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- Senator Roscoe Conkling, the challenger, will have to defend his opposition to reform and find a way to seize states Tilden won four years ago.
- President Samuel Tilden will need to defend his record and use it to convince wary Northerners to entrust a Democrat with the Executive Mansion once more.
Tilden, as a relatively popular incumbent, is favored, but there are few men in the country more charismatic, cunning, and confident than Senator Conkling. This election will center around civil rights enforcement in the South, civil service reform, and the economy. Here begins a new story of America, diverted from its path by fate, with dire consequences for the nation and its people.
In real life, a combination of chance events and Conkling's own ego derailed his career and relegated him, once a titan of American politics, to relative obscurity, his once-massive influence forgotten. The Half-Breed Hayes prevailed in a close election and began building support for anti-corruption measures. After the assassination of the reformist Garfield, Conkling's trusted protégé Chester Arthur turned on the Stalwarts and went on to champion civil service reform. Conkling lost his Senate seat, returned to private practice, and died after a stubborn trek through a snowstorm. The Hyperion series will examine one of the biggest what-ifs in American history -- the story of how one of post-Civil War America's most imposing men came to inherit the Presidency.
I've selected three songs for the soundtrack:
- The 'Battle Hymn of the Republic,' a patriotic song associated with the Union during the Civil War, here performed by the United States Army Field Band,
- 'Tilden and Reform,' a pro-Tilden song during his 1876 campaign, performed here by Howard da Silva on Politics and Poker, a 1960 cover album of political songs, and
- The second movement of John Knowles Paine's second symphony, In Spring, which premiered in Boston in 1880 and is performed here by the New York Philarmonic. Paine was one of the few American composers to receive widespread acclaim during this period.
Samuel Tilden was born for politics. He grew up wealthy, became a prominent corporate lawyer, and idolized Martin van Buren as a young man. He opposed Lincoln, predicting a civil war if he won, but remained loyal to the Union. As Governor of New York, he stuck a stake through Tammany Hall, jailing Boss Tweed and restoring trust in state government.
Tilden ran for President in 1876 as a fierce enemy of corruption and monetary expansion, but, to his frustration, many of his supporters only saw his candidacy as a vehicle for ending Reconstruction. He won narrowly despite claims of fraud and intimidation in the South, and many Republicans still view his win as illegitimate.
As President, Tilden has overseen a steady economic recovery, a stable yet limited foreign policy, and a deft defusal of the Great Railroad Strike a few years ago. Slowly but surely, he is earning back the trust of Northerners who view his party identification with scorn and distrust, but his reputation is unlikely to escape 1880 unscathed.
Conkling has been Tilden's fiercest adversary in Congress on civil service reform, and this contest is personal from the start. Can Tilden defend his record from the onslaught, and restore the Democratic party's good name?
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Conkling is a gold man, but socially progressive, forcefully arguing for federal enforcement of civil rights in the South and coming out in support of women's suffrage. He has bitterly brawled with President Tilden over the last few years over civil service reform, leading his party in blocking what was to be the President's signature achievement. To him, Tilden is no different than any other Democrat, and the gloves are off. Conkling is willing to use any means at his disposal to ensure that the Executive Mansion is purged of the Democrats and restored to the Party of Lincoln.
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Logan will bring some Western balance to your ticket. He is not the most competent legislator, but his choice reflects a clear delineation of the battle-lines; Logan is adept at waving the bloody shirt, and will never let America forget that Tilden belongs to the party of treason. ","color_hex":"#000099","secondary_color_hex":null,"is_active":0,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/John_Alexander_Logan_crop.jpg","electoral_victory_message":"REAL PATRIOT DUMMY EXAMPLE SWEEPS
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