Blaine. 1t is producing something OF
sensation, but it will not defeat Grant"