New-York tribune., 1876-05-19
TNIT IHTENiN.

The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they
grind exceeding fine. Last Fan Allen u.
Thurman deliberately sacrificed the good OF
tho country to personal ambition and partisan
interest. To-day he has his reward No sin
cerc or patriotic man Will she'd tear. SEN
ator Thurman knew that the lunacy of soft
money and rcpudiatiOn was pcrilous to the coun-
try; he knew that it prolonged that uncer-
tainty which has sent $500 firms to bank
ruptcy within the first three months of this
year; he knew that it was corrupiing Amer
lean parties and dishonorng the Amer
lean name he knew that it was his
duty, az an honest and solf-rcspect-
ing man, to stamp out thi' bcresy
rs soon as it appeared. He had
the power. Ohio waited, and tho coun-
try waited, for manly word from
Mr.. Thurman. which would have insured the
defeat of initiation by twenty thousand major
ity. forced the Democratic party OF Ohio to
consult him rs its true leader, and made
soft-moncy insurrection in the Democratic
cNational Convention an impossibility. He had
the power. He had not the conscience or the
courage He wavercd. hesitated, yielded, and
went before the people with falsehood in his
mouth. In his Mansfield speech he tried to
make them believe that the platform OF the
Ohio Democracy did not mean "more money"
or reputation that the party was still true
to it, ancient principles. He did his best for
the election of the blatant leader of tho
papor-moncy lunatics, and, though beaten,
helped to make them so confident and
so strong that now they cut his throat
without mercy. Who is sorry7 This country
a., ~r hat
of politicians which Mr.. Thurman represents,
who sell tho public honor and welfare for
party success. The heresy which he helped to
mako strong rolls over him, as the fanaticism
of Juggcrnaut grinds under its wheels the
manglcd corpscs of those who cast themselves
in its path. One partisan tho less; so much
gained. If he was ADLER and more decent than
most of them, for that reason he was the more
dangerous. For he, ike the mcanest trickstcr
of the dcmagogues, was willing to sacrifice the
public good for the success of n party with
which his personal fortunes were id ,ntiiied.
Mr.. Thurman yexes the ear no more as
Presidential candidate. The ancient Allen,
victor IN Ohio by an ingratitude without par
allel, will hardly be accepted rs n candidate
even by an iniiatonist of decent and manly
instincts. The two cxtinguish each other rs
Kilkenny cats. But the threatening torrent
OF initiation, like the flood which bursts upon
quiet valley when a great dam is swept
away, rolls forward now with redoubled force.
Gathering new courage from this great and
generally unexpected victory in Ohio the in
hationists and repudiators will assault the St.
Louis Convention with u power which it would
be folly to underrate. For months we have
warned honest Democrats that they would find
this spirit exceedingly powerful at tho West,
and especially in Democratic Conventions. A
few words might have checked it in October
last. For the sake of party it was by many
Democratic leaders and journals allowed to go
unchecked, and they, like Mr.. Thurman, must
now pay the penalty of their timidity.
The elimination of Thurman, under tho cir
cumstances, is also severe blow to that Re-
publican candidate whose only claim was that
he could carry Ohio" Tho friends of Mr..
Hayes have not urged that he was the most
capable or suitable man for the Presidency |;
their argument has been, g the Democrats may
nominate Thurman, and then, without