The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-04-15

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'say.
The New York Herald gives some con-
yersatiOns with its reporters by the men,
bers of tho Congressional delegations
from Kentucky Except Mr.. Knott, who
is absent,). Tennessee, South Carolina
| Except Senator Butler, who declines to
speak, Georgia, Missouri, Arkansas and
West Virginia on the qno ,tion Of Mr.
Tilder's availability rs o Presidential
candidate in their States and the prob.
able result upon their States and districts
| of his nomination. The bulk of opinion
is against Mr. Tilden, as unpopular, and,
oven in the overwhelmingly Democratic
States, likely TO depress the voters
and bring on political stagnation.
| "ANYBoDY EXCEPT TfLDgN."
Senator Wade Hampton, of South Car.
o!ira, says: "In my opinion the nomina-
| t;cn % siR. TildeG would placa South
| Carolina and six other Southern States
in the doubtful list, with the chances OF
success grently against US If the ex.Pres.
ident should be the Republican nominee.
| regret this condition Of public opinion
in the South, but it is recognized fact
of which the Democrats of the North
should be apprised. We propose to sup.
port the nominees Of the Cincinnati Con-
vention, but we hope that these nominees
will be men who can be sLre of the whole
Southern vote"
Senator Butler declined to expresg an
| opinion on the subject.
John 8. Richardson, Of the First Dis.
trict, says: II believe that largo ma.
jority Of the Democratic party would
vote for the nominee OF he Convention.
| and also believe the nomination Of DIR.
Tilden would leopard, if not ruin, the
| prospects OF carrying the State for the
Democracy. What effect his nomination
would have upon che several Congress
| sic nal Districts ! am not prepared at
present to eay. The vote would be very
close any way 1t may be calculated, ard
| the Fewer obstacles we have the moro
certain we shall be of getting an undis.
puted majority In every district and an
aggregate vote IN the State for the Dsm-
ocratic candidate which cannot be chal-
lenged."
n. P. O'Connor, Of the Second Dis
trict, says: "The nomination of Mr. Til
den In my opinion means the defeat of
the Electoral ticket in South Carolina.
have just returned from Charleston, and
the opinion l express is confirmed by the
visit to my home. The Democracy of
our State would not think of boiling tho
nomination, but We should be so indif-
ferent, If the domination of Mr.. Tilden
was presented for our support, that I
should say the vote of the State would be
less than 1t was for Mr. Greeley in 1872
should hardly suppose the strength Of
our delegation would be affected by Mr..
Tilden's nomination. Let anybody be
nominated but MIR. Tilden and the vote
of South Carolina will be assured for the
Democracy, with victory from one end Of
the State to the other"
d. Wyatt Aiken, of the Third District,
says: "If Mr.. Tilden is again nominated
the vote OF every county in South Caro-
there is no. doubt but what the party
would give him it's support, it would do
it grudgingly, as 1t were under protest,
and go through the campaign in heart
less manner. That is my. honest convic-
tion. Yo;; must remember ne had 8
very hard time forr years ago when all
the enthusiasm of the Democracy of the
S;ate was aroused. What would,it be il
we had to carry dead weight next fall.
AS for the result in the Congressional
Districts, do not think there would be
any break in the delegation. Our local
interests are more conferred in election of
Congressman, and, believe, We would
elect the five members the State is en-.
titled to. You must bear in mind that
we were counted out of our vote for the
Presidential electors in South Carolina
in 1876, yet sustained the entire deleFa-
tion in Congress. We went for homo
rule and won on our local issues, but got
wotsted in the Presidential COUNT
Would it not be reasonable to suppose
that with additional drawbacks this year,
the chances of carrying the electoral
ticket would be diminished?"
John 81: Evins, OF the Fourth District,
says: ''The nominee Of the Convention
Till be supported, but, In my opinion, if
it is Mr.. Tilden, that support will be
lukewarm compared with our enthusiasm
for him four years ago. It would be very
feeble as compared with the support we
would give to Mr. Bayard or to Mr.. Sey-
mour or any Of the candidates named,
except Mr.. Tilden. You can judge OF
the necessity of giving us etr9ng candi-
date by recalling the result of the contest
in 1876. We elected our Governor, vet
We lost the electoral vote Of the State.
If that was go IN 1876, what might be ex-
pecfed If Tilden was again nominated7
What assurance have we or can we give
that we will not be beaten or counted
out? ] cay the contingency is too great
to run my rink There might be % dead
set mats, FfoF Republican Congressmen,
and one or two, il not three, of the FIVE
Districts would have sharp, close con.
teat snl kn1d theit Democratic strength.
Our security against defeat will rest in
the nomination. of Seymour and Hen
bricks. Mr. Hendricks WILL I under
stand, consent 60 III. as VieesI resident
with Mr.. Seymonr.p 57f i-i A
George ID. Tiliman, of the Fifth Dis.
trict, says: "T am sure South Carolina
will 20 for the nominee, whoever he may
be.t To be sure 1t would be uphill work
with A1r. Tilden at the head OF the ticket.
any other candidate would make the
political campaign easier to 90 through
with, Somehow, the name f.AEr. Tilden
is' not as strong an It was four years ago.
He Is something of q martyr, but not
sufficiently Invested Of material prosper
ity TO uEouse that fiber aF.titslEi :tits1i seTse
which responds TO the sufferinEs and de-
mails of those who s1cfihce much III q
Just cause. He was cheated Out OF the
Office without doubt, but thers Is little
homo that politics viii ever do jnatice TO
tho doNStrodden in this codntry. As for
our Cong sessional delegation that Is ID
aitisTv a hSTIe alt,ttrr entirely. We are elFuga
Cling 10 preserve oIr civilization ia
South Carolina. .and there IL not the
|alightest danger of che delegation being
aught but Democratic 80 long as Ne stand