The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-13
INDEPENDENCE IN VOTING.
IDIsPAssIONATE EsTIMdTE OF THE
TWO CANDIDATES.
Why Pref sumner Of Yale College Cannot
support the Republican Nominee samuel
J. Titden's Gepuipe statesmn n-bip.


my mind I know my neighbors. One Of them
Is a Republican by habit, and the other n Demo-
rrat by habit aud neither of them define his
party name. When, therefore,, road the de-
scriptions that party newspapers ana party
orators give Of the opposite party. look around
me for the demons who seek the national ruin
and do not find lhom. | 0nd neighbors, some
OF whom are under one banner and some under
the other, but In their general tone and will and
Intentions those OF one party are Just a. good
and just as bad rs those Of the other. Especial
~ when remember that - -.@..' ci-tributlon
OF the two parties 10 the Northern States Is ex-
States, II seems to mo = - the National parties
are very equalls -uinsted In regard to he social,
Intellectual and moral elements which tnev o.s,-
tain Mo-, an historian or q 20. -,gner. reading
tse accounts which the PARTIES give OF each
other must infer et;hsr that these nccounts arc
oil false, and that they simply constitute de-
PRAYED method OF clectiOneeriuR which obscures
the issue and prevents the people from really
using sound judgment, or else that they are all
true. in which case the pcu, le OF the intel
States are so unpatriotic, corrupt, disl Iya, un-
just. murderOus. and venai that IL makes little
difference what Is the result Of any political
struggle.
Ireesrd the good sense, sound patriotism and
correct intention OF the masses the people In
either party as substantially equal regard the
evil elements In the parties as substantially
to the consideration which think genuine.
Ind these In men, | cannot trust party.
can trust a man. ! cannot hold party respon-
sible. l can hold mtn responsible. | cannot
get an exp esslon OF opinion witch Is single and
Simple from a party. can only yet that from a
man. party cannot have character. or CON
science, or reputation. IL Cannot repent, nor
snuure punishment or disgrace. | Know very
well that We are In the habit " predirating all
these things " uartes, but should think our
experience had offered t % fulles' proof that
we cannot properly predicate any 81 these
things of a party, except III a broad. h1lf-meta-
phoricsi sense, under which all the sharpness
and efficiency necessary to practical politics are
lost. The proof Is at any rate, satisfactory
10 ne.
newspapers have given us all From their tory
] do not see how any one G, n feel respect for
the cSndldature OF GOV. Hayes. Ii appears that
Mr.. Cameron was piqued because some mem
ber- OF his delegation violated "A sacred political
tradition and did not throw the state vote
unit. ahd he therefore refused o give the State
vote as unit for their candidate at the decisive
moment. I he Senatorial aspiGants could not
see the prize go TO either one Of their own num-
Der, ana agreed only that 1t should not 10 to
Blaine. hese two things cont ined gave It to
Hayes. I, at the time. expressed the opinion
that this course Of events, when one reflected
that the business ~ hand WINS the selection Of
chief magistrate OF the nation. W. farce"
did not then. and do not now. deny the posi-
bihty that Hayes may De the man for the
II you shake up the names oi eight ml-
lion voters In a box, and draw one by lot,
you may ge' the one out Of the ei.ht mil
lion who u best lifted for the Presidency, tut
we are assumed to be rationd beings, mthing a
rejection on rational grounds. ana think we
did our. elves little credit on that occasion In
that point OF view. Some OF the gentlemen
there came home rejoicing and ;riumphins over
tue parry nhculnts iHtf utlt dteu the machine
In It's first intention, bui It doubled upon them
with Its well-kDown supplsness and activity.
chine, and to have no other pnhlic claim to the
Presidency. He must feel that his selection Is
rourdry. mat ne has everything yet TO Go to
Justify public confidence. that no Is the recpi-
Ont OF an "honor." He cannot act with the
assured indcpendsnoe OF a man who has ad.
ganced b, veli-earned steps, to whom the Pres-
dency comes as the highest trust at the end OF a
rareer, to whom 1t Is less an honor than recog-
ALTON and a concession.
Mr.. nden's nom nation was opposed by all
the worst elements Of his party and sup
ported by rs honest pure. and Intelligent men
Is ever led In ny political convention In tins
country. lhey were many OF them young men,
repre- enting the hope, strength, ,ith. ana pur-
pose of the younger half OF this generation, TO
which turned long ago with all my confidence
for the national failure.
the question OF the currency, to me, stands
before any other. IL appears to me that Mr.
