The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1880-03-19
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The paramount object to he aimed at in making
choice Of a man to run ior President this year Is
the success Of the Democratic party. A Democrat
who Is worthy Of the name regards the success Of
the party as a consideration far above the person.
al interests or ambition Of anybody. With him
the righting Of Tildens wrongs or any holy elsc's
wrongs, shrinks into nothingness when considered
in comparison with the preservation Of the eousti.
tutiOnal rights and Liberties Of iny millions OF
patriotic people The idea that the injustice done
Tilden a man In :s77 is the only thing to be
thought Of In connection with the coming Presi-
Dental contest is a very narrow one, and, there
fore, a very un-Iemoera.ie one True, Il We could
kill two birds with one siOne-if NO could right
rilden's wrongs and defeat those who wronged him
At the time there would be a peculiar Justice
and a beautiful fitness in 20 doing But the pro-
posed subordinating OF the great Interests Of the
party TO the one little object Of applying balm
/ to the wounded feelings Of mere man is unpar-
donsbe ioolishness. Yet Il can not he denied
that those who are urging he nomination Of Til
den are maniies,ing not only willingness bat
determination 10 force him upon the party In the
face Of what must TO all TO he certain defeat
Their position is. that nomination Is due To him
on account Of the past that refusal TO give il
to him will disgrace him, and that Il Is better that
the party be routed and destroyed than that the
only truly great reiormer should he mortified as
he would be by a defeat 10 the convention.
Politicians all agree that n Tilden can not ear
ny New York he can bot be elected. Can he ear
ry that state think his ability to do 50 was
fairly and fully tested In the race between Robin
son aud Cornell for Governor last year Il was
we'll understood that Robinson was Tilden's
candidate, and that he represented his political
interests 10 all intents and purposes-thai, In fact
In that the issue Of Tidenisn teisas anti-Tl-
denism was as iairy made up as II could have
been Il Tildeu himself had been the candidate
instead Of Robinson. II was well understood and
declared by the Iildenites that Robinson nonl-
inatIon was a victory Of Tiden over his Demo-
cratic opponents They ADVERTISED this fact to the
world and called all men to witness how they were
going to dem0iish Cornell aud John Kelly COM
bined. What was the result ? Robinson was de-
ieated by upward Of 10000 majority. In that race
We we're told as we are now told, that ohm Kelly
had no following that bis puny efforts would
prove utterly abOriive that he couldn't control
5000 votes that he wouldn't even run the race
out, and that Tilden, the Omnipotent Organiser
would smash him into smltherecns, So. How did
It turn out John Kelly received 1900 votes,
aud Robinson's fond hopes and proud expectations
went to salitheresns
John Kelly and the Tamnany men say now, Just
soleinnly and Just as emphatieally as they said
last year In reference 10 Robinson, that n Tilden
is nominated they will not support hiu, but they
say, as they said then, nominate any other man
aud We will carry New York for him"
Nov IA doesn't make particle Of difference
whether the Tammany men are right OF wrong,
whether they are true Democrats traitors,
whether they are gcnilemen or thieves, the hard
TACT is before us that they commanded 1900
votes, and that they can carr the state Of New
York for the Democratic nominee or they can
his defeat In that State II they choose 10 DO
~. All Democrats except FOOLS, will consider and
act upon the seli-esident truth that 1900 Tam
many men will cast precisely niany votes a. ~
900 OF the present Tlden PurlheIs and keionneIs
on the face VI the earth.
II may be true that John Kelly who has heen
Sighting Denooratie battles ior a quarter Of cen
fury, and who never semteLed ticket an
last Gall, aud uho has held ior several years |
and nov hold, the most important and RESPONSE
bic ONCE In the great ciiy VI New iork that Of
Comptroller sal Aas discharged ~ dailes slih
more encieuey and satisfaction 10 the people than
ANY other man that ever held IL Il may 10 true
that he has hecome political renesais a. well As