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

| we lees no hesitancy Ill saying that
the speeeL madeiby Mr.. Bayard dur.
igsg the5 waf ia ,58G1, ADVOCATING
peace, ard axpressing a>helisfiri the
prncticability of two co.elual Con.
federacies living side by side in per.
fect~harnouy, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
mediate recognition of the Southern
| COufederaCyTwiiia damaging
to his availability as a Presideadal
candidate at the North. 80
| 4It will be, remembered that in 1861
Gep, aGeos B, Mcclellan was ,put up
rs d'e pe9scaa pe9ascaa candidate d5balt in opposition
| to Abraham, Lincoln, and although
, the horrors Of a war, the results rof
which were ycs doubtful, were, ,griey-
Gus y opPresing the masses, aud the
desire for sIpeace, was streng aud
general, Mcclellan was badly beaten.
Now that the war party has won,
and thcrs is no motive of selfinterest
to influence, as. in '64, is it likely that
q candidate who favored the losing
side, and who was willing that he
Union should be dissolved, will carry
n Nor.hcru State?
To look at the matter calmly and
practically, in view of the sectional
spirit Of the Nerta, which will never
die out, aud the efforts which will be
made by the iloody, shirt stalwarts to
intensity this sectionalism for partisan
purposes, we do not think that can.
didate who espouscd this unpopular
aud losing cause, however great his
honesty and ability, will be likely to
draw votes from among u people who,
despite their boasted enlightenment,
exhibit far less liberia ity of senti-
mcnt and feeling than the conquered
South.
If Mr.. Bayard is the Democratic
candidate, Blaine and the rest of the
stalwarts would want no better text
for the Northern ear than the little
paragraph from Mr.. Bayard's Dow er
speech: why then may not two
American Contederacies exist side by
side without conflict?" This will be
construed ms 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 i'll harmony with
his humanity and his nobility of
character We endorse every word
/ hheidptttIcRrs q in it, and we. respect him
The more for his manline $. ~ brave,
y, Standing sllaahn qp With n hopeless min.
or'ty, and expressing sYsslrlg his honest con.
fyIlssHons. But the practical question
is, can Mr.. BaSard Beseleetei Prcsi.
dent2sszzalEP, <sraszD~gs--.-
4 Nfs very eeeftahf ithe sonth Acnanno OF
elect PreSidennt Alone. Two or ,hree
Northern States are wanted, The
man who can carry III csc States is
the man for the Democrats to nomi-
nate,
We have often said that the South
,sSpght lq have very. little to do with
Presiden:- making. Leave this to the
North ands it Iwiil,be better for rs
The go"d Of the masses of the Soull,
is far more important to them than
the elevation Of favorites to Office.
The Democratic nominee should
be rs little hampered rs possible
with the idea Of sectionalism, and in
order that it may be destroyed, it
would be best for the South to ia
little talking, but stalwart voting
We have very little choice as t., the
particular candidate for President
All we want is the success Of the
Democracy.