Year: 1879

An0 Duy o1~ .&VNP


There is perhaps rather an uncharit


able feeling exhibited towards thos'


Republicans who are taking part in thu


reception of Hon. Thomas F. Bayard OF


his return from Europe, and yet nc
great fault can be found against those


who indulge in those feelings. 1t Ii


conceded now by even many Democrats,


for after all the whole thing is Demo


cratic send off Of Mr.. Bayard toward


the Presidential nomination, that the


whole reception programme is q great


mistake, and if it is true that Mr.. Bay


ard himself deprecated the movement,


1t only shows his superior good sense


that we have always given him credit
for. 1t is impossible that there should


be other than q spirit Of opposition by
the mass of those who we'll remember
the position Mr.. Bayard occupied dur


ing the war, to bring him into promi-


nencs through the aid Of Republican


influence that he may secure the norni-


nation of the Democratic party for the


Presidency. We say all this feeling on


the part of the masses can be accounted


for, and it is very unfortunate for Mr..


Bayard and for the few Republicans


who really do mean to honor him for
the services which they think he has
rendered to the country, that the de-
monstration should have been made at
a time when he is being brought for


ward by his party papers all over the
country as Presidential candidate.


We have reason to believe that the Re.
publicans who have lent their names
and influence to this affair really meant
to homer Mr.. Bayard sincerely, without
thought Of the partisan character
which the demonstration was to as
sumo, and that their names wonld be
quoted all over the nation as favoring
Mr.. Bayard for the Presidency. We feel
confident that the Republicans, with
possibly an exception or two, engaging
IN u xya.a ,ss,.,,l that tba Jo,oon,tr,
tion was to be entirely non-partisan
or else they would have
had nothing to do with it, and We also
feel confident that not one in ten of
them will vote for Mr.. Bays ard even If he
is nominated, but this does not prevent
the report from going abroad that the
people of Wilmington, without distinc
tion of party, in view of his candidacy
for the Democratic Presidential nomi-
nation, turned out en- masse and vel
coined him on his return from Europe.
This does neither Mr.. Bayard nor the
Republicans taking part in this recep-
tion movement full justice, for it will
show strength for Mr.. Bayard that
does not exist, and it does injustice to
the Republicans in showing that they
were really in favor of Mr.. Bayard for
the Presidency, when there is scarcely
q man of them who will vote him. II
is to be regretted that there has been
SO much heated feeling on this subject,
though as We have already stated moth
ing else under the circumstances could
have been expected, and though it may
still be believed that the Republicans
engaged in giving eclat and standing
to what is evidently nothing but a
Democratic demonstration, no matter
what other names it may be called by,
have made mistake which many of
them no doubt in their hearts regret.
We hope tina: their actions may not be
criticised in an uncharitable light, for
there is consolation in the thought that
even if Mr.. Bayard got the vote of every
Republican, Democrat, Greenbacker or
Independent south of Mason and Dix
on's line, it will never make him Pres
ident of these United States while there
is a solid North against him, which
neither he nor any other Democratic
can break.