Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-01-14
FRIDAY, JANUARY Il, 1876.
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.

1nent, consumes a large portion Of thu
time of our Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress. 1t also engages thu
attention Of the more than two hun
dred eagle-eyed correspondents OF the
various public journals of the Unitee
States, who are always on the aler
to catch up and elaborate every phase
of the political situation We give
below as foreshadowed by the knights
of the quill the names Of the present
seven leading candidates as daguerre'
otyped on both sides of the picture:
REPUBLICAN.
Speaker james Gillespie Blaine of Maine
Gen. Ulysses $. Grant Of Illinois.
Senator Alexander c. Morton of Indiana
Senator Roscoe Conkling of New York
Secretary Benz III. Brfstow of Kentucky
Minister Elihu II. Washburne Of Illinois
Gen. William T. Sherman Of Missouri
DEMOCRATIC.
Gen. George b. Mcclellan of New Jersey
Senator Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware
Gov. Samuel J. Tidcn of New York.
Hon. George III Pcndle:on of Ohio.
Gov. Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana.
Senator Allen G. Thurman OF Ohio
Judge David Davis, of Illinois.
The Frederick Examiner, cool and
sagacious, thinks Blaine the strongest
man on the Republican side of the
question, HOSTS his name at the mast
head, and seems convinced that il
nominated by the Republican Nation
al Convention that he would sweep
the country like wild-fre. Other
shrewd party managers share the
same opinion. But many Republi-
cans, and especially the colored ele-
ment of the South, as we'll as Gilbert
Haven, prefer the reelection of Pres
ident Grant. Others prefer Conkling,
Morton, Bristow, and so on. This as
the Republican view Of the 'out-look.
On the other hand, the late Hon.
John Van Buren,, of New York, in his
day one Of the most adroit and far
seeing politicians in the Union, gave
it as his opinion, that sooner or later,
Gen. Mcclellan was bound to become
the most popular man in the United
States. His loyal Union record, his he
roic devotion to the Stars and Stripes,
rally round the Flag boys, when
after the disastrous defeat Of the fed
eral forces at Bulls Run, the army
was rendered little better than an I'M
plined mob, and President Lincoln
trembling for the fate of the White
House, at the suggestion of Gen. Win
field Scott, and with the approval Of
Gen. Scott, Secretary Of War Cameron
and the President himself, as we'll as
the broad acclaim of the nation, Gen.
Mcclellan was called to the front as
the man above all others to organize,
drill and discipline the Union Army
from New York to the Rio Grande and
California. The country knows the
rest by heart. The country br.athed
freer and felt secure-"Our Federal
Union it must be preserved
The defeat of Mcclellan in 1864,
was no evidence Of his unpopularity,
As matters then stood no living man
in the United States, not Washington,
Jefferson nor Jackson, had they been
alive, could have succeeded against
Lincoln with his immense military
and civil patronage, a large number
of revolted States engaged in civil
strife, and in other States { Maryland
included), for instance, many voters
were DISTINGUISHED, &c. Maj. Isaiah
Rynders, of New York, the old Presl
dent of the Empire Club, credited
with carrying the Empire State for
Polk in 1914, says Jefferson was de-
feated for President at the first trial
of strength in 1896, and jackson also
in 1924 but in 1900 and 1928, their
friends "picked their flint and tried it
again" and succeeded.
Maj. Ryndcrs thinks give General
Mcclellan chance in 1876, with his
loyal Union Record and his willing
MSS to do justice to all sections of the
Union, Harry Clay Wing as he used
to be in the olden time, New York
City will give him 10000 majority,
and the Empire State $4,000. His
chances for carrying Pennsylvania
and Ohio are better than that of any
other Democrat who can be put in
the field.
Gen. George Brinton Mcclellan
son Of DR.. George Mcclellan, in hi!