, 1874-02-17
MIR. ADAMS As 4 PRESIDENTIAL. CANDI-
DATE,

Of Charles Francis Adama n8 q candidate for tho
raiaos tho objection TINT h1r. Adams s1nndored
Abrnglam Lincoln In Ais momorial address on
Mfr. Seward, and honoo will hayo worry small fol-
lowing In tho West. It OCCURS to us .hat It Ia
rathor carly in the day to bring out cnndidatoH
for tho Presidency; but as poop1o will talk, and
as half-a-dozeu other candidates have beon
srotted out, including Con. UlysBna g. Grant,
no valid objection onn be ratadd to the preHenta-
ton Of tho namo Of Adams, for bottor or for
worso. A1r. AdamB' nnmo waa prominently be-
fore the Cincinnati Convention, though by no
Agency Of his own, but ho md his nonB
finally voted for Grant, with tho OK
coptton Of Mr.. ). G.. Adnms, nho, with
charaotoristio pervorsity, supported Charles
o'conor. There aro many persons, ouraclvoa
among tho number, who believe TINT Mr.
Adams would have boon elected II ho had
been nominated at Cincinnati, but Mr. Adams
himBolf has boon heard to expross the contrary
opinion.
The objection raised by tho St. Louis Globe to
LII. Adams may posacsa some interest III alitorary
and historical point Of view. As THE CHICAGO
TRIBUNE was tho first public journal to take
exceptions to that part Of Mr. AdamB' memorial
address which relates to Mr. Lincoln, we feel
qualinol to say that 1t is Of about as much i'm
portanco in determining whether Alr. Adams
would DO suitable candidate for tho Presidency,
or would mako good President. as tho love-
lcttora Of his grandfather. N1r. Adams ex-
pressed tho opinion in tho memorial sddresa
that hlr. Seward waB tho roal director and gov
eruiug spirit Of Mr. Lincoln's Administration.
This Was mistake. 1lr, Adams was not In tho
country during Mr. Lincons term Of otnco.
Knowing Mr. Seward intimately and Mr. Lin
cola not 1t all, ho might easily hnvo fallen into
abundantly proven in tho Book OF Chronicles
Of Gideon Wolles in the Galary magazine. But
what Of It? It waB merely mistaken opinion /;
aud, however much the public may love to dwell
on tho "reminiscences OF negro suffrage and
Southern reconstruction, 1t is not at all likely
that they will spend much time, in 1876, in dis
cussing whether Mr. Seward was in favor Of
aurrendering Fort Sumter, or whether he be-
hnvod badly in tho Potorhof caso; and II 80,
whether Mr. Adams was bound to know 1t.
The advantages which Mr. Adams would pos
sosa as candidate for tho Presidency aro two
| fold. He Is q statesmnn aud gentleman. We
call theao ohnractoristics advantages, notwith-
standing the obvious discount ut which thoy
have long been rated in our public councils.
President Grant is neither 3 statesman nor q
| gentleman. H1a most enthusiastic admirers
nevor speak Of him as though they supposed he
had any claims to either designation. Andy
] johnson uas ueither statesman nor gontle-
| man. It appears to ua that tho Executive Mau-
sion has beon 80 long devoid Of those adorn~
ments and convenicnces that q candidate who ia
Enthusiastically ve1sed In tho science Of govern
ment, who has had lnHgo and varied experience,
and whoHe breeding and seuse Of honor
aro open to no question. would realy
start we'll In the race. by whomaoover nominated.
1t ali events, it would be = pleasure for many
people to vote for such candidate onoe before
bidding alieu to this world.
| ThoBe who arc making up their jewels fot
1876, however, cannot safoly leave out Of thoi,
reckoning tue name OF Gov. Booth. Of California.
This is q large country and Gov. Booth may mol
be we'll enough known as yet to warrant any
party in rislipg tho chances upon him, but thf
prestige he has acquired in his notable and suc.
ceasful fight against tyrannical and hitherto In
vinciblo monopoly is not unimportant consid
Grafton ut this iuucture.