The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-30
A TAME CAMPAIGN.
THE ELECTION I'm THE FALL STATES
CARRIED ON WITHOUT ANY REAL
ISSUE rHOm EITHER PARTY.
The New York Monument at nemts
ssetg,ts-A New story Of ArnoId's T'rea-
son, the Fruit Of the Ensratitude
of Bis Country.

tenaeial Correspondence NJ 0. Democratl
New YoRE, Sept "a, 1877
presume you have already remarked the
extreme and, during my recollection,
urpRECEDENrBD TAMEN1sss OF THE PobITl-
CAL CAMPAIGNS
which are waging In several OF the States this
fall. The great trouble which besets our po-
gitical managers this fall seems to be the diff
fe,,lty in finding an issue. There Is, indeed,
no lack of material from which to fabricate
platforms. But the platitudes Of platform
are one thing, and good, reliable Issue,
which dsturbB the equilibrium OF the honest
voter and affords raw material upon which
the regulation stump orator may expend his
lung power. Is quite another. Great things
had been expected from
THE "FRAuD" 1ssUH
by the Democracy hereabouts, but SO far as
one may Judge of the future by what has
transpired to date, fraud first triumphant in
our history" notwithstanding IL bears the
stamp of Massachusetts Adams, will fall to
start any serious tidal wave Of reaction
have enjoyed the felicity of complete month";
tercourse with the tribe Of managing politi-
clans" during the last three months, but
have seen good deal Of the average voter"
and never have found the latter in SO uni
form state of indifference or SO numb with
apathy as he Is now. l should say that 1t
would be as easy TO cultivate sentiment Of
honor In the genus carpetbagger as TO arouse
a genuine political enthusiasm among the
voting masses Of the North with respect to
any question now before the public.
The politicians up here are just beginning
10 realize how much they lost when Louisiana
and South Carolina were abandoned by the
Federal government to the tender mercies Of
their own citizens. What a gap is left where
THE SOUTHERN QUESTION"
used to be In the politics Of the North IL is
an aching void, and / don't know but it Is
about equally painful 10 both parties for the
Republicans. when caught stealing, were
were wont to set UP hue and cry Of 'out-
rage and intimidation at the South !"
whereas the Democrats, on the other hand
when surprised with their hands full of Tweed
plumber had an easy and convenient refuge
in making din about carpet-baggery. It
did not matter that what the Republicans
howed about intimidation and outrage
was not one-quarter true, nor that what the
Democrats shouted of carpet-baggery was
not one-quarter of the TRUTH each had
Its effect upon the class of minds at
which 1t was aimed, and the effect
of both was not far from equal In their re-
speetive directions. But now the Southern
issue, with all It's direct indirect and Incl
dental bearings upon those deep-lying consti-
tutional questions which form the basis Of all
policical contention, La "out Of politics" and
the Democrats Of the North miss it almost as
keenly as the Radicals do.
The consequence Ia the tameness OF which
spoke at the outset In Ohio the campaign
fairly drizzles along. In Iowa, am told, the
honest farmers consult their Tribune Alma
macs to find out whether there Is to be any
election this year.
In PENNSYLVANIA
the Radicals are waiting for the Democrats to
lead off, and the Democrats have concluded
not to begin their canvass until they see how
Ohio goes in October. Then, Ii Ohio goes Re-
publican they think 1t won't be Of any use for
them to make canvass; whereas. II Ohio
goes Democratic they think there won't be
any need of a canvassi
In New York there Is no party fight to
Ia going on inside of each organization. There
liz very little difference as TO volume and vio-
lence between
THE CONKLING ROW
In the Radical camp and the John Kelly-Til-
den squabble In the Democratic fold. In
either case whichever faction carries the
State convention of its purity will have all the
work of the campaign to do, and will get for
it the curses of the other faction. The natu-
raj conclusion would be that the situation Is
hat, and
THE TRADE OF POLITICS DENoRALIzED.
Heavens and earth! Suppose politics should
detinitively play out as trade! What would
become Of the vast supply Of professional
Statesmen and skilled Reformers now on
hand2 One does not like the picture.
THE NEW YORK MONUMENT.
Let us change the subject. Not long ago
had occasion to inspect the design of the mon
ument which the Empire State is about to
erect in commemoration of tho defeat and
capture of Burgoyne. had been not little
curious to know what disposition would be
made of the real hero of the occasion. The
point was one Of great delicacy for 1t would
hardly do to perpetuate the burly figure Of
Benedict Arnold In American and patriotic
bronze, while any monument on the field of
Saltwater that ignored him entirely would be
sham in the eyes of every reader of history.
That Arnold was the life, soul and spirit of
that campaign is at last familiar to every
schoolboy, despite the efforts Of the earlier
historians to hide his brilliant infamy under
the respectable imbecility of Gates or the
solemn nincompoopery Of Schuyler. And, by
the way, this stubborn vitality Of
ARNoLDs FAME
Is a curious incident Of the irrefragibility Of
truth in history. Like murder In romance,
so truth in history twill out" Well,
THE DESIGN OF THE MONUMENT
is uniquely ingenious Four inches are to be
cut in the pedestal block. Three of them are
to be filled with statues Of Schuyler, Gates,
and rude Daniel Morgan-t division com
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