The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-28
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No man i'll America has swectcr,
gcntler, more womanish nature than
Lamar. He is a dreamer. poet. His
life has been passed among books. He
was long college, professor. Just
enough ofactive, practical experience,
as soldier and as traveller, he has
had to give him somewhat of the
knowledge ola politician and man Of
the world. But he makes a poor fig
ure of either character; he is states
man and philosophical man of pro-
found convictions-and owes his great
place III popular esteem to his genius,
sustained by physical and moral cour-
age of so high ali order that his ene-
mics respect him. All ~ eli, who know
him at all, know him to be incapable
Of prcmeditatcd discourtcsy or offense.
Known to be fearless man, he never
had difficulty or alteration in his life !;
and nothing short Of tho intolerable in
science Of Mr.. Conkling could have
stung him into the kind Of reioindcr
which he made.
And rho is Mr.. Conkling2 The
country knows him chiefly through
the description of Mr.. Blaine. But it
is not go familiar with him as his col
leagues. Mr.. Conkling is brilliant
actor. The offspring Of q dung-hill,
he has tho cuteness Of the horsc-j Jockey !;
but, having tho physique of butcher
and the voice of all oratorical yender
of wart cures, he set up for an Office
seeker, and has, by hook and crook
educating himself as he progressed
como to be, not merely Senator, but
q surprisingly good stagc-player.
Vulgar by nature-and rapidly grow
ing very coarse and common in his
exterior-the result Of habits which are
no longer q secret at Washington--he
has for two or three years attempted to
make up his moral and intellectual
losses by more swagger. Selecting for
tho victims Of his rage an entiro pco.
pie, instead of 4 single individual, he
has, like the poor coward that he is,
strutted his strut, exploding his mis-.
cellaneous vulgarity at long range,
but carefully avoiding to tread npon
approximate toes. This sort Of thing
generally comes to grief.
Ofcoursc the Republican press will
take another view oft. Yet, there is
not Republican editor, who has
sense enough to carry him to Wash.
ington and back, who docs not know
that Conkling is what we have repre-.
sentcd him. More than this; he Is as
corrupt hound as ever sat in Con.
grcss, for there are dozens Of people
who have moro than reason to
suspect that he was willing to sell him.
self to tho Democrats for price in
1851. "
Zach Chandler, the Washington
correspondent Of a Cincinnati paper
in moment Of thoughtlessncss Which
he will regret, has allowed himself to
discover q Presidential candidate who
is not OIL Ohio man. Tho information
Is given with uncommon solemnity
that the Senator's friends are actively
looking over the ground and some
work has already been done, both in
the national committee and out Of it.
and II jeff Davis can be kept alive till
the next Republican National Conyen.
ton they have tho greatest hopes OF
getting Chandler on tho ticket. They
claim for their candidate that he would
make strong government and have
no earthly need Of repeated applica.
tions of secondhand backbone tOkcen
him In the party. Some day It may
got out, however, that this corrcspo n
don't was writing between" drinks
Philadelphia Times. .,.. l@.' ''t.T
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--Ex-G Governor Curtin Of Pennsyl-
vania, expresses the opinion that tho
Democratic presidential nomination
wili be secured by either Bayard,
!iiden or Thurman, whilst his opin.
lon is that either Grapt or Sherman
VIII be the choice Of the Republicans.
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