The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-13
WHAT NENTs--A NEW PLAT
FORM AND NEW DEAL.

BIyard is hereditary Senator, and
holds his Office becaus, he is an ad-
mirsble gentleman. He is incapable oi
politicians or demagogue's arts, and
deserves the highe. honors OF AmeTI-
can citizenship His virtues are such
that the honest people of the N lrth and
South, however they may differ about
minor political questions, will prefer
him to any other party -leader. b B.yard
is au ultra hard money philosopher.
He deems redundant paper money sig
nificant of swindliDg, as it is of public
and private moral corruption. "Flush
times" of paper riches are always eras
of most widespread debasing de-
pravIty. Ol the contrary, genuine,
honest popular virtue and happiness
are ever concomitauts of solid, sub
stantial Industry and progress, and
these have ever been put to flight
by paper credits and speculative cuI-
rency. Biysrd, devout, honest pa
triot, loving his country too wei, to
enact the part of demsgogue, will
never speak with a forked tonsu5 or
disguise a convirtion in order to catch
the sweet approval OF popular folly.
Greenbsckers, therefore, must vote for
him solely as concession to Bayard's
honesty and personal and intellectual
worth; Republicans Can support By
ard because his devotion to the UnIon
and opposition to secsssionism were
never questioned; the South will sup
port Bayard because it respects and
honors him. No party could tliunr
the bloody shirt in Blyard's face and
live. Forty millions of people would
resent the outrage proffered to unsul-
lied purity and Union-loving patriot
ism.
Suppose the South, as one man, sup
port such leader with such history
aud such political and personal virtues
for the Presidency Do we not give
the lie to the press aud politicians who
have devoted the past six months to
the sole purpose of makiOg the worlii
deem us uamixed savsges and IRE
pressible fools, and therefore rlvolu-
tionis,s 2 There is no country that so
needs and SO ardcI.t'y desires unbroken
peace and the reproduction of wasted
fortunes. There are no people so de-
sirOus of attracting wealth and intelli-
gence. and from other and from for
eign States. While political contests
are sectional, there is no nope for
Southern progress or prosperity, and
not the remotest for ID macratic veto.
ry. Therefore the s Iuth prefers
Bayard as its candidate for the
Presidency. He can be accused of
none of the vices which our own un-
fortunate party leaders iage caused
the whole world to ascribe to US. His
nomination by the South will give the
lie direct to Conk!ing, and make every
honest, intelligent Northern gtntle-
man confess how VIC have been foully
slandered and grievouslY wronged and
by furious lying made
necessary by false issues discussed by
false party-leaders. Tilden and Hen
bricks and Hancock must step down
aud out. These elections of Tuesday
and absolute necessities of the South
and honest patriotism everywhere de-
mand the nomination of Baysrd. Every
sectional issue made by Conkhng and
Beck and Randall and Garfield, the
of infinite public eYils, dis
appears in Bayard's majestic and patrI
otic presence, and the South may yet
escape the crushing, resistless, ruiR0us
weight of the ''solid North" L. is
fortunate that Tilden is over
thrown. We must have new candi-
dates and new platforms.