Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-04-27
Nav YORK. Anril IL 1850


for the Presidential election is heard on all
sides. The Republicans are badly frightened
They fear the day of reckoning. They are
extremely anxious for the Democrats TO
re-nominate Mr.. Tilden. They feel that their
only hope lies in creating situation in which
the people would be reduced to a choice of
evils. Their mutual recriminations are only
interrupted by adroit attempts to holp the
waning fortunes of Tilden ct Cincinnati
But the Democrats perfectly understand this
dlslnterested little game of the Republicans
The voice of the country comes up every day
IN no uncertain tones, and everywhere in
Democratic States it is against Tilden In
the few isolated quarters where Tilden has
developed strength, it is found that the
strength is fictitious, and it only exists in
States which are overwhelmingly Republi.
can. Our enemies might as we'll spare them
selves all this trouble. The one thing not
likely to happen this year is that Democrats
are going to fall into Republican traps. This
hight will be fought out 10 the open fold
There vii! be no ambpscades in ths conflict
with Caesa.ism.
The State convention of the Tilden De.
mocracy meets at Syracuse on Tuesday, the
2O:h inst. TO say that Ti!den is 6ebauching
tho vcnal politicians wherever he eau fiud
them in tho rural districts of this State, is
only to repeat thrice told tale. But even
venalty has its limits, and is sometimes not
accessible to bribery. Stripped of Office and
thrown back on the resources of the familiar
bari" Mr.. Tilden fods this year that
promises go surprisingly short way in
counting noses and packing primaries. Thus
In OnonGa2a county the other day, the sew
enty-two election districts into which that
county is divided, elected one delegate each,
or seVenty-tWo in all, to county convention
tc select nine delegates to the State convcn,
ton. Two sets we're practically unanimous
against Tildeu, and these chose six delegates
instructed against him. The other set OF
three from the upper part Of the county con-
sisted of eighteen antiTilden and six Tilden
men. member of the State committee was
ex-ofhcio chairman. H was one of the six
| Iilden men When ballot was about to be
taken for delegates to the State convention,
the six TiIden men, rendered desperate by
| the loss of the two other districts of the
county on which they had confidently
counted, resorted to ono Of Sammy's charsc,
| teTistlc tricks in order to capture the 1cHain-
ing delegation of three. One of the Tilden
men moved a resolution for suspension of
the rules requiring delegates to be chosen
by ballot, and providing that the three dole-
gates be appointed By the chair. 4 motion
to lay that resolution on the table was at once
made by one of the eighteen anti ,Tilden
delegates. The Ti!den chairman refused to
entertain the motion. The ayes and noes
were then called on the resolution. The
chairman refused to call them, and putting
the resolution to a UiUd U0ce vote declared il
carried amid great uproar. The six, however.
could not bu!idoze the eighteen in this way.
The eighteen rose in body and advanced
on tho chairman, denoBDcing him fierceIy for
his infamous conduct in attempting to stife
tho voice and viii! Of the people. Mir. Chair
man became frightened and fed precinitately
from the hall. The meeting was reorganizcd,
and au auti>Tildcn delegation was oveYwhelm,
ingly chosen to the State convention. Even
the New York Sun, the only Tilden organ in
this city, denounced the attempted outrage
here referred to in unmcasurcd terms
But Tliden we'll understands that all his
fortunes are staked on securing majority OF
the delegates to the Syracuse convention. A
month ago no body dreamed that he would
have the slightest difficulty in doing this.
The Kelly wing of the Democracy are not
taking any part in tho contest, but have left
Il!den master of the machinery of the party
which he obtained last year when Tammany
bo!ted Governor Robnson's denomination.
WIN State committee almo.t wearing the
IHden collar, no one anticipated that Mr.
Tilden would have eny difficulty in packing
the State convention this year. But the old
saying, that the unexpected often happens.
is coming true. The people have risen up in
nearly every county against TiGcn. and the
bar + Is undergoing an untucrcifu! tapping
in order that MIR. Tilden may have control of
his own convention. 1t is very doubtful
whether he will be able to command a ma
joFity of his own former followers
Mcaatims, the State committee OF tho
l9mHNQnV IlhnnnrnPn wit Il n
hlcak as its chairman, have been c!ectine
delegates to State Democratic Conven
ton to be held at Syracuse on the same day
the Iliden convention meets there, next
tuesday. In every county of the State tho
Democratic voters have responded to the call
OF the Moak committee The leading Dcmo>
Gratis of the Empire State are in full sympa
thy with these people. Erastus Corninc.
Sanford &. Church, Amasa j Parker. John
Kelly, William Dorshcimer, Dudley Field.
Augustus Schell, August Belmont, George
IIcknor Curtis, and scores of other veterans
OF the Democracy are found in the ranks of
those who have marshaled the true Democrats
of New York to put down, at any cost. the
author Of the Cipher Dispatches, who bascly
surrendered the Presidency through cowar>
Dice IN 1876, aud then attempted to buy it for
money, as was incontestabiy proven by
| Democratic Congressiona com mittce Neither
the haycs fraud, nor the Tilden shame. will
ever be condoned by the Democratic party.
In 1913 Mr.. Ti!den boltcd the National
Democracy at Baltimore, aud going to Buff
talo, there helped Gerrit Smith, Henry Will
son, Joshua r. Giddings, and other high
priests of fanaticism, to fouod the black
Republican party. On the 18th of June.
1913. Mr.. S. J. Tiden published manifesto
over his own name in the New York Herald
copy OF which lies before me as | write. in
which he sets forth his reasons for DESERVING
the Democratic party, for opposing the cleo
ton of General Cnss end lor ;;.:- Il