Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-06-26
THAT DOYER sPFECH.
Further Comments by the Inde-
pendent Press of the Country.

pendent Press of the Country.
Boston Post, Dem.
Ia order that our readers may emplo
their own judgments upon MIR. Bsysrd'
famous speech, delivered 90 years age
We reprint it in full this morning, ser
vice which has already been performe,
for the Delaware statesman by several C
our esteemed contemporaries. 1t is sal,
that Mr.. Bayard is willing that the W Iol
world should read this speech aud judg
him accordingly. We cannot see how Ia
eau fear the result Of such scrutiny in tn
slightest. tn the contrary, it csnnU
iall to leave upon every unprejudiced
mind the impression that il was til,
uttersnoe OF a high minded patriot. Early
in the speech Mr.. Bayard said 1.-THE
question for every good man 10 AJAX is
My country, what can | do to
restore your peace and prosperity p
That WAS the key OF his speech and
that has been the central idea in every
thought and aot of the senator's In con
nection with his country. He was q
young man then, and while the majority
OF the people of this country may still
dissent from his judgment as to the hes,
plan OF treating the south in the act Of
secession, there are comparatively few
will deny that the horrors OF frAtricidal
strife we're foreseen by him with almos,
prophetic wisdom. The terrible sac.
rifices of the war and it's de-
morslizins results which still worry
and menace our most cherished
institutions, he depicted when that
struggle had hardly passed beyond
the dazzling fascination Of a dress
parade. The war had to be, aud per-
haps 1t was we'll that the young men OF
the country, the fathers and mothers and
wives and sisters, and but few of the
statesmen or soldiers OF the country
could foresee what it was to COST. This
young Delaware patriot saw it. There
were some others at the north then much
more prominent than he, who saw it..
Had it been permitted to all to see it,
either on one side or the other, would
that dread contest ever have bssn Joined 7
Men have grown tired of ting
Mr.. Bayard to his face with innuend o
based on this speech. 1t ia pow the last
refuge OF the little yelpers OF the press
who fear this grand figure in the public
service and are trying to bark him of the
track. That Mr.. Bayard, man with a
grand and pure record, should nov be
the most tlercely assailed Of any Of the
men prominently considered in connection
with the Democratic nomination, ia as
good evidence as We want that he ia the
man most feared by tie opposition. Were
IL Otherwise, all this would have een
deserved u4,il after the n,xt Chicago
convention.
Sprir field R,pub'icm, Ind : "Slall
Ia ~ Ia a., tiaa : l.
> ddiug Of a host OF ialatiosl and COW
rdly EDITORS, aided by an army Of gre, dy
;JntrgU,ors and pubic lee chss, stimu at
,Dg an ignorant mob to denOunce and at
Tack u Us traitors and seoessionis.e (?
We isuow it shall not, aud this day do
We proclaim our duty to our country and
our intention to perform It," He referred
ia these last two sentences to the de-
mand that his father, then in the United
States Senate, should resign Lis seat.
The reply was that if the Legislature OF
Delaware would resign, he would resign,
aud both would appeal to the people to.
gether aud ABIDE the result OF new
election, as both had been chosen before
the war. Many good men hesi.ated at the
proposition TO ''coerce states" Il seems
rather absurd to damu statesman whose
record for 20 years has been above re.
proach on speech in 1861, no worse
than this.
VOICE FOR BAYARD.
10 the Editor Of the Detroit Free Iress !:
Your valuable paper being Democratic
and being an adhereut OF the grand old
party, request that you permit me TO
make few suggestions to the Democrats
of Detroit and Michigan, through your
columns. Bsing but an humble citizen,
desire to have II understood that these
lines are simply suggestions from one
who has the cause at heart, ard who
would rejoice at it's successful oonBum
nation. 81 oe the grand Old man, the
distinguished gentleman from New York,
has peremptorily declined to be our
standard bearer, we ars naturally locking
for the next best nsn to lead us to car
tain victory. firmly believe that there
is one noble Roman who could carry our
standard sucoessiully-a Democrat in the
fullest sense Of the words leader of
leaders, the very highest type of s,stes.
man, with q record uuassailable. He has
stood by us in adversely, as well as VIC
tory. refer to Hon 7. +. Bayard.
DETROIT, June l3 JouN W. CULLEN.
SENATOR nAYARp's RECORD
New York Star Of June 49,
One Of the most admirable aspects OF
Senator Bsysrd as Presidential candi-
date ia his record. You can ventilate il
i'll every section, turn it outside in, pune
ture it with questions, investigate it with
psrtisauship, scrutinize it with convex or
oonoave lenses, overhaul it, rip it mp. get
on it or before it or behind it, and you
will ind nothing that ID not honest,
nothing that is not pure, nothing that is
not true and upright and OF good report
the lie and public services of wise,
good, kindly, loyal, Christian statesman
and gentleman.
Celebration of spurgeOn's Birthday.