New-York tribune., 1880-02-28

Where and when did either of them ever show any
"ari." y Did Seymour mako an exhibition of that
kind during the New York riots Has Hendricks
III a busy lifetime of stradding, ever shown par
ncleG "Mon of grit" indeed! Mon of mush
would be more accurate,
1t is the avowed purpose of that perspcacious In
sttution, The WOrld newspaper, to run Senator
Bayard for the Presidency the merits of his
secession speech, recently republisbed. There was
really no harm IN the speech, it argues, because.
though certain States had seeded, the flag had
been several times fired upon by the command OF
one or another of the seeded States and the Pres-
dent had taken measures to enforce the laws over
those seeded States no Democrat in all the loyal
States had asserted or admitted that the war e1-
isted" That settles ID, without further argument
but the case can be strengthened by adding Ihae s
there are In Congress to-day several Democrats VINO
refuse to assert admit that the war ever existed
al all. BY all means let Bayard run on The H0rlds
platform.
Senator Logan says there is no doubt but that
Illinois will follow the example of Pennsylvania
and New-YOrk and choose a solid Grant delegation
that the South will fall in behind these great North
ern States, and that within three weeks everybody
will be umbling in for Grant and the tide will be
all way" Make a note OF that prophecy and
see what there is left of it after the Illinois Con-
ventiOn meets on May 10.
h'NoS
which have been called, Is that of Texas, on March
24. Kansas comes next on March 81 In the mean
time public sentiment will have a chance to settle.
ard the staying power of the bOoms will be tested
The Grant managers are able " Chalmers" They
are sure of his nomination already but only their
section of the party has spoken yet.
As the cOnference-meetIng leaders say " The
meeting is now open for remarks" If any Repub-
lican has anything to say now Is the time 10 say IT,
What is the opinion of the Democratic newspa-
pers of the country the scheme of their leaders
i'm Congress TO steal the vote of Minnesota They
must have one Of some sort. yet they keep 1t to
themselves. To all outward appearances they have
not even heard of the outrageous plan. They
didn't hear of the Maine scandal until it turned out
to bc "A failure and then they assalled Garcelon Tor
stupidity rather than for moral crOOkedness. II
DOnnely fails to secure his stolen seat they can De
depended upon 10 discover that lac Is blunderlng
demagogue unworthy of the name OF Democrat
There are respectable journals IN the party which
ought to say as much III advance, Dut they are yet
10 be heard from.
Blaine is as sure Of the thirty delegates from lndi-
ana as if they had been instructed for him. The
IndanayoIis JoiupG ssays that las between Blaine
and either of the other two candidates now before
the Convention the delegation viii vote solidly for
Blaine. The unit rule will not be enforced. ont
adopted a matter OF State policy lie mas the
satisfaction OF knowing too, that the sofa VOte OF
the Republicans OF Indiana Will be represented by
the solid vote OF the delegation.
Keep it in mind that Tildcn and the whole Dem
ocraiic party are unanimous and eager for Grants
nomination.
Which IS wiser to nomu ate a candidate who can
be elected by SO large majority as to make fight
after election impossible, or to nominate one who
can he elected BY so small majority to make a
fight probable Is it wise 10 start III with the eX-
pectation of an ultimate hghtf