The New York herald., 1874-10-31

horde OF partsans who In truth mean nothing
In harmony with the judgment and conscience
OF the nation. a. continually recorded since
1S60 They TO whom 1t is hoped dissatisfied
or needless republicans will give up the sceptre
OF the State are partisans but they are partlsans
on the other side. ls not Mr.. Tilden q partisanf
When republicans voted for him for the Assembly,
and for Mr. seymour and Tor Mr.. remann and the
rest in 1871. Mr.. Tilden was Chairman Of the State
Committee. What did he do? Tweed had ruled
the State Convention and nominated the ticket.
lie had ren0minated tne recreant State Officers
who AT Albany hau promoted mis- nagrant schemes
OF plunder. This was notorious long before The
Rochester Convention met. and yet the state OH
cals already convicted at the OF public opinion.
were boldly presen :ed again Tor the SURFACES Of
the people. Su0h things are not unknown even
now IN the county OF Kings. Such was the demo.
cratic ticket IN 1871. Mr.. 1Ilden was nominated
and supported by the republicans. and, wnile ac-
cepting their support and knowing the sin ana
shame OF the democratic State ticket, ask again
vass OF the votes that year on Manhattan Island
and In this county, and IN that record. II anywhere
In human annals. you Will see picture Of the be.
sotted Dig0try OF party. Perhaps you may find
something worse there. The counted vote in New
State ticket IN 1871 as 1t had been the year
before ior John 7. HOFFMAN, when, as you all know
now many thousands % We're lraIau1enty adaea 70
oppose or repudiate the Rochester tcket, reeKing.
as ir was, with the most odious frauds that ever
THAT OTHER GREAT AND GiF TED REFoRMER.
saKe Win The party On % could see
nothing else. The same thing was true OF those
who manage for Mr.. 1ilden now. Ny neighbor, Mr.
Herman, VINO see stood here the other evening, In
1871 traversed the state asking votes for the Tweed
State ticket, and, according TO the published re.
now. Mr. Seymour did the same thing In Inn
tied degree In oneida county, whet e these two
democratic State Senator VINO had voted ire-
quently Tor every thing for which Tweed voted.
His party selected him from all their members to
be nominated again, and with his record before
them all the democrats voted Tor hlm, and
every democratic voice said amen. The same
leaders and the same followers confront US
now, asking to be trusted, ana you wonder
whether many who have dsapproved them here
toIore will even vote on Tuesday next. Why IS
tins? There are no miracles nowadays. There Is
cause Tor everything. WHAT lS THE CAUSE OF
TIE IoKp1D iNER E DSsATiSFiED AT ISn1 D. STATE Of
There may be many causes; want to speak OF
one The panic has distressed vast multitude,
but am not about TO speak OF the panic If man
believes the republican party brought on the
panic, and tnat the matter can be helped by going
lor reputation and imitation. that man needs
physician, not an argument. Laugh
teri There Is one OF public
stupefaction OF which would remind ana
din about universal cor upton. foreigner read
ing large part OF the American press, or tra vel
what has come to be the general rule OF tank,
would suppose we had fallen on the most depraved
and venal era OF the Republic, Il not Of the world.
everything is suspected and disparaged. From
the President down every man In pub
tion, is treated as n he were an unprln-
Cipled schemer. The assumptions OF common
sense are reversed. Formerly, II man was Sc
lected by his fellow citizens Tor public trust, the
presumption was that he was worthy, and one 0i
the presumptlons OF he law Tor thousand years
has been that public Officer does his duty. But
now man need oniy be nominated to be at once
suspected; ne need only be In office to be the mark
for every ioul imputation. All this, OF course,
fourteen gears tie republican party has held p0lCer,
saUe during the three Years uhen the democratic
Ga7ty and Andrelc Johnson pressed each other to
each Otlaer's bosOnas. Cheers and laughterJ I
will not speak OF what has been accomplished
to the past we are at once told that party can't
live on Its past-and this ts true; but wnen you
want to know what man or Dooy OF men can
do will do IN the future, IL Is rather useful to
am not now dealing with the achlevements in
war. peace. diplomacy. anance. civilization.
sren During al these sar not only
politicians people, gossps and press have
been batterlnp away at the party IN power. Much
Of this peltlng fails on the President and Congress-
and am glad TO know It grows worse and worse,
because rs EXCESS IS, IS TO BE IT'S CURE, AND
ACTION Is REACHED THE BETTER. 1t was very
bad In Mr.. Lincolns time. 1t is far worse now.
when Mr: sumner ded most OF ms eulogists seemed
praise; In stereotyped phrase they praised him
lor being personally honest I'm these times Of gen.
eral corruption" Such ratings and lamentations
have filed the public ear till thousands OF men
ana women are puzzled and respondent ana nalt
doubtful whether 1t is worth while to vote or to
discharge the duties OF citizenship. Speaking NOT
as y republican, but as an American, proud Ol my
Guay aDd Y sFrEE 4ss NY
SIROUS LIBEL. tremendous cheering.) Speak
ing Of public men in Washington on both sides, as
those W no went before them. ! entered Congress
fifteen years ago. From then till now, under Bu-
sse,ns notS Ssqs
hind the scenes has been improved with
diligence. and nothing is more certain than the
IN both aDjr0s or the capitol and In the Supreme
Court. lApplause.l In 1859 large proportion Of
sns members 81 tne House of
Drinking 10 excess was surprisingly common
Large numbers In both houses were often. long
before evening, unfit TO do business. Liquor was
kept, as far as know, In every committee room In
the Capito-b00kcases doing duty as sldeooards
among public men, and vice and debauchery were
topics OF loud and unclean jest. Lobbying and
joDoery were too palpa6le anu prevalent TO be
vailed which now would scarcely be credited
ALL THIS IS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER
LIQUOR Is NOT TOLERATED. IN THE CAPITOL.
(Cheers.) Hardly a man IN either House that am
aware OF d1squalines himself BY drink. Gambling
and debauchery are no longer practiced, or they
are at least hidden away. No man dares now, as
TOO SECRET TO BE SEEN. Formerly every
Cabinet ofllcer and many others, rode IN public
carriage as u matter 0 course; now q Cabinet Of
fcer who merely allows the old custom to go on
finds himself trumpeted through the world as
great onender. George Washington. when Presi-
When he wished TO use horses he or
dered them irom the War Department at
also. The same things which formerly ex-
cited no remark, would now make such stir that
the country would not hold the noise. The Salary
and Back Pay bill, bad as 1t was, and voted Ior,
you remember, BY LARGER PROPORTION OF
DEMOCRATS THAN OF REPUBLICANS, WAS NOT
WORSE THAN LIKE BILL PASSED IN 1860,
ONLY EIGHT YEARS AGO. The bill OF 1866 con-
tanned every obnoxious feature OF the bill OF last
year. The act OF passing It was In some respects
worse because 1t stood by itself and could be de-
feated wtth0u. defeating an appropriation
bill. and yet the one man from this State
who gave the casting vote was after
ward returned BY an increased majority.
The republican party beyond any other in history,
weeds out It's own bad practtces-and some OF Its
members, not content with doing this, are perhaps
a n n "A