The daily gazette., 1880-06-15
THE LATE JAMES A. BAYARD.
WHAT THE PRESS SAYS.

The death OF ex-senator James A.
Bayard ends the life of one who serv-
ed his country faithfully in his day
and generation. More than a decade
has passed since he retired from pub
lie life and his mantle fell upon the
shoulders of his now more distinguish
ed son; but the example that he set in
eighteen years of Congressional life
will endure for a long while to come.
The best remembered incident of his
life, after all, is that connected with
that source of woe to many other
statesmen, the Credit Mobilier bust
ness. OF all whose names were in
volved in that scandal he alone came
out with clean hands. When some of
the stock was offered him as matter
of personal friendship by an admirer
(not Mr.. Oakes Ames), the venerable
Bayard declined to receive it, as he
"could not consistently with my
views of duty vote upon a question in
which had pecuniary interest. 1t
is strange coincidence that the death
of this good man should be nearly
simultaneous with the nomination of
one who did accept the stock under
the same circumstances for President
of the United StaJes. James A. Bay
ard was a Christian statesman in the
| best sense of that abused word
PhilG. Times.
Full of wears and honors ex-senator
James A. Bayard died at his home i'll
Wilmington, DEL, yesterday. The
career Of Mr.. Bayard, and that of his
distinguished son, furnish the strong
est evidence of the theory that con-
spicuous abilities in certain direction
are hereditary in some families. His
father and grandfathers, on both the
paternal and maternal side, were dis
| tinguished men and his own conspicu-
GUS abilities have evidently been trans
mitted in full measure to his son.
| The late James A. Bayard's name
was household word in Maryland,
and his personal and public record
must ever remain one of the brightest
spots in the political history OF our
country. He was singularly able
| iurist, a statesman in the broadest
sense of the word, a model citizen,
husband and father, and an incorrup-
tible man.-Bdlt. Gazette.
On yesterday James A. Bayard, one
of little Delaware's greatest Jurlsts
and atesmen, departed this life full
of years and honors. He was, IN
truth, the noble sire of noble son,
whose fame has not falsified the orll-
liant traditions of his race. Gifted
with intellect superior to the average
class of representatives, the deceased
survived to see his son, Thomas f..
Bayard, awarded undisputed the high
emiuence to which he is entitled by
virtue of his talents and untarnished
integrity. Justly proud of his ances-
tral honors he stands conspicuous
among illustrious men as the one truly
great champion whom the Democratic
party can bring into the field as their
candidate for the Presidency. The
ewes of the nation ins inctively turn
towards him as the statesman without
guile-a candidate whose every act IN
public life bears the strict~st scrutiny.
On the pedestal where he is placed by
universal assent he towers i'll intellect
ual strength and purity of character,
far above the reach of the shafts oi
calumny and the foul vaporings OF
partisan rancor. Extolled by bott
parties as the impersonatlon OF lht
best qualities that adorn human ma
ture; his unstained record stills the
breath of Islander and secures to hin
the rare prestige that defes reproacf
or censure. Summoned from the Ma
tional Senate, where he ranked factt
prsnceps, to receive the last blessing o
: mis- aged and venerated father, and t.
: close in final sleep the eyes of the par
ent from whom he inherited such
. wealth of mental endowments, his ali
: sence from the Senate chamber cres
ted a void that none but him coul
r creditably fill. Tie best wishes OF hi
numerous friends followed him to hi
] home, and their kindest sympathie
: are offered as solace o his bereave
ment,-Balt. Herald.