National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-06-15

Ufs pHbttsheU Just as dlly Ofhtr HeWs Wtms, sOty
for The Information Of our readers Our orn
opinions aid rieUs WiR, as usual, be expressed only
IN our editorial columns:
The Manhattan Club Reception aud what
| the Speeches There Mean
| The papers generally comment upon the We
ocption at the Manhattan Club on Tuesday
| night, and we give the following extracts rs
showing the touo Of the New York and other
prominent Journals. Tho Now York Tribune
| says:
SO now we may consider the banner uplif,cd and
| the keynote stuck for the campaign Of 1850 II
| was NIL arranged at the large and enthusiastic
Gathering Of Standard bearers az The Manhattan
Without some reluctance " found himself +" drawn
clcanisss and diSihiciness Mr.. Hendricks, IN.
second standaTd,eSarcr who Yesterday embarked NIB,
m s non,U5 SnTday n 10 he emf
and all the standard. hearers who followed, from
,ioM Robinson down 70 the noisy ConnestiSr!
Il out on that line. This issue Is that the present
said IN The most noble aud u,iSeifsh manner thai
be dlscaimel any Thought Of ihc personal wrong
o axe IL nS the t5s s & he ir WSd not
grievance tho greatest wrong that has stained oui
national GnInlS;' that four and quarter million
had aud Ought 20 feel wuIse about II than he does
snd INT nothing Sl'e shonld he ATTENDED
The question Of auetiions,s the Gnal settle
ment q which must be reached before we
can hayc any politics "Ionndsd ON inferior qucs
ing tiat thc campaign Of iSs6 must be fought up5r
The siusle claim ihol Iildcn AND Heiidrieks wee
distinctly hld down W issue more accurately do ,
fined. NJ. Hldrn dogs not care copper for him,
million voters have been dciSil,dcd IL Is for them
THAT he speaks, and he win not dwarf aud degrade
The transaction into personal grievance, Thesf
party lay ste al Other ri issues sue and svs ihc if Whole
voters, II we rightly understand Mr.. Tiidcn's re.
marks, tccl nrgrcvcd ut that gcntcman's defeat
and Will insist that he DO inaugurated In lSSi.
The New York World says: .a.
ofeourse the Republican rar,isais are not pleased
with the plain and emphatic way in which tic
practices IN the last Presidential election was
aO SS G N hS N hoSo
! Of Mr.. Hendricks. Rut they cannot he permitted
to divert the force of that Indictment from thei!
party organization against which II will be pressed
BY the moral sense Of the American pYple, and 10
belite i into mere perzonal Grfaishient q the
To inisr,prcscnt the spirit in which Democrats pro.
rose to deal with the NcuGI political situation IN
SGfTy fES sef to S P ne, DC niS
IFS unaS;aiiIbe position. on the high s.ouad' OF
morals aud Of right, f,r deub,fut contest over
and has learned ZONE useful lessons. No we'll. in
Srmed aud candid ,nan IN this country to-day
majority q The Aiacrlcai, people OF by an h.iieS
Innlori,y of'he Electoral College; hut Z Is both alb
sud aud misshisyY'i9, 70 ds,% that - naiIeE0
hE SS EnS. only i.yy,fs Jul DC Jsg pTssiient, !,
We restrict the latter tent ~ we OUc to d. 20 is
holds the oGieo aud performs It's dunes,
S %@S moi nSPG hi fG AHA h; Fsa S n q s e
disputng H. He did no: literally steal the Prod
dcicy and T. is sl!y wen 5cand ,,ous 70 charge
, did not capture Il BY force wllGt lie did wa Il
receive Il, although he lrd NJ adequate right % it
Oitcr what they had declared Was a Constitutional
meihoG Of de",dus rpoa lis clanGR In whsi
PRESIDENT Ire answer Is Srhplc His tiI1 h
fraudulent, When morGy conS,dyeel, heeGnsc iht
electoral votes OF ftnrtia and Louisiana, which
Seras SdSS r Ha ESs snc IS MSS
Democrats have had no purely, political ground,
moral G sros G ha ms IL and mm Sac fI w ~
aperfect hatred, rs having Ltcn conceived In sir
and brought forth in inilnity and the destruction
! to every good Democrat duty o: pstriot;sin,
rather than part Sau object Like every duty u
patriotism, therefore, must be done In The spirit
Of patriotism, and not in the spirit OF faction,
!, scarcely even IN the spirit OF party. The leaders
who are to guide the Democratic partyto the yic
toriOus achievement Of this duty must devote thcn-
selves, not TO eSaspcrating but to celebrating old
party issues not To stcIllc discussions the past,
tIonnl policy as alone can cittr the party which
nrholiS II To the confidence Of the country and to
Q the control Of public affairs.
