The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-06

fniedy 9Th he fgedin dotiU'ions 70 HccgsUer core
oieae and lh rpittm cltq.1g, ne cmrqase, nut he must
nor 'sib& hs 6tv@ he PIPER submit 10 he @Ja'ofa's
aie. p,ai'l eiih he circumstances HQge't
Mr. Sr,Nlrr Mrures's POSITIONS worse The more
clearly ANDERSON is proved to be- scoundrc the
the ohio Senator Is damaged by the confidential rcla
tons that are cxemIacd IN his letters The NA,n agree
mcnt infamous Oh it, face, was in Mr. MArrnfw.s pos
session other hin-s growing out Ut intercourse with
A>p4soS must have unmarried him with that mans
true character Yet Mr. Muuuus introduced him to
Cen H,u.,S as worthy Of confidence, recognized his
claim to substantial reward. and cxcrtcd himself
strcnuousy. again and again. during period cN.
tending over months to satisfy AsptisoN's demand
Tho OF the fuucha Consulate was the product Of
Mr.. Mirrmwss influence with the President or Mr.
EvAtrs or with both W,a,e not teJre o, l,ie,, on. sen
tnc, hn ANDERSON hi,aoeI to J,na eiga,atn, u M, Pat
itw,iiv Nj MAunlws Unless he can prove that thc.c
documents forscrics procsauons in his behalf will
be IN vain The aaemJf To explain hem a,pg I, an insult 70
And the public while branding ANDERSON
ashe deserves to be- Will not suner legal quibbhn; to
change the judgment IN regard to Mr. MArrws for which
hi. letters furnish ample foundation.
bat Mcssrs. smllua> and Nautws are not the Re
publican party aud they right to expect that the
party will assume the responsibility their sins It
owes to them and itself the Of all proper
to guard against unjust judgment l. wall sec that
they have lair play wlllisicn atentvey to their
plantations II will carefully weigh any counter evil
dcncc they aiiucc Anditwl correct It's unfavorahc i'm
prcssons the documents from which these
pre- derived proved to be spurious
shown by other documents to be susceptible OF a con
strucuon different that put upon them II these
proof. produced. the party Will receive them sadly
but neither In ther the any other OF
its member, who may suffer from the inquiry In progress
the party under the slightest obligation To assume their
burden. to make itself ameuabo f6r their conduct TO
do violence moral IN order that they may be
shielded from the consequences The very opposite Is the
course which aoue ,he pary oush, pursue The propo
shont has maintained u.s. that the Republicans Of Lous.
the victims OF fraud not It's perpetrators Itbc
proved that visiting Statesmen were prvy to fraud OF
any sort must leave them to their fate The p,sgs
Of the party may temporarily suffer from the acts OF in
dvdual members way authorized to speak its be.
half but identified with It in the popular mind Tisuury
vii be immatena the party ,indcaie its integrity by
standing aloof from persons implicated, and leaving the
truth to do is work
The course which the Times here lays
down is the only one that II judcious leader
could advise his partyto adopt under such
circumstances. No body OF mon, no matter
how powerful they may be, no matter how
venerable the association whose name they
bear. no matter how respectable their per-
sonnl antccedcrts, can identify themselves
with fraud, or persist in the possession of
stolen property after its nature has
been demonstrated. without exposing them
selves To the danger not merely of being
regarded as frauds and thieves hut
OF really becoming such. He who joins
hmselft to brigands and shares with them
the spoil Of their rob0oric, must be held as
no less guilty than those who, with their
own strong hands, and at their own deadly
peril. have taken the booty. We rejoice
to see that the Republican party is not To
hc placed in such position Of shame and
ruin with the aid cor counsel OF the ahlc-t
and NEST influential among the almost
countless newspapers that are wont to advo-
cate its cause.