New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-30
NATURAL AFFINITJES.


The World admits, IN answer TO our pointed |
injuries that the worst part of our City pOpu-
lation is most unanimous and steadfast in its
devotion to the so-caled Democratic party
But il seeks to evade our conclusion by an
swering our questions, (for which see Fridays
TRIBUNE,) as follows
al The first OF THE TRIBUSEs inerrogataress opyi-
ousy not put for the sake OF eciting election
(which accessible to II 20 us Dut as an argument
majority of the people in certain city localities vote the
Democratic ticket IL can be only In tns %
tbat an arme1t which proves much proves nothing
II THE TRlUUSE would extend Us inquiries II woud nnd
TO the desposIn of Louis Napoleon. The cddue anu to
sans cotes have always been on the side OF hoers
soner who should ply Victor Hugo whom lts cal
tor feryenty admires with such arguments as II az
call which IL accepted by the best English critics as
painting the politics Of former period WIN greso ,
manufacturing towns consisting OF pOthouhe WIZ
beating politicians who spent N drink tns oreS 70
the OF the story would nave had mem IeueeI W
educate their children What would John Bright anOher
man whom the editor OF TIE TRIBUNE admres) say TO
political opponent who should seriously urge such iacts
as an argument against the soundness OF MS poncsi AS
TuE TRinTNF must repudiae it's principles Of reasoning
as soon as IL looks into these mirrors we might excuse
0nesions which are only so many different costumes for
the same argument. But quesoner expects US 10
reply Serfatin, should be sorry to dlsappoint MN
- Precisely the same proportion as haDltuaIy 'oles
"s The vote in tho NewYork sums against negro sui
frage will be larger in proportion than the vote in the
rural towns. lust as In the sums Of Paris Victor Hugo
and Louis Blanc have admirers and Imperial desp0t-
Ism more enemies than among the yirtuous and church
going peasantry OF the rural towns OF France But does
1t thence follow that Hugo and Blanc ought 10 Dush LOT
their pOlc5l II seems 20 MS sounder inference thaI
IHE TRIBUNE ought to blush for its logic
"a The blackegs etc. stand on tins issue just oPo
S, 10 the great mass OF shoddyites cotton swinders,
whisky thieves corrupt legislators army suffers caves
troopers, Government spies provost mafshas
revenue collectors sub0rned witnesses, 1OrRers OF sd"
Ia. and SANDER
to the Democratic party more rotLehs on eso o.goa
hand, belong TO the Republican. Pugsn u at Iesst
more manly than derauding the revenue ana the
lucrative calling than he who betrays his trust ana ae
cepts brides for legislative votes"
Comments by The Tribune.
I. We do not admit nor believe that the lIcen-
tious, rowdy, reprobate, criminal classes VINO
inhabit the "slums' of great cities are always
or usually found on the side of Liberty. WeknOw
they were not in the great struggle for English
liberty under Hampden, Ppm, Cromwell, and
Milton against the perfdiOus, usurplng despo-
tism of Charles /. And we do not believe
though Alison and other Tories assert it-that
the French Revolution received Its impulse
mainly from the worst portion OF the pOpula-
ton of Paris. When, in 1913, there were grave
apprehensions of a Chartist revolutionary up
rising in London, and 100000 special constaoles
Gncluding Louis Napoleon were sworn IN to re-
sist il, the eagerness and unanimity with which
the worst classes-especlally the Dlacklegs
keepers Of gn-shops, and OF dens oil
infamy-pressed forward TO be sworn in, was
widely remarked. They were conservatives
satisfied with the good living they easily made
out Of the world as it is, and did not see how
an overtun could improve their position or
prospects. And in Paris to-day, according TO
our limited personal observation, these classes
are far better affected toward Napoleon and his
rule than are the honest, intelligent mechanics
and artisans who ca"n their living by useful
work.
.. Whether more "rOttensH adhere TO the Re-
publican than to the Democratic party, Is
matter of opinion, whereon we are at odds
with The World. We believe it is true that,
while Republican Secretaries. Heads OF Bureaux,
&C., had the giving out of fat contracts,
good many of these were attracted To our
standard but, since the War closed and John
son event back on those who nominated and
elected him, these have generally returned to
their old cOnfcderates-as the results of recent
elections significantly attest. They have no
motive for longer protesting to be OF us; so
they nearly all revolt at the prospect OF
" negro supremacy"
But We beg leave to call The Worlds atten- |
ton to the Main Question. 1t concerns the
right of -Four Millions of our countrymen
almost wholly Of the Laboring Class-to
voice in the Government under which they
live. We hold that they should be entran-
chised-that our State constitutions and laws
should like the Federal Constitution know no
difference between them and other citizens
that, since they are taxed, drafted, ar
rested, indicted, tried, convicted, SEN
fenced, and Gf need be) hung, like other
citizens, they should have an equal voice with
others in choosing the makers and executors of
the law which so deals with them. 1t is posi-
bic (though we see not how that The World
may have the right side of this questions but
how under heaven can it be " the side OF Llo-
ertyP" Ay, or of real democracyP Are the
dictionaries all mad on this point What says
The World to their testimony And-since
John Bright has been lugged into this discus
sion by The WOrld-suppose we take his opinion
on the pont7 What is the answer
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