The sun., 1873-09-24
M.dnlc.nmc nnicchoIacrs.

"a |NA ~ Nbliit p4iAtAhpihNiNs
From the days Of the elder ADAMS till
now Federal oficcholdcrs have been won't
from time TO time 20 do the bidding Ct
their masters at Wellington by actively
and oc@ c@.sionally oneusivcly interfering IL
state "icctions. But il cannot be doubted
that thoy have hudcrcd rather than
helped tlo candidate. whether local or
national, whose cause they espoused. In
dependent hiph-minded citizens are iudig-
nant and dislustcd when they see officers
who are appointed and paid to discharge
important duties, ncelcctmg their proper
business and runuiug about the country TO
mctdlc with Tie peoples aGairs.
The Jealous unit taken 10y the bone
HciGrics of the cl,l,r AnASts both by their
fulsomc culogies of Inn and their malir-
uant attacks upon JEFFERSON, largely con-
ttihut,d to the success OF the latter in 1900
Twenty years later in the famous contest
between DE WITT CLINTON and Nice-ircsi-
dent ToMPNtNs for tlIe GOvernorship, the
Federal officers were very bitter neuirst
ClNToS, and specially earnest for ToNP-
hlNs. But the people carried CLINTON
through ia spite Of thcH; anl in llis an
uull n. ..'.r 30 thr i. i.'1ttuc hr adnuu-
is'r.rd .. in... int tul. ioirr- q keen ic-
luk.. Iur power ol flr general Adj
t. a..trl;iuu.' hD sid, "has increased
wiih uc extension of It's patronage;
and il the omcus Wucv It's appoint
mrut .hal soc ht. IA an organized
and disciplined corps, to interfere in the
state clccIou., ,u,-t ina, there Will be-
found a h, ming G.suo-,uou In the people
TO resist .. hun a. attempts upon the
Iuuty ud II pnU,n,c OF THEN local
governments
The efforts. even to a limited extent, of
the onoohollcrs under JouN QUIScY
ADAMS to manage state politics in the in
tcrtst OF thtir chief furnished occasion for
some OF the most severe attacks upon his
Administration. aud thus aided to over
throw him. Everybody who was then On
the political stage remembers the uu-
weau,d attempts of VAN BURES's Office
holders TO procure his denomination and
reelection, ANA how WEBSTER, CLAY, aud
the other Wing leaders thundered In Com
ures- and on the platform because Of the
uu,,,uiy sp,. taclc. Beyond all question
these No'l-.ouud,d appeals d.d much toe
ward rendering llAtH rs election per-
feet rOu. i.r tie IemurrG
40 bc.t,r luck las followed uc a,-
tDmpta al three or four Ito,u,n,s t1 ua-
tain i,u,miuat.,u, through h.,N. ..tloDs
of tED.o u.on whom they had D.. l.V,l
office. JuAS IYLEE's t.Ie walters sccncl
mupa. lc OF seeing bow ridiculous thoy
aVp,as,d while trying 10 brink him TOR
ward ns the d mccinuc candidate
FIERCE lad been faithfui to lis party, had
been .urr,uudcI 10y an able Cabinet, and
had cuulyi himself TO the cordial support
of the Shareholders. then in the zenith OF
tLcir power. But his opponents in the
Democracy fastened upon him the stigma
of being the oCIcoholdurs' candidate, and
Ills carried him down, such also was
the fate OF ANDREW JouNsoN Those
whom le fed at the national crab CONF
passed sea and land 10 make proselytcs.
But th,y were only able To gain per-
mission for him to enter the front door of
the Tammany Convention and pass rap
idly out at the rear; and that was the end
of ASDY.
The most instructive feature Of the les
SOILS u-At by these examples Is that the
Federal Intermediates never seemDitouu-
dcrstaud that they were all the time doing
more harm than good to the man or tie
cause thcy would fam have helped. TL=
latest job they have undertaken wa 10
procure for BUTLER the uomlua.i,on for
Governor of &iassachusetts aud the re-
proach they brought upon him at a oritI-
cal stage ot the canvass broke BUTLER
/ down. The same "organizcd aud discl-
.If. a..
urowliue around the Republican COnVen-
tious of other states, to bolster mp the
waning fortunes of the GEASr faction OF
the party. What will be the result of then
omclous intervention in other peoples
affairs, the political history OF the country
very clearly indicates.