The daily gazette., 1876-05-22
Peninsula Correspondence Of the Gazette.
LETTER FROM MARYLAND.
CEcILToN, MAY Goth, 1876.


see the political pot is beiling In
your city. If l was called upon as
councillor to either rarty, / would say
you cannot succeed without a reform
man, Bayard, or Bristow, or Adams, or
seme one whose character is known
for purity, and will furnish founda.
ton for human trust, and whose mea-
sures will heal that which Is torn, and
build up that which is broken down.
The man must be blind that cannot
see that depression in money matters
and business, is because OF the distract
ions of the country, the Generalization
of society, and the want Uf proper re-
medal schemes. The parry that sue
ceeds must have man for /. 4e canvass
| that the ,le can trust, or a man
whom they know nothing about that
has the root of the matter in him, or
be unknown by which they may be
deceived.
| 1t is no use to bring out the bloody
shirt, and fiaunt it before the eyes Of
the people, There is q spark of hu-
manity in men, though it may be OBJ.
scured for the time, BY ignorance, pas
sion and prejudice; yet, by continued
oppression, will touch cord of sensi-
bility and flash out opposition and de-
feat. Notwithstanding the ruins Of
the fall, there is the remains Of prin-
ciple of right that will struggle, and
grow, and spread, until it will destroy
fraud, and injustice, and corruptieni
There is a still higher principle-the
principle Of religiOn-that politicians
should beware to ignore, that will
overthrow intemperance, put down
yice, and promote the spread Of truth
and righteousness over the land. There
must be true craftsmanship and a
among our people, and if this does not
begin at the top of society, let it be-
gin below and work its way inward,
until society shall be purified through
all its masses, and from the lowest to
the highest. One Of our old quaint
writers compared society to mug of
beer-the top all freth, the bottsm
dregs, and the middle only, good. If
we wish therefore to diffuse pure
leaven in our politics, let US not choose
men fer our delegations. for their
riches, from their offices, for their self
conceit and assumptions, or because
they can fret and foam, nor from the
lgrog.shops and the low haunts of vice,
but from our solid men, of philosophy,
natural and religious, who can reason
and determine and judge, and held the
scale in even balance. Passion OBJ
scures. bigotry perverts, interest cor
rupts, and we have more to fear from
the passions of men than their reason.
Let us then select men as delegates to
our conventions, and men for our
offices, from the highest to the lowest,
who will not sacrifice their country
on the altar of passion, or prejudice, or
party. The doctrine of sacrificing
principle to expediency, the rights OF
our little state to larger enc, purity
to inquiry, man of honor to one Of
dishoner, wisdom to ignorance, and
charity tn malevolence, is not the way
10 true success, to conduct our nation
to dignity and honor, and climb the
steep where fawe's proud temple shines
afar. We hope, therefore, the party will
nominate their best men as delegates
10 the conventions, state or national,
who will select their best man fer
President, and seek their country's
! good, such is the distrust in the minds
and hearts of the people, that no other
candidate can succeed. In this, too,
let the delegates pursue the happy me-
dium. 1t is not necessary for them to
abuse Ohio or New York. There is an
old proverb, "that truth lies in the
middle of the stream" Delaware is a
Middle State; may she and all her re-
presentatives be conservative, and con-
serve the highest interest Of the nation;
and may the presidential mantel fall
on THOMAS F. BAYARD, 81.