New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-08

long as the reason for his absence IL not known
to be a poor one. 1t must be supposed to be
good one; but he has representatives here
who must bear the brunt OF this disgrace,
unless they can show that it ought really to
rest upon him. But. thanks to Mayor Ely,
the bodies will now be sought for, and New
York Is again civilized community.
1t will he heard with much surprise and no
| little regret that the attempted reunion OF
Federal and Confederate soldiers at Marietta
was failure so far as the participation OF
| C0nfederates was concerned. Instead OF the
! hundreds who were looked for, barely u score
registered, and, instead of the generals who
were so plenty in the Southern armies, the
highest rank represented was that OF major
This was such an excellent opportunity OF evi-
dencing. in a striking way, the return of
national goodwill, that il seems unfor-
| tunate that the distinguished representatives
of the Lost Cause. whose presence was looked
! for. could not have come to shake hands with
| their old foes Their absence may have been
due. however to other causes than lnger-
! ing resentment. The man who is beaten never
| likes to be made a show of, and these gentle
men, with the over-sensitiveness OF the van
be asked to play the part of erring brethren
Just how cordially and freely they would have
been received. it is easy to guess from the
speech of President Hayes; and they can
! learn in inst what spirit they ought to have
come, from the excellent speech OF Nh hey'
| A Washington letter. on another page, turns
back to a most instructive page in the history
| of our country, when it was recovering from
| inst such shock as visited it four years ago
| this month. As these timely extracts from
| Congressional reports of 1913 plainly show,
the country had then reached nearly the same
point in the progress of its recovery from the
panic of 1897 that it has now reached after
the panic of 1873 the same class of men
then advocated initiation that now advocate 1t,
and the same class of men resisted it that are
now resisting it. The moral Is obvious. Inc
country rcgained its prosperity then, and
it will regain its full prosperity now,
if it Will but accept the teachings OF
experience. But there is much encourage
ment in this showing for the business men OF
today, for it Is evident that the proportion OF
loss in the latter Of these pancs was less than
in the former while the rate of recovery Is
greater. 1t is also an excellent augury that,
while III the former season of depression the
credit of the State Governments and even OF
! the Government Of the United States suffered
severely, to-day the national credit Is better
/ than ever before in our history, and so Is that
of those States which have not been plundered
by thieves. These are hopeful signs which viii
surely be fulfilled in due time, if the lniia-
! tionists of all breeds are steInly suppressed
| From a New-JerScy letter in another column,
il appears that the crop of Democratic politics
| in that Commonwealth is unusually large tins
| Fall If the State was searched with lighted
candles. some statesman might be discovered
who would make more hgh-principled and
reputabe Governor than the Hon. Leon Alb
bctt but out of the tumult and scramble and
plottings and comter-plottings, the Demo
cratic party will hardly be able to select
more available candidate. Mr.. Abbeti's career
invites attack, and many OF the worthiest
Democrats in the state will only vote for him
under protest. but he can furnish more steam
for hgh-pYcssure campaign than any other
man, and a high-presSure campaign eXlnlaIates
"the boys" The Republicans OF that state
seem to have made Up their minds that good
fighting can be found almost anywhere in
! a few weeks, and they are probably aware
| that they can enjoy it better if they are
| thoroughly united. 1t is well known that
| there is diversity of opinion in the party
| in regard to the so-called policy OF the Ad-
ministraton, and it is also well known that
/ three years ago there was a diversity of
| opinion III regard to the course of Gen.
! Grants Administration. 1t happens that many
| Republicans, who were then dissatisfied, are
now eager to encourage President Hayes i'll
all reasonable efforts TO bring about admins
/ tratve reform. Dissatisfied Republicans did
not, three years ago, attack or ignore PIesi-
dent Grant in the party platform, and the
! Trenton Convention on the 25th will reflect
/ before endeavOring to rcpel these voters now
| by attacking or ignoring President Hayes
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