The New York herald., 1879-11-22


DIVERSE OPINIONS OF SOUTHERN JOURNALS
WHAT GENERAL GRANTS CANDIDACY WOULD
MEAN-BAYARD AND GRANT THE REPREsENTA-
TIVE MEN OF THE TIME.
PARTISAN CORE
from the Richmond (va) state--dem.l
Eight years in the Presidency is sufficient to test
the ability of any public man. During this period
it was shown that General Grant was the wrong man
for the place. President Hayes term has surely been
not so long that mind Of average forgetfulness is
too weak to 90 back to the time when General Grant
President. A review OF these two terms OF
office will make clear the fact that General Grant has
no right to such title as non-partisan. Let the
people look to this before they for the man whom
some want to call 1.-THE Pacifcator."
CAN GRANT CARRY VIRGINIA?
From the Baltimore (Md.) Gazette-dem.l
Well informed politicians say that If Grant is
mated for President will be hard work to Keep him
from carrying Virginia.
GRANT AND BAYARD.
from the New Orleans Times-dem.]
On Wednesday General Grant reached Chicago
from his home in Galena to attend meeting Of the
Society Of the Army of the Tennessee He
was received with an outburst Of popular
enthusiasm; he was fated and honored. and
he made two speeches. one apparently extem-
pore, the other significantly written out-"the
longest speech of his life" Western paper
it. On the day previous senator Bayard was re-
ceved in Wilmington, his native city. not less en-.
Enthusiastically; he spoke not less significantly. And
so 1t is that these two remarkable men-the most
prominent figures to-day in American public
striking manner and degree, the opposite
civic tendencies Of American thought; the
Opposing theories of American polity. Grant the
soldier in his plain, blunt, corimon sense and
STYLE grasps and expresses the idea Of consolidation
and nationality-the idea which has been exalted
irymen in recent years. Bayard. the statesman.
the man of culture and refinement whose father
and grandfather were Senators before him.
honestly upholds and eloquenty defends the ad-
verse course of American politics-the opposing
drift of our tentative civic institutions He is
fair representative of the idea of Decentralization
of State rights and State sovereignty, within the
bounds and bands of the federal Union Let it be
conceded that both men are sincere: that both are
patriotic Americans. Nevertheless, they stand Tar
apart-at the opposite political poles. ~
A NOTE WARNING.
From the Charlotte IN. C.) Observer-dern.]
The South has nothing but indignity to expect at
the hands Of General Grant
IS IT BREAKUP?
From the Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal-dem.l
The idea of rallying beneath the banner Of GEN.
eral Grant has certain attractiveness to the adven
turous fancy and, indeed stranger things have hap
pened than union of the Bourbons Of the South and
the stawarts of the North under the leadership
popular soldier, promising q new deal and lively fu
ture The total abandonment Of all principle however
must precede such meeting of extremes That it is
topic OF frequent discussion shows only how the
public mind of both sections is debauched. During
the early days of the extra session there hot
dispute between two democrats, Senator and an
editor. Tilden. The journalist was for Til
dsa mns ts stssr w.n vsrv bin
"If that old - Is put up again I'll
go home and make speeches for Grantl'' TO which
the gentle quill driver responded:-"lll have you
know that the distance between me and Grant il
only half as long as 1t is between you and Grant.
there that shall be Receiving with him" GSafns
merely. but chat. like straws, shows which way the
wind blows. That Grant and an empire. splendid
government and foreign war are familiar topics
OF speculation In the South is an undoubt-
ed fact and further. it Is true that
CARDS them with complaceucy. If not with hope. II
Grant be an ambition man the means Of gratifying
csvabIe rs that under possible Condition Of things
he might carry every Southern State except Missouri
and Kentucky. The reason is to be found in the
democratic leaders in the Senate Of tine United
States, proving that mon sometimes protest more
loudly against the idiocy OF friends than the ma
Lightly or enemies.
THE NEXT CAMPAIGN.
From the Baltimore tMd.) Gazette-dem.l
The issues Of the campaign of 1880. should Grant
receive the nomination-which now seems almost q
certainty-will be whether not radical change
shall take place in the government. The money
power. the corporations. the : federal Office
holders. the rings that thrived during
Grants two terms. those who fear 1.-THE mob"
selfeovernment and the military aristocracy-al OF
these want strong government even If it should
be u military dictatorship. When this issue fairly
to the people we shall have no fears of the
result. There is still a vast and resolute majority
in this country who believe in government Of the
people for the people and by the people.
HOW TO END sEcrIoNALIsM.
From the Galveston (Texas) News-dem.]
The New YORK HERALD recently remarked that
'in many parts Of the South prominent and inauen-
tal democratic journals have of late expressed their
preference for General Gram any other repub-
lican and over most democrats" and that all over
the Southern States there was to be seen crop
ping out "a desire for Ts strong % man a. the head
aytne makes these statements the text Of
some excellent rhetoric Of the famboyant de-
scription in protest against incongruous OF
misrepresentation. falsehoods. detractions aud cal
umnies which partisan cunning and sectional malig
nifty have cumulated upon the heads the SOUTH
people, crowned, it alleges, by imputation
of matchless enormity contributed by the HERALD.
''Now comes the NEW YORK HERALD" says the Plea
ynne, ''and imputes to them crime SURPRISING all
of which they have hitherto been accused and folly
exceeding any with which they have hitherto beon
charged. What, we have right to ask. have done
that this thing sho Id be laid at our door? Wherein
have shown that vicious as to embrace
drivellingly idiotic as to help to impose
selves the chains aud slavery which the reelection
or Grant would fasten upon us? The HERALD says
that prominent and influential democratic journals
in the South have declared q preference for Grant
Where those prominent and influential journals?
Let them be pointed out. Let the public know
who the men that willing, for the sake Of
that kind OF peace which reigned in Warsaw to ally
themselves with all that is most infamous in Amer
can politics." &c. After much more in this indig-
nant strain tie Picdyune, con behalf of the people
OF Louisiana and OF all the other southern States,
ropels .ths astounding charge" In conclusion 1t
says:--"There is no such feeling in the South. No
proposal so degrading could find favor except among
few scheming adventurers who fancy that their
personal fortunes might be advanced by coalition
with the worst elements OF the republican party.
Such persons may cherish the illusion to whi,h the
HERALD refers but to say that 1t has spread to any
extent IN Southern communities Is Insult to the
morality and the intelligence of large proportion
OF the American people" All of which is doubt
less fine sentiment well ably constructed rhet
oric. But whether 1t encompasses all the inspira-
tons and all the suggestions of practical statesman
snip, and is enlightened by deductions from all the
drifts and currents Of political tendencies and dc.
velopments is another question. That the idea OF
passlvely accepting. not actively supporting.
Grant for President is not strange TO conservative
minds in the South. Is fact denoted In many ways.
At Brentam. for instance, In the midst OF one Of
the oldest and most intelligent communities OF
Texas, we informed by special TO tho Ners Of