The daily gazette., 1879-11-12
From the Phi.a. Telegraph.
Senator Bayard's VieWs.

Senator Bayard's VieWs.
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DELAWARE
NATIONAL ISSUES.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Times had an extended interview with
Senator Bayard on the return of that
gentleman from Europe to his home in
Wilmington, Del. The inter view is re-
ported in this mornings issue of the
paper, and furnishes very Interesting
exposition OF the views of the Delaware
statesman. The conversation took
wide range, and Senator Blyard seems
to have expressed himself very freely.
He discussed the position of the Demo.
cratic party in New York; the relations
of soft and hard money to party expe.
diency; the wonderful growth of the
West and the increpsing Importance OF
Texas; the effect of slavery in keeping
immigrants away from the South; the
relations of the Federal Government to
State organizations, and the present
need of the South, As 80 person Alities
concerning his fellow. Senator'S, he was
very reticent
THE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION.
In response to a question as to how the
Presidential question struck him senator
Bayard replied:
"l do not know. Our countrymen
seem to be 30 sensational that it is diff :
cult TO know what their opinions really
are. 1 take II for granted, after all, that
the American people have no persons
addiction. There Is general desire for
the welfare of the country and the pre-
servatiuu of good government that Is
very far beyond anything like personal
championship. think that is the idea"
TROOPS AT THE POLLS.
"Do you have In view any example of
any dangerous tendencies OF the present
rule 81" the correspondent asked.
"Yes. | think that the &c obstruction of
the Constitution which is now sought
for by mem bers of the administration,
and advanced by them at the. last Con-
gress, which Is to pace the elections in
The States under Federal supervision n
aud control, was a long stride towards
a destruction OF the principle of free
elections aud self government, which IL
essential for the psrpetuity of this Gov
erninsnt. 1t is founded in distrust of
the people. There is no more reason to
suppose the people of this country will
Commit suicide through tho Central Gov
ernment and therefore this whole idea
that you cannot have pure electioIs un-
less you have a Federal officer to admi n
lister them is founded in a distrust of the
| people tor self government, and a sug-
| gesiion that purity has its only fountain
| IN the city Of Washington.
| "rhis Is mo st substantial statement
| of plain and obvious truth-ihere is no
exaggeration in lit is q very moderate
| Statement of the consequences of the
| pOsi Lion which was taken at the last ses-
sion of Congress by the Republicans
generally and chiefly illustrated by the
claim of their right and duty to have an
| armed force at the polls OF popular cleo
tons in case the President should think
it proper to send them. They held that
there was nothin ng but his discretion to
prevent the presence of troops upon all
occasi ons of the expression of their free
will by the people. Force and free
will are inconsistent terms. In England
| and America over and over again 1t he's
been decided by parliamentary decision
that the presence of armed forces at the
| polls of election lnvali lated the election
| so far as the party whose influence caus-
cd hem to come there Is concerned."
THE MED OF THE SOUTH.
The conversation concluded as fol-
What does the South need now il
the way of legislation from Congress p
"The South does not need legislation
the South needs. sympathy and respect
In my Judgment what they need is d
realizing sense that they are safely anC
securely within the Union, bound up il
its destinies, in which they are to share
| the blessings as well as the burdens bu
that they are not to be in the Union ex-
cept upon terms thoroughly censisten
nth their self.respect. Everything i.
gained by appealing to all that is higher
and better among them, and to cease thl.
| spirit of domination and constant eX'
pressions of self.conscious superiority
send ng men down there to see that the
trials are conducted as they think they
ought to he, telling them they are OF
trial, and ali that sort ofthing. No sucl
spirit ought to exist, and l would no
treat this Union as an experiment.
would treat 1t as fixed fact that the,
are in the Union and are going to sta.
there ]: that they are going to be part o
our people and part Of the Government
and not only expect them to sustain an,
help it, but make that part of the coun
try source of strength to the whole.
want the people of the South to feel tina
they are respected and essential POI
ton of this Union and they cannot b
anything else. Now, In order to do tina
we must make their position In til
Union one of honor In the first place AN
then If they fall away from that it mus
be their own disgrace but the honorabl
recognition must precede the other, an
that they have not bad yet at the hand
of the Republican party. The people Q
the Northern States, whose representa-
tives want to make solid North, If the
are wise must see that the South must b
to them one of two things-a source @
weakness or a source Of strength, bu
their present course and their preser
feeling is calculated to make the South
second Ireland"