Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-04-08
A CANDIDATE WANTED.

IRE shot amorous glances at stout scldIc
he who happened to be standing near BY
the Democratic party is agtated by con
ed iicting emotions, and hesitates before
he bestows the prodigious honor of its Presl
# Dental nomination between semi sur
e. viving politician like Pendleton and I
@. living mariner like Farragut, A cor
nc respondent Of Democratic paper, greatly
of we suspect, to the establishment of thu
" worthy Admiral, suggests his name tt
the Democratic National Convention, and
e. complains that 'the Navy, though the
1t idol Of the American people, has never
;. furnished candidate for the Presidency.
e This is not exactly correct, for both Stew
Is art and Stockton we're at one time good
a deal talked about, although neither Of
o them ever achieved national nomina-
D ton. But what is true Of those who do
s business upon the great waters is equally
! true Of the clergy; and as the Democrats
G never have tried the experiment OF noni-
mating parson, and as they have several
reverend gentlemen in their ranks who
aeem to be Of no use whatever as spiritual
advisers, although extremely ardent and
yociferous as stump speakers, why not se-
lect some unfrocked minister Of the Gospel
to lead, like Peter the Hermit, the follorn
hope Of the Democracy Or, If not a Gu
rate Of souls, why not curer OF bodies,
the inventor Of some extraordinary pin,
or tina; sage physician whose sands Of
life are nearly run out? We agree with
the writer in Democratic paper that law
and the army should not "monopolize the
honor Of the candidacy for all tine" cs-
peeially since the "honor" has 80 long
been and so long promises to be rather
barren one Setting up nan as the
candidate of the Democrats for the Pres
idency is too much like treating human
belngas ii he were a nine. pin, and COM
mon regard for benevolence would seem to
suggest the selection Of a gentleman like
some OF our representative mes who can
bear great deal of knocking down with
out being particularly the worse for it,
Now, 1t is safe to assume that man who
has been dead for a long period of time,
II he should be nominated and dsas
trously defeated, would experience less
agony than one subjected 10 snch torture
while still in the flesh; and We there.
fore respectfully recommend our Demo.
cratic friends to rally under the banner |
Of somebody who is in his coffin, and who q
cannot therefore, write damaging letters t
nor make impolitic speeches. Why not |
start a ghost to scare the country as a
'hadows brought terror to the soul of '
Richard? Why not run a Memory. and C
ally round Shade? The party itself e
nothing but tradition, a myth
emIniscence, voice from the tomb, an n
ncient and hsb like smell it is like the d
humane Society, only it deyotcs itself to L
be vivltcation OF dead issues and there D
no reason why it should not nominate q
dead man, while there would BE- an ex.
nlsite and logical prOpriety in such an u
'perlment. 1t would be quite az ration o
Tor the party to rush in solid phalanx V
the polls. then and there to vote for )"
homas Jefferson, as it ia for the same CO
'rfy to be constantly bewailing an nj III
riJ extinct institution, and sedulously IN
eking some method Of resnseitating il 10
ider new and scarcely modified form. '''
could mention twenty men, from Ia IL
y 70 Anterior. who. being dead, nigh. sn
mace to speak, and who, while the 70
MY remains in its present airaless. pur. an
seless' and simply hungry condition. p
'sht DO good service in keeping the dry p
'nss together until day Of brighter -,
rtuDe should dawn, IL would DO az e,. v.
70 vote memory as to drink it while @ 0
re and there, in closely contested dis. H.
'e's' some Democrats, under the pro- 10,
'hon OF great name. might slip into
House of Representatives. We have g
newhere read Of an Eastern king. who u.
ipg upon the eve Of great battl. -,
$ shronded in complete steel, placed 49,
stark and stiff in his war. ehsriot. -,
SO driven at the bead Of his eptbn. 49,.
sue soldiers to a posthumous victory ~.
DO not deny that the Democratic -
ny have great name, to coniure with :,
ny potent skeletons and many defunct !, :,
'oes; and saving the embarrassment,
ich might ensne should thsy, by chance ns,,
ceed In electipg some resident Of the all,
oes' We are sure that our suggestion -,
II once wise, humane, and practical eo,d
Whatever may be thought Of our pro. to 9
al we must protest against exciting ; s,
unreasonable ambition in the bosom .sso
modest and worthy man like Admi. A..
Farragut. 1T nav be tbo,,kt ~