The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-06
AN INDEPENDENTS VIEW.
rHE REPUBLICAN PARTY SUNK IN
TUE MIRE or CORRUPTION.


Ffo1t article BIZ mr. Charles Frdncfs Addrns a. ia
ne North American Repfeu
Just before the first meetings intended
70 have bearing on the Presidential nomina-
lions for the can paign now going on were held,
Mr.. w. NJ. Evarts one day remarked to Carl
schurz that the Republican party In It's then
condition reminded him OF nothing 80 much as
OF army whose term OF enlistment had ex-
pired. Mr.. Evarts Is Justly famed for the Witty
and inclslve way In which he expresses what
other people tbink, but he has not often had the
good fortune to hit Of happier simile than this.
II Included In ten words a pamphletful OF politi-
cal insight, and accounted at once for that large
amount Of Individual action which Is such
essential feature In tho present canvass. The
Held Is full Of stragelers.
SO far as the momentous political issues of
twenty years ago are concerned, little remains
over which to struggle. Daring the present
canvass issues, side-issues, and after-issues will
indeed, be manufactured out Of It sometimes
by very honest ana very dull men who, having
once learned to talk on a certain subject. have
no faculty OF speech on any other aud some
times by very cunning and interruptions men,
who will work on the old passions and tho old
hatreds as long as they can possibly hope to get
themselves into Office, or to keep themselves
there by 50 doing. In all this, however, there Is
something very unnvting and even rcpuslve
to en- who look upon politics AS anything more
than an occupation and upon ofhcehulding 80
anything more than means OF support. The
continued dwelling upou the last ph ses OF
stale excitement is neither philosophical nor
an ennoblng pursuit. Ii IL small matter for Won
der. therefore, that the number OF those VINO
act independeutly Of al party Affiliations Is con-
tlnually Increasing. The wonder Father Is that
the M jority stiii cling to the ruts.
WHAT ARE THE ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN
In considering the questions " the day II Is
well in the FIRST place TO Try to get a perfectly
clear perception Of the issues involved Ia tho
campaign. That he may do thi. 1t ~ alb olutey
ears to the discussion generally carried on. In
that. words supply to ~ altogether innrdinate
ments, therefore, In when every campaign dis
cussiun may be decOnp iscd rubbish. fofmali-
ties, and essence-it is here proposed to devote
very few words except to the last. Under the
head OF campaign rubbish may, in the present
o Sc, safely be ciassed all me Rambling discuss
sion OF the war records OF the several candi-
dates, and their OPINIONS prior To the rebellion or
the Mexican war; also the chafges aud cOuntef-
charges made as TO their trans actiun- IN mules.
orphans. "dodring taxes, Issuing "shinpIas-
ter" currency, tue number OF watches they
chased pianos Personally ali the candida "a
are respectable gentlemen. Tnev have y ssed
their lives before the cOmmuuitirs IN winch
they live. and been honured and rusted. A. to
the views they M have entertained twenty
years ago, II Is to be remembered the war OF tne
rebellion closed in the yeur 1865. he Issues at
stake between the years lsis ana lsJJ are now
Just as much settled beyond the peraJysnture
Of reversal as those iuvoved III tue war OF
1872 OF the Revolution. The records II Gov.
Hayes and of Gov. lilden anterior 60 1851 I'VE.
therefore. sentiment par, Just atout u mucn
bearing on the living issues Of this cam yagn as
their opinions on the Hartford Convention Or
the ID rwinian theory Of evolution. No one
deny that the IN ASS OF trass Rubbish ot this
escription-constituting. a. II GOes. Line tentus
Of the campaign literaiure-has its intluen e.
Unhapply, mud ninging Is to very large class
OF mankind one Of the unote ENJOYABLE features
OF every canvass; and, as there said TO he
German counties in Pennsy yania whs.e votes
are regularly at en- election caS for Sen. Jack
son, so a not inconsderable pprl n II the COM
will, measure every candidate, not ny his acts of
the dsy. but bv what no sad and tnougat in
There are three great phases into witch all
political movement resolves iiself-tne revolt
tive: and these three also necessarily succeed
each other In the order IN which they have been
named. within the last sixteen SeLfs II l. ap.
parent that this country has passed through
Two, and the more n.omentous two, OF these
The ueriOd between 1871 anl 1855 one II .ii-
questioned revolution; that SINCE lodj has oetn
be complete soon - soutn C,fonna ma
Louisiana are permitted to reach the position
OF rest toward whicn they are iire,istuy tend
Ing, that tme cannot ionE be deferred.
