New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-30

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goo1ishuess in poitics-not bad enough to be
offensive. nor good enough TO Ike aggressive
and bold. You can't object TO him. but you
feel all the time that h. il nj the man. FOR
this is no time for goodishnesS III politics. no
time for nice persons who have NJ INC taste
nor the stomach for a hard fight
We have said the Republicans of MaS'acili-
sets might have done better and might have
done much worse. 1t seems quite certain that
the nomination of Mr.. Adams would have been
much better. Ii would have accorded better
with the temper of the time. 1t would
have been more in keeping with the action
of other recent Conventions. Coming ut n
time when the chaotic condition of parties has
been so clearly shown by the nominations
of both parties in NewIork, and
Of the Democrats in Massachusetts, and
when all signs pointed t. the beginning of a
new political epoch, it would have sent Il
thrill of satisfaction through the land, for it
would have been looked upon as evidence of
n desire to elevate politics above the level of
the demagogue and ward politician. As
it is, Mr. Rice, excellent and estimable
man as he is, represents to the co'in-
try nothing whatever beyond an ordinary party
nomination. We are not entirely clear that the
nomination of DR.. LOiing would have been
worse That would have made a very distinct
issue before the people. A year or two ago when
Mr.. Butler startled respectable Massachusetts,
from its propIiety by reaching out for the
GoycrnOrship, THE TRIBUNE took occasion to
say that the nomination would he by no means
an unmixed evil, since the shock of such an
event would be very likely to arouse the party
to a realizing sense Of Mr.. Buffers influence
upon politics, and compel n calling oil tor God
or Baal in the Republican Israel. Dr. Loring 5
nomination would have had much the same
Significance and might have produced the same
effect. AS matters now stand, DR.. LorinG
holds his prominence IN The organization, and
the influences which sought his nomination,
and, failing to effect it, went over to Mr.. Rice
as against MIR. Adams, are still potent for mis-
chief
At time when. rs is apparent to the most
casual observer, old things have passed away,
old issucs have been swept out into ihe limbo,
and parties in other States, leaving off the non
sense of pointing to the past with pride,
| have shaken themselves and risen up to
ook the present and the future in the face,
| Massachusetts, calmly rolls on in her nut.
While other States are binding new, she goes
back with scarcely single futter of
doubt to her last years birds nest.
The leaders are timiI and tagging
Such men as Wilson. Dawes, and IIoar are car
ricd, when they should lead. They whisper,
when they should speak out ; OF the field where
a great battle is set, they go tip-tocirg about
| Ike muses. in u sick-yoom. The long years OF
! the Ben Butler nightmare seem 20
have left them limp and ncrvcless.
| And the resolutions. tao, are w0rdy and
very little to the purpose. They humble and
humble and humble, aud i'll all of them there
is not word that has the weight OF tack
haiHn,cr or the force OF a pellet from
a popern. Aud so the Massachusetts Re-
pu bcans have done again what they
have been so much in Ike habit of doing
since hlr. Butler began to scare them-noml-
mated their respectable lille ticket. adopted
their pretty little resolutions drawn long
breath and gone hoIa? thanking God that they
have been delivered zine from DR.. LoliDg