Year: 1879

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The Reespais. over.
To say that the reception Of Senator


Bayard was not = true, genuine and
hearty one, would be doing all who
participated in 1t an injustice, and We
might we'll be charged with making
Misrepresentation. It was a crsditable
affair, in no sense extensive, but one
oe6tting the occasion, and we'll deserv
ed by the distinguished Senator. 1t,
however, hardly came up to the digni-
ty Of a non-partisan demonstration,
though there was a sufficient sprink-
ling Of Republicans concerned in it to
prevent it from becoming an entirely
Democratic meeting, and sufficient to
insure the bringing out OF the mild
tempered remarks Of Senator Bayard,
so singularly free from his former po-
liticsl harsnguss to which We we're &C.
oustomed to listen. Notwithstanding
the strenuous efforts made to make it
appear as non partisan uprising, the
make up Of the procession, leaving
ont the military and bands Of music,
showed that those who stood by the
Union during the dark days from 1851
to 1865, had not forgotten the position
which Senator Bayard occupied at that
time, nor his extremely bitter utter
ances which soured the heart of every
true Union man. II Was wise in Mr..
BayaYd in his reply last night, not to
allude to those troublous times, nor the
causes which led to them, neither to
the positisn:w " hich he then occupied, for
he had in his safe keeping the political
reputation Of quite number Of the
wealthy spublicans Of this city, who
we're seated on the platform with him,
whose friendship he could not afford to
cast aside, and besides this he had the
Presidential prize in view, to which he
was reaching out bis hand. Under
these circumstances extreme sectional
utterances would have been entirely
out of place, and besides this the recent
political uprising Of the people of the
North has shown that this is bad
time for an exhibition Of extreme Sec
tional feeling and hence we find the
distinguished Senator using mild and
soothing language, such as could be
listened to with pleasure and approbs-
ton by any good citizen Of any party.
In his address the following language
which he used recommends itself TO all
good citizens


Whenever have spoken or voted in
the Senate for new or stronger ties of
union between the sections or the
States, have | not echoed the voice Of
Delaware?


When schemes of financial unwis-
dom, or something worse, threatened to
weaken the credit or tarnish the plight
cd faith Of our country, and my vote
and voice we're heard in unyielding op-
position, did not then echo the voice
Of Delaware


When the insidious poison Of false
money and. a vicious currency were pro-
posed, end l stood in uncompromising
attitude dep panding "honest dollars for
honest men," did | not echo the voice
OF Delaware


And when | plead for an indissolu-
BILE Union OF indsstructable and coeaual
States, do l not speak in the voice Of
Delaware?


We presume there are none who will
not give Mr.. Bayard credit for entertain
ing the views set forth above and o,
course they we're all that we're neces.
sary for the occasion, but this is about
as far as the Senator's record goes. Had
he gone on little farther and showed
his record on the Political questions
which have agitated Congress end the
nation during the past few years, we
fear he would have toppled ever the
he erected for himself on
the financial questions Of the times and
the good he did would have been
entirely eclipsed by his subserviency to
the extreme view Of Southern politics.
We might go on and in column after
column criticize the position of My. Bay
ard but that would be useless as his
record is we'll known. The Bayard
boom is over and Mr.. rayard is no
nearer the Presidency Of the United
States now than he was before his cleo
ION to theS -Ats.


SENATOR WADE Hampton, remarks,
that ian indiscrect fool" can undo the
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