Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-18

The Presidency and the West.
1t was twenty-six years ago that the last
President who was citizen 81 New Eng
land WAS jnaugurated rs Chief Magistrate
and he became the candidate "t great parry
more by chance than anything else ana
with the daily growth and development "i
the West it is fast becoming very Impro'H'nNr
that New England nan will ever occupy
the Presidential chair Even at 4 time ;"
recent AS Franklin Piercc's nomination the
West had hardly begun its career ot great
ness and the probabilities al, that It's pres
ent marvellous prosperity and advancement
are hut A dim aiumbration Of n mighty de
vclopmcnt TO come And as the centre III
population moves further aud further West
and its progress can he measured almost
daily the balance of political power moves
in the SAME ratio; and the West, the impe-
rial heritage of II great pcJrle, will he the
political battle field of the country AMI
its inhabitants will rally bc the
arbiters of the destinies ot the cnun-
try. Just now there is nnticcahlf
predominance of Western presidential candi-
d.tos-tbc West furnishing thrs,. as cxuhcr-
an,lv as il does its other products and
anronos of This fact TN, Boston TJdctHr
gives an interesting resume OF past and pres
ont candidates. from thcpart of the country
named Until within hardly more than half
a centurvthe West was practically "A terra in
coonifa hut in 1928 81 its first candidates
appeared-General jackson of Tennessee and
Henry CLAY Of Kentucky but AS Tennessee
and Kentucky were slaveholdng States, they
belonged rather to the South than the West.
General Jackson was candidate i'll 1888 +;
and he and Mr.. Clay were candidates in 1892.
General Harrison of Ohio was candidate OF
a large part of the Wings in 1896 and the
dissenting Democrats supported Judge
White of Tennessee. In $40 all the hIss
supported General Harrison, and 50 did De
mocratic dissenters, and all the Aduliamites
and he was chosen by tremendous hiaJoii'ies'
popular and electoral Mr.. Polk OF 1enncs-
see was chosen in 1874, over Clay, both
being semi Western men, hut neither repre-
senting what is understood by 1.-THE West.
General Cass of Michigan was defeated in
West went for him even more strongly than
1t had gone for General Harrison, eiSht years
earlier In 1852, all the Presidential candI-
dates were from the East, Pierce, Scott,
Webster and Hale. In 1856, Colonel Ere
mont was the Republican candidate and
Mr.. Lincoln's nomination and election, in
1860, was the beginning of series of Western
triumphs that have remained unbrokerl
twenty years
Of present candidates in esse or posse
there are Gen. Grant, Secretary Sherman,
Mr.. Washburn, Mr.. Foster, and others
while there are n number of other Republi-
cans who NAV loom largely by 1880: Gen
ersI Jocsn Mr. Harrison of Indiana and
Co,or., corfe,d for instance The nrin-
cipal Western Democratic aspirants are MIR.
Thurman, Mr.. Hendricks, MIR. Pendleton,
and Dave Davis; and the list Is III the way
to be heightened. II General Ewing should
he elected Governor Of Ohio, he scarcely
could fail Ia become formidable Prcsilcn-
tia aspirant, as he has talents, and as Ills
nomination would he favorahy received by
paper money men all over the country, and
paper-money men are far more numerous
than they should be, even in New York and
New England. The Trafe'te7 concludes
demonstrating the possible nomination OF the
Democrats, we are always t" keepin view the
fact that every Southern electoral vote has