The daily gazette., 1875-11-19
SENATOR BAYARD'S LETTER.
WHAT Is sAI0 OF IT.
From the Lancaster IntellIgencer, Nov. lG.
Senator Bayard to the South.

On our first page will be found an in
teresting letter written by Senator
Thos f. Bayard to the editor of the
Atlanta Herald and doubtless intended
by the writer, as it is is well fitted, for
the consideration of the people OF the
entire South. To no representative
man of his party will the class for
whom this paper is intended pay more
earnest heed than to Senator Bayard.
He is largely of them and deeply i'm
bued with the best traits of their char
acter. Endowed as he is with the
loftiest patriotism and sharing in no
degree. whatever of dissatisfaction AZ
the immediate results of the war still
exists in the South, no public man of
the North is better qualified to speak
! To the people of the section which he
| addresses and to none will they listen
with greater patience. Representing
as il does, the sentiments of an indi-
vidual wLo represents in turn an in
fuential political element, Senator
Bayard's letter merits close attention.
He recognizes the natural tendency in
a community like the South, in finan-
cial distress, to "hy to other evils that
they know not Of" and he seeks to
counteract whatever of headwy may
have been gained by the heresies of
the initiation leaders like Kelley, But
Ter and Wendell Phillips. He points
ont that the interests OF the South and
of the whole country are id antical-
that they can only be furt1ered by
gradual and firmly set steps in the di-
rection of specie payments. While he
does not urge that this be brought
about by any ill-timed measures or by
any sudden and disastrous means, such
AS the undue contraction of the cur
rency, he bids them beware OF all such
false prophets as Kelley and such CASE
Gus schemes as those of his school.
We fancy that his words of wisdom
will sink deep into the Southern mind
and his counsel will not be unheeded d
by the large and valuable accession of
intelligent Southern gentlemen who
will take their seats in the next Con-
gress. The spirit in which this letter
is received in the South, taken togeth-
er with the recent differences of Sena.
ator Gordon on the same subject, gives
great reason To believe that little en-
couragement from the South will be
received by that small knot of uneasy
spirits who cherish the vain hope of
creating diversion in the next Demo.
cratic national convention in favor of
rag money" in the recent comprc
hensive sense of the term.
Looking beyond the well assured
q, promise Of Democratic harmony upon
this question, the Senator addresses
himself to the other important issue,
: upon which his party stands before the
country. The important considera
0 tion of a restriction of the powers O.
1 government and an economical admin
y istration of them are Set forth lucidl,
: and succinctly, aud their treatment i
marked by the same breadth of states
q msnship which has distinguished tn
e public career of Mr.. Bayard. II
e is to-day the most prominent candidat
named for the Democratic Presidents
nomination and the one most likely t
!, crowned with that honor, yet he ma
s not allowed this fact to withhold hir
: from the frank expression of his view,
, He has proved himself to be fit for tn
high position for which he is named
by the soundness of his views and tn
) boldness with which he has declare
!, them. lie shows himself to be states
= man rather than . politician; and it
C q man OF his stamp that the peopl
hunger for as their next President
With such candidate, promising a
e honest government, an honest currenc
e and adequate reward for honest labol
the Democratic party will in the Ger
tennial year wrest the country from th
thieves who now rule it.