The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-06

ueh1 VINO represents revolutionary memories
there could be no room for deliberation as to
the person. Charles Francis Adams is the
one citizen around whom such memories
cluster in abundance and, by what would
be fortunate, almost providential coinci-
dence Gf our people would so consider it),
he is the best man for President. irrespective
OF ancestry and historical associations.
When it is thus in our power to pay noble
tribute to the memory of our forefathers
consistently with every present duty which
we owe to orr country, it is to be deplored
that SO bright a page cannot be written in
our history for the admiration of those who
are to come after MS. But these expressions
Of regret are OBTAINING us from the inter-
view
Mr.. Adams is impressed with the distrac-
ton and confusion which reign in our pol
tiles, and ascribes the chaos to President
Grants lack of forecast and steadiness. All
the greater matters have been left to drift for
the want of firm hand at the helm and of n
pilots knowledge of the channels "The
country" Mr.. Adams says, sis all unsettled.
nent policy. He let matters take their own
course. What has come is trouble and con-
fusion. What is to come no one knows.
The country is uneasy and everybody is
looking for man." What Mr.. Adams
thinks is most needed is "a man with head
man would be contrast to President Grant.
We cannot quite think SO; General Grant has
head enough, but it is not a head for politics.
He has force of will enough, but he is out of
his element, which is as bad as to set a reso-
Lutte cavalry captain to navigate a ship.
Mr.. Adams expresses his opinion pretty
freely of the prominent candidates for the
Presidency. He speaks well Of Mr.. Conkling,
but thinks he is too closely connected
with ''rings." We cannot imagine
what facts Mr.. Adams intends to
hint at. Mr.. Conkling is an eminent
citizen Of New York, and our interest
in the public men of our own State have led
us to watch his course. We has never
heard even a surmise that Mr.. Conkling had
any completely with the Whiskey Ring, or the
Washington Real Estate Ring, or the Credit
Mobilier Ring or the st. Domingo Ring, or
the Canal Ring, or any other Of the corrupt
rings which make our politics 10 infamous.
His faults, such as they are, are not of the
sordid kind. He is a strenuous party man
and has close associations with the Custom
House politicians but Collector Arthur is
reputed in this community to be an upright
officer and we believe the Custom House
was never more honestly administered than
it is at present. Nothing can be said against
Mr.. Conkling in 1875 which could not have
been said with at least equal truth against
Mr.. Seward in 1860, and Mr.. Adams must not
expect the country to forget his own eulogy
on Mr. Seward delivered before our Legis-
lature, and his strong expression of regret
that Mr.. Seward was not elected to the Pres
idency It does not come with a good grace
from him to condemn Mr.. Conkling for the
same kind of affiliations which he thought
pardonable in Mr.. Seward.
The characters Mr.. Adams assigns to
other leading candidates show better
knowledge and discrimination, but we think
the shading of some Of his portraits is not
quite correct He exaggerates Governor
Seymour's lack of steadiness and does not
sufficiently recognize his intellectual gifts
and stainless purity. His estimate of Mr..
Blaine is higher than ours, and we cannot
understand how o statesman who rates Mr..
Blaines intellect so high can say that Mr..
Tilden lacks breadth. Mr.. Blaine is q Wig
III h,,k r.
Tilden is greatly his superior in reach of
mind. Mr.. Adams, however, gives Gov
ernor Tilden duo credit for honesty of pur-
pose and thinks he would make very
"poltic" President. In all that he says of
Mr.. Washburne we fully concur; he evil
IDENTIFY thinks that Mr.. Washburne would
make an excellent President
Tho Senatorial Election In Connecti-
The democratic party in Connecticut, fol-
lowing ont the line of perversity which has
characterized almost everything the party
has undertaken to do nationally within the
last ten or fifteen years, is busily engaged in
sharpening a tomahawk that is capable of
being used most effectually for the political
massacre of the party in the coming Presi-
Dental campaign. We refer to the proposed
election of William H. Barnum to the Senate
of the United States, to fill the place made
vacant by the death of 0. S. Ferry, and now
temporarily occupied by James H. English
by appointment.
The Office of Senator of the United States
is one of the most important under our gov
eminent. 1t is capable of being made also
one of the most useful. 1t is more impor-
tant now than ever, when grave and compli-
Gated questions are continually coming be-
fore the Senate for consideration questions
the proper determination of which will
in time determine whether there shall be
prosperity and comfort to the laboring