The daily gazette., 1875-04-30
WILMINGTON. DEF. APaILso. 1877
The Democratic Candidate foy
President.


1t seems early to begin to put forward
candidates for President; and yet VT
find number of our contemporaries
deeply and earnestly considering the
matter. The question with most of om
Democratic friends seems to be as to the
SECTION of the Union from which ouI
candidate shall be taken. 1t is well,
perhaps, that this should be considered.
But if We are to elect what the country
needs, a man with plain. broad and CON-
prehensive views-one who will stand
square upon the Constitution, knowing
no north, no south. no east and no west,
but the whole Union as his country, we
must take him for his own intrinsic mer-
its, paying little regard to section. The
South does not claim tho candidate, and
therefore does not present man; but
having suffered SO much under the rule
Of the rascally carpet -baggers, backed
by the last two Administration. it will,
doubtless, as it should. use all the influ
ence in the convention it can exert to
have fair, impartial and upright states
man placed before the people for thei,
sufrages. We agree also with our Dem
oeratic neighbors of the Phiiadelphia
Chronicle that 1T will never do to have
o candidate whose private or public mo-
rails need defense" That paper further
says:
I'VE must take the field, feeling that
IN our leader we are impregnable against
all assaults, and being thus fortified, the
war can be carried directly into the enc.
ny.s camp. What real difference will il
make in the end whether Mr.. Thurman
MIR. Hendricks, ex-Gov. Parker. Gov. Til
den, Mr.. Bayard or Judge Davis is th,
candidate. Each alike is unexceptiona.
bic IN point o. political doctrine, person
al character and statesmanship Eithe,
WILL make tirst-class Presiden- and par.
~ confidence IN all of them is unbound
ed. Let them come before the cor1yen.
ton ON their respective merits, and with.
out any display of the sectional feeling
that ls already beginning to deyelop Ii.
sen. Let us have peace. If we must war
let US battle with our enemies and MOI
among ourselves"
30 far we agree entirely with our co
laborer Of Philadelphia. But we ma,
add that the country now demands
man who has been accustomed to econo
rTi whose high intellectual attainment
and christian virtues are Of the cast tina
give him natural dread, we NAV say
disgust, for the prevailing fashion will
our Washington politicians of wastin,
their time in luxurious indulgence, an,
suffering the great interests Of the com
t-y to jog along as best it can witboo
regard to the extravagant waste necessi
tatlng the taxing Of every article W
wear and eat, in order that thousand
upon thousands Of men may he kent i,
the employ OF the government Mt Lip'
salaries doing what could readily be don
py one-half the number at reduction c
% per cent. and still receive better pa
aad more certain and easy liyirgs tina
ehe majority Of the men in the roul
from which they wore chosen. In ia,
Ihe Democracy, If it would win in 1877
must place before the country ma
possessing all the qualifications name
Dy our contemporary, and having nr,
nounced views in favor of economy; wi
VIII enter upon his duties determined
reduce the present expenditures TO q
extent that will make an annual savir
10 the people aT"royimsting fu!iy c1
hundred millions Of dollars. This CO
oe done with man of courage and 9,
ersy In the chair of the Chief Mapi
trate' And we hope the next Dem,
cratic National Convention will pleds
'tnis to the country and demand it Of !,
nominee. Economy and Peace must !
paramount for the next quarter Of a CO,
tnry II the Republic is to maintain con
progress with the great civilized natio,
among which in 1860 it occupied Il
foremost position.