The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-22

Itself some form Of evil growing out OF the
SS ING Sover aws o. ana the ss
has young son here who is said to
make $500 day, and sewing machine man here
Is said to refine eight railroad trains OF crude oil
per day, worth $4,000 In gross-the same, II Is
SAID which attempted to corner al the Oh OF the
world and lease nEass 70 mankind by COLLISION with
Mr. Thomaa Scott "s.,s1 Tue people in the rural
9stlcts feel this prosperity ike the great manu-
asntin cities Is lie question on which the pres
Of sYatest hangs. all portions
perouA like these manufacturing towns there win
be no change in party as long as this lasts IL on
and left their recipients no better or at the end Of
the year, o change Will be voted; But such state
OF PROSPERITY as ! have described WIN resist ai
shouts OF reform, and nothing, perhaps 10 more
nnd the late rebelious section Of country shut
North. and the feeling Of the rich classes among
given entirely, II to anybody, to the southern
THE SOUTH TO BE ALL NEGRO.
am told by many Southern planters that after
Grants election there will be general exodus
TO get away and that country will then relapse INTO
the hands Of the poor white trash and the late
ike and
ern States like Tennessee and Kentucky.
PROSPERITY GRANT,"
1t is seldom In any Presidential election tnat
great party pushes toward thePresidency with moth
Ing whatever inscribed its banners excepting the
one ~ the enas
at present it Is linked with the apathy for reform
Of all sorts and simply means that under President
1t Is impossible to get into any discussion with
the supporters of the President as to his fitness for
in she United States, between Maine ana Ohio, who
cares to enter into the discussion Of the Presidents
qualifications. The general remark is, Grants a
pretty safe man and we are doing WE'LL The c0un-
try s prosperous and we don't want any change
under such a chief as old reformer Horace"
ECONOMY HAS NO FRIENDS.
Sometimes the constituents OF President Grant
win enter into some ingenious elucidation OF his
why S rst such @
would sell all the gold out OF the Treasury and then
wal would pitch IN d PICK US n TO M sy e
away less Of the public lands TO railroads than
ANYBODY else He iavors more kinds OF s subsidies
about paying salaries to clerks and about similar
sman questions, which, In our vast progress. are
sume," say these people, ''more money to have
debate about mileage than to give the additional
creased all over the country and the people are
ready to vote them, 80 that Mr.. Greeley's economy
Is not now In his favor"
THE PEOPLE HARDEN THEIR HEARTS
Thus the thing stands In nOurishng States like
Ohio. There are possibilities IN Greeley,s favor,
thing that can be said about the indeoorum OF the
government, Its imbecility, nepotism, &C., the
IS tat see Bede o the
decay OF the democratic party it has no leaders Of
its own worthy the name and Is not SUI
can leaders to listen to them except In respectful
silence and assent; for nobody can imagine an old
democrat throwing up his hat to euloges on free-
dom or applauding vocferousIy the deeds Of STAN
ton and the life Of Lincoln. Here, then, We have
set Of bold liberal orators addressing audiences
about the memories OF heroes who are not the
heroes Of said audiences. The odds in Ohio, as 1T
would appear here, seem to be gathering against
Greeley. ] may go farther West and find differ
ence but / have not yet come to the spot.
THE STATE LEADERS OF OHIO.
for in this campaen man of his boldness ana gen.
erOus style OF Oratory could reconcile these demo-
cratic audiences to the belief that they had acted
out their part with dignity, and were consistently
doing 1t still under the chan yed conditions of patr
otsm Pendleton is of in Europe, and II he were
here might be doing harm; Thurman is taking no
active part az politician in the national debate;
Rufus P. Ranney, man Of severe integrity and an
able lawyer Of Is an d0%n
like old Judge Spading, who Is generally said to be
"played OUT" Judge Sloan, Ashley and the rest are
seeded. The most generous and enthusiastic liberal
leader in Ohio Is General BrinkerhOn, OF Mansfield
arGen and Gallant as we as in this
fight, and he occupies the entirely tenable position
Of an original democrat. who has not changed his
party as member Of it throughout the war, and
has returned simply to his democratic faith, with
recreant He has, however, no fortune is a tgor.
Gus free trader, and Is without that organizing,
commanding power which makes the great leader
on the ether hand, the republican party has no
force to speak OF among Its politicians Garfield Is
perhaps the fOrem0stn the State but he has no bold
ness-lives the life Of an Overfed school teacher,
and lacks the grasp of character which made the
old school of bold public men, Schenck Is out OF the
country, but he had reapsed into defender
Of special interests merely and fine bluff gossip
O sort OF Reverdy Johnson Of the North. with the
form OF energy without Its fires. John sherman be-
longs essentially to class OF mercantile Senators
who act per interests like the statesman Of the
Manchester school in England; and Sherman, I'M
like the Manchester men, has never proposed an
idea or been faithful to one.
COMMERCE HAS GOT Vs.
There is q general decadence in public life. The
commercial men are on top Tho iron men have
got the whole country down. and they hold 1t there
In such generous way, feeding 1t 80 very well as
they hold It down. that It does not seem to want to
get up. We have iron on the top, then railroads
underneath then the bankers for the third stratum;
then the lawyers eating upwards and downwards;
then the merchants and the farmers; and with all
the pig iron piled on top OF them there is lazy,
epicurean cry from every tier underneath Of ave
are very prosperous and contented just as we are"
The indignations Of the people are lethargic; the
country is In better accord with civilization than 1t
was before slavery expired; but that great contest
and the rise OF property seem to have exhausted
the impulses and deadened the political sensibiities
Of millions