1iiaen M, ms, shown a more correct detailed.
and the process Of cure than any other public
man who Is eligible.
OF the resumption act or any part OF 1t, and
disappfOve Of any concession on that point, in
form ~ substance, by Ar. lilden or anybody else.
know that the soft-money Democrats have
claimed that Mt. TildeD has surrendered on tue
hSstened TO accept their authority as conclusive
on mat point Mr. lIdens opinions on this
point are not new, nor were they nrst placed
not In tnat document l4y down hn d money
uoctrines, then language has no meaning and l
could not express hard-mOney doctrines myself
The soft-mOney men We within a year or two,
begun to use some hsrd-money phrases III
Lorced, artificial, and impossible Applications,
They ind those phrases In MIR. lildeu's letter,
md that Is the ground on which t4ey claim his
Mir. HAYES has made a very distinct avowal
that he viii resist the repeal Of The Hesumptlon
and II he Is elected | shall Ger anly await with
generous confidence fulrment OF that pledge.
fhe dihcuty Is Just the one which seems TO me
radical In nIs candidature. between TWO can.
pidntes. one 4 whom Is recomn, nded to me on
Me opinion ~ his friends, the other Of whom
n q al ar ltffIf a.sI.ta
my knOwit DE ami iDspe elton my most rational
Mpecta,ion Of such performance as / 1esirs
attaches to the latter
out next In this -nvass the matter Of ad min
Strstlye reform. Mr.. iden has oe Governor
81 the state which has leo In the AUGMENTATION
Of our politics since the breinning 81 the cen
Jury. lie a. had the hardest position for be-
Eunlne reform, perhaps, wnicn there IS IN the
Union; lie h made the only positive aud sue
cess al steps toward II, al The Iisk II his own
Poniteal fortunes, when know 81 in the coun.
.rl' The news, aper exposures ~ The Tweed
ring would have made no more Impression On
that body than the pattering of rain ON the hide
Df rhinocerus. ana the members of the Ring
would tO-uay have been Haunting their stolen
wealth Ia the face Of the public, If Mr.. 1ilden
had not reduced their guilt to an arlthmetIcai
Demonstration, Available IN a court Of law. Ihe
Ian.l Rug night Is known o. everybody.
Lave IA nina, however, not only these re
FORM erofts, but also admins rative reform. |
VIII take single case which lVated IN p ra-
graph through he newspapers, occasioning so
Tar "a ever saw, very little attention. hut wnlcn
hdd an Immense effect On ny mind. and when 1
have oft'n urged IA private conversation.
ern iler 81 countits Ot New York were bitterly
hoslile 10 Gov iidcn. The reasons we q gwen
TWO IN number: !. Nr. Iilden had refused 10
remove tho Repu licau superintendent OF the
asylum a. klmira IN order to appoint 4 Demo-
ctat. = Mr. IA en- had removed, TOR eau o. IN.
CORPORATION counsel Of klmlTa, VINO was a Dem
ocrdt, although the Common Council of That
city was Republican. and could elect a Hepubli-
can successor. hesc were good grounds Tor
the opposition OF the "pOlitlcans." but they
were an imperative demand on me- II ! was an
"independent," and meant what | had been
talking about for years, to give him my fun,
hearty, ana efficient support II II ever came IN
my way.
mat Mr. Tilden is politician enough to be
AVA. ii Is only an advantage, since we cannot |
get an angel wi h a flaming sword and | think |
mat we II dependents have cast worse reprOtcn |
hpon ourselves than our most sarcastic critics, |
tiuce We have failed 10 seize upon a chance |
which offered itself to our demand. and have |
Nhn-tn - tfust 10 Rroundless faith aud a hOuc |
Ilr whlch we cannot give q re son. In this lat |
Ter l@it must DO allowed, without offence To |
regard the support Of Gov. llavcs.
, received q letter d while ago from friend OF |
u " hhier, who declared thai Gov. HAYES was |
avery modest man, whose mude,ty prevented |
MN from accepting the United states senator. |
shlp' ! quote II - an instance Of what seems |
~ ne ohs reasoning on thcso matters. II !
Wv i"S"s u Such man "a il now claimed. II |
r''M7 ne Ice - Just tho man We fave snuIN |
ne 40 q IA the senate for TIE last few yr,ls md
u 70 refused To- -, lie turned hi3 back on Inc
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