The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-03-25
rom the Atlanta Constitutioni
VIZ. Iilhem and The DEMOCRACY.

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Nothing was ever palmer in our politics than
that the hope of the Democratic success in The
coming campaign rests mainly with Samuel i.
Tilden
We do not know thai Mr. rlldcn Will accept
The nomination. We believe he will The pres
sure from all sections Of the country and all
GLASSES of The party has bccomc ,rong that
Mr.. Dana of the Suh, Mr.. Tillcn's best friend.
who has stubborniy opposed any discussion of
Nlr. llldens name, has yielded and now advp
Gates his nomination. We believe Mr.. Tillrn
will also yield. If he does, he will be The next
President as sure rs he lives.
BY common consent it is agreed that he solid
South, with lob votes, is confronted by an
equally solid section OF the North with l53 votes,
leaving as the six debaabe States New York
New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Nevada and Cllitor
MA. The vote of these States will elect the next
President. The proposition of certain foolish
leaders to abandon New York and New Jersey
in the hope of winning votes in the Northwest
Is as absurd az the proposition of he Republicans
To try to divide the South
In our opinion the dcharablc ground is even
narrower than the above limits. We should put
Ohio in the Republican column, and leave the
fight centred on the remaining five States. OF
these Tildcn can carry New York, Indiana and
New Jersey beyond the shadow of ii doubt. He
would need To carry only New York and lndi-
ana, as they with the South will give 20} votes,
or two more than is necessary To elect. We be
lleVe lIden can reCapturc Connecticut from the
Republicans, and carry Nevada and California
Tins would give the Democrats an ovcrwhcm
ing victory.
No amount of shuffling and pctilosging can
change the formula of the next campaign. The
Democrats To win must carry New York and In
diana, and take fighting chances in New Jersey,
Connecticut, Nevada and California If they
want to win, it Is their plain duty to nominate
the man that is strongest in these States. That
hf,t. 4 III.
He carried New York, New Jersey, Indiana and
Connecticut eight years ago. New York, lndi
aba and Connecticut were lost to the Democracy
in the campaign U 1880, and Tildrn's majority
in New Jersey was cut down 10000 votes Til
den can recapture these States He is stronger
now than he was in 1876, and could make a
more aggressive and brilliant campaign.
The situation may be summed up. Mr.. Tilden
will give the party confidence and enthusiasm
He will weld its factions into army standing
shoulder 10 shoulder He will subordinate the
tariff ISSUE on which the party is divided To the
issue of reform, on which ii is united He is in
vincible in those particular States in which the
| fighting must be done In address, sagacity,
! prestige and resources he stands head and shout.
ders above any man in the party. In his person
only can The crime OF that year, confessed and
condoncd, be expiatcd. Victory is assured with
him. 1t is exceedingly doubtful without him.
! For these reasons we favor his nomination.
Mr.. James +. Broome has been in
vited to deliver the memorial address at
Monticello, on the 10Th of April next
Qmincy HeraM
Quite number of our little people
were entertained at the residence of Chas
A. Finley, Esq, on Saturday; the occa-
sion being the birthday Of his beautiful
little daughter May Col~"abia Star.
bishop J. +. Young, of this city, is
now in Cuba, and will remain there for a
month He is there in the interest of the
Episcopal Church. This island is not in
cluded in any church diocese of this coun-
try, but some bishops in the United States
make a visit there annually to further
| Episcopal work.-./ochsonuHle Herald
BY recent resolution of Council the
plaza keeper is to be uniformed. This is
very nice, provided the uniform will afford
more protection to the wearcr these cold
lays than that prescribed in our statute
:or the Florida militia officers-which is,
according to law, ga blue coat and a
sword. "-St. Johns Weekly.
You can now eat breakfast in this
div, take boat for Palatka and connect
With the train there on the Florida South
rn Railroad and arrive in Leesburg in
time for supper. Five years ago it re-
qnired three days to make the trip be-
tween Jacksonville and Leesburg.-Jack.
! s,saviIIe Herald