Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-11-27

\ ali the democrats In the state, ne
the broadest and best indeed, h.
spreads himself over the country
and for purity of character and men
tai force is not excelled in his part,
anywhere. He is always fOunC
combating the meaner methods 0
democratic management, and M
man whom / know of has the cour
age to say stronger things inside tn,
party councils against dangerous o.
ilnp0litic schemes than Thomas +
Bayard. If he would sometime
step outside the party traces anC
vote against the measures which ht
abhors and has denounced in caucus
| he would be a statesman without 1
peer in effective service to his party
and his country, As Delaware il
| bound, then, tt, faxela democrat, il
is best that this nian3 VINO can fill
the place, shonid have it, rather
than some so-cSEed independent
democrat, who usually turns out tC
be the meanest partisan, and almost
universally lacks those elements o1
political and mental strength which
commend a mau to respectable con.
sideration on any broad field of ac-
tion.
These Thoughts about Senator
Bayard suggested themselves to me
before | saw him to-day. I met
him by the purest accident walking
leisureIy up the street apparently
unru1ffed by the receLt tyoverwheIm-
ing defeat of his party. He stopped
as we faced each other and greeted
me cordially. After some general
remarks | said. e
81 You have had j bitter contest in
Delaware this year, Senator"
"Yes, very. lsuppOse the close
ness of the senate made this state an
inviting field FOR experiment, espe-
cially as the territory to be covered
was limited and the points to be
operated on. concentrated"
"Sha!l you be reelected ?'
81 should think so, although that
is matter about which | give my
self very iittle concern. | do not
know, except in a general way,
about the composition. of the legis-
lature, and | have never made it a
point to meet the members of the
Will "a NICM AZ lily DCI-
sonal advancement. The election
of a senator should not be the result
of personal solicitation"
"What of the future of the demo-
cratic party ?"
"The democratic party is the de-
fense of the constitution. Its prin-
ciples are right and have survived
many more disastrous defeats than
this. 1t may be chastened by acci-
dents, mismanagement or the use
of bad methods in political warfare,
and | confess that / cannot justify
much of what has been done on
both sides during the recent con-
tests. But the democratic party
will outlive all this, for principles
do not die"
"Are we to have a cessation of
political excitement during the
coming four years ?"
Who can tell? / thought when
the nominations were made this
time that we would have a quiet
canvass, which would not greatly
disturb the country. But it has
been the bitterest campaign / ever
saw, and after these evidences | am
at loss to know what may not he
done in the near future by pOliti-
clans, who seem to care more for
party success. or the loaves and
fishes, than for the good of the cOun-
try. If Grant had been nominated
| should have expected just such a
canvass as we have had, but with
the two candidates who were run
ming, ! must say that | was not pre-
pared for any such exhibition of
feeling"
"Will there be any effort to nulli-
fy the result by challenging the
electoral vote of New York ?"
ooh, no! oh, no! There will
never again be any straining of con-
stitutional methods in the decision
of a presidential election. Things
are profiigate enough in New York,
but / should as soon think of my
voting to confirm any such action,
if it should BIZ taken, as to think
that any serious attempt would be
made to interfere with the counting
of the vote Of New York for Gar
field as it has been cast. The cleo
tion has been held and the verdict
of the people recorded, and the
democratic party will never tolerate
any tampering with the will of the
people. Garfield will be inaugu-
rated without opposition"
"About tae organization of the
next senate? 2"
"That is one of the unpleasant
results of the campaign. The di-
vision of parties is 50 narrow that it
gives small men chance for barter,
and offers a temptation for such
political maneuvers as / have no
taste for. 1t would have been bet
ter if the majority on one side or
the other had been marked enough
to prevent any political legerdemain
in the organization by either party
or by free lances."
''Is there any probability of an
effort being made to unseat Kel-
logg ?n
"I should hope not, and yet the
incentive to retain control of the
senate may result in the continued
agitation of this question, which
can only provoke bad feeling. OF
course there is but one position for
me. There must be some tinality
to legislative action, and that point
has been reached in Kellogg's case.
1t is res odjudieatd. 1t is always
best that there shall be no tempta-
tion to strain a point in the hope of
gaining a passing advantage"
"Then you expect the coming
session of the senate TO be an inter-
esting one ?"
Naturally so. 1t being the close
of one administration and the be.
ginning of new one, there will
necessarily be more of interest than
there usually is in an ordinary short
session."
Senator Bayard spoke kindly of
Gen. Garfield and expressed the
hope that his administration might
justify the most sanguine expecta-
tions of his friends,
Four negroes were found in an
Alabama graveyard going through
with mummeries which, with GER
tain bones taken from one of the
graves, would, as they sought, give
them magical powers. One was on
his knees praying at the head of the
grave, another was on his knees at
the foot, cursing, and the other two
playing a game of cards in the CEN
ter.
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