The daily gazette., 1875-01-18
An Outrageous Attack ON SEM
afOy BaHdrd.

Ii Is somewhat astounding to our peo-
pie to find, while the Democratic and
Independent press Of the whole country
are uttering complimentary sentiments
towards Senator Bayard, and even many
of the most able Republican journals,
such as tho Philadelphia Inquirer and
Telegraph, the New York Herald. Tribune,
Post and Harper's Weekly all approve of
his opposition to the Grant-Sheridan
louisiana outrage, that he should be
made the subject of the most false and
malicious attacks at his home in Della
ware.
The people of Delaware have but just
determined. at q hotly contested cleo
tion, that the great ability and consum-
mate craftsmanship displayed by their
young Senator for the last five years or
moro in the Senate of the United States
entitled him to reelection as one of
their representatives in that body. This
question our opponents stated. during
the election, entered tho contest. And it
was SO universally admitted on all hands
that none are found to dispute it. His
character and whole life was known to
our people. He is representative of
all OF the people OF Delaware, and yet
he ID now made the subject OF vile abuse
and misrepresentation. Tho Commercial.
Of this city. on Saturday, contained an
article from which We take the following
extract:
The Senator pretends that Sheridan
meant to call the people OF the Louisi-
ana all bandits. He knows better. But
on this pretence he assumes to say that
Sheridan would make himself the only
free man, all others being subject to his
will. If this were a just charge. how iii
1t BELTS Mr. Bayard-he whose theories
are all against universal suffrage, against
popular rule, whose ideas of government,
agaln and again avowed, demand that
the masses OF the people should neither
De educated nor permitted to Yotel Gen.
Sheridan has uttered no such idea "a
Mr.. Bayard imputes to him, but the
scandalous and proscriptive doctrines
which the latter breaches are known to
every one who knows him at all, and can
neither be denied nor defended.
Sheridan was educated at the Repub-
- NAPCnoC, ~ AZ True. anu WGRn the
hour came to serve the Republic. he did
serve her. Mr.. Bayards friends did not
Yet he never blamed them, never de-
nounced them. They, in his sight, are
1t to breathe the air" Of the Union
which they did not help maintain but
sought to destroy"
The extract opens with a falsehood
and is false and slanderoas throughout.
1t is not only discreditable to the COM
facrc'ot to illuminate such charges, but it
il reflection upon the whole of our
people. And thus does the Commercial
continually endeavor To nisrepresent,
underrate and abuse the white people Of
Delaware Senator Bayard has always
been friend Of education, and when
the present leaders of the Radical marty
endeavored to deprive every white man
who came to this country Of the right Of
suffrage, strengly and eloquently de.
nsunced their schemes and united his
efforts 10 beat back the tide Of oppres-
sion from ths north which overrun all
the States until it reached old Virginia.
Now, papers that were Know Nothing
organs want all the negroes to vote.
while they still would disfranchise the
whites.