The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-08-09
PrematurenesS In Politics.
Washington Poet.1

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Our ignis JatWWs contemDararv. tho
New York sun, has, up to date. an.
nOunced itself to be in favor OF. for
the high office Of President OF the
United States, Joel Parker, Of New
Jersey. Winfield s. Hancock, OF
fennsylvania; Horatio Seymour. OF
New York SANFORD E. Church. OF
New York; John Kelly, OF New
York; Samuel J. Tilden, Of New
York; John NJ. Palmer. Of illinois, !:
Thomas Ewing, Of Ohio, and David
Davis, OF Illinois unreservedly, and
John Sherman, Of Ohio, with o re.
reservation. 1t declares unalterable
opposition to the aspirations OF u.
5. Grant. OF Illinois. and William
Dorsheimer, Of New York. The St.
Louis Post. Dispatch, which resem.
Dies the Sun IN many respects. an.
nounces its Presidential preferences
to be Thomas F. Bayard, of Dela.
ware. and lite antipathis Allen G.
Thurman, Of Ohio Samuel j. Tilden
OF New York, and Thomas A. Hen.
bricks, Of Indiana.
We are pleased to Gee our beloved
contemporaries thus energetically
leading the fight. We are more than
gratited to witness such evidences
OF enterprise on the part Of the Sun.
and such elements Of dOgmatism In
the Post. Dispatch. It 10 true there
really seems to exist no occasion for
q hurry In this matter Of Presidential
nominations, but then it may be Just
as we'll to have the brush thoroughly
beatensin advance Of the meeting
time.
But We have one old mild reminder
to impress upon the minds of our
Journalistic friends. It carries with
It, also, some few grains OF advice. !
II the Sun and the Post. Dispatch. in |
their characters Of Presidential nom.
inators. resurrecticnists and execu.
tioners. are only acting as skirmish. |
ers, the beautiful but as We may cav.
disJolnted vagueness which charact.
erizes their remarks and figurative |
movements will receive no criticism |
from US. But il this early start in |
the field Of Presidential politics il |
only the beginning Of an attempt on |
the part OF these two journals to
shape the policy Of tho two parties.
the Democracy especially, with re.
gard to their National candidates In
1880, we must take more serious cog
nizance Of it.
For the present, however. We will
content ourselves With advising our
contemporaries to be q trifle more ex.
plicit In their statements, and q lit.
tie moro reasonable and consistent
In formulating their groundwork Of
facts upon which to base expressions
OF preference or dislike. This will
apply to either one OF the two DOS.
sible objects above referred to, az In
view. We do not particularly object
to the Sun having ten favorite can.
didates for tho Presidency, every one
Of whom 1t prefers above all the rest.
This IL but natural. But We must
take some little exception to the way
10 which both tho Sun and Post Dis.
patch dispose OF the claims Of those
Df the alleged aspirants whom they
do not favor, and also to some Of the
reasons which they give for their
OF the other. For instance.
The Sun opposes Grant because he
has already had two terms In the ,
White House, good reas0n-and I
Ute down heavily upon Dorsheimer
because he recently made public use
)f the words "The differences Of con.
1ition, every day becoming wider
md deeper, give ample security" In
! Fourth OF July GRAFTON, which We
hall have to consider AZ absurd. {
Again, the Sun supports Parker be.
:aase he lives In New Jersey; Kelly.
tho people Of New York city I
viii vote for him Hancock, because
10 has not been mentioned In con. I
lection With the Office a. much az
10 deserves; Church, because be 10
N the New York Supreme bench
Cilden, because he has dissolved bis 2
bureau OF Ntnoompo0ps, and Sher. 9
nan, because be d q safer man than
}rant. The Post Dispatch, I'M Gin. l
lar fashion, rules Thurman of the
rack because be lives IL tho same
tate with Gen. Thomas Ewing: bro.
lOunCes against Hendricks because !
70 Is not sure Of carrying Massaohu. I
opposes Tilden because he WA Q
'lected Ii 1876, and supports BaysrI q
,ecause he represents every feature 9
L National policy to which the
Democratic West, where the Pr.
Dispatch holds forth. Il autagonistic. I
2easons Of this oort We cennot re. g
ard % sufficient IN Weighty maj.
er. :
IL conclusion, we desire to dis. :
laim any intention Of dlscourauino !