The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10

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formidable competitor for the presidency and
would be triumphantly elected.
The New York World says: Don Cameron,
according to our Washington dispatches, has
assured Southern senator that he SHIELD In
his hand" force OF 100000 men who would be
marched from Pennsylvania TO Washington
"to inspect she electoral count" Perhaps he
meant thas he held them in his eye. Or
awful thoughtl-can it be that MIR. Henry
Watterson, of Louisville. KY. has been sun
loading?"
THE Spencer Free Press says that William
II. English, of Indiana. is spoken of as prob.
able candidate before the National Democratic
convention for the office of president. He is a
good statesman, an honorable and upright
politician, and Democrat OF the first water,
and If nominated will receive the support of a
large class of persons untrammeled by party
prejudices. English, OF Indiana, and Sey-
mour, Jr., of New York, would make the sue
cess OF Democracy in the coming contest a
foregone conclusion.
THE Cleveland Plaindealer says who
amongst the many Democratic leaders, named
in connection with the presidency, will be
the most certain 10 carry the electoral vote OF
the State of New York? The true way to
Democratic success is to nominate the man
who will poll the most Democratic votes in
the Empire State. Whoever the nominee may
be he must not have bIemish in his charac-
ter, nor should his political history, which will
have to undergo the most searching investiga-
ton that INSCRIPTIONS party can invent
be at any point vulnerable or weak?
ONE Of the cattle kings of Colorado, during a
ut OF temporary insanity, on Sunday night
cd In ac1o
the Kansas Pacific railroad. About 10 o'clock
he began pounding his wife numerically
Her screams only made him worse, and he
drew long knife and slashed away at the oc-
cupants of the upper berth. cutting an old
Englishmau severely in the arm and side. By
this time the conductor entered the car, and
the assailant rushed at him with the knife,
saying he would kill him. With rare presence
of mind the conductor succeeded in convinc-
ing him that he was his friend, and would
help him to clean out the whole car, IL neces-
sary.
PEORIA Journal: For the noise the Blaine
men make, they achieve the poorest showing
when 1t comes to a convention that ever was
seen. So far they have been beaten at every
point and all they have been able to do is to
cackle about it. With New York and Penn
sylyania lost to them, and the whole South
solid against them, where is the Blaine
movement to find resting place? He may
indeed carry Illinois, bat he had this State
before and 1t did him no good. When the
brethren meet in Chicago they will find the
"outsIde pressure" there as much Grant as
Blaine, il not more SO. Blaine has some
strength-Just enough to make him a strong
second choice; but We never yet heard of a
second choice doing any good.
THE Boston Herald is OF opinion that the
fact that Senator Bayard was opposed 10 the
war of 1861 he being then young man not in
public life, is not very serious charge TO
bring against HIM in 1889. Many good and
patriotic men looked with horror upon the
opening Of civil strife. Perhaps those who
paused with dread saw further than those who
did not hesitate. II it had been understood
that the war to last four years, and that
half a million lives and billion of treasure
were TO be thrown into It's horrible vortex. Ii
would never have been begun. One-tenth OF
the cost % the war would have paid for all the
slaves i'm the country. Ii was a fearful price TO
pay, but the war could not be avoided. Two
civilizations clashed, aud neither would sur
render until the appeal TO arms had been
tried, and tried to the bitter end for one OF
them. The conflict, SO much dreaded and so
often delayed by compromises was, indeed,
irrepressible. But now 1t is over, aud the
cause has been eradicated. The business OF
to-day is TO bind up the wounds of the war, to
allay sectional prejudices, and to allow the
country to progress and harmonic. While we
believe that Northern ideas and Northern
civilization must continue to govern the
country, because they best represent Amen
can institutions and are most progressive, we
can not fail to see that we have entered upon
a new era, and that the war and its questions
gre left behind.