y The New York Herald says:
e The raralc Of their disappointment by the To-.
l. fchtcd candidates Is iudcliuar uudirIiiGrl IN.
manly, unusllsl and rcgarlcSs OF the tranquility
l. and business interests Of the country, II Is rock
less attempt to reopen settled question. II these
J. they should dcnounrc their supporters in the
!. late ConsrSsS Tho kleSignl Commission could
i help. Every De,nocratic ScnnGr vGrd nr ii With
n single exception, and u large majority Of the
G Dcmocrnts Of The House. Amer agreeing I? tho
l. commission thoy were bound To accept its decision.
Il When Senator Thurman, The ablcst Democrat ~
s. either House. was asked how he thought the com
}. luke that he had no opinion and that if had had
IT an opinion hc would not have voted for the COM
>, Smorratic hOnoi and good aith were bound to
II Tildrn and Hendricks have mi,tHed their cner'
e getic prutests. Their Judgment remOnStranccs
$, should have been made whoa the Electoral COM
T. mission was, proposed. Having been silent then
e peace Ifihey have rissn to blame anybody il is
n their own political friends In Congress- When
their own party had consented to refer the qucs.
10 ton To tho COMMUNION MS honor, sincerity, good
rs faith and manlincsS were pledged TO abide The re
n >nn The unsecmly scodins Rrd whining OF the
Ia defeated candidates nrc M imputation The Dem
It ocrauc Senators and Representatives who spoke
IT aud voted for the Eleetdrel Commission, Without
senNG pSTosrS,tG Snppnr, ne commission E2nld
dishcnor themselves by Nbtilmg at this lete day
against settlement III which their supporters
e Ia Congress participated and u which they CON-
ie ssnted BY their A!lcnce
n The Baltimore SIN siss:
'e The personal interest lIi personal relation Of
10 Gov. Tilicn aud Of President Hayes TO the greal
y question involved sre nothing in comparison with
The wrong which was inlic;od upon the American
I. people and upon the HstitutinnS which are sup
a pokcd 10 guarantee and protect their rights. just
. G0r. Tiht deed incl in HE speech IL dwarf iii.
d great wrong u tie pet.y dimensions Of personal
grievance, 80, OH the other hand we have always
ic Insisted that II Is natliftSt'y unfair 10 look only a.
n President Hayes prrl1al relation to tho question
e aud 10 the a:vantaGp he may have reiped 1pm ,ht
aTtiOn OF the Florida and Louisiana returning
A. boards aud rulings II the electoral commission. m,
~ question Of casGiatfy as u what Mr. Hayes c-gh
! 10 have done rs an individual, aud in 4 purely
IS moral point Of Nirw ia regard u accepting ;ht
& lrVsidsncy under such circumstances, We do no
4 electoral ccnlmisSinn and the subsequent action
R cGieress III declaring the result the only prscti
2, cal enact OF refusal on the part OF Mr.. Haye
to Accept tho Presidency would have beef
I. to IKE Mr. Wheeler ricSiient. Mr.. Hayes
Y, refusal cluld give no title 70 Govcrnn
D. lIldtu, whom the electoral tribunal had declared
not ,l"Utc,i. Surprising, mtther, that Mr. Wherle
IN had ul'o declined, that wond have only served L
e Ccmrrnte httrrs more. II would lave prescr es
=; the NrIy ease of vacancy in thu office Of bull
pTrsiIlvut and Vice President for which the nc. 0
10 lRl Is Sapposc,l 10 make uncertain and uQ1cqul
., IT0vSinn The least embarrassing cnnseqticnr,
Oh wOnld have hcCn new election iOf President aRt
H. Ma President nuxt kl The President of the senst