The daily gazette., 1876-06-19
The Radical Candidates.
what Col. FOrney Says.

res The Radical Candidates.
What Col. FOrnsy Says.
From the Phi adelphia Press.
Blaine's splendid conflict with his ad-
versaries was not more desperate than
their own femorseless persecution. Like
noble stag at bay, he baffled them sim
gly and in detail, and only fell when they
combined against hun. Alone he resis-
ted and hurled them. They gave him
no pause. They had no thought of him
but fear or hate. They gloried in his De-
mocratic fees as their allies, and they
hailed his sickness as their best reinforce
ment. Morton, Conkling, Brstow knew
that Blaine was the fervent second choice
OF their own people. They could not
combine on either OF themselves to graf
if7 the deep envy and resentment OF the
Washington leaders; and so they resolved
to slaughter him at all hazards. Poor,
betrayed Pennsylvania was dragged into
the arena, and set upon the brave young
statesman, while her proud people st ood
aloof and saw their delegates forced
tohiss the old Commonwealth to this
deed Of shame. These men have done
their worst, and if there is any consola-
tion to the people Of this State especially,
it is that in their banded crusade ON
Blaine they We're not able to find an
instrument in Governor Hayes, of Ohio,
the Republican candidate for President.
He profits by their conspiracy, it is true,
but he will not fail to take note of the
manner in which they broke down the
choice of the Republican party of the
nation to crafty their unreasonable
ambition-first singly, and then by
throwing their whole force against him.
Ia1 Rlatna Ian,,
MIA would have rung with grateful re-
sponses. As it is, even the respected
name OF Governor Hayes failed at first
to awaken even the slightest enthusiasm
and while our people last night retired
to their beds satisfied with him, they
were thoroughly conviced that they had
been deprived of their favorite BY the
lowest arts of contriving politicians.
And, perhaps, defeated after this
wretched fashion, it may prove best for
MIR. Blaine. How does he know that
his assailants would not have beaten
him at the polls? They employed all
the agency of Government to demoralize
his forces at Cincinnati. He had no
officers to offer to others. and no Office
holders to frighten into his support.
All these implements of terror and of
temptation were in their hands, and it is
a reasonable presumption that if he had
cotton the nomination they would rather
have given the Government to the De-
mocrats than that he should WELD it for
the good men and true of the Republi-
can party.
What Col. A. II. Mcclure Says
From the Philadelphia Times.
He Hayes was brave soldier, faith
full Congressman, who left little else than
the records of his votes and receipts on
the payroll to tell that he had been q
representative and has thrice been
chosen to the ,Gubernatorial chair in his
own State, an Office in Ohio is shorn oi
all control of legislation and of patron.
age, and is purely ornamental position
without other than routine authority
Not man in the convention could have
given reason addressed to the judge
ment of the delegates why he should be
nominated, and even Ex-Governor Noyes,
one of the most magnetic Of popular ora
tors, failed IN his address presenting the
blance of foundation on which to fashion
an inspiringh speech. And. yet he. was
nominated, and why? His State did not
want him, for Ben Wade led the vital
partisan element of the delegation for
the partisan leader of Maine, land those
of the Ohio delegation who aimed at a
better destiny Republicanism were hun
gering for Bristow. But in the conflicts
of ambition mediocrity was the open
door to which each disappointment
turned, and State was held to the sup.
port of his own nominal candidate be-
cause the accident of hopeless entangle.
ment among ithe leading competitors
promised success TO one OF respectable
4 ,1ncitinp MI hn with
cord. And that man was Rutherford b
Hayes. Hartranft was an equally gal
liant soldier and much more successful
one, and he had plumes of hard earned
| victories of peace in great national con.
| hicts to commend him, while Hayes was
barely saved in his last contest by g
nominal majority when his party com.
manded thirty thousand on full poll ol
its strength. Nor did he then save him.
self, for he was lost and forgotten in a
struggle for which ..e was wholly un-
equal, and the tribute of intellect and
treasure had to be paid from half the
States of the Union to give him victory
The Uinci nnati Convention was like
Macedonian 2hieftain when he surren.
dered his crown to debauchery and left
! them to struggle for the succession
Here were those who had been obedieni
TO despotism in all its moods and caprices
and Blaine and Morton and Conklins
! each claimed the sceptre, combating each
other, and each resolved to fall only with
: his rivals sharing his discontinue. A
brave element confronted them under
the banner of Bristow; but it was even
more hated than their mutual hatred fol-
each other. 1t recalled the Republican
standard of other days, when it was un.
stained by the shame of the thief and the
iobber. and proposed to erect it again
over the Republican altar, and against il
the legitimate heirs to the Grant success.
sion made common and deadly warfare
1t had leaders and orators, men of senti-
ment, of conviction, of positive purpose
but untutored in organizing modern DO.
litical victory; they defantly antagon.
lied, but they were powerless to control
and they could but hope to make mean
ambition their ally and join them in the
overthrow of all of the ablest of the re.
preventative leaders Of a degenerate par.
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