Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-24

Nutu " nuicctn lin lcautT tIOtn tnu
mass, for he Is then symbol of them
selves-tholr representative as well as
their creation-and il he turns out to
be success they contemplate him for
Z greater or less period with consider
able complacency. But after awhile
they call Tor new man. Thcu il the
discarded iavorite desires future lease
Of popularity he will wisely withdraw
himself for season from tho general
gaze and recruit his strength in com
paratiye obscurity. If he can leave
tho country for some years it will be
all the better for him, for distance will
then lend enchantment to the view
As children rejoice with exceeding joy
over the recovery of long. lost and for.
gotten toys, so do we children Of u
larger growth welcome with delight
that which was lost and is found that
which was dead and is alive again. IT,
is like bread, cast upon the water, re-
turning to us after many days.
When James Monroe became Pres-
dent, in 1917, be had been long absent
as foreign minister His military
fame did not help him greatly, for,
though he served in the Revolutionary
war IRON its beginning to its end, he
never rose higher than an infantry
captain. Buchanan was fresh from
tho Court OF st. James when chosen
to the Presidency in 1856. In 1870
General Harrison, the 'larmer OF
North Bend" was cxhumed from the
obscurIty he had sought after being
ingloriously beaten by Van Buron four
years before. Neither Polk nor Pierce
were widely known when put in the
field as Presidential nominees in 1874
and 1852 respectively yet one defeat
ed Henry Clay, whose name was a
household word, and the other defeated
the most accomplished and successful
soldier of the age, General Winfield
Scott.
Neither civic nor military fame ap.
pears to have been a stepping stone TO
the Presidency. The foremost states.
men and soldiers the country has pro-
duced since the days of Washington
and Jefferson-each OF whom was con-
summate 10 bis sphere-have failed to
grasp the glittering prize No one
now pretends that General Taylor
was master of the art of war. He
and Harrison have been held up as
examples of successful military candi-
dates. 1t was not the glamor Of mar
tial glory that elected Taylor, but the
detection of Martin Van Buren and
the Democratic Barnburners from Mr.
Cass as hard times, universal bank
ruptcy, ruined manufactures and the
general prostration of the country
finally elected General Harrison, after
his exploits in the war of 1872 had ut.
terly tailed him in the canvass Of 1896.
The current Seymour "boom" is
predicated upon that distinguished
gentleman's complete retirement from
active politics since his defeat by Gen
eral Grant in 1868. Similar move
ments in favor of other men.who have
kept very quiet for several years past
and some OF whom, in fact, were
never very widely known-arc based
upon the presumed advantage of the
comparative obscurity Of the candi-
dates. A correspondent Of oursprightly
contemporary, the Erening Neics, even
goes 80 far in this directionas TO nomi.
nate our worthy fcllow-cltizen, Mr.
John Welsh.
Messrs. Blaine, Conkling and Sher-
man and a good many others almost
equally conspicuous, have been too
prominently and unintermittingtly in
the public eye to get any nearer to the
Presidency than Moses did to the prom.
ised land. Hayes, who had nearly
dropped out Of sight, beat all Of them
at Cincinnati, and Washburnc, as ad-
ministrator cum teStdmento dnnero of
the political assets of the Silent Man
now making so much noise--therc is
strong reason to believe, will win the
nomination Of the next Republican
National Convention. He was out Of
the country a good while, and he has
buried himself so thoroughly since he
came back from France, and kept so
resolutely quiet, that he will have all
the freshness Of q new man. Here is
your Republican dark horse. Behind
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