Wilmington journal., 1874-07-10
time of panic and st-ingency to put the
IL Il a. j,

Glme Oh panic anu SGS1n8enCy TO put the
cause of the trouble at the door of the
party i'll power, especially in a coun-
try where the currency is SO absolutely
controlled by the government as in
ours. Add to this tendency the fact
the ruling party, time and again. have
been detected in thieving and Jobbery,
and l think you have a pretty strong
case.
Reporter-s'You think the Demo-
cratic party has victory ahead of them
then in the next campaign? ?
Gen. G-Almost, certainly, unless
they make some terrible blunder. Ii
by any imprudence of speech or action
the Southern people give the Republi-
cans a chance to fly the issues of cor
ruptiOn and misgovernment, and the
differences on which the war was
fought, and which are still invincible
in the North, we will lose the fight.
The passions and preiudices of the war
are dying out very rapidly IN the
North, and il nothing rash is done to
revive them, we can meet the Re-
pnblicans on the paper issues, and
ROUT THEM, ,HORSE, FOOT AND DRAGONS.
One reason that I have for believing
| that the war preiudices are dying out
in the North is that the House which
is the freshest from the people, is
much more conservative and liberal
than the Senate. This is noticeable
fact, and very significant one.
| THE LEADING DEMOCRATIC AsPIRANTs.
Reporter-The chances of the De.
mocracy being SO bright, there must
be in that party number Of candl-
1oko
Who do you consider the coming maj
in this race %
Gen. G.--Allen G.. Thurman, Of
Ohio, is at present by far the mos
prominent candidate. His splendid
campaign in Ohio last year, carrying /
for the Democracy, for the first time
in many years, gives him a splendie
start. You see Ohio at one time pollet
$4,000 Radical majority. To hav'
whipped this down, and then carrle'
the State, is no small victory.
Pendleton is leading candidate, OF
his currency platform, and Gen. G. W
Morgan, of Ohio, is also spoken abb
) of by his friends. Thus, you see
Ohio offers three candidates.
Next to Thurman [ should plac
} Hendricks, of Indiana, and Hancock
of Pennsylvania. OF these two L thin
Hendricks is probably the strongest
, from the fact that the West must fun
nish the candidate. think that eithe
of these candidates with good plat
form could carry New Hampshire
and Connecticut of the New Englan
States, New York, New Jersey, Dels
ware, and probably Pennsylvania, c
tie Middle States, all of the Souther
sippi, and Louisiana, and Ohio, Ind
ana, California, Oregon and Nevada {
! the Western States.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.
1 Reporter-"Do you think the civ
rights bill will pass the next session:
, Gen. G.-I am almost sure of i
t You see it failed last session only bt
5 cause it required two-thirds vote
bring it up. Next session it can l
: taken up in it's regular order and Cal
l ried by a simple majority. It had 81,
ty nine majority in the House on i
e issue last month. With the same Coz
g gress to vote on it next session,
\ think it will certainly pass.
d Reporter-Will the President veto i
Gen. G.-His inclinations Will ce
tain1y lead him to do it. The part
pressure though will be very strong
o favor of his signing it, and [ fear |
: will not resist it. He is very sci
q willed though, and there is no sayin
:, what he will do. I believe if it coul
: be STAYED off until the next Congre
was elected, it could be beaten, for
, am confident that the next House, I'll
majority will be reversed.
= At this iunctHre. the time for tt
= departure Of the train to kirkwood a
. rived, and the General hurriedly b
took himself to the depot, leaving l
} 70 ooeitatn+a what ho lad suid, ar
j., get it into presentable shape for tt
public eye