Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-10-21
HE LACK OF REPUBLICAN INTEREST IN
Mr. HAYARl


interest in the election Of Senator Bayard as
President Of the United States, either because
OF the personal interest they may take in the ad-
vAncement Of the Senator's fortunes, or because
Of the supposed honor to bs thereby cast upon
the State. Such considerations may influence peo-
Pile Of the namby pamby, gooly-goody sort, with
no clearly defined Opinions Oh political ques-
tons, or without strong convictions OF political
duty, but we respectfully submit that the He
publicans Of Delaware are not made OF such
stuff. They must change their character Or
acquire ready forgetfulness, before they can
take the position suggested.
1t can hardly be expected tina. at the end OF
bare decade from the overthrow OF the Rebel
lion, the Republicans Of Delaware would view,
with ..-y A.e.Uo sarieIsuLlun, TITO passing OF
III. executive authority Of the Republic Into the
hands OF one whose political sympathies and
views Of Constitutional Interpretation led him to
publicly denounce the attempted suppression OF
the Rebellion a. "a crime" They would not be
willing-nay, the country is unwlling-to trust
the Presidential authority to any man identified
with the Rebellion, such as General Gordon, or
Toombs, or jeff Davis, and yet Mr. Bayard's
views and theories do not differ from theirs. 1t
is an open secret that his friends
confidently rely upon the almost undivided sup
port Of the South in. the Democratic National
Convention, because the Southern politicians
recognize in him one whose heart was daily and
hourly with them in their struggle to destroy
the Government They know that only the ge-
ogrsphical position OF Delaware kept him from
commanding regiment or brigade in their army
that followed the stars and bars. 1t would hard
ly be wondered at that Republicans either of
the State or elsewhere find nothing in these facts
to commend the Senator to their favor.
Believing too, as they do, that the policy upon
which the States in rebellion we're restored ito
their position in tho nation was dictated nv the
bicbest considerations If pec.ss;tv-s,a wisdom
they will hardly be inclined to help make one
pres;dent who o,posea thu reconstruction acts at
every stage and step. and who besitated not to
denouuce them in tho last Democratic National
Convention at Baltimore. in spite of the seal of
approval put upon them by that Convention.
Accounting AZ the Republicans of Delaware do
the Thirteenth, Fourteentb. and Fifteentb
Amendments of the Constitution as the final
settlement of the great pripciples established
by them, they will not be disposed To helm elect
a President who in theory and in act holds and
treats them AZ unconstitutional. aud who. inst
as in Delaware he has resisted their enforcement
in the Courts. would IA president. nv his nolicv
and his appointments, systematically seek to
nullifv and destrov them
II the Democratic marty AL, f,om tn re,,sva
that it has accented i, pood faith the smapd-
ments tn tbe Constitution. ard /, entruatod wifi,
power will in eo,., oood faith carry ttor, an.
thev will, re,r;ra NJ II somo ha,,a, ari5oroo :,
sineertv. than the nomina,io, for Tho pros;-
depcv of one who ia tba vsrv ens, oxnrossion
of American porrbo,i.n, who 4, oar,;,ta1 20 h.
. man OF CONVICTIONS, Su, WHO'S. ,..ss..~a.r,
convictions arc. that those amendments should
be DESTROYED.
To be sure, Mr.. Baysrd is personally honest
and free from the faint of corruption, but 80 ia
Senator Salisbury and go is Congressman Will
iiams and we have yet to hear of their being on
til ,t,sccount nominated for President. Honesty ia
in Delaware not 80 novel a characteristic and
while it is necessary, IL has not vet become in
itself a sufficient qualification for high station.
So, too, Mr.. Bayard maintains his opposition
to measures OF imitation. in the abstract-thoucb
he ia not distant in sympathy from some of thu
measures which the inflatiouists propose-yet
remembering how he opposed the surrender to
Greeley at Baltimore, and then embraced not only
the candidate but the platform. and returned
from beyond the seas to support both. what req x.
son have we to expect that hi. firmnes. or bis
consistency will be any greater at this inpcture
We NAV say in brief that Mr.. Bavard has a.