The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-15
TILDEN FOR 1888.
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The New York Sun and its talented
editor, Charles A. Dana, are credited
with ID oming" Samuel ]. Tilden for
the Presidential nomination in 1855
The S1ilt's advocacy of Mr.. Tilden comes
rather late. That paper gave him but
half-bearted support in 1876, was
Equarely opposed to his nomination in
$50, and would not listen to the propo-
sition that he be taken up in 1884. We
believe If the Sun had done its full duty
70 the Democratic party and Mr.
Tilden in 1880 or 1884 the grand old man
would have been nominated and elected.
However, the Sun is on the right track
now, and the millions of admirers OF
Uncle Sammy all hope that it will not
let up until Til6en has been in
augurated President of the United
States. The Democratic party des rves
the severe punishment it has suffered
during tn past ten years, for It's fear
and cowardice in 1876. II elected the one
Democrat in all this broad land who
could have been chosen President at |
that time, and then when The enemy |
made a bluff, cravenly surrendered /
the fruits of the victory. Again in
1880. there was just one Democrat who
could have carried the country, and
that one was the glorious old states
man Tide He was not hunting the
nomination. He was disguised with
the party that had meanly yielded
what rad been honestly won; he was
not ambitious to be President, and Ger
tainly did not desire a second time TO
be deserted by his friends and permit
the people to be defrauded of their duly
chosen executive; hence he let It be
field. Then was the time, however,
that be should not have been con-
suited. The party owed it 10 itself
and to the republic TO nominate
and elect Tilden; only By taking him
up could the Democrats vindIcate them /
selves and wipe out the stain that their !
cOwardice had put upon the party.5a Il |
is believed that had the sage of Grey ,
stone been nominated in 1850 he would I
have swept the country the sense OF I
poetic justice in the people being so
great that they would have rallied c
around him as they had never before {
any individual. The fact
that he bad been counted out of the I
office would have been more in his 1
favor than ali else. But again the party I
was tTemoling and permitted a golden 1
to pass unimproved, the :
results being one Of the most disastrous S
defeats that had ever been recorded T
against Democracy. 1t served the
party right. -Four years later the t
ADLER and better and more {
consistent element among the Demo 4
Gratis wanted Tilden or standard. I
bearer, knowing that we'd him to lead c
the hosts an easy vic.ory would be as /
sured; but the wise counsel Of these a
men were UNDECIDED, and 4l are familiar f
with TIE struggle that followed; the {
Democratic party is to-day still 'out in s
he cold" as a consequence of passing E
oy Samuel J. Tilden. The wrong that I
has been done can never be undone; {
here viii always be a black page in the I
history of the republic, written there by I
dsring and Democratic 7
,oWardice. But the country can mani t
est is desire to erase the ugly record 6
" renominating and re electing Tilden. t
nd inaugurating him on the anniver (
AIRY of the day twelve years before +
when he should have taken the oath of 1
,ffice as President Of the Unitsd States c
The only objection that can be urged {
against this is his great age, but Samuel v
/. Tilden, wrinkled, palsied and totter. f
ng. once installed in the White House. 7
viii be a grsnder and greater President :
han an army Of Cleyelands con,en-
rated into one.