The New York herald., 1872-11-08
The Partisan Press-Pct Namcs OF thc
Presidential Campaign.

The Partisan Prcss-Pct Namcs OF the
Presidential CsmPsign.
The election is over The last gun has been
fred, the last rocket has been sent up. the
last barrel has been consumed by jubilant
bonfires the last sore throat has been ac-
quired in shouting or groaning for 'Grant
and Wilson," "Greeley and Brown" the last
man has paraded the streets for the last time
with the last transparency; and now what is
there left? "Open my heart" said Mary of
England, sand you will see inscribed upon it
Calais!'" Look at the record of the late
campaign, and you will see inscribed upon it
names, names, names, and nothing but names.
In the history of political warfare there is no
parallel to the vituperation of which both
armies have been guilty; and standing as we
do upon neutral ground, regardless of party
favorites, jealous only Of the honor Of the
Republic, We exclaim-sA plague on both
your houses!" Shame upon those who have
dragged our good name in partisan mire.
Shame upon leaders who, arguing
that the end justified the means, have
not scrupled to utter untruths to
gain few votes With sorrow do we
say, "Shame upon those journals that have
aided and abetted the great epidemic of SIAN
der which has ragged from Maine to Texas,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast"
'sWhat is TRUTH" asked Pontius PLATE, and
paused for reply. To-day we put the same
conundrum, anxious for light upon moment
GUS question Is it true that we are forty mil
lions of fools and knaves led by drunkards
and rascals? Is there no such thing as honesty
in high places? Are we all going to the bad
as fast as Satan can carry us2 Are we all mis- |
erable sinners, and is there no good in us? Is
Charles Sumner rascal and an idiot because
he disagrees with his old party? Is Herman a
scoundrel because he is Roman Catholic? Is
Greeley criminal because he accepted the
Cincinnati and Baltimore nominations? Is
Grant monster because he allowed himself to
be renominated for the Presidency? Is every
body depraved? Are republican institutions
failure? And shall the Japanese students
among US write home that Presidential CAM
paign in civilized republic means the right
to deprive every public man Of his character p
that holding Office means the right to steal
public money for private benefits
1t is time that the Augean stables Of politics
were cleansed 1t is time that the public real
lied what unmanly weapons have been used in
fighting for the control Of the government. It
is time that journalists were called upon to
contemplate the work Of their hands and once
more asked whether their great power shall be
longer prostituted; and for this purpose, yet
not for the first time, we put on record few
of the opprobrious epithets which have been
visited upon the heads of the wretched men
who have dared either to be candidates for
Office or have ventured to have political opin-
ions. Side by side we marshal the loud
tongued hosts and show how Presidential
fields are won. Vote for one of two men to
fill the most exalted position in the country
when both ought to be in the State Prison?
Does not Grant wear paper collars? Does not
Greeley wear ON old white hat? Can either of
them be gentlemen? But, readers Of the
HERALD, look at the aliases of the two candi-
dates for the last six months-as long as Don
Giovanni's list of compassionate then ask
whether the country is safe.
GREELEY. GRANT
Atheist. Drunkard
Deist. Loafer.
Common liar. Bull pup.
SecessOnist. Swindler.
Southern sympathiZer. Treasury plunderer.
Goddefer. Horse jockey.
Traitor. Beast
Communist Ignoramus
Hown-bread eater. Whiskey cask.
RObDer.
The people have repudiated an atheist,
deist, liar, robber and traitor to embrace
drunkard, loafer, swindler and beast. What
madness led them to prefer one to the other?
What fend inspired three popular conventions
to force upon the nation choice Of evilsp
An evening paper declared the late contest to
be "a campaign Of pure falsehood. No mans
character, however long established, however
pure however unquestionable, is q defence
against the most outrageous slander, the most |
unblushing vilifcaton;" which statement the |
evening paper fully proved by assailing Greeley
as q Know Nothing, as the author Of reasonable |
sentiments which he had denied, as go-be-
tween in the bribery of Congressman by the !
Des Moines Improvement Company, as Presi- |
Dental candidate pledged to favor pensions
to Confederate soldiers Is it law of nature
that one editor shall hate another? Is it on
insult to all other journalists that one Of their
profession should be nominated to the Presi-
dency? Let this question be settled before
another campaign, and if in convention as
sembled it be answered afirmatively let the
nomination Of journalists for Office be pro-
nounced by Congress crime against decency.
Is it written in the book Of fate that partisan
journals shall assail all opponents in the Ian
guage of Billingsgate Read again what
Greeley and Grant partisan journals had to
say s-NsS.,.'
greeley Partisan Journal
Gerrlt Smith-A "humbug.n
William Lloyd GarrisoN-An s'abusive old radi.