Year: 1879

ats Opt"to's on the Political Questions of


Ne D0y, DetatUare Politics, Grant aud a


1Htrd Term and the Question, of Rssu,;,p-


tion.


Senator Bayard was in St. Louis the other
day and was called on by representative Of
the st. Louis Post and Dispatch, who found
conversation asked him;


What is the political outlook in Delaware
at the present time?''


Every thing is very quiet and peaceful
there. was the response. During the last
election the Republican party really had no
organization: orr In fact, they placed no ticket in
the neid but portion of them formed Green 4.
PACK ticket, and the only opposition was the
Grcenback ticket. You see we have prepay
aent OF tax in Delaware which forms quail
ncatlon for voting, and tho negro vote is, of
course, solid Republican. as It Is in most
states. This latter fact has, perhaps, done as
much as any thing toward injuring the Repub-
iican party, as the expense attached to cleo
the Senator in reflective manner, sit is some
time since the Republican party have elected
any body in Delaware


How has the resumption Of specie pay
ments @ affected your State, sir?''


:, Oh, there is no difference there from what
.AAoAS u
AS soon as persons found that they could get as
much gold as they wanted at the banks they
began 10 deposit it, and and the banks have
received more than they have paid out NV
own opinion is that there was great deal
more gold boarded than was generally supposed
-hoarded in small sums, as people who had
any, either during or since the war; held on to
1t with the feeling that as long as there was a
premium attached to gold it was safe to keep
u. They had seen gold as high as three to one
during the war, and who could saw but what it
would go up again? This was the feeling
until gold dollar was worth no more than a
paper dollar: Then the people were perfectly
sausned that 1t was no longer worth while to
keep their gold idle.


AS to the effect upon busincss? Well, I
feel all that is necessary now is for confidence
to be restored In order to have prosperity re-
turned to the country-confdence restored, and
the outrageous system put an end to of en-
blttering one section of the country toward
another. When this latter happy event shall
take place, there is no reason why we should
not enter an era of prosperity all over the
land.''


Senator Bayard, what do you think of the
prospect of General Grant being the nominee
OF the Republican party in l8S0?' was the
query.


1T would seem at present that he was the
choice of the Republican party-that is the
choice of it's managers. It is very discreditable
that such system of advertising should be re-
sorted by the followers of General Grant, as if
ne was some kind of merchandise. It is such
an undignitied way to bring him into notice.


'"Ihen the talk about his restoring specie
payment. The fact is, during the eight years
OF his administration he did more to render re-
sumption difficult of accomplishment, or int
possible, than he did to bring it about ]
was during his administration that the demand
notes OF the Treasury were increased by REISSUE
after cancellation, from 1856, ,O0O, 600, aud that
without any legal right.


regret to see the movement on foot fol
to me it signifies that the parties who prepare
IL are practlcally admitting that our popular
form of government is a failure.


The principle laid down by the founders of
this Government, claiming that the people shal
rule themselves, is to he substituted by. one
new and foreign to the genius of our institu.
tlons-that the ruling power shall be from
without, and not as was intended from withir
that is, to substitute an involuntary for q
voluntary system. His nomination would only
be the signal for renewed infusion and trou biz
throughout the country. In the South the
negroes alone would vote for him, and the peo
pie everywhere know his policy and ideas oil
administration, for they have tried him fol
two terms, and know to what desperate straits
he has brought orr affairs already. 1 believe
as harmonv ,eere wag more +ha peace ane
niOAAJ 0AIOuS uOuG tue country
when Andrew johnson went ou1
OF office than when General Grant retired from
the Presidential chair, and his agitating of tho
question is only having a tendency to unsettlt
the business Of the country. understand
from one Of the morning papers, added the
Senator with a smile, 'that there is a oueel
story Of trying to make him United States Sen
ator from Illinois.


But then it is impossible to say what the
feeling will be in 1880. There is a long time
yet to pass before any Presidential nomina-
tions are made, and before then public opinion
may huctuate greatly both as to men ano
measures, and it is impossible to predict any
thing about it. In fact, almost regret having
expressed any views on the subject. You SEE
| have place to speak from, and prefer to dc
it in the Senate chamber"


With these remarks the Senator politely badt
the reporter good afternoon.