Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-27
1anraster f,tclllgenrcr.
EVENING. JULY ~, 1880.
(,aInerOn'S Feelings.

from his rural retreat in our good and |
beautiful county. which SO charmed
the New York Herald interviewer that |
he tells nearly as much about the lovely
as he does about the lovely
sage Of Donegal. But there is good
deal of racy reading in this crisp inter- I
view of the old general who sits at home
and watches with some glee the difficult
ties which beset the inexperienced man.
ayers who make awkward efforts to steer
his party. He thinks the Democrats
ought to have nominated Tilden. There
was Il wonderful anxiety among the Cam
eron people for Tilden's nomination,
They thought it must happen. They
fOresaw a party rupture in
New York and they yearned for
that opportunity to divide and con-
quer. Their disappointment isapprecia-
ble. But then he is not much better
pleased that the Republicans nominated
Garfield. lie wanted Grant, of course.
and after him would have been glad to
have Blaine, except that l,e had a . wire
running to his house" The sensitive
soul of the Cameron is shocked at the
idea of Il presidential cand i,iate pulling
wires.
The presidency ought to seek the man.
That is unquestionably true, but who
would ever have conceived that Simon
Cameron would ever say it. We greatly
fear that he does not now say it in sim
cerity. Considering his devotion to
Grant and his admiration for Tillen,
both of whom are generally supposed to
have sought the presidency withal their
strength, it is clear that il Simon Cam
erOn does think that the presidency is too
high an office for a man to traffic for, it yet
does not make him think any the less of
aspirants who thus seek the great honor.
PerclIance it is but the imcXpediency Of
such efforts that our aged friend seeks
to condemn and not their indcCorouSileSS.
His experience teaches him correctly
that the men who scheme to reach the
presidency do moi often get there, and
therefore il does not pay to scheme for
il.
Sincerity is not a strongly developed
CamerOnian trait, although Simon Cam
eron is very fond of putting on an ap-
prar;lnce of it. He is Il sly old fox. and
of a nature in this respect akin I" Ill
den: which accounts for his liking for
him. He read his letter several times,
he says he admircs his craftiness of ex-
preston. lie pretemds to think he would
have been u stronger candidate than
Hancock. lie does not think SO at :ll
and he isnot very shrewd to pretend to
do So. He demonstrates too clearly his
inSinccrity. And he goes on to show it
still further 10y saying that Hancock
will I've knocked to pieces in Novem-
ber." and that his nomination waSa mis-
take. . Just like the Republican ticket
The natural query is how, if the Repub.
lican ticket is Il mistake rs well as the
Democratic, Mr.. Cameron is able to SC
confidently predict that il will knock
Hancock t" pieces. Mr.. Cameron does
not stop TO answer any such question.
II is unfortunate that his reputation
for frank truthfulncSs is not sufficient to
enable Us TO accept his assertion witt.
out calling for proofs.
Mr.. Cameron echoesl nearly universal
sent im"nt of public men WHEN lie de-
riartS how great a sacrifice of feeling it is
[" 60 into public life nowadays. But
this feeling is 81 general because so few
public men arr. really fitted t" appear il
the calcium light to WhicI! they expose
themselves. There is something lacking
about them: aud nf crurs" il is harc
upon their feelings - near about it.
But it is Il very good experience. Th'
men who walk straight y~t along Ter,
comfortably with their feelings.
Sometimes they ar. ,;lfarlv accused
but they l.av, ilu difficulty in ligi. in:
themselves GENERALLY il is lie fac.s la
unduIy r-pr"acfl men. not th" n:ws
papers. Mr.. Cameron is not Of the cl;s
who ever cared TO sacrifice private prof
for public applause. He has had Il gre5t
many hard knocks and knows pretty wei
tllal ne deserved them.
Mr.. Cameron speaks from eXlnrienc
when i,e declares that a man ctnnDt re
main honest and truthful when long as
sociated with tine aborigines. lie ha
been There himself and it is no new revt
lation to the people that heemergel froI
his Winncl,ago association with 4 decid
edly tatteWd reputation for honesty
Probably he means that the Temptation
to cheat the Indian is too great for tli
white conscience Ia resist. lie wants tn
temptation taken away with the none
which is appropriated to the greasy loai
ers who have red skins. Especially doe
he distrust the reforming" capacity q
Hayes, whom he dislikeS most thorough
Iy; and very naturally. He knows tn
very dirty work that was done to sea
Hayes by his Pennsylvania friends an
the heavy cost that it was to his son, ,wh
as he now tells us had already investe
heavily in the campaign and had give
Hayes five thousand dollars for hi
personal outlay. The very valuable a:
sistance given to Mr.. Hayes by tn
friends Of MIR. Cameron i'm Pennsylvania
certainly entitled them to expect tina
their chief would he recognized. To b
cheated after selling your soul and Spend
ing your money for man, is well calcu
lated to give you a very bad opinion 9