The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-05-08
ALL EYES AND ALL HOPES NOW
CENTERING UPON THE GREAT
HEARTED SENATOR FROM
DELAWARE


: Ihe views of the Jackson COMET MS ia
tile man to be nominated for President. are
strongly III favor of Mr. Bayard, We must
nave no estrangements. Each one must
ylelu MS personal preference to the good of
tne party and the country. We are, how
HeT, pleased to see rs others are seeing.
'. onae a,i eyes are now centering upon the
great hearted Senator from Delaware. THE
COMET IS right.-Port Gibson Reyeile,
There are several strong points to be
made by the nomination of Mr.. Bay
ard. In the first place he is a states
man "a broad, comprehensive and
conservative statesman and the
country is in sad need of that sort
of man at the helm of its govern
ment. The old ship has been SO long
plunging about in the angry waters of
dissention, with inexpert and narrow
pilots to guide her course, that snags
and breakers, and whirlpools now
threaten her on all sides. We need to
go back to the old landmarks, and
get in the old channel of patriotism,
integrity and economy. We want to
throw off the epaulets of the military
and put on civil apparel. We want to
invoke the genius of the olive branch,
and discard the glamour and glitter of
arms. We want to cultivate the arts
OF peace and reconciliation, and to
forget the appliances and animosities
Of war. We do not wish man of
either party, or of either section, whose
record is peculiarly calculated to keep
alive the memories of internecine
broils, quarrels and fights. We do
not want a man of any party for
President who is not great enough to
make his party useful to his country,
and to administer the government up
on the principles of true patriotism.
Mr.. Bayard, happily, meets all these
requirements, in more eminent de-
gree than any one else, herhaps, though +
Gen. Hancock has given substantial ,
proofs of his fealty to these high urin- t
,ipies, and would make an acceptable !
for the South. /
In the second place, Mr.. Bayard is J
lot man who would stir up sectional
hostility Oh either side of the now OBJ
olete Mason & Dixon's line. He is not
rabid man, and his character has :.
'een SO irreproachable as to place him =
ntirely above and out of the reach of
he shafts of partisan or sectional OBJ
)quy. He will command the respect fc
I both parties, and the confidence of ct
II sections. With him as our nomi- Sc
ee there would be nothing to repel IL u
ne accessions to the Democratic fold =
ON that large class of moderate Re- i,
ublicans who have despaired of the a,
)mplete restoration and pacification III
the Union through the instrument til
llity of the Republican party. W
Thirdly. In the case of Mr.. Bayard IT.
lere are no intense rivalries and jeal- m
Isles among Democratic chieftains. al
II recognize him as statesman of si'
stature, and are willing ~,
concede the palm of superiority. No nj,
pirant would be likely to feel chagrin- by
over the reflection that he was left trt
1t for an inferior man to himself. ea
+. Tilden would be satisfied with the tai
of Mr.. Rayard. So would ere
r. Hendricks, Mr.. Seymour, Mr.. %" W
lurman and all the rest of the aspir- 49,. s
is for Presidential honors. He would wv,
lite the party and awaken its en- n b
usiasm more thoroughly, perhaps, lie
an any other candidate, and draw gol
it much of the conservative clement she
the opposite party. And the man we
10 can do this is the person to NOM Xii
lte. one