New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-25


men who committed them. The nomination OF
Hendricks and the surrender OF the chief
of the hard-mOney statesmen repelled
the great mass of independents whose ears bad
been tickled with the promise that what Dem
ocrats had accomplished In reform In one State
under coercion, they would do in all States OF
their own accord. These were OffeDses against
good morals; the blunders in tactics came
after. A crazy inhatonist was put at the head
of the ticket in Illinois and the cheapest OF
cheap demag0gues was nominated In Indiana.
These slips of sincerity were followed by the
nomination IN New-YOrk OF man VINO
was the candidate of repudiationists IN 1868
and The timorous friend of rioters in 1868;
and the same convention made happy show
ing of Democratic consistency by choosing
in his place man who is his opposite in almost
every line of his political record. Then there
was the income tax charge, which came with
crushing force, because it went so long time
unanswered, and when answered was found
not TO have been answered at all. And now
the heat of the battle breeds bad blood in the
soutb. There are outbreaks and conflicts, in
which the blacks are usually the weaker and
always the worsted party Stories come North
of
partisan as they may be, highten the dlstrns5
that the Northern Republican still feels of the
safety of the Southern black in the hands OF
the Southern white. Here and there hot
headed fellow b!urt5 out, as hr. heDu-
Ion b. Vance did the other day, what many
cooler-headed man doubtless cherishes-thc
full warmth of his old Rebel feeling. In all this
they were playing the same old empty trick OF
trying to mask what was with what ought to be.
The mask did not and would not fit. In truth,
there has been too much generalization
and pretense about the whole Democratic cam
paign, too much machinery, and too much OF
IL visible. The voter who respects himselt
does not prefer the party which adapts ITS pIln-
ciples TO its circumstances, and does prefer the
candidate whose virtues are not published Ill
paid advertisements at so much line.
The Republican canvass, on the other hand,
crows in visor every day. There have been
no surrendcrs of principle, and the misstcps OF
The campaign have been speedily retraceu.
The Republican candidates are so pure that
they cannot be lied about, and yet they have
met the least tangible charges with q prOhptneSs
that left 40 room even for partisan suspicion.
Nevertheless, the battle is by no means won.
The still hunt is in stcalthy proZrcss, and
the Democratic mole is as busy burrow-
ing as ever. In Ohio and Indiana both
parties are working their hardest, the Demo
Gratis under ground, the Republicans above 1t.
1t is tie duty OF the Republicans OF those
States to make their victory so decisive that
it shall deserve the name; and 1t is equally
the duty of the Republicans OF all other states
to aid them to the uttermost IN these last
strenuous exertions OF the campaign. What
ever danger there might have been from the
noiseless Democratic campaign has passed,
now that the Republicans have discovered
their devices and are fighting in open field.
They have the aggTessiycness of genuine pfinci-
pies, and their opponents cannot stand before
them. But they must not stop lighting.