The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-10-27
nom Seott for President.

The 1httsburg Tosb OF tS'h lus''t
contains leader upon "The Presiden-
ey," and starts with the declaration
that no Democrat whose name has been
connected with that high office, should
be placed in nomination, as il thinks
there are no chances for success with
such a leader. The Post then winds
up, hitting upon Col. Thomas A.
Scott, as the man for 1872, and re-
marks of him as follows;
Pennsylvania elects the next Presi-
dent Whoever receives her twenty
six electoral votes, will receive the
twenty-one electoral votes Of Ohio, the
thirty-three electoral votes OF New
York, and we'll nigh sweep the other
States of the Union. Can the Demo
cratic party afford to put forward, as
their standard bearer, a man who can
not carry the Keystone Statel No; a.
hundred times no Can the Democrat
ic party and the Conservative men Of
the nation name man who will sweep
the State Of Pennsylvania and with it
the State of Ohio beyond the slightest
shadow Of doubtg Yes; thousapd
times yes
That man is Colonel Thomas A.
Scott, who can be the next President
of the United States if he chooses 20 /
give the people his services.
We must bridge the chasm that eX- /
ists between the Democratic and the
Republican parties, so that the tens of /
thousands who are tired Of Radical cor |
ruption and misrule may come over TO /
the side Unconstitutional government. /
We have bridged il with platforms, /
founded and laid in the highest prin- /
ciples Of Justice and right, and yet the .
tens OF thousands hesitated and feared 1
to trust the passage way. Let the gulf
be bridged by the man himself and +
then they viii come without hesita- I
ton.
Than Thomas y. Scott, Of Penpsyl- /
vania, no filter man for President /
could be found, and no competitor will I
enter the field against him, rs the
champion of the Radical party, who /
will bear any sort OF o comparison with I
him. He knows the American peo- /
pie, their wants, and what will be con
ducive of the greatness and growth Of
every material interest Of the nation, 7
better perhaps than any public man .
in America. Ii has been a part of the /
business of his lie 10 visit every part |
of our domain and acquaint himself
with the necessities aud resources of
each locality. His great executive /
ability is known and acknowledged 4
everywhere. Under the inspiration Of /
his genius the great RR system Of the /
world has been perfected. He has not
built up corporations merely, but he
has taken hold of the fragmentary and |
uncompleted railway, lines, and fused
them into a mighty and compact union,
binding together the shores of the At
lantic and Pacific, expanding into q
mighty net work over every State, and !
bringing into the great marts Of COM
merce the products of the remotest
part Of the nation.
As Assistant, but actual, Secretary |
of War under President Lincoln, he
perfected the machinery Of govern
ment, brought the most perfect order
out of chaos, and made possible to at /
tack the rebellion at every point, de-
monstrating that his knowledge of
State was equal TO the knowledge that
directed his unapproachable CONNER
cial enterprises and made his name
celebrated in all the commercial and
political centres Of the world.
Had the elections in Ohio and Penn
sylvania resulted differently; perhaps
It would not have been necessary to
thus have urged the selection Of Col.
Scott, but rs the matter stands, the
nation has a right to demand his SER
vices.
It is idle to talk of electing Demo-
cratic candidate for President without
carrying the State of Pennsylvania.
Colonel Scott's majority could not be
less than fifty thousand, a fact which
will be admitted by men Of ali parties.
Nor would his personal popularity be
less in the other States of the Union,
and no where would his fitness for the
Office be questioned by his opponents.