The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-27
Let lis Have Peace.


We have rcpeatedly had occasion 10 re-
mark that Colonel TON WHITEHEAD, OF the
I-ynchburg Advance, was levei-headeu
man. and rarely any occasion to ponder
what he said in order to satisfy ourselves
that he was right. When, therefore, he
tells us that TILDEN ought TO be the Demo-
cratic nominee OF this year for President Of
the United states, we are at once ready to
weigh his reasons for such declaration.
Here is his latest utterance on this subject.
We quote;
"Our past wrsnSling over the tariff need
do no harm-we can relegate this question
10 triumphant Democratic adminiStra-
ton. We are not afraid to trust our finan-
cial and revenue policy TO the Democratic
party when It has the power 10 control the
country. Take the lead Of the people-ioi-
low their lead. DO not 20 10 Chicago as
putting. Let Old Virginia speak and lead,
and her people are determined that
The King shall have his own again
owe are not welded &c any candidate
We would gladly see Bayard, sam. Ran
DAN Hancock, or Mcdonald President,
kut fbe people are, in our opinion, point
inc Enthusiastically to the old ticket, ana
especially to Mr.. Tilden. Give us unahl-
nous nomination OF the old ticket, without
debate, and we believe our success Is GER
faiu.'
So do we. So long as Mr.. TnDEN IS IN
the land Of the living, and has not been
renominated for President, the people VIII
never be satisfied that they have done their
duty hy him. We doubt not that the de-
mand Of the masses for the righiing OF the
wrong OF 1876 would il he were noml-
mated result, in his Triumphant election.
Not even Mr.. BLAINE, with all his mag
netlsm. could stem the popular current.
Every other question would be adjourned
until
.Bcrtram's might and Bcrtram's right
should meet ON Ellcngowan's height
Wbv. then. have we not raised the stand
ard of the sage OF GreystOne? Because,
unaccountably and uniustifiably, Mr.. TIL
DEN has declined to signify his willingness
10 accept the nomination. We will not
employ his own expressive phrase and call
his conduct "lutile daIIiance" with the old
Democratic party, but we will say that he
has been unjust to himself and unjust 10
the people Of the United States in not de-
claring before now either that he was or
was not willing to take upon himself once
more the cares and responsibilities OF a
candidacy for President of the United
States.
We have not expressed a preference for
any one OF the several gentlemen whose
names have been mentioned in connection
with the nomination. Like Colonel WHITE
HEAD, we stand ready to support BAYARD.
RANDALL, HANCOCK, or MCDONALD. or any
other sound Democrat. The tariff question
Is not the most important one before
the country. Would that it were. 1t
would be much better for the country.
At any any rate, all Of us will have to
stand upon the platform OF the Chicago
Convention; and as 10 that one question,
we cannot but concede that General HAN
COCK has been so discreet in his utterances
that his creed will probably find fewer
pronounced opponents in the Chicago
Convention, and possibly fewer pro-
nounced advocates, than that OF either OF
the other three gentlemen named by the
Lynchburg AdUanCe.
Mr.. THURMAN would be strong candi-
date for one reasOn-namely, his popuari-
~ in his own State OF Ohio, which holds
its state elections in October, and which
Will thus almost certainly decide the result
OF the presidential election. THURMAN
could beat BLAINE in Ohio, we are inclined
to believe. Certainly he could beat AR
THUR or EDMUNDs, and probably SHERMAN,
though SHERMAN, like himself, is one OF
Ohio's "favorite sons" Ohio is worth
fighting for. The strategetical abilities OF
the Democratic leaders should be directed
to this point. Ohio ought il possible
10 be made safe for the party. How
can this be donef OF course by nOml-
Mating THDTN; but rs soon rs his
name comes up, we are reminded
at once that nobody knows whether he is
or is not willing 10 become candidate.
This state Of thing ought to be terminated
al once. Mr.. TILDEN owes it TO himself to
Tut an end at once and forever to all doubt
upon the subject. There is no good rea-
son why he should not say now, instead OF
ten weeks hence, what his intleXible pur-
pose is. Butif he will persist in areticence
unbecoming gceat man, the Democrats
should give him notice that his silence
will be construed as an abandonment
on his part Of all claim upon the
Democratic party. and turn their at
tention to other men. OHIO must be
saved. Who can do it! New York can
be made. sure for the Democratic nOmi-
nee in no other way than by carrying Ohio
in October. This point we would impress
upon our leaders. Let them find the man
whose popularity will secure Ohio for the
Democrats in October, and Democratic sue
cess i'm Ohio in October will insure Demo-
cratic success in New York in November,
and, securing it In New York, make the
triumph a national one.
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The New York Telegram. the little tug
boat of the Herald. Is out for ARTHUR, and
u 10 nredicted that the Herald will soon