The New York herald., 1864-11-04


Pciitfcai Canvas. r..ss T ss
Ia any csreluly compiled political almanac
itere ought to bo found opposite the date
Of November, 1864, this announcement:--
"About this time look out for rocrbschs,
frauds, fabricatIons, de!nsions, humbugs and
general falsehoods." No reader OF tie politi-
cal papers or listener to the political orators
can hep noticing these phenomena Of the
season. More startling disclosures and won
derful discoveries happen during the two
weeks before election than during all the rest
of the long year. This war, which should
have sobered the people and merged politics
in patriotism has had precisely the opposite
effect upon politicians Of NIL parties. Never
were roorbachS 20 tremendous, frauds 80 plen-
uful, fabricatlons so numerous, delusions so
popular, humbugs SO transp aren't and false
hoods SO generally circulated Eighteen hum
dred and sxty-four years OF Christianity do
not eeem to have made the world any better.
Indeed, we question Whether all the ancient
politicians put together could equal the poiit-
clans Of New York city alone in their offences
against the moral law.
II you read the democratic papers nova
days you discover that Nc have won no vic-
tories, and that all the victories We have won
do not amount to anything. The rebels, 1t
appears, e.e pressing us upon all sides, and
there is no hope for the Union except In tho
election Of General Mcclellan. But on the
other hand. the administration papers claim
that we are just on the eve of crushing the
rebellion, and that the reelection Of Lincoln s
the only thing necessary to complete tho sup
preston OF Jefr Davis and his gang. The
democrats complain that . conspiracy exists to
cast oil the soldiers votes for Lincoln. The
republicans are just as positive that i've hun
dred thousand men In buckram are Bonded
together in the Northwest to upset the govern.
ment and vote for Mcclellan. The democrats
say that sol diers' votes are opened and Lincoln
ballots substituted for Mcclellan tickets. The
republicans assert that vast frauds have been
discovered In the army vote, and that several
thousand dry goods boxes full Of fraudulent
ballots for Mcclellan have been seized by the
military authorities. The democrats say that
Lincoln will control the election by force, and
that this is what he means when he states that
he will manage his election ia his OWN way.
The republicans declare that the democrats,
aided by secession sympathzers, intend to con-
troll the election by bloody riots and by
burning all those towns which do not give
McClellsn majorisies. This Is q dreadful state
of things, to be sure. Whom are we to believer
What are we to believer Are we to believe
anything, or are We to take refuge In COM
Portable skepticismf
II there be any truth in what either tho
democrats or the republicans say In regard to
false votes and forcible interference with the
voters, We certainly shall not have q free and
fair election next Tuesday. But z there bo
any truth in what either the democrats or re-
publicans say Of each others candidates, it
would be just Is we'll for US not to have any
President at all for tho next four years. Ac-
cording to the administration organs Mcclellan
Is . coward. He graduated at West Point,
fought through the Mexican war, dared all
sorts Of dangers from Indians, drought and ex.
posure during his explorations, and led our
armies for two years against tho rebels; but
yet they soy he is o coward, and took refuge
on ga pbost at the battle Of Malvern Hills.
This Is the story Of poor Greeley, who is q
non-combatant on principle, and who has been
30 constituted from childhood that ho cannot
bear the report OF a pistol without OK
hibiting every eymp tom Of intense fright.
According to the democratic papers President
Lincoln is q swindler; for they charge that be
buys crockery and silver spoons for his house
in Springfield and makes the national govern
ment pay the bills lie Was never suspected
Of petty swindling before; ho never had the
reputation of pickpccket; he was always
called Honest Old Abe by his neighbors;
but still ttey say he is svindler, aud that
Mrs. Iincon has aided ard ahested him by
indu!ging In dry goods at the national expense.
This Is the story Of tho editors OF the World,
whose names nobody knows, and who are
willing to make affidavit that they started q
daily newspaper upon q capital Of cnly one
thousand dollars. Are we to believe Greeley
or the World people! Can we believe either
Of theiu' Each party has Its hired fabricators,
who manufacture falsehsods by wholesale;
| and while We pity those who are weak enough
to be gulled by the sensation mergers upon
either side, We have no feeling but contempt
for the partisans who endesvor to carry such
an important election, not by honest argument
but by hard lying.
When we narrow down the circle from na-
tional to local politics, we find the same phs-
nomens upon a smaller scale. Here is a can
didate who used to be an ardent peace man,
now trying TO get into orlce on war platform.
Here is an ardent war man Of few weeks ago,
now bargaining and jobbing for peace party
- ~c,;n stioc Here In An original Knou Matthias
who held that foreign born citizens had no
rights which Americans wore bound to respect,
now claiming to be democrat ard soliciting
the foreign vote. Here Is conservative turned
sbolitionist, and an abolitionist suddenly trans
formed Int conservative. Hero b IN advocate
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