Daily Republican., 1882-06-20

Justice, who, being allied to no po-
litical party is competent to judge on
its real merits.
why not take a Southern Candi
date?
And now it is sounded through the
Dem ocratic press of the West that no
more Democratic candidates for the
Presidency are to be taken from the
East. A long line of defeated Demo
cratic candidates from the East
stare them in the face, and the
sight is any thing else than pleasant.
The Western Democracy are now more
thoroughly convinced than ever that
the only way Democratic victory can
be achieved is by taking the candidate
from the West. A change they say Is
needed. Choose the head from the
West and the tail from the East and see
how that will operate. Though we by
no means desire the success Of the De-
mocracy, we do sympathize with them
in their distress. They have never had
a President of their own choice since
Buchanan dishonored the Office from
1857 to 1861. They have tried hard
enough to retrieve the broken political
fortunes of the day, but they have tried
in vain. The Democratic lamp ceased
to burn with the closing of Buchanan's
adm ministration. 1t gave q dark titful
glimmer in 1876, when the Democrats
tried hard to count in Mr.. Tilden and
at other times has burned with very
unsteady light. McClelland, Greeley,
Tilden and Hancock, Eastern candi-
dates, have all been snuely shelved
without any hope in the future. Ger
tainly, why not Try Western man
But who will they take? They are
afraid of both Hendricks and English,
who respectively have met defeat al
the tail end of their ticket. Mr.. Thur
man is too old and Mr.. Pendleton is
also defeated candidate for Vice Presi'
Dental honors. There are other Wes
tern Statesmen, such as Mcdonald
Payne and Morrison, whose names oc
cur to us, but it strikes us that they
will hardly be able to fill the bill. Such
a change of front completely squelches
the candidacy of Mr.. Tilden, who hat
been carrying the party and paying lib
orally for the privilege.
We have an idea to suggest to oul
Democratic friends, one which they
seem never to have thought OF. Why
not take their candidate from the
South ? What Is the use of the Eastern
and Western Dem ocracy getting into
wrangle over the empty honor OF pre-
sentipg a candidate to the country to bt
voted for while there is such an abund
apce of them from the South blooming
in seeming forgetfulness Cannot the
De nocracy get little farther South
than Delaware Is there nobody but
Mr.. Bayard that is available for the
candidacy? Where is Chalmers and
Hampton, Hamburg Butcher Butler
and Joe Wheeler, and yellow fevel
Blackburn, and Lamar and many othe'
shining lights of Democracy? Tht
Democrats of the North long ago tool
their principles from the South, why
do they not take their candidates from
there also? Besides, the South is enti
lied to the honor of the candidate. Sht
is solid every time for the Democracy
no matter where the candidate came
from. On the other hand the North II
almost solid the other way, and ye
with strange inconsistency the Demo
Gratis insist on taking their candidate
from the sections where he can ge
| scarcely any electoral votes. We insis
that Mississippi with her $4,000 sole
Democratic majority In State wher'
there are 10000 more Republicans thai
Democrats, is entitled to the honor o
a candidate for the Presidency, and w
know of none who by hard licks TO
Democracy is more entitled to tn
honor than Fort Pillow Massacre Chal
| mers. For three successive terms h
carried a District in which there 1
Is, 900 Republican majority, for the De
n,ooracy by varying majorities, rang
ing from 5000 to 5000. If Republl
can of tho North were to carry distric
as strongly Democratic, he would a
once become leading candidate for tn
Presidency. We insist that Chalmer
should not be overlooked. Then Soat
Carolina with her excess of $4,000 lie
publican voters, but which never fail
under the modern day Democratic tai
tics to give any Democratic majorlt
needed from $1,000 to 100, 900, is she nc
entitled to distinction ? Wade HamI
ton would hardly refuse the nomina
ion, aud if he did we are sure Butche
Butler would not Why not 60 Sout
for candidate?
i German ImmlK fants.
2 The vast influx of immigrants int
the United States still continues witt