The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-10

most comprehensive statesmanship, and Of
all the known qualifications OF Mr.. Bay.
ard--ope also, VINO, like him, has the COM
manding force to impress bis character on
his administration and his party.
8. The nomination OF Mr.. Bayard VIII be
long step toward breaking down the bar
rier be,inea the South and the Norfh--the
obf,terdfion of hostile sectionalis's, and re-
,aouing the distrust of the North to,cards the
South.
II Is not true that the northern people. az
a general rule, hate the southern people.
Blood Is thicker than water, and the per-
sonal intercourse OF each section proves
the, true uadercurrent OF personal good
feeling. No doubt that there are some
nav, perhaps many-northern people VINO
think they hate, or do In fact hate, the
South, and vice versa. There Is no region
where fools and bad-tempered people are
not found; and this feeling hiss been tanned
yearly by politicians with less and less sue
csss. But The North, while 1t does not hate,
vet distrusts the South, ignorantly looking
on It's people as impulsive, passionate, un'
steady, unbusiness.like, unreliable 10
flnapciai management and operations.
The repudiatiors OF Virginia, Tennessee.
and other States have greatly fostered THIS
want OF confidence In The business capacity
and Immortality OF the southern people.
The North, with its commerce, trade, manu-
features, aud capacity, Is afraid OF the COM
ing into power of that party, to which the
South Is so considerable contributor-'est
II should so influence the currents OF trade
"a TO bring loss or hndrance to its COM
MERGE and arrangement to its finances. But
Iet This party, especially IL II can do so with
the voice OF the South, put forth Thomas II.
Bayard as its candidate, and say TO the
country "This is our rcpresentative-man
he Is our type and exponent; our policy
will be such as he 10 allied to, and has been
known TO advocate, and as he can heartily
promotc.v This distrust will be under
mined and weakened; the candidate OF the
marty will be guarantee against what they
NAV have feared; men will feel that their
wealth is safe, their business secure.
Those who may not vote for him Will not
feel called on to spend their money! TO defeat
man with whom they feel as safe as with
any other.
0. Another and practical reason for the
nomination of Mr.. Bayard ia that he has the
strength OF body, mind, and will to assert
and maintain his right if elected, and yet
will be prudent, cool. unselfisn-wlse yet
tirm-the safest, surest, and a0lest OF lead
ers in carrying out the bebests OF the ma
ton, IL Its votes elect him, and TO meet the
emergency, the occurrence of which, though
it may not be PROBABILITY. yet Is more than
q mere possibility, Of an attempt In 1881 by
desperate and reckless men to renew The
fraud OF 1871.
True, Mr.. Bsyard was a member OF the
Electoral Commission, and had advocated
but II hor In m m
with great part OF the Conservatives, be
had faith In the bipartisan character OF the
Judges OF the Supreme Court. and also be-
lieved that it was the sole way out OF the
difficulty left to party which was without
head worth haying-who were q flock
without shepherd, wanting only firm,
bold, reliable leader. With Mr.. Bayard
there Will be no repetition OF the fiasco OF
1877.
10. The nomination Of Mr.. Bayard will
light up as by electricity an enthusiasm in
the party greater and more widely extended
than any other name can rouse, which Is
itself great element OF victory.
Reckon up all the elements OF success,
and especially those peculiar 20 this contest,
all the qualities which can commend can.
didate to the confidence Of the people, and
we will find more OF both, more OF fitness
and dvoiio5aity, eoncentercd In MIR. Bayard
than in any ether OF our public men. He
of all men can gather 10 his cause, over the
Utotc tand, the votes OF the great masses
who are hopeless OF and disguised with
the Republican party-masses who are In
creaslng daily in number, especially since
the exhibition at Chicago, who are reused
against the assumption OF those who for
years have pursued coDceDtric intrigue,
who have run the country solely for the sake
OF their party, and the party solely for the
benefit OF themselves.
With Mr.. Bayard as our candidate the
issue between republic and monarchy
would be squarely made up-it would be a
fight between Ormuzo and Ahriman. be-
tween the great spirits OF good and evil to
our Republic, between our old-time liberty
and our threatened cnthralment.
With things as they are 1t would be .
bIunder and crime in the Convention TO
dwarf and belittle its counsels and cramp
its action by mere considerations OF expe-
diency; to know the right and yet be too
tlmid 10 act boldly up TO it. In fact, IL they
can understand truly the present temper OF
the people, shown in 1876, and more de-
cidedly determined now in its desires and
MUNGER LOT goou, tuty VIII uuu tudI e"pe-
diency itself demands Of them the presenta-
ton of a man and statesman who will salts
fly that popular yearning for security and
quiet. The nation is looking with anxious
ewes to Cincinnati-beware OF disapp0int-
ing them. The Wing party lost Henry Clay
in 1910, when the game was in their own
hands, because they had not the courage TO
venture TO obey principle. and in so doing
they mistook the false for the true expe-
diency OF that day.
Now everything points to our success II
we boldly deserve it. With such man as
Bayard success would be a national, a
worldwide blessing; and even defeat would
have its glories in cause like ours, Of which
he was the leader and the incarnation.
JOHN M. ORR.
LeeSburg, Vd., June 4, 1880.