Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1880-03-05
Cam Bayard WIN ?

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The speech made by Mr.. Bayard dur.
i.g,.g the waf il 1861, advocating
peace, and {axptessing Il heliefin the
practicability of two co-elual Con-
federacies living side by side in per-
feet harmony'aandmfav favoring nDinlsz
mediate recognition of the Southern
/ Coufederacy,wii wiihbefatally damaging
to his availability as a Presidential
candidate at the North.
| IT will be, remembered that in 1868
Gen Gees B, Mcclellan was ,put up
as the peace candidate in opposition
to Abraham. Lincoln, and althoug h
the horrors Of war, the results of
which were yos doubtful, were, ,griey-
ously oppresing the masses, aud the
desire for peace was streng and
general, Mcclellan was badly beaten.
Now that the war party has won.
and thcra is no motive Of selfintercst
to Influence, rs in '64, is it likely that
candidate ~ho favored the losing
side, and who was willing that the
Union Should be dissolved, will carry
n Nor.lacru State?
TO look at the matter calmly and
practically, in view of the sectional
spirit of the North which will never
die out, aud the efforts which will be
made by the bloody shirt stalwarts to
intensity this sectionalism for partisan
purposes, we do not think that can.
didate wsro espouscd this unpopular
aud losing cause, however great his
honesty and ability, will be likely to
draw votes from among people who,
despite their boastcd enlightenment,
exhibit far less liberaity Of senti-
mcnt and feeling than the conquered
South.
If Mr.. Bayard is the Democratic
candidate, Blaine and the rest Of the
stalwarts would wlnt no better text
for the Northern ear than the little
paragraph from Mr.. Bayard's Dover
speech why then may no. two
American Contcderacies exist side by
side without conflict 2" This will be
construed as championing the cause
of tho Southern Confederacy, and the
author will be put in the same cate
CORY with Jefferson Davis.
We honor Mr.. Bayard, and would
delight to see him above all Others in
the Presidential chair. We honor
him for his honesty, his consistency
and his independence. His Dover
speech is entirely in harmony with
his humanity and his nobility Of
character, We endorse every word
he lp'tcrs il it, and we respect him
the more for his manliness. IN brave,
y, slatn'iRg, UP with a hopeless min
or'ty, and expressing his honest con.
Tistions. But the pract cal question
is, can Mr. Bayard be3electel Prcsi-
dcnt,2sasSassgs,. aDas.1es---.--
4 Isis very eeftaiif the South cannot
elect President alone. Two or thrcs
Northern States are wanted, The
man who can carry tn csc States is
the man for the Democrats to nomi :
nate,
We have often said that the South
,@ught to- have very little to do with
Presiden:. making. Leave this to tn e
North and it will be better for rs
The good OF the masses of the Soull,
is far more important to them than
the elevation Of f,vorites to Office.
The Democratic nominee should
be rs little hampered as possible
with the idea Of sectionaism, and in
order that it may he destroyed, it
would be best for the South to do
little talking, but slalwart voting
We have very little choice as to the
particular candidate for President
All we want is the success Of tho
Democracy.
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