Daily Republican., 1878-12-27
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lgroomed andput fairly on the Presiden-
tial race course according to Whining
ton correspondent Of the New York
Times, and to boost the Senator onward
towards the goal a solid South with l3s
votes are promised, it being presumed
that under no circumstances can any
Republican nominee get single slec'
toral vote south OF the old slave line
But 1855 votes are required to elect and
hence there is a deficiency Of AZ votes
to be made up from some Of the North
ern States. To do this, three Of the
hard money states are picked out and
these are New York with IS votes, Con
necticut with s, and New Jersey with
8, making so in all,or three more than
IL necessary to elect. In this pro-
gramme no account is taken Of the soft
money Democratic State Of Indiana, but
the other three mentioned, being en-
phatically Of Mr.. Bayafd's mind on f.
nances, the Senator's friends have
mapped out his possibilities OF carry
ing them and thereby gain the Presi'
iency to the Democracy. II finances
we're III. only important question which
divide public sentiment, the programme
50 deliberately planned would n" doubt
be good one, but there happens to be
another question which if not para
mount, claims at least equal attention
to that Of fnancc. This question is
whether Southern Republican will
be allowed to vote for whom he pleases
without fear of losing his life or being
| driven from the State, and upon this
question the people have already decid
ed in favor of the Republican party a.
being the safest to which to entrust The
question Of suffrage. Bayard, anyhow,
is in accord with the Republicans o.
financial issues, and nothing could b
gained by a change in that respect, bur
mis- course on the Southern sutfrag.
question not being satisfactory 70 TIN
public spirit Of the age, he cannot pos
sibly stand before it with any hopes
carrying single state in the north
Senator Bayard it is suspicioned instea"
Of enlarging the area Of suffrage is rath
er inclined to restrict and confne it to
what is known in modern days as tn"
wealth and intelligence of the nation
which cannot add to the chances of tbr
Delaware Senator. We are perfectly
satisfied that the solid South project
shall be maintained if Senator Bayard
thinks he can stand it, and we are no'
afraid of the result even if the Repub
licans should choose an unpopular
candidate. The argument in favor
Of Senator Bayard's financial souEdness
can avail nothing, as long as the Re-
publicans are AZ sound as he is on that
question and much sOunder on the suf
frage question. This will stand not
only in the way of Senator Bavard's
elevation to the Presidency in 1850,
but to the elevation Of any Democrat t.
that Office. he h in favor Of either hard
or soft money. The people mean that
in this country there shall be equally
and fairness in elections, and polt-
clans may say what they will againS'
bringing up dead issues" they will
arise every election, until any man
can vote as tree and unmolesttd il
South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisi.
ana, as in Maine, Pennsylvania and
Onio. This is the real issue, and upon
this issue a Republican President will
be elected in 1850. We have not got a
particle of antipathy to Senator Bay
ard on the contrary We rather admire
his independent course on many lead
ing questions but GU the main ques-
tion of the times, which is free and un-
t"ammele suffrage, he is not sound,
and upon that issue We must oppo'"
him, even at the risk Of the Every
Erming calling II dirty birds.