The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-01
POLITICAL PREDICTIONS.
A Few Words From a Gal
liant Defender of the
Union.
Gen. Thayer Speaks Gu. Boldly for Gen.
Grant.
To the Editor Of the Leader:

- --.- ..."
To the Editor Of the Leader:
A few days ago your paper contained
the following:
Gen. Thayer says nearly all the re-
publicans he met, while east, are in
favor Of Grant for 1880.
That one word, NEARLY" is there by
mistake. / met with no exceptions.
The stalwarts, of course, are for Grant,
the Greeley republicans are for
Grant, and the conservative republi-
cans are now for Grant; the civil SER
vice reformers are beginning now to
come around to the support of Grant;
even the self-righteous republicans are
beginning to draw a long sigh and say,
"Well, / guess Grant is the man,"
The boom" is booming. The Chi
cago Tribune, Cincinnati Commercial,
George William Curtis name in full,
Of Harper's Weekly, (how long will the
Harpers permit that journal to be the
vehicle of the personal m~aleyolence of
George William Curtis towards GRAVITY
had best bear in mind the case of the
old woman with the broom versus the
Atlantic ocean.
i am nj prophet, or the son Of a pro-
phet, but venture the prediction that
when the national republican conven
tion assemblies, 1t will be simply to re-
cord the edict of the republican party
of the nation, already declared, in ia
vor of Grant as their nominee for the
presidency; that n other republican
will permit his name to be presented in
the convention for that office; and that
Grant will accept; he will do nothing to
obtain 1t; will not turn his hand for it;
will not utter a word In favor of it.
he will look calmly on, as he did at
Vicksburg and Appomattox, and quiet
ly accept the inevitable; that the re-
suit of the election will be 80 decisive,
that cipher dispatches and all attempts
to buy returning boards will be useless.
and there will be nc occasion for resort
ing to that political makeshift, by
which each party hoped to trick the
other in the session of 1877, the
| electoral commission.
While / am in the line of prophecy,
l predict that the unconscious Tilden
will receive the unanimous nomination
of the Bourbon-confederat -brigadier-
general-democratic convention; that
that "bar'l of his" will be rolled
through the convention, crushing out
all opposition. His friends assert that
he has coined and bar'led a cool mil
lion out Of The New York elevated rail-
way. l predict that will elevate
Thurman, Bayard and Hendricks 30
far into that ETHEREAL void, described
by Boutwell, in the impeachment trial
Of Andrew johnson, that no Bourbon
confederate Observation-Disclosures
ic convention will aver be troubled with
their aspirations for a presidential nom.
ination again.
And this the country will witness:
One nomination, the spontaneous offer
ing of a grateful people; the other, the
spontaneous indictment of a bar'l of
money. Was such a spectacle ever
presented beforep No, never; well,
hardly ever, save on the democratic
side in the campaign of '76, when Til
denis bar'l and Senator Barnum's
mules We're conspicuous factors.
Excuse length, and accept, in the
faith of a sound republican gospel
which is, that n branch of the gov
eminent shall not dictate to another
the regards of n who is out of poll
tics.
Very Truly Yours,
JOHN NJ. THAYER.