The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-24

other four years in view Of its financial sue
cess. Upon this simple question, probably,
will depend the result of the present struggle;
and hence the weakness and folly Of TIE poll
ticians, who are straining after all manner Of
petty advantages and resorting to all sorts OF
small tricks in the hope of benefting the
chances of their candidates In the end they
will, no doubt be astonished at the fruitless-
ness of their arduous labors and the erroneous
ness of their Judgment Where they supposed
themselves strong they may find themselves
weak, and where they feared weakness they
may discover their greatest strength.
The leaders who undertake to manage politi-
cal parties and to run political contests
ought by this time to understand that the peo-
pie have outgrown the politicians and can no
longer be deceived as to the true issues of a
campaign. The liberals can make no capital
worth having out of the st. Domingo job, the
French arms swindle, Custom House abuses,
the Presidents nepotism and similar picayune
matters. aboutwhch the people do not interest
themselves. When Mr.. Sumner supposes that
any sensible citizens vote will be influenced
one way or another by the ultimate decision
of the controversy as to whether President
Grant did or did not snub the negro Fred
Douglass, now at the head of the Grant cleo
toral ticket, by not inviting him to dine with
party of gentlemen at the White House, he
exhibits poor appreciation of the intelligence
of the American electors. If the efforts Of
the Greeley party to secure the Irish vote
have been successful, it has only been on
account of the intolerance of the leading Grant
organs and the stupid policy of the republi-
can caricatursts who cannot resist the temp
tation of always depicting an IrisAman as a
ruflian with the countenance of an ourang-
outang The republicans cannot improve
their prospects by coarse personal abuse OF
ments to prove him disunionist, by SANDER
ing every lifelong republican who chooses to
prefer Greeley to Grant: by making secret bar
gains with old Tammany ring men and
outside politicians or by helping on with
men and money a stupid side show of
about to be fought will be decided by broad
principles, and not by false issues, secret bar
gains and paltry intrigues. Before the day
of election arrives the people will have forgot
ten all minor questions and will consider only
two points, which are, in fact, associated in
their consequences these are, the policy
towards the Southern States and the financial
interests Of the country. They will ask them
selves first if it is wise and prudent TO change
the administration at this time, when
the nation is at peace, the national
credit good, the debt rapidly decreasing,
business tolerably brisk and the country gener-
ally prosperous They will ask themselves
next whether the policy of the republican
party towards the Southern reconstructed
States the revival of the passions of the war
and of the hatreds of slavery and the banding
together of the negroes in deadly hostility to
the whites-is likely to lead to serious rup-
ture of the peace in the South and to the
overthrow of all the financial advantages they
have derived from the safe policy of President
Grant in the past. The people who will settle
the Presidential question care nothing for the
petty squabbles in which the politicA organs
and stump orators indulge, but will vote in
accordance with their judgments on these i'm
portant issues.