Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-04-29
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the chances of Republican success grow
visIbly better, the objections TO Mr.. Til
den in the ranks of the opposite party
become not only stronger but more
mysterious. There are two good rea-
sons why that gentleman ought not to
be nominated. One is the condition of
his health; the other is his connection
with the cipher conspiracy and the in
come-tax scandal. But neither Of these
disqualification is urged in the protests
which are now coming up from the
country. The Herald and some other
papers have recently collected great
number of opinions hostile to Mr. Til
den from Southern politicians and po-
litical organs, and in hardly any case is
there so much as an allsuion to the bad
spots in Mr.. Tilden's record. We have
only oracular declarations that Mr.. Til
den is mot the sort Of man" required
this time, that he will not do" that he
disappointed his friends in 1877; and
now and then the more definite COM
plant is made that he has mo back
bone"
1t is no secret that large faction of
Democrats, especially in the Southern
States, expressed the greatest disgust for
Mr. Tilden in 1877 because he would not
consent to their scheme of seizing the
Government, and setting up title based
upon the fraudulent and irregular GER
tificates from the contested States and
a revolutionary declaration by the Dem
ocratic members of the House of Repre-
sentatives. This is the faction which
seems to be shaping the next campaign,
and we have only to recall the last con-
test in order to understand why Mr..
Tildsn "will not do" as the leader of
such men. Mr.. Tilden is cautious, slow,
timid, constitutionally unwilling to COM
NIT himself to anything whatever, una
BILE to go forward In untried or extraor-
binary courses, neryeless in emergencies
If Democrats mediate a bold and vio-
lent scheme, they need man OF action,
not man of intrigue. If they intend
to carry out the plot prsfgured by the
Maine conspiracy and the Minnesota
outrage, they want candidate who will
stop at nothing, They believe that with
bOlder man in Mr., Tilden's place they
could have seized the Presidency in
1877, and they do not intend to DO de-
fsated again by the scruples OF the nom
ilee,
We have little doubt that one reason
why the Demoersta have abandoned the
sFFaud Cry" by which they expected
to carry the next election, IL that they
have resolved upon q great scheme OF
fraud and violence themselves, The cl'
pher disclosures, II IL true, destroyed
most of the effect Of that eryl but by
promptly Fepudiating Tilden and all his
agents tho Democratic party eeuld still
have gone 10 the polls upon the old pre-
text, and mada much more decent aI-
peaTange there than they are now eapa'
ble Of presenting, They have "Vindi'
eaied1 Mr., Tilden, and yet they have
suddenly dropped the complaint Of
fraud We believe tho explanation Of
thls inconsistency 10 be that In despair
NJ carrying tho election they mean 10
secure The count, and 10 put In their
man vi VII hagams by ihe agency of M
unserapul0us partisan majority IN e'n'
gressr All aians point toward sneh a
plot the conspiracy against The eleelIon
laws, Tho plans foT tIlna w The Army
the eflpplina of Tho Executive The steal
IngOf seals IN the senate and House. the
refusal ~ make any provision tOr sel'
ding The mode NJ eOuallna electoral
vules, tho dark ulieranees NJ political
leadpfs and ilere IA no doubt that tOr
daring measures 0f this Kind MI fllden
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