Morning journal and courier., 1880-10-19
No NIincing Matters 1!

The Democrats have sustained unex- pected and mortifying defeat in Indiana and Ohio. It is disastrous, and may prove fatal. It is silly to make light of it, and idle to try to whittle it away by cunning calculations and adroit figuring. The Democrats are beaten, badly beaten; whether beaten to death or not is the only question.
 It has seemed to us that the whole Demo- cratic campaign was a series of blunders.
 The party had one man-only one-whose immense strength had been demonstrated on national field-Samuel J. Tilden. It is the one great, pre-eminent name in the Demo- cratic party. He was reformer indeed, as his record in the office of Governor had proven He was a statesman, all his public papers, especially his letter declining to con- pete for the nomination, had emphatically shown Childless, like Washington, he had only his country to love; and even the ties of kindred were ruthlessly sundered by his stern and unrelenting hand if the faintest blush of improper practice rested upon them So patriotic, so lofty so convincing was his great letter to the convention which made the nomination that the most adro1t and the ablest of all his enemies, after read ing it, avowed his disposition to support him. This illustrious man the Democratic party thought it could afford to dispense with as a candidate! There is a word of one syl- liable with two o's in it which might, not in appropriately, be inserted here.
 The party nominated Gen. Hancock, a good man, weighing two hundred and fifty pounds.
 But Hancock is not Tilden.
 Then, as crowning act of folly, the party went into the State of Thomas A. Hendricks and took another man for Vice President! Anv name other than that of Hendricks would have been folly enough; but, to go one step further, they had to takea man with the most odious reputation as skinfint to overcome!
 There used to be a fellow who made an oc- cupation of putting his head against rough stone New England wall for twenty-five cents The Democratic party in making this nomination resembled him; only if report be true, they did not get the twenty-five cents
 Now, we are looking at the actual facts sauarely in the face. Who cannot do that without blinking, in defeat and disaster as well as in victory, has no manhood in his make.
 we are not destroyed. The disaster we have experienced may yet be retrieved. Han cock is not Tilden in ability; but he is 8 good, true, patriotic man, of strong com mon sense. He has signed and written in the form of orders, as is believed, some of the most admirable essays on civil and mili- tary authority ever issued or composed by mortal man. He never took bribe. Pure, patriotic and good, he is fit man for Presl- dent.
 As for English, though he may be stingy, he is a firm believer in the rights of man and in the equal rights of all If he has not glv en much money to the canvass-which is the chief charge against him-has he not gener- ously given his name to the ticket? Besides, what do Democrats and patriots want of money? For ourselves we are utterly op- posed to the unnecessary use of money. We would rather lose the election than to carry it by one bribed vote. If that vote giving us a majority could be bought for three hundred and twenty-nine dollars we should be op- posed to the payment of even that petty sum. We sail in with flying colors or not at all. No back stairs entrance to the White House for our candidates
 As to MT. English's pecuniary practices, one of the brightest, wisest, purest best of all our Presidents-John Quincy Adams used to shave notes in the White House.
 Our candidates, then, will answer. Now rally, boys, and elect them.
 You can do it.
 Will you?
 It is said the Democrats were beaten in Indiana by the importation into that State of southern negroes to vote the Republican ticket? This is puerile, baby plea. Are not the Indiana Democrats men capable of lawfully maintaining their rights?
 Beaten by negroes! It is the last thing they ought to own, and they should be ashamed to coneede it.
 Now, men-Democrats-r and con- queri