Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-24
Letter from Chasseur

brightest. and nature is robsd in her sweetest,
freshest costume. and spring, like fair young
bride, breaking ftom the aged winters embrace
throws herself busbiog. with her thousand
charms into tho foil flooded summers arms.
The very air Of the city is charged with the
eltc ricity Of politics. There is nothing thought
of, or talked of bu! this suffice.
The Presidential question is the great theme
that most excludes minor subj .c:s.
| take deep ioterest in This question, and,
sfter good survey and much thought, | have
made up my mind. | may be wroDg, aad
probably am, blu. my couvictiors arc honest and
tlue anyway.
There are several promloeut names smoug
the democrats mentioned for the nomination.
Bayatd, 1ildGn, Hsucsck aod Field.
Bayard Is simply dead eek in tho pit. IT,
by any nltchaI &C, be should DO nominated By
the convention at CiGclnna!i his defeat woulI
DO fJregone COZ c'uslon. lie has none of lhs
grand qualtle Of party letd5r. lie is cold,
ch'liog, ADD if msy coin word. unms ,etc.
lie is the kind OF man that makes an enemy
every time he shakes hands with him. | HAYS
been thrown 10 close conac with S ,natorBayard
during Journalistic period Of two years 10 The
Houses of Congress, sud | koow he impresses
every one vino meets him with the fac. that be
is su cbarg. lDdeed FIVE minutes OF hi, CON-
any wcul1 make water tretz,. and a ooDVer.
s,lioa CT halt an hour would cluso dee rcpug-
nance TO Tho mar. lDdecd he is so cJld that
he gives his listeners an stack CT sore throat.
To tie believer in good old democratic dto
trues, l would like to ask the question: What
/, tho dltfeIeLc3 between Bsyard and Joho
Sherman? lflhcre is any | cinuot make it
cut. Both ere "protccIionis's" 10 The fullest
sense OF the word. Both arc the hardest Of
hard money men. Both favor high tariffs and
are opposed TO Tree trade. Both are advocates
OF tho national bauk system. Both represent
moneyed corporations against private rights
Neither oil them have thought OF the welfare
or Interest Ct the lei ing mihious. And then
that C: owung C. of Tiffany; that ba5o betrayal
OF peoples trust, the electoral commi ssiou,
was The conception aud banliog Of B4ysld To
him mere than any other man is duo The SUR
render ct he great democratic VIC Org of 1876
between Bayald and Grant. Many slaunch
demo cas- would vote for tho latter. aud j. is
certain that while the Senator might gain D5l-
aware he couli not carry Virginia.
There need be no fears of Iilieu's nonioa-
ton, even though he should get he votes of ali
tho rad.cil States; for tho two thirds rule will
be in force at Cincinnati. end the South will
mover cots9Ot TO any sUch mad sep. | have
travelled much in this State, have talked poll
Tics with hundreds of my people of all grades
Of opinions, and cao honestly say that | have
not yet met Tilden man 10 the Oh Dominion.
% the contrary, four men out of six declare
that they will not support him it nomiuatee.
Should the gods moke mad before they de-
stroy, AID the demo Gratis at Cincinnati noni-
nate Iilden, Grant would carry Virginia by
fifty Thousand msjotity, for bis nomination
would cluie tho disintcgratlon Of the demtc:at
10 ary-neither more nor lets.
AS much as maDy cool. long headed men DO.
plore 1t, Hsrcock is 1rioiicaliy out Of the
Presidential race :; he has neither tho brain TO
mark out tue campaign nor the monty to COZ
duct 1t. Besides being % ficer 10 the army be
is dobaTred the privilege of tskiog any active
part TO further his political welfsr. Beyond a
complimentary vote of several STATE, he will
receive nothing.
Thus the choice of tho democratic nomiuee
lies between two men-Horatio Seymour and
Judge Field of the Supreme Court.
Seymour could probably carry New York, but
only if MIR. Tildsn favored him, and would give
him warm support. 1t on the contrary, Tilieo
felt kooDly tho reproach aud discrsdit fur hav-
log been beaten 10 his own State by bis polite II
rival, who is also New Yorker, aud holds aloof,
it is very doubtful if Seymour could carry The
Empire State. Besides Stymour's tx,rcmc
age, his indifference to the welfare of tho de,
mocraoy, Lil remarkable apathy at this time
has bad effect, and prevents united aud har-
monlous ACTON 10 bis favor throughout the
county. IL looks like the old war horse of tho
democracy has f.l!on into the "stre and yellow
leal;;' that he has reached that period OF life
that wo all mus. come to. Il w. live LOOK enough,
when snug STAT ia n capecious arm chair by
the fire, or potteIiug about the tarm, watch
l1g the cattle Rrazog on the hills, or mending
10 vagrsnt way some torn paiing, il of more
interest than the affairs CT mighty nation.
1t would be sad sig bit to see the democracy of
the couotry, who tad not even strength 10 Cd
dress The people, nor vitality cDoush to copduct
tie campaign.
Such being he case, We hcer CT one man who
will be the da,k horse Of tho Cincinnati Coz.
v"nion, 10 tho person Ct tho California;
Judge FIELD could uoito tho democracy f this
cJuut:y as 90 other nian could, for tho nomioeo
will r'qu're three attributes, @ clear record,
aVsilah,ily, personal courage.
The Judge record il fsuItiels-a wsr G6mo
crat. pure and spoilers lfo fills tho first re-
quisite. Ih"n he is available. tha; is he cJm
b!ncs 81 tic necessary strength Of his party
&c 1Oud b. supported By the capital IF The
,uutry, Tor he moncyed interest low that lie
Is ssic, clu'l0us, lor E headed mar, whose ad
mlnlstfatnn w,ud be ooaducicd on the souud
cs; AID safest plan. Lis cabioct would be- com
plsed 1T the ru:rst Statesmen in the Union
aud u-d,r bis booiRn sway, all Industries, al
euerrrieea would prcsper. aud tie couo,ry
would ent,r INTO a new Ora Of uacxamp pied
prosperity. lo tho seest contest of Grant
against Field, the latter would rally TO bis SUP
port, the sd or pccl1d thought of tho country,
he gfe.t inlcpcnicnt vote thst holds the bal
anne OF power.
His availability Is sckno sIelgs1. Field could
carry q solid South, and cur Old Dominion
would give him splendid msj GRITTY. He could
gain for the Pacific States icr it requires only
n char s. of tu. two par cent in the last Presi.
dentia election to add those States to tie Dem.
Ccrstlc column.
The Judges advocacy on The Supreme bench
q The anil Chine q laws hts made him the idol
OF the people in that far off section.
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