Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-02-26
This Will Never Do,

Now that the ex President has
entered the field as candidate. he
ought to hurry home aud take care
of his friends. - 9
We do not mean, OF course, tax
ing care Of them in that sense in
which he will doubtless take ca, OF
then after | Q is elected-if he should
be elected; we mean that he should
put some ct his friends away in a
safe iunatic asylum until after the
election, for the are 6amagi ng him
fr1ghtfulIy. Ftx a.'~fa zR
Here. for instance,is the Chicago
Inter- Ocean, one Of his oldest and
most faithful supporters, an able
and courageous journal, which has
the merit Of never mincing matters.
We should not precisely like 10 see
the Inter- Ocean stuck into a lunatic
asylum. to be sure, but it ought
certainly to be ''warned," as the
late Emperor Napoleon III. used to
have imprudent or over Jealous
journalists warned in France. Our
jealous contemporary insists upon
the denomination of the ex-Presi-
dent, because
We know, and tie people know.
that if Gen. Grant is chosen, she
will take the Office and all thought
of conspiracy will melt away under
the Influence of mau whose word
would Gull to his side half million
Of veteran soldiers.
The emphasizing quoted letters
are our contemporary's. not ours.
The Inter Ocean knows" whereof
it speaks, it seems, aud it adds:
"The KepublicaD party needs
something more than briIliancy,
something more than Magnetism
something more than financial ahil-
ity. something more than simple
availability, in the contest thstis
approaching. In case of trouble,
experience shows that takers gem
orally retire to the rear, while men
Of action come to the front. The
Deacon Smiths and the George
William Curtises are beautiful 10
look upon iii the bright sunshine,
but when the clouds lower dustier,
garments and less bewitching forms
mnsI appear. What we need now
is bravery. strength, tirmness and
honesty in candidate; the daimler
traits will answer for fairer periods
and less stormy skies.
Heavens! "Sto:mv times," our
weather wise contemporary pro
claims! The couLtry is AT peace, to
be sure; the South was never near.
ly so quiet nor SO prosperous under
ate administration as it is now
President Hayes, with his wise and
effective Southern policy, has SC
completely drawn the teeth of those
terrible fellows, the "rebel bri,
adiers," that they can no longer dc
anything but quarrel among them
selves. Our manufacturers are
busily and proftabiy employed; we
! have arrived at specie payments,ir
spite Of the frightful warnings ol
the Inter Ocean commerce is re-
viving; the cottun crop was never
so great as this year, which makes
it the more wonderful that the ne
groes should be perpetually sho'
aud driven off all over the South
the Western farmers have done
well, ,and to do still better next year
even the great tramp nuisance has
almost disappeared, except in the
political fields, where it PROMISES to
be an nncommonly fine year fo'
voters to tramp hon one party
over to another if our contemporary
has his way. And in the midst o
all our good fortaue We hear The
dolorons cry of stormy times!" and
this amazing demand for a candi-
date, who, our blessed contempo-
rary knows" on private and ex
elusive information, we suppose
twill take lhe office" if he tbiuks b.
is chosen; will grab the President c,
that is to say, if he thinks fit.
| Surely a more Injurious, q NOR
damaging imr ortation, was neve
| kbUt Su CdutllAdto cHSu Oy ulS on
mics; aud this comes from friend
who speaks not by guesswork. bu
with the assurrapce which can com
only from private Information.
in Mexico or Peru or Central A mel
lea candidate should be put up o
the ground that be- Was man wh
would stand no nonsense, who hat
no constitutional scruples. but wouD
take the off ceIf he considered bim
self chosen, we,of the United Stare
would shrug our shoulders in con
I temptuous pity, and declare "thos
r Spanish speaking people will neve
understand f, ee, constitutional goy
ernment." And here is the mos
Jealous supporter of the ex- -Presi
dent demanding bis nomination Q
this very ground. - 'i9'h" Il - =
1t would be ridiculous and laugl
!, able if it were not shameful.
Il would not be worthy Of notice