New-York tribune., 1880-06-27
IN ALAB1uA CANDIDATE.

We see no reason why j. j. McLCm0re should
not be nominated and elected to represent the
voters Of the Yth District of Alabama in Com
gress. He has announced himself as candi-
date in printed circular, a copy of which has
Just fallen under our notice. There are parts Of
this document which we do not pretend to nm
derstand, and which probably no one unicr-
stands; the chances are that Mr. McLCmore
does not understand them himself. Bat the
passages winch do have a meaning are as beau
tiful as they can be, and those which apparently
have none excite no surprise at the lack OF IT,,
for the simple reason that you are so carried
away with the dense luXuriance Of the language,
the gorgeous flowers of rhetoric and the tropical
undergrowth Of wild and confused tangle of
the parts of speech, that You just reyel in the
delights Of it. and never give a thought to the
meaning; you don't care whether it has any OF
not. You are satisfied that If it did have
meaning it would certainly be something worth
while; perhaps startling.
MeLemOre's platform, Il VIC have succeeded
in uncoyering it from the mass of fragrance and
foliage " hich lie has banked over 1t In his adj
dress, is quite simple lie is in favor of eduCa-
ton. "A very large per cenium," he says, of
"the worlds most useful and distinguished
"characters might have lived in obscurity, and
q at death passed into oblivion, but for the adj
Gvantages Of youth. Colleges and high schools
anow and ever have been the pOttcTs that
@mould the moral social, and intellectual clay"
We do not clearly make out tho bearing Of this,
for he adds that he cannot press tins impulse"
IntTinsicaliy and alone it would not apologize
u for an aspiration, much less justify n suffrage.
@CandOr reGuired its mentiOn,-I pass it as a
Gtransient ray Of latent heat,-a simmer Of re-
effected sunshine" He is also in favor of the
postal service, in which, he says, he has had
experience. He thinks that with proper leGls-
lation-which he goes fOr-"it will become the
Gmost highly appreciated branch of the civil ser
4 Gyice convenience as unburdensome as respi-
Sration, the pride Of the country, and the most
Ghighly honOred and covenanted peerage In
" the Cabinet"
He is IN favor, too, Of Federal patronage for
the South Hear him The war diverted from
the South it's former share Of Federal patron
9age, and now though the locks and barriers
are removed this water of national life flows
mot back save in ripping streams. The great
asplashing surRing, silvery wave seems to
ahave broadeDed and deepened the channel
gnear the northern Shore and left the southern
q to comparative barrenness and blight. a
alarger, faIrer, and more commensurate repre-
@sentation in the several departments at Wash
aington, in the domestic and foreign admins
Ghation Of the Government, and, if you please
u in the Estates of the Nation-th chairs of the
Executive Council-would work no dscTedit
@upon the South might refresh her parchinR
fruits and flowers, reinvigOrate her oaks and
@evergreens, beautlfy the landscape, and fruc-
tify the field" Thishe thinks could be brought
about "by an earnest, energetic, and united
"effort of her corps of Congressional engineers"
For his own part, he says: II should be happy
to tear, or aid i'll tearing, from the brow Of the
@SOuth, this sackolOth of ashes, and OF chasing
from her cheeks this crimson, hectic flush of
Glung decay" He seems to be tearer and q
chaser. But this is newsi that there is any
alung decay" IL that section,
He says dit Is now conceded that the war
q was great and grave error, and flor its COM
mission both sections and all parties are Jointly
Irresponsible" Consequently he believes it to
be wrong that @the entire onus and odium Of
that great error are saddled upon the South
aand the Southern people" .On this head he
continues "Of the Federal sOldiely, marble
Gslabs proudly mark the hallowed spots where
q sleep the martyred fallen, and Rilded an
anuities gem the bosoms Of the hOnored living.
awhile of the Confederate for Southern, the
dead moulder nIecognized-expatri
the living 60 unrewatded. And this after an
Gadmission Of respOnsibility-eQualcrimin-
aalIty-in nation of freemen, and In an era of
Gp1oR1ess." This distinction, he sayE, should
cease, and we should "place our cOuntrymen-
SFede1al and Confederate, living and dead
supon the same planes of equality" There is
not much doubt as to his meaning on this point,
nor much doubt that 1t accords with the views