National Republican., 1878-09-20

government in oil its branches, particularly
in the matter of upholding the integrity of
the financial obligations of the Government.
But our British cotemporary ignores these
facts, or is ignorant of them, the same as 1t
does the truth in Mr.. Secretary GoRHAM's
case. II charges Mr. GoRHAM with the
"open advocacy Of Greenback ideas, and
intimntes that his Newark speech was pre-
pared document. The truth is, it was an inn
ter of very little consequence. It was, never
thcless clean-cut defense of the Republic
can party against the false charges of its ene-
mics, and was particularly intended to
prove that Senator THURMAN has stolen
the livery Of Republicanism in which to
serve the insane purposes of the Fiatists.
In defending that livery Mr.. GoRHAM did
his simple duty; in doing what he did to
prevent and expose those insane purposes
he was conscientious and consistent rs
straightforward Republican. But the Times
goes further and insinuates that Mr.. COR
HAM expressed himself as in favor of in
nation, and as one who prefers disgrace to
defeat, dishonor to principle" In answer
to this insinuation and the accompanying
charge, We quote briefly from Mr.. GoRHAM's
speech, as follows Referring to the Repub-
lican party, he said
This party has not favored imitation, nor has
Il favored contraction. Imitation Is a ragged
tramp. having no respect for Its own welfare
aud no regard for the rights Of property or the
honor Of the country; but contraction, its
twin is a well dressed pickpocket, intent upon
confscating the property Of those who happen
to be In debt to other people. 1t is as criminal
to try to make me pay e for 81 as 1t is for me
to make man that owe take 81 for 50.
We have referred to the Times as power
ful paper, having power over the individual
political exertions Of its unnaturalized
British employees but we add that it is
also powerful in a negative way for the in
jury Of the Republican party. We mean
that its prejudiced, hide-bound, and ig-
norant discussions of American affairs are
accepted in uninformed quarters as sound
Republican doctrines, and in Democratic
quarters as arguments against the Republic
can cause. As it is notoriously the organ OF
the money-sharks of Wall street-as JAY
GOULD once controlled its columns the sam c
rs he now does to some extent the column.
of one of its cotemporaries-it naturally has
no sympathy with the masses, aud is
never in responsive accord with the rank
and file of the party it so ably misrepresents.
Ithas therefore never been reliable exponen,
of any faith common to the people of thi.
country. On the contrary, it has Away,
been nothing more nor less than the subsi-
died and ignorant English agency by
which the freebooters of American finance
have kept precarious foothold within the
party organization. While other newspa.
pers have recognized the existing condition
of affairs, and have attempted to support
well ll-grounded Republican principles in {
consistent manner, its course has been ex
actly in the line Of the frightened and flee
ing Republican described by Mr.. GoRHAM
in this same Newark speech in the following
language:
Thi1 famous "Ohio idea" seems to me to b.
for an audacious Democrat to rush frantically
up to Republican, announce the views hith
erto maintained by the Republican. and induce
the Republican to run away from his own doc
trincs-a pretty good idea for the Democrats.