New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-11-03
GETTING INHARMONIOUS.

| locked the door and put out the lights and
| dropped in a careless way an ounce or two of
red pepper on the stove, is the present cOndi-
ton of that noble army of martyrs which but
a few weeks ago was resolving in Convention
that it pointed with pride to the record Of
the past, and was remarking IN private con-
versatiOD that it was "altOgether beneath the
dignity of the President to pay any atten-
:" ton to the third term clamOr of men who
ARE fond of making a fuss" Only a few
weeks ago they were dwelling together in such
harmony as only a common interest in COM
mon paymaster can produce. They believed
in each other thoroughly and in the party
entirely, and the object of all their living was
the success of the party and the consequent
salvation of Liberty and Humanity. But
within a few days there have been unusual
goings on. Influential organs and conspicuous
individuals have been prancing around with
great excitement and occasional collisions,
much as though riOtOusly disposed persons
had crushed their hats over their eyes and
spun them around by the ear. There seems
to be lack of harmony and a wild and un-
accountable disposition to beat the air among
the leading statesmen and able organs of the
Administration. 1t is to be regretted. In
such q season as this they should feel drawn
together as it were; adversely should unite
instead of separating them.
Unfortunately the close of the campaign in
stead of bringing an end to dissensOn. bids
fair to be only the beginning of it. For those
gentlemen who have already begun to divide
the blame of probable disaster will after to-
morrow concentrate their minds more fully upon
the discussion OF causes, and to the present
bair-pulling stage of the transaction will sue
coed a periOd-let us hope it will be brief-Of
positive scalping. The only consolation steady
going citizens can derive from it will be in
the possibility that much wholesome truth
may be disseminated in the intervals between
the fall of the tomahawk. Just now we have
to offer our sympathy and commiseration to
the leading statesmen singled out by the
Presidents Washington organ. The Republican.
That journal, remarking upon the probabilities
of defeat and the fact that 1.-THE Republican
majority of nearly one hundred in the
elective branch of Government seems likely
"to be blotted out" says "The Daweses and
"Garields and Fosters have brought the
"party to the pass it is in to-day" and that
the party "ls led to the slaughter by
commanders who ought to be only cor
"porals. by statesmen who do not possess
the first requisites of craftsmanship" ave
"stagger into the campaign to-day" says this
eloquent champion of the Presidents third
term aspirations, "under load of stupidity
for which the party leaders in Congress and
can ignorant, imbecie Congressional Cam
"paign Committee management are directly
responsible"
This is what might be called warm talk. 1t
seems sort of administration Of family
discipline with a meat-a1. And the Con-
gressiona Executive Committee comes in, too,
for share of rebuke and denunciatiOn. We
regret exceedingly that the Presidents organ
should call the Committee Of which the Hon.
J. NJ. Edmunds, Postmaster at Washington, is
Secretary ignorant and imbecile. For really,
Postmaster Edmunds has seemed to us
TO be very active and energetic
worker,-a man who has not hestated
to "stand on the ramparts in some of the
coolest nights, and blow his fearless bugle
"blast" in all kinds of weather. No man has
issued more prOclamatiohs or sent off more
circulars and addresses and such. And now
for the Presidents organ to call him ignorant
and imbecle And if this is its language on
the eve or Dattlc, WlldU VIII III Do uuIluS tue
retreat We observe also that another Adj
mnistration organ in Connecticut, The Hart
ford Post, attacks Judge Edmunds's Commit
tee. and says it sees no rational reason for
"its EXISTENCE This organ speaks disrespect-
fully. too, of the documents" which the
Committee has circulated calls them the
"veriest mess of trash," not worth the paper
on which they are printed, and intimates that
the whole thing is ga job for furnishing en-
"ployment for crowd of worthless
"party pensioners, and work for somebody's
"old printing Office 1t also comments unfa-
yorably upon the circular which it says the
Committee has "sent to the Ofice-holders all
lover the country" calling for contributions
Gin view of the Fall elections" The Post
SAYS, ct is high time this hnmbug was
stopped" and talks generally in vein of
unfriendlness TO the Committee.
We are sorry for the statesmen who have been
attacked, and especially sorry for the Congress-
ional Committee. For it is such well-mean-
ing Committee And indeed, what could it do
but send circular round for subscriptions
Do not these complaining gentlemen know
that there arc times, crises so to speak, in
human history when that is all that the most
able and energetic Committee can dot This
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