New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-13
SENATOR BAYARD.

The Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, Senator from
%n,~~a. sails for Europe to-day, IN obedl-
ence to the peremptory orders of his physi-
clans. His health has been very seriously mn
paired by his public labOrs, and absolute rest
has become imperatively necessary. lie pro-
poses to spend the rest of the Summer abroad,
and to return in the Autumn to take part IN
the campaign, in support of the candidates
nominated at Cincinnati and Baltimore. He
announces this intention, and his reasons br
if. in letter which we publish this morning.
This letter will sustain, for nothing could
increase, the respect and confidence every
where felt for Senator Bayard as Statesman
and patriot of no less sagacity than unselfisl
| devotion. From the moment of the nOmina
ton of Messrs. Greeley and Brown at Cmcf.
natl, he has been outspoken and unweaned d
his opposition to their Endorsement at Bait
more, and to the adoption of the declaration
of principles put forth by the Cincinnati Col
vention When the Democracy of the United
! States gathered at Baltimore, he was tie
leader of the protesting minority. and with
the courage and persistence characteristic OF
the man and of his race, he forced his views
upon the respectful attention of an immens,
and impatient majority. No one could
have spoken with more influential voice; II,
one could have made manlier or more politf
| appeal But in that convention OF lifelong
| Democrats the words even of such man IS
he could have no effect against the overwhelm.
| ing conviction that there was but one thing
to be DONE Senator Bayard differed from then
only in respect to the point where the possibility
of changing the current of events ceased
| That point having once been passed, he aso
recognizes the necessity of the situation
Rising above any feeling of personal disap
pointment or pique, he sees and avows tina
the reelection of Gen. Grant would be a grea
public calamity, and that the only means o
averting that calamity is the election of Mr.
| Greeley. The issue is one of law agains
anarchy, of peace against war; Mr.. Bayard in
such question does not hesitate which side
to take.
| OF course, in regard to the qualifications which
he makes to his support of the Cincinnati and
| Baltimore ticket we entirely differ from him.
| We think the platform the best one ever pc
sented by any political party, and the canli-
dates men of eminent capacity and irreproah-
able character. But the reservations OF Mr.
Bayard only hghten the force of his arsu-
ment. If with his frankly expressed views he
still sees the incalculable advantages which
will come from the election of Mr.. Greeley, il
is hard to imagine that any honest Democrat
can hesitate as to the proper course to pursue.
MI. Bayard is above the reach of any imputa-
ton of interested motives. While he opposed
the Cincinnati nominations with all his energy
and ability, we could only express our regret
at his opposition, but never for an instant
doubted the purity of his motives and the
strength of his patriotic devotion If he had
even concluded, after the Baltimore Conven-
ton, that his convictions would not allow him
to support the ticket, we could have had no
words but of regret for what we should have
regarded as his error. When such men as
Senator Bayard differ from us, it is always