Middletown transcript., 1877-08-11
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We clip the following from the Sar
Francisco (Cal9 Morning CaH, as eyi
dence ofthe high regard in which Del
aware's senator is held in that far-of
State:
an Senator Bayard's address before
the Phi Beta Kappa, at Cambridge
there was a plea for the introduction Of
the gentleman in politics, which has
provoked a-good deal Of good-natured
comment. It is generally admitted
that Mr.. Bayard may be accepted as
an exemplar Of the type Of character
he wishes to become prominent in our
politics. He not only bears a name
which has been prominent during al
most the whole history Of this nation
without reproach, but he himself is
worthy descendant of the Bayards.
Some Of the Republican papers have
laughed little at the idea Of putting
the gentleman into the Democratic
side Of the political house but there
is, nevertheless, an apparent conscious
ness that an appearancesof this kind is
so much needed that details may be
waived, so that his coming be not de-
layed. 1t is about time that an ex-
pertinent should be made to ascertain
if the people will sustain public man
who serves them faithfully without
courting them at all-who declines to
interfere in conventions and primary
meetings, and makes no effort to secure
patronage to distribute among his
friends. Senator Bayard is understood
to be candidate for the Presidency in
1880, on something such platform as
this Representing the gentleman in
politics, he does not propose to do any
thing to attain his ends a gentleman
may not do. It is a pretty difficult |
role to play in politics, but we know Of
no one who viii be more likely to play
it with credit, if not with success, than
the Senator from Delaware. He has
arrived at his present position as a
leading Senator, though representing a |
small State, without practising any Of
the arts by which Senatorships are
sometimes obtained. In view Of the
possibility Of Senator Bayard's becom-
ing Presidential candidate, the Chi
cagO Times speculates as to the proba-
bility Of his descent from the renowned
Chevalier, to whose name the descrip-
ton sans pear ct sans reproche, has
elung during three centuries. With
out establishing the fact of lineal de-
scent, the Times discovers like charac-
teristics, and is rather inclined to open
its arms to the present Bayard. The
founder Of the American Bayards was
Nicholas Bayard, a French Huguenot.
He came over with Peter Stuyvesant
in 1647. Stuyvesant married Nicho-
las Bayard's sister. In 1897 James
Ashton Bayard, an acknowledged heir
Of Nicholas, was elected to the United
States Congress from Delaware. He
became aleader in the movement which
eliminated in Jeferson's election. He
became Senator in 1904, and remained
IN the Senate until President Madison
him ons of the three Com
nissioners to negotiate the treaty Of
Ghent. His son james Ashton Bay
ard was Senator from Delaware from
1851 to 1859. The present Senator
his father in the latter year,
and, as the Times says, has always re-
iected credit on his father and grand
ather. Although sharing with Sena-
.or Thurman, Of Ohio, the leadership
# the Democratic side of the Senate,
Mr. Bayard is one of the younger mem
,ers, being less than fifty years Of age.