Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-06-14
New York in NOVem ber.

new OfA Ill NOtenucEs
The following are the two conciud
ing paragraphs of an article ia the
Boston Post, headed as above:
$50 caustic a Republican organ as
the New York Times feels obligated
to admit that it would "consider it the
height OF political rashness to assume
that Senator Conlling could carry
New York against Gov. Tilden," add
ing that the latter "can point to some
solid achievements on the side OF purer
administration and a higher standard
of character in politics" precisely
what the better class Of Republicans
and the people at large are demand
lug in candidate. The views Of
lion. Montgomery Blair on MIR. Til
den's nomination were given in Satur.
days Post, and were strong express
sion of considerations which are ac
tive in great many minds. We need
not enter upon repetition of them,
convincing as they are. But it is i'm
portant to impress it continually on
all thoughtful men that such nomi-
nation should be made as will satisfy
the country that the currency and rev.
enue questions cannot 60 wrong,
while the central issue of Reform is
brought and kept at the front. We
insisted last year, when the Ohio
greenback flnrry was passing over,
that it was unjust to divert popular at
tention from the main issue by intro
ducing Others which could not in any
event be settled first. We repeat that
assertion now with still greater en-
plrasis. Judge Blair hit it exactly
when he said that the greenback issue
was only personal affair with GER
tain Western Democrats, and that
they showed it to be such by nominat-
ing Horato Seymour when they
found they could not have Pendleton.
Mr.. Seymour certainly was never sus-
pected of the slightest inclination to-
wards soft money, for it was. he who,
as Governor of New York, resoutely
provided for the payment of the inter
est on the State debt IN coin when a
Republican Legislature as earnestly
persisted in paying it in currency.
The New York World publishes
the opinions of three leading Demo-
Gratis of that State on the subject OF
the Democratic nomination, two of
whom do not think it ought to be
given to New York because it has
been for the two last times, which is
rather a prejudice than Judgment,
and could be answered by saying that
defea. might follow this time for not
doing what was done without success
twice before. Moreover, locality can
not set aside qualifications of a very
different character. The third gentle.
man referred to expressed himself ar
dently in favor of Gov. Tilden, and
felt confident that he could carry the
state easily against candidate like
Conkling. There arel two points to
be made the prominent ones in deter.
mining a nomination by the Demo
cratic party; one is the absolute ne
cessity of meeting the great issue OF
Reform, on which a candidate may
draw to his support the confidence of
the great body OF the people, and the
other is the not less absolute need of
selecting statesman who, as the
head of a government, has shown the
actual capacity to master the ques-
tions of finance and revenue himself,
and to he able to guide legislation to
healthy issue, instead of leaving it
wholly to committees or Cabinet Of
ficer We have had no experience OF
such a man in a great many years, bit
fortunately the opportunity again Of
fers. In Gov. 1ildon there is the
ability to present both these problems
to the attention of Congress in Exec
utive Messages that will imply thor
ough comprehension of the situation.
The man who, as governor of great
state like New York, can reduce taxa
tion ir two years from sixteen mil
lions to eight, and can defy and break