National Republican., 1878-11-22

open 10 II rs to Others. But notwithstand-
ing the thousand paths which all lead
downward, there is bu. one way which all
must travel who reach the temple on the
mountain height Abundant evidence ex-
lists TO show that the Sun Is not on this up
ward path, TO say nothing Of its immeas-
urable distance from the top. The exalted
character of journal Is not to he guaged by
its pecuniary returns, or the extent ofits cir
culation, though journal with reputa-
ton which good men love is rarely losing
investment But tho New York Sun has
drawn TO itself q special notice at its own
request, and has ticklcd its vanity by pre-
tending to have borrowed, or to have imi-
tated, a quality Of the great luminary Of
day. What has been the chief charncteris-
tic Of the Sun for the last eighteen monthsH
Has 1t been to SOW the seeds Of good fellow
ship, and to make men wiser, and better,
and kindlier? Has II dealt with human
frailties and weaknesses with the gentle
ness Of wisdom, wooing men from error by
laying before them high truths, and win
ming them to the right side by moral sua-
sion, and the persistency Of line upon line ?
Has it ennoblcd charity by giving men
credit for some other intention than down.
right villainy, or tried TO find out some
ground FOR its construction Of an net instead
OF arriving at the eternal conclusion that
every public man whose name appears In
its columns must be guilty of the yilest cor
ruption?
What Is the result of the teaching Of the
SUM- If its readers were to learn the lesson
they would be social nuisance in the circle
in which they move, saturated with the
gospel of suspicion, supplemented with a
kind of prggish, selfish harshness. This is
not the eternal vigilance which is the price
of liberty, which every good citizen knows
and values. The San rs a prcccptor is a
kind of political Donnybrook Fair-when-
eyer you see head hit 1t. And the Suns
pupils, II at all apt, will have grown up in
Americans in public life, and that it is their
duty to smirch all men, and to run about
the streets crying out Fraud! Fraud as
their natural vocation.
Such has been the occupation Of the New
York Sun since President HAYES entered
the White House, until week or SO after
the New York Tribune translated
the cipher dispatches. The Sun
. cried Fraud! Fraud! so vocferously
and so continuously chat it became o habit
and the Sun may at last have believed IN
what at first was only very vulgar, low
political dodge, the offspring of savage Dem
ocratic disappointment. Look at the Ian.
guage Of the SIN, not once, but thousand,
of times II has announced that President
HAYES is q fraud, alleging that he was not
elected. This is an ugly statement, and
hardly the kind Of instruction journal o.
high degree would furnish to young mer
just entering life. But what are facts And
upon these the character of the Sun as Q
paper of repute, trustworthy, consistent, and
truthful, must depend.
Mr.. ZACH CHANDLER telegraphs tt
Washington that Mr.. HAYES was elected
President by 1s5 votes, being n majority o
one. The Sun says: ale had no majority a
"all The majority was heavily in favor o
4 Mr. TILDEN. Purchase and cheating en-
dowcd HAYES with the lying sham of hi
pretended majority Of one"
Mr.. TILDEN must now be called as wit
ness, through his cipher kilograms, and oil
= this recorded testimony, which cannot b
wiped out, the veracity of the Sun depends
Now, if Mr.. TIIDEN or his friends, AB
y HEWITT, MANToS MARBLE, CoYLE, WooL
: LEY, SMITH NJ. WEED, Ct al, thought Ii
!, was elected, would he not have demande,
Ut the office? If Mr.. TILDEN was sure of hi
= election as the Sun says he was, would h
;, or his friends have worked SO hard 10 bu
II electoral votes in Oregon, Louisiana, Sout
> Carolina, or Florida?
~, That he and his friends labored hard I
" debauch the public morals by offering, wit
= the consent Of the San, TO buy himself int
" the Office of the Presidency the cipher tele
u grams reveal, which is proof that he kneN
II he was not elected, but that Mr.. HAYE
: was President by the choice OF the people
- What, then, is the Sum- A journal tha
' on this point is not truthful and on man
Others not to be trusted. Its boosted circu
v latiou is public injury, and its charge c
fraud against President HAYES has recoile
u upon itself Out with II.