The daily gazette., 1875-10-26
THE PRESIDENCY.
From the Alexandria Gazette. Oct l5tl
COMMUNICATED.
The Meet Prcsid. 1T.

sional discussion of subjects which in
volve the public veal and the polite
OF the country, wepropose at tt is tim
to offer few remarks touching tn,
succession to the Presidency of tn,
United States, the first Office in III,
gift of the American people.
= : ,
AT this Centennial era with mind,
agl low with the recollection of their pa
trlotic sires, who from Georgia tt
Massachusetts, Bay united to obtain
the priceless boon of freedom, they
turn with loathing from the idea Of
Iratricidal strife, and from the mar
whose red right hand is deeply induce
IN the hearts blood Of his brothers
| with chorus Of voices that shake thf
solid earth they swear.
NO more the thirsty Erinnys Of this coil
'h"l uaao nor lips with her own children'5
No more shall trenching war channel her
Nor bruise her fiowrets with the armed hoo,s
" nostiie races; those opposed eyes
| which like the meteors OF troubled heaven.
| Al O. one nature OF one substance bred
pld lately meet in the intestine shock
L zAha AuIlcs close OF CIVIL Outclery.
| snail now, in mutual well beseem:ny ranks
| Aarcn all one way; and he no m re opnosed
| against acquaintance, kIudr. d and allies:
l Ihe euEe OF war, like an ill-shea he knit.
NO more shall cut his MASTER"
| This we take TO be the fiat of a reso
lutte people, notwithstanding the sinis
ter lntimation Of the Presid, Mt that
there Is yet in store for this grooming
ladd that scourage of all scourges. u
religious war, in which, with norrid
| olasphemy, taking upon our lips the
| blessed name of the Prince of Peace
We are to let loose upon the suffering
| sons OF men, our brothers, all tina,
Wild Hood of passions and 0 sins which
II was his h Flowed III ssion to still and
TO atone. Absit Omen! will be the
prayer OF all good men to this ghastly
prediction or threats Of the Presi-
dent.
Inc country gladly turns from such
bloody instr actions and from the parlv
who believe in them, which party th,.
PRESIDENT has so dwarf d that he la,
become its alpha and omega, its Cesar
or no one, to that conservative and na.
trlotic organization under whose bcre
ncent sway 1t enjoyed so many years
of power and greatness, of the triumnhs
OF teace and of smiling plenty Rever
ting to those halcyon days before the
ringman and the bondholder had eaten
up the substance ofthe people il has
determined again to give the helm to
the hands that have heretofore so sue
cessfully steered the ship of State. |.
has become, then, the bounden duty
at this time, of the thoughtful men Of
the Democratic party, Of those who
nave ut heart its permanent srccess. to
lake the best possible selection from
Its serried ranks of the man who il 10
vindicate its time honored, time c1ov,
ned principles and policy, not only
before his sco1ntrymen n and on ,hehrep1
OF his native land, hut at this centen-
nial period, before the world which
looks with il veiled cynicism and in
hdelity upon the vauutcd American
experiment OF self government. which
short sighted enough to regard only
the faults, the blunders and the crimes
of the Republican party, it has conf
IDENTIFY pronounced TO be failure
Pointing to Louisiana az another 70.
land, it regards the President As but
an Emperor in disguise. Happily. as
wo believe, it is reserved for The
Democratic party to reverse this yer.
dict, TO rehabilitnte the American re-
public, and to renew to the onpressed
of all nations, that invitation and thar
welcome which have heretofore alone
sustained their drooping hopes and
sinking hearts.
Among the many good men and true
ameng the many Democrats who have |
deserved well of their country and of |
their party, there is one man in whom |
combine, more than in any other. we |
think, all the elements which must 20 |
to command success in the great and |
paramount struggle of 1876, which |
will settle foz weal or for woe, and for
centuries, perhaps, the destinies of the
American people-a struggle in which |
all they hold dear Is involved as deem |
as when, one hundred years ago, they |
pledged their lives, their fortunes |
and their sacred honor" This favored |
man Is comparatively young, as be.
comes the leader of n great people |
marching with giant strides to bene |
flcient empire. He is gallant, ,as should |
be the American exponent of the val |
liant Anglo Saxon race. he is gener-
GUS, aS abGAuahtiJ tSStlhJ MS NOIuS I
and acts of sympathy for his brothers |
of the States of the south, whose Just
cause he champions with tireless energy |
and unsurpassed ability. lie is true |
to Democratic principles and policy,
as witness his life long record and |
those of his fathers before him. He
ia intelligedt, rs the voice of his peers,
and the verdict of his people proclaim. |
And more than all, in an age of venal-
ity and corruption. his honor is as
spn,less, his hands as white as is the /
virgin scow. We have been anitci.
patad by those who have favored US
with perusal: 1t is felt that we have1
been indicating the distinguished Sen.
ator from Delaware the peerless
Bayard. So true is it that Ia great
it is only necessary to
the qualities that are ie-
quired, and the popular voice, the
great heart of the people at once points
TO the possessor.
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