Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-08-01
WHY THE NEW YORK HERALD
SUPPORTS HAYES.

The New York Herald is an advocate of
the election of Gov. Hayes, the Republican
candidate for the Presidency. Its advocacy
is less violent, and therefore more dangerous,
than that of-say-the New York Times, or
any other leading Republican organ of OPEN
and pronounced hostility to tho Democratic
party. During Gov. Tilden's present admin
is%tration in New York the Herald has always
been found among his open enemies or secret
foes. In the war against the Canal Ring
begun by Hon. John Kelly before Mr.. TIL
den's election, and continued so vigorously by
the Governor ever since, the Herald has been
the organ of the Ring in question and its
friends. Every reformstory measure devised
by the Governor has elected the NerdI1's
covert sueers and encountered it's adverse in
luence. At first it denounced Mr.. Tilden,
whose election the Herald opposed, because
he was the ''bosom friend" of Mr.. Kelly, spd
owed his nomination as the Herald declared,
and declared truly, to that gentlemsn's cham
pionship of his claims on the Democracy Of
New York. For the first eight or nine
months of the Governors term the Herald,
(Which has never forgiven Mr.. Kelly for res
cuing Tanmany Hall from Tweed, Sweeny,
Hall and Connolly continued to treat tho
country to editorial essays on what it called
the evils of Blossom Friendship" as illus
trated by Kelly's forcing Samuel j.. TiIden
down the unwilling Threats of the people of
New York. Why was such a weak man nom
mated asked the Herald because he is the
bosom friend of John Kelly, answered the
Herald. Having exhausted its editorial re-
sources on this subject, tho Hera3d's next
point of attack Was Mr. Tilden's motives in
assaiIing the Canal Ring. "What does he
mean y said the Herald; mot reform, but TIE
selfish promotion Of his Presidential hopes"
answered James Gordon Benefits Herald
''Mr. Tilden has Presidency on the brain
John Kelly's dcspotism in New York is to be
transferred to Washington bosom friendship
is to rule the country" &C., &c. Thus raycd
the paper which had wsllowcd in the mire of
Tweed's corruption, and which had hailed the
rogue Swceny as the Bismarck of America.
But presto the Herald had not calculated
on Mr.. kelly's prefcrring another candidate
for President. Mr.. KclIy's patriotism had
been measured by Herald standards and was
thought to have no greater height, breadth
or thickness than ''bosom friendship."-
patriotism" said the Herald editor, after
another great man, sis the last refuge of a
scoundrel." Now the shrewd editor at last
saw his opportunity. Eureka! said he, Kelly
is an iucomprehensible fellow, but clearly he
is unalterabIy opposed to Tilden, that's enough
for us; without Kelly TiIdcn is an impos>
sibility, for Kelly holds New York, and that
kills Uncle Sammy as dead as Hector. II Til
den is nominated the Democrats arc whipped.
at the top Of its stentorian lungs, "Hurrah
for Samuel J. Tilden IIurrah :" And so
the Democrats nominated Tilden, and Mr..
John Kelly wss the first man among all those
who favored other candidates to accept that
nomination, and roll up his sleeves for the
man the Herald erst called his ssbosom
friend" This was a sad, sad blow to that
protean journal. 1t had fsthomed Mr.. Kelly,
and never dreamed OF his unqualified accep>
tsnce of a ticket bearing the name of Samuel
J. TiIden at its head.
\ council of war was called. The Herald
for once was i'll a tr.P, for the support of Tom
many Hall meaus the triumph Of Tilden in
New York, and triumph in New York means
victory in the nation. So the Herald de-
ermines to desert Tilden and 20 over to
Hayes, and is nov engaged in that character
istic movement.
The hobby which it now rides would be a
dangerous onei if its true character were not
known that hobby is its advocacy of Manton
Marble IS the Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor of New York! If ever there was one
thing in the world more Preposterous than
another it would be the nomination at this
time of such a shallow-pstcd gosssmcr, as a
Democratic leader, on the great battle field of
the Presidential election. Marble has teen
credited by the NeraM with the authorship
of the St. Louis Platform. He wrote about
as much Of it as he wrote of the Pentateuch.
Mr., Marble is an accomplished, superficial,
iuveterste dandy, with the incurable habits of
a ft-hunter, and the languid yawn of a
dilettante. The suggestion of his name is a
joke and his chances for the nomination arc
about equal to Peter Coopcr's chances of cleo.
ton to tho Presidency. The Democratic
party will very respectfully decline the
UerchFS Grecian presents.
IF Horatio Seymour, the strongest man, de-
clincs the nomination for Governor, let the
Democrats nominate Clarkson n. Potter, the
next strongest man, and thereby strengthen
the Tildcn ticket at the vital point of the