Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-27

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Hon. Montgomery Blair, Lin
coln's Postmaster General, few
weeks ago wrote q letter to the
New York Sun In which he took
the position that the only chance
for Democratic success In 1884
lies in the nomination Of Samuel
J. Tilden for President. We do not
- that far, but we do heartily be-
lleve that our best chance lies in
that nomination should Samuel J.
Tildsn be alive and consentient,
the former of which is very proba-
Bile and the latter very doubtful.
Why should Mr.. Tilden come
forth from his honored retirement
to take up the gage Of battle for 3
party which treated him SO un-
gratefully last year, and the pusil-
lani,nity Of whose leaders permit.
ted the peoples choice to be tram
pied on In 1876? There is only one
reason that We can think of that
might impel him to such a self
sacrifice, and that is that, in the
hearts Of the Democratic masses,
he has always been honored as the
real President of the United States.
II their preference could have
found Voice in the Cincinnati Con-
vention he would have been nomi-
mated by . majority Of five to one
over all contestants. OF course
Mr.. Tildep would acknowledge
himself indebted to this warm and
unfagging loyalty, which is as re-
liable % that of Old Adam to Or
lando in "As You Like It," and
he also recognizes the duty which
every citizen owes to his country.
While Mr.. TildeD, to save his self
respect, declined to be candidate
In 1850, and peremptorily with
drew his name from the Conven.
sion, We have alway believed that
he did 30 to save his self-respect.
He would not risk conspicuous
indlgnity, and preferred to allow
the Democratic party to escape a
second infamy. We believe that
II the Cincinnati Convention had
sprung to its feet as one man; and
had, with cheers and acclamstions,
which ought to have been there in
volume strong enough to split the
reof Of the hall in which it eat,
nominated Samuel J. Tilden as the
Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent In 1880, he would have been
reelected sslike house afire." We
honestly think he would have had
two to one in the vote of
the electoral colleges. When
she Republicans saw the
Democratic managers commit
this second supreme folly they
drew . breath of inexpressible re-
lief. Sheridan Shook, one of the
leading Republicans of New York
City, said to q friend of the writer,
. distinguished Eastern editor, in
an Off-hand talk, after the contest
was ended, "You fellows commit
ssted . frightful mistake in not
nominating the sold man (TiI-
"den). II you had made him the
ssDemocrAtic candidate we couldn't
shave raised q dollar in Wall
s'street to beat him. Half the bus
illness men who voted for Garfield
ssas against Hancock would have
ssvetsa for Tilden had he been In
sthe fleld. In fact, I could hardly
sshavs depended upon myself"
Yet, largely to conciliate the brute
John Kelly, who afterwards cut
4aneock's throat anyhow, and TO
gyatify the false Democratic lead
ers, who sold the party out In 1875,
Mr.. Tilden was passed over and
WAS obliged to save the party from
shame and protect his personal
dignity by . polite Withdrawal. /.
1t has been u repetition of such
stupid plumbers that has enabled
ovsn 20 dull man as Gen. Grant
70 snssr ct the Democratic party of
later days. Mr.. Tlldeu is now
absut sixty-seven years Of age.
Were he to be the Democratic can
didAts In 1884 he would be seventy
passed. It is true that Thiers was
eoventy-six when elected Presi-
dsnt Of the French Republic, and
nearly eighty when he resigned
that once; but, in this country,
we're Tilden to be re-nomin ted,
there would be cIamor about his
being too old for the onerous duties
of the Presidency. Neverthe.
Iess, We believe that he would be
triumphantly elected. The Amer
lean people, not having the oppor-
tunlty Of vindIcating American in
stitutiens last year, wobbled
around heIplessIy, notwithstand-
Ing the amiable character of Gen.
HIanoeck, and Garfield and Arthur
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