Middletown transcript., 1875-10-30

before him. He Is intelligent, as tue
voice of bis peers. and fhe serdicss q
his people proclaim. And more than
alL ipfh age Of venaleg and corrups
.tipakis honor is as sPetless bis l'andS'
as White as is the virgin snow. We
have been anticipated by those sho
have favored us with a perusal. 1t is
felt that we have been indicating the
Senator from DelswrreT.l =
! tie peerless BayardiiA So true is Il that
in eat-emergencies il is only necesaa=-
ry to enumerate the qualities that are
required. and athe. popular voice. the
great heart Of the people at once points
to the possessorl ssAsa4e' aa
9 And now let US dwell for brief space
upon the one childish Objection which
is urged against this eminent man );
against his nomination to the Presiden-
cy by the Democratic party, a nomina-
ton which in all other respects is con-
ceded to be one most ft to be made.
In Difference to'the generosity, to the
good sense Of the American people we
hesitate before mentioning the belittling
argument which has been addressed to-
them They are asked to pass by Mr.
Bayard and turn deaf ear TO his mer-
its because, forsooth, be is resident
and native of Delaware, which happens
to be one of the smaller States. And
has it come to this? Are the free citi-
zens Of this great republic to be arbi-
trarily confined to the larger States in
their selection Of the illustrious man
who is. to preside over their whole
country from the Atlantic to the Paci-
fic, from the lakes to the blue Gulf!
Are brain and culture. generous inn
pulse, daring action, pure life and char
acter, eminent services, to be recognize
ed only in these? Are we to have an
aristocracy of section, of locality, more
contemplate far than one of birth or Of,
fortune, for the latter would imply merit
in ones ancestors at least, or the ben
eicent means Of doing good to our fell
low-men, while the former would be
pure matter Of accident happening alike
to the wise man and to the fool; alike
to the beast of the field and to the lord
liest creature ever stamped with the
image Of his Maker p 70 ask these
questions is to answer them, with an
intelligent people, who are not prepared
to stultify themselves, and to say that
the larger States only produce great,
and good and wise men, or to aver
that q. donkey born in New York is .
more intelligent. or more respectable
animal than his brother donkey born in
Rhode Island, At this particular pc
riod, too, the American mind reverts,
with peculiar interest, to the days Of
the Revolutions, the days that tried
mems souls. and recalls with pride the
illustrious names Of Rodney and of
Reed, and other Delaware WORTHLESS,
and remembers that the Blue Hens
chickens were ever to the front in that
memorable struggle for all that men
bold dear---country, roof-tree, fireside.
individual and National life. prosperity
and renown They reject, with scorn,
the gross material, vulgar notion, that
mere numbers are to overpower in all
respects and in all places, and resolve
that as on the Senate Of the United
States they have immutably stamped
the grand old idea Of the sovereignty
Of the States. SO to the first place in
their gift, the chief magistracy Of these
free and United States. they will bring
the far grander. far nobler idea Of the
sovereignty Of Man. a..e' i T ~ =
And so, friends and countrymen, the
Democratic party will decree their best
man for the G, ntennial President. and
that man, we respectfully submit, is the
Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, Senator from
Delaware. At some other time we may
discuss the subject more particularly,
and compare him with his eminent
competitors for that exalted position.
For the present we pause. and inviting
the closest scrutiny to his record upon
the part Of the host Of our friends, and
defying our political enemies to point
out blots or flaws upon its stainless
pages, we confidently present him to
the suffrages Of the people, and the
country over.a And the people. sick Of
corruption. avnauseated with faction,
shrinking. from the thought Of farther
internecine strife, anxious only TO better
their prospects and build up their waste
places and fallen altars; this long
fering. much abused people, rising in
their might. will eject from their places
their present rulers, th,se Improbable
servants who have been but architects
Of ruin; and in the place Of the gorged
Caesar. who occupies the chair Of
Washington. they will seat the legisla-
tor, the jurist. the statesman, the mod
est and gallant gentleman. without fear
and without reproach, Of whom we
speak. Il.
SHOCKING Acc1DENT-A FAMILY PER-