The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-07-19
The Animus of the campaign.

whAsever of hberality and decency, or
of common sense, remains to that stink
ing mass of national corruption, the Re-
Publican party, seems TO b exclusively
reserved TO W nat was known few years
back as its liberal wing. The New York
Tribune, which was guilty OF partial
apos asy about the time of the Schufz and
Sumner revolt, has ever since occupied a
position of decided opposition to the
open and Wholesale system of plum
dering and tbieving which has been
so industriously carrie on, and in the
adoption of that policy has of course re-
bounced the cardinal texts Of It's psrIy's
stranger. The Tribune having, through
this ten porsry estrapgement, recov, red
some of it's sense of prOpriety and decency,
and having had the opportunity, by reason
OF its freedom rom corrupt associations,
tt cultivate some political virtue ard hon.
estv, comes out in leader OF singular dg-
nuy and force and rsbukes the intemper-
ate tone OF other Republican papers in re-
ierriug 10 Mr.. Tilden, and fatty contra
diets their declarations whenever they i'm
pute to him any motives but those OF hon.
esty and uprishtness during his entire ca
reer, puolic and private. While maintain
log its adherence TO the nominees of the
Ciuciunasi Convection and to the platform
enuDclsted there, 1t proposes to rest the
contest for the next presidency on princi-
.,ia. - ,,ofi,nal apd hu foi
md dispassionste appeal to the reason
OF the people, and by rational
and digBifed discu on of men and me s.
urts, endeavor TO bring about toe success
of It. party and its prime ples. This is an
example which coDmsnds itself to the
entire party aud which could be mo ad-
ysntageously initiated by many Republi-
can organs rem)te from the great city OF
New York. There Ia however a prevaleT
iu preston among the Radical editorial
brotherhood and q quiet conviction that
in ord.r to m ks their respective shee
pow,r in the land they must give them
selves up to the most ~ Limited lyirg al
the most gross and psipahle distor' ion OF
avery fact that comes up for discussion.
81 faithfully have they &C ed on tits cor
V,ction and rigidly Rave they ad oered to
it that th popular attention has been in
some measures diverted from lis copspicu
Gus vics OF Sealing TO the kindred one of
living, ard asiupsded country sits 10 silent
wondermeot trying to determise in which
that great parry excsls. Now We can
a. n-,N h kao
shocked into virtuous protest. rheshame-
tai exhititio OF Grsnt'sm so open, Ga pa
ole, unblusbipg and q. Fl ant, first drove h.
from the Repu blicsn camp. II knew thst
with all It's editorial ability it could never,
G ,ver up from the ey es OF the people the
disgrscsiul acts OF It's party aud so, like
the Scriptursl "spsIr upon the house.
tops" II has percbed alone until the nouB-
iuation OF Hayes and the approach OF
sirsD''s exit gave it g feeble hope OF he
dawn of an era of deceDcy. M soontr
de. 1t dra-s 9Th the line again that its
sense OF ore p iety is outraged by the
quslly psteng and clumsV mendscry OF
ira comrades, and so the Trbune, aiways
stined l. seems to Isolation, is uensppy.
and uucomfor sb y situssed. There Is but
one curse left TOR the digoified and ately
advocate of R-puolics IN, and that II 'or
,t to come down from its elevation snd GO
with the crowd. Let it discard IT'S loisy
eaders on political ethe'icA and cover
mental D icy ard employ staff OF bri =
liant ard smseinsrive conrr'hurors who
Gao Willy and lie. Any errsatthief and