Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-14
Joseph 4. Mcdonald and Sam'I
L. TfIdQu

Under this heading the Nashville
World of yesterday says
There is no bettor man whose name is
mentioned in connection with the Presi-
dental nomination upon the Democratic
ticket for 1884 than Joseph Il. Mcdonald,
Of Indiana. A man who has had much to
do with the affairs of this country in the
Senate and elsewhere, and whose life is
without blemish or even suspicion; d
man of great intellect and large expe-
rience, yet not 50 ambitious that he would
sacrifice his country or even his party TO
promote his own aspirations. This was
shown before and during the convention
Of 1880 at Cincinnati. 1t is well known
fact that there was a strong feeling in the
South and West for Mcdonald and so
manifest did It become on the day before
the convention organized at Cincinnati
that it began to produce jealousies and
discord in the Indiana delegation, they
having been chosen as the avowed friends
of Hendricks 1t was known among the
delegates from all the States that the feel
ing was strong for Mcdonald and grow
ing hourly, with the probability, or at
least the possibility, Of his nomination,
and this, too, in the face of protestatons
from his warmost friends that he was not
and would not be candidate, but was
for Mr.. Hendricks; but seeing the feel
ing of discord growing among bis own
delegation, like the noble Roman that
he is, Senator Mcdonald declared, SO
that il reached the convention. that un-
der no circumstances would he be can-
didate for President or Vice President.
No one but true patriot is capable Of
such acts as self abnegation, and while
this was being done by Mcdonald Samuel
Tilden was writing letter to the COM
mittee the manifest purpose Of which was
to deceive and mislead while pretending
that he would not accept it. The one Is
cold, calculating, In every way identified
with the money sharks Of New York, and
whose whole life shows that he feels not
the slightest interest in the mechanical
agricultural and laboring classes Of this
country and if elected President would
administer the government in the interest
Of the millionalres, being one himself, not
having at heart the greatest good TO the
greatest number, while Mcdonald is a
big hearted, generous, whole souled states
man Of whom il may well be said,an the
elements so mixed in him that nature
might stand up and say to all the world,
"This was Qs) a man
The nomination Of Tilden means defeat,
or If elected means supremacy Of money
power and corporate power, means drift
ing away from the plain, simple methods
of our fathers, as pursued by Americas
greatest statesman, Thomas Jefferson, and
the establishment or the continuation Of
an aristocracy at the White House based
upon money and power
The nomination OF Mcdonald means
victory, and il elected the restoration in
practice as we'll as theory that this is q
government Of the people, for the people,
and by the people-it means tariff reform,
for he has always been sound on this sub
| iect. Under such an administration the
only indispensable qualifications will be
honesty and capacity.
As between two such men, how can a
Southern or Western Democrat hesitate,
unless he favors protective tariff, or Is
Unidentified with the corporate interests Of
this country 10 such an extent as TO lose
sight OF the cardinal principles of Democ.
raoy2 With Mcdonald al the head and
IAN Eastern man for Vice, President, who
fcan doubt the resultl Hendricks canno
afford 70 antagonize him, but will be, WI
think his hearty suppdrttrTit fpr nj
dtbdt feasoiI, because Of bis Generous ae
tor Il CihciHnSti, when lie sacrificed