The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-04-22
OUR FUTURE CANDIDATES.

Under the head OF personal" the ~.
y. iSvn gets off the following on the pO-
litical aspirants for Presidential honors:
In all the Southern States there is not
one first-rate candidate for the Presi.
dency.
jeff Davis Is sixty three years DID,
His chance for Presidency Is very poor.
Gen. Lecumseh Sherman dos not
want to be President. He is just hfty-
one.
Charles Francis Adams is sixty four
years old. he is not nominated in ~,
he may be in '76.
Gen. Mcclellan is not likly TO be the
democratic candidate next time. He is
forty-five years old.
Horatio Seymour was born in March,
1911. He is an available candidate for
the next three elections.
Gov. Geary OF Pennsylvania IS the
tallest candidate. He is fifty-six years
old. Not favorite with Grant.
Senator Morrill, of Maine would make
strong Presidential candidate. He is
fifty six, but his health is poor.
Charles Summer was born in Boston,
January, 1911. He Is sixty years sld.-
He might run in ~, In rs, or in 80.
All the old Abeliti0nists should go for
Weidell Phillips. He is sixty, and the
first orator in North America.
Carl Schurz can never be President or
Vice President, because he was born i'll
Germany. Age only forty-two.
Oliver p. Morton would be AN availa-
BILE candidate If his legs were better. lie
will be forty-eight years old next Au-
gust.
Andrew G.. Curtin must como home
! from Russia If he wants to run. But II o
is only fifty-four, and can try 1t in 1876.
| George Francis Train is the Fcnian
candidate. Ago forty-five, resources,
five millions Of dollars in Omaha city
lots.
Phil Sheridan will do for bachelors
candidate. He is nearly forty, and there
is danger that he never will yet mar
ried.
Henry Wilson of Massachusetts
would not make bad Presidential can
didate. He was fifty-nine years old last
February.
Ben Wade was beaton at Chicago in
1860. How will it be with him In 1872
He Is only seventy-tivs and as strong rs
horse.
James L. English was born I'm Ma'eh,
1872. The april election In Connecticut
knocked him i'm the bead fer the pFHs'
lent.
The oldest candidate for tho PresideD'
cy is Simon Cameron. lie is seventy
two years OLE, and 1872 will be about his
last chance TO run.
|. John A. Logan HIS aspirations. He j.
"a handsome man, with splendid black
eyes and hair, forty five years oIu last
February. lie is pious.
Clement l.. Vallandigham is not 81
good Copperhead as he used to be. H'
is ffty-nine years old, and witido TO run
in 1876 or 1880.
4 en- Butler would be glad to be Presi-
dent, but ne can't. Hs Is tifty-three il
years and two hundred and fifty-thre'
in tricks that are vain.
Sanford Il. Church Is the favorite soI
of New York. Age hfty-two. Iamma'
ny thought he was shelved when h'
went into the Court of Appeals.
Speaker Blaine pretends to be willing
He is forty one years old, and weigh.
30 pounds. What he means is to bs
Senator in place of Mr.. Morrill,.
Gov. Palmer Of Illinois would make
good President. He Is radical Repub
lican and a capital Governor. Age fifty
five, birth place Kentucky.
Gen Frank Blair wants to be Presi
= dent; but his tongue runs too fast. I'll
is a Kentuckian, fifty years old lat Feb
ruary. No chance for him this timo.
4 Reuben e. Fenton made good Gov
: ernor. H3 would make much bette
President than Grant. He Is fifty tw
years old, not yankee, but New
: Yorker.
s Winfield Scott Hancock is the hand
Q soonest candidate, especially when he i
I'm full uniform. He is forty-seven year
old, and can be run any time these thir
" ty years.
n Thomas A Hendricks is a devon
!. Episcopalian. lie would make goo
u President; but Pendleton's friend
abuse him. He will be fifty-two year
old next September.
vs. John Il. Hoffman has declined to be
u candidate, and that proves that he
:. running more than ever. He is forty
~ five years of age; good for short race
not four miller.
Lyman Trumbull would make frs
- rate President. He has every qualities
~ ton but popularity. He is Connect
;. cut yankee. and was tifty-eight year
81 old last October.
=, Ifpaving the public debt by enora
70 GUS taxes is good Presidential pla
10 form, George s. Boutwell, should be til
kee, fifty three years old.
RI John Charles Fremont is still favor
e. lite with the old school Republicans WIN
,e voted for him in the wondrous can
d. paign of 1856. lie Is now fifty-eigl
n years old. His legs are good.
IN w. 8. Groesback of Cincinnati woul
is make strong Democratic candidate
40 He ia able, upright, II gentleman, an
q the people don't know much about hin
lie Is forty five years old.
Gen. N. p. Banks would be willing
be President. He is a Massncliuset
is Yankee, born in January, 1916. lie
fifty-five years old, ana can be run
either of the next five elections.
tv Ulysses Simpson Grant wants to
y President again dreadfully. He will ,
forty-nine years OLD ON April 81, 1877