Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1872-07-16
SENATOR BAYARDs POSITION - DOES Re
----------------- nFSFRyF PRAISE e.

The New York TRIBUNE, Of Saturday, apoihts
Senator Bayard with &C column of fulsone praise
the design of which, of. COURSE is to secure the
.aotive service Of that gentleman aud his folldwr
-iers ia behalf Of Mr.. Greeley. He is berprased
md be-pufFed into the seventh Heaven Of polit-
-icll unseAashness, dl-intsreetedness, and high
rninded4ssss, to say. nothing OF is 'patriotie
devotion" his .sagscity,' his h'comage," his
'persistence,n &c, Ne. ..,... e.~ ...-.,.-."
We do not mean to say that none Of this Il
.dessrIed by Mr.. Bayard. Part Of it may be. Dat
the purpose of all this battery is SO evidently
sei6sh,th that the whole Of it is epento the susPi
ciou Of ihslacefity, When the TFioNn5;ulF
o. ont with this fountain VI "gush, it has itR own
aiadTantage-in view, snd.its strongest motive is
not to justly compliment Senator Bayard but To-
.sdyanes tie political prospects Of its eY-editdr
land leading stockholler. 1T therefore beeombs
tneertain whether every word of its praises is
~ not a. mere lip-Aeryice, Designed to forward a
,-selash purpose. To hne in the Tyilatues pom
- ton; flis use Of this empty euogS is aeheap
means of campaigning. t''
Bdt whether ne TRIBUNE rs sincere or de-
ceitful, whether its praise1is n5hesdy' exprsst-
ed, or not, it Is "a sfAiT slueston how mudh
Mr., BayaTd deserves it. He is now supporter.
OF Mr. Greeley Is that position which does
him credit Z. He has Insisted that Mr. Greeley
was not candidate entitled to his support, Or
deserving his respect. Yet he has now. an
hounced That lie wifi give Nir Greeley lis vote
and, upon his returh from Europe will pei
suade other Democrats that they should do
80. Is there anything very admirable A
this Is there any high degree Of con-
IA rkt-T9 ip' r.. T.,
u undeseryins of support, and then suddenly
Hopping" over in his train Of followers Is
there any lndebehdent5 hoNhftfa 6hblic man.
who submits, at the dictaton of packed Con.
yehHon, TO %hat7iis Judgment asapproyes la
what respect does the course OF Senator Bayail
differ from thatof Mr. Samuel Tewnsend-a-Flse
latten rliAsi the fnrpSdry otrused AIR ,Greeleys
candidacy, and objected to his nomination at
PaltmPrs{ apd afteH having dopes 60, 'cimngeh
front, IN tSehtysfohf hoifs and came ont a null
lodged supporter Of the very man he had ju4t
denounced. - There may 30 something to be adj
ndrod in such political regeneration, but whp
an erceiveiha I.ltHi..
Moreover Mr.. Bayard now fakes his stand
Cor processes toy upon Mr. Greeley platform
II yiehAp the l9tf, llth and 18th Amendments,
and declares that the issues settled By them
sho1ld never be reopened. 1t pledges Mr..
Bayard to '"maintain Emancipation and En-
fran'hIsement-that is, the Abolition Of slavery
and the RNeension Of Suffrage to Colored Mem
Upon these principles Senator Bayard is SUPP
posed to stand. But Will his @ntnest friend
pretend that he sine arely aud cunscientiously
does so; Is he e,Ily and actually in favor Of
Negro Suffrage; Does he solemuly join in tie
spiedge to maintain it : If not. why does he not
repnliate both ar. Greeley and the platform
Bat if he is the sincere advocate Of both, low
can he explain SO sudden change Of principle I;
II he is rights now, nj advocating Impartial sufi
-fTaGs, be has been wr9Rg all tile years Of bis
life, in bitterly opposing it, and certainly eannot
command our admiration, for no dne has seemed
-pore .oonHdent Of personal and poiiticalrectitude
II his change, now, is sincere, he casts a shadow
oecf attic Professions which for Years he has
made to the people, and proves himself to have
been either mistaken or an nsiucere man ii
the formet,he was an unsafe leader ma rahriot
claim admiration if the latter lie was worsa
than unsafe. and even foTScita bAiEitIpEk / II
This as it seems to Us, is fair criticism Of
sepHt9r B5Eard.4TessPt posiupp In. yiaY Of
MS sudden advocacy Of Mr., Greeley, of what
virtue Is his former opposition to that geutleI
man And how can he be properly the subject
"of-unstintetfTraise for having fret OPPOSED and
then advocated the same thing
Senator dBByarlI wadfepv. it on dis wav ia
Europe But he leaves Lis public record be-
hind, and it is hat, oAly, Ilich We l,re con-