THE ADVANTAGE OF THE DEMOCRATS.
II u hardly better worth while to vast time
over empty political fornaIties tnan over an
aduiterated ruObsh. Passing %, then. t. tue
essence Of tue campaign, the candidates are
0rst to De considered.
III this respect unquestionablythe priml farie
advantage Is ~ith the Democrats. II theIe Is
one thinz wholly opposed 10 the spirit OF our
Institutions and he earlier aud better ussgcs OF
the country It Is tins poll real trcl. OF nO,.ina.-
Ing unknown aud RED men ON the rro,ind
that, DeiGg unSnOwn nd uutricd. they have
no record" to defend. Every voter IS thus
left free TO imagine what lie pedses .nd, Of
course. OiHnc ighOtum. AZ. in such "a matter.s
this II Is best p rnaps To try t. see Ourselves
We woild see others, anu as others must see u.
As practical men, priding ourselves on our
capacity for self government, what, would
we Americans say We saw, for M
on a defeat OF the Disra,li Ministry aud a
dissolution Of Parliament, seiect a. there nd-
lH@Ft n
not any welknown or experienced leader Out
ZONE unknown, untfied Lord ldeuteuant OF
Cdn.da. who had been colonel in the SepOy
insurrectlon. and silent uienUer during uue
short Parliament In the DAYS OF Washington
smiled, not without just prlde, and re-
marked that repubnc ans .hoIg Ne were, we
ment Yet tins 10 exactly VIII - was done by the
Republican party ~ tue case Of Cow Hay :. or
be seems 10 have been q g.liant and u4erItOrlous
otheer during the var; faituial tnougl ann
ADu more recently a respectable, tnougn not
brilliant, Governor Of Oni3. since his npmin.-
hon tbs veruict OF those most intimately ac-
luantel with hin been decidedly In his
lsyoI, and the! nave i,ined IN nl.iy recom-
mendng hiin for the Presidency. All tuis, how
ever, ~ supplies the place II NJ publc service
10 MI the Presidential chair VITA success
tnah those good purposes, fair talents
hhd hlsh Character watch serve 10
Take h'm.locelA RESPECTABLE. lie mast have
IuusuN",, hiuihe7'' lhalsht' ana above all, eA-
perleutc ~ LLeu more thau ordinary de-rce;
hhl tildN nc lan th"re Is tiiIN lF triai.
Even the most Enthusiastic supa r. Of Gov.
Hayes can harGiy, as Yet, claim ina ~. -l.cIJl
would re anything more th4I a .ontic.l cXl.sri.
ment. L. Is therefore dIAicul. to see vii, nov
Hayes does not iall Mltuln iha' cass # taull.
dates who were 20 well plctlrpd la ths adu.ess
adopted by the Filth Ayende HO el cpnftienc.,
as Candidates whom independent voters could
not SUI port; men VINO, however fdy.r ably
Judged by tAeir nearest fiicnGs, re no. uUlici,
knoWn ~ lossess those qualities 81 mind .ud
CHARACTER WAlch tne stern t.sN OF etnuL4sr.iDfm
REQUIRES Tor tue American people cannot now
hnufd 70 rsN the future OF IN, heIuuiic IN cx-
perihents On merely supposed virtue or run ored
abIiity, to be trusted on tue strength OF private
recomnfeu- atiOus.
TRIED MEN AND True.
The Democrats, on the other hand, whatever
may 10 thought Of tho men, uuuuestionaLly
have put ~ nomination Caluldats b.Ju Ol
whom were among their most prominent T. rlY
leaders-men with whom and whose records ma
whole country WIS thoroughly fdniii r. That
certain essential issues, and esuecialiy
that Of the currency, thvee two leaders
were at variance Is indisput bic, but this
merely proved that they we're party leaders,
ana all who considered such Variance d
good ground for refusing to SUI! ort tue ticket
had fun notice of the fact, and could shape their
course accordingly. Good or bad, the caudi-