Year: 1876

New 1OTR I1eTEIu.l fa..


The World a few days since, contained


leading article in which The claims of Scna


stor Bayard to the nomination at 81 Lou


are set forth with great force aud justice
The fact is, that the last retrograde move
mput in Ohio, so damaging TO Senator Thur
mans candidature, makes it more than eveI
necessary that the different wings of tho
Iemocratic party should unite around a
name which would be acceptable to all sec,
tiors OF the country. 1t needs not the un


fortunate experience Of the past to prove
That iuterneciDe dissensions are fatal to sue.
.ess. and the lessons SO dearly bought
should not only prevent the repetition OF
sujcida blundcrs, but should be restraint
mon those who, if they cannot rule party
strive to ruin it. II is not, however, merely
for the sake of party that such a union
must be brought about, but 1t Is essential
TO the interests of the whole country that
,uy feeling Of scctionalism which may cx-
is, between the East and the West should
not be given an opportunity Of asserting it.
self when it can be checked at the outset


An article from the Lexington Press
which we print this morning in another
portion of the paper, is full of suggestions
on those points. "Save me from my friends
and will take care of mine enemies, ," is
especially applicable to the period of
Presidential election. But to tell the truth
plainly, snd moreover,t to recognize IL open
iy when it is found so clearly expressed as
in the article to which we refer. are the first
necessary steps in arriving at sound conclu-
soDs in political matters, and the friends
of Mr.. Bayard have every reason to desire
1I,,t nr;uni ir,1oo chnrlI ha ha isti


gushing marks of the present canvass. The
more light that can be thrown upon Scna-
tor Bayard's past and present course the
more will it prove to his advantage. T1s
ordinary political hack and many a skilful
taciician would find it impossible to appre-
ciste the benefit of outspoken common
sense, uninfueDced by local or sectional
considerations. Indeed, the extreme wari-
ness and shyness OF many of the can
ddates themselves, of both parties, is
almost ludicrous. They have learned
by long experience that intrigue is a power
and therefore employing all the political
machinery at their command. But they
forget that the power Of intrigue is deserv-
odly short-lived under the present temper
of the people. This temper, of which the
late Advisory Council" is but one of the
numerous Indications, i'll brooks the idea
that the next President should come into
office bound hand and foot to his following.
Thisth inevitable consequence of intrigue,
would not be the reform of which our re-
formers are preaching. Our own State OF
New York is to-day suffering from this
very evil from which the national admins
tra'on must be preserved. Senator Bay
ards is such that very different results
would follow his election, and, as the time
approaches for the two conventions, his
consistency and independence of character
become daily more aud more conspicuous.
Inns c"ntrasti is very gratifying to those
VINO wish that his name should come before |
st. Louis Convention unhampered by politi- |
cal cllques and unembarrassed by previous |
oDIlga ions to selfish advisers. lncapability |
OIL Intrigue is tower of strength which |
grows from day to day, and the two-edged !
sword which has already given the quietus
10 more than one of the present candidates |
has never soiled the hand of Mr.. Bayard. In
tllls respect, aside from his personal charac-
ter, the very fact that Senator Bayard is !
from small State is an additional reason
Tor his nomination, and one which grows in
iorce as soon as presented to the minds Of
those who desire the Executive Office to be
as free as possible from local influences.
Our Kentucky friend is little severe on
New York, but we agree with him in the
man, and would moreover suggest that a
President of intelligence, tirmness and
scrupulous honor, who is neither from the
North nor from the South, and who stands
midway between the East and West, is to
be preferred in the present emergency.


The article from a Kentucky paper
alluded to above, was published in these
columns month since.-ED.