National Republican., 1879-10-01


toward Mr.. SHEPHERD, if not toward Gen
eral GRANT.
THURLow WEED AND GEO. wM. CURTIS.
The venerable THURLow WEED has taken
| GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS across his knee,
and is belaboring him quite Justify, for one
of his years, for advising Republicans of
New York to scratch the name of Mr..
| CORNELL from their ticket He tells Mr..
| CURTIS to his teeth that the reasons given
to excuse this scratching advice are, i'll his
judgment, utterly insufficient and indie
fcnsibe. Mr.. WEED admits that lie was
opposed to the nomination of Mr.. CORNELL,
as well as to the Objectionable methods by
which his nomination was effected, and he
| further admits that while he was disap-
| pointed in that result. he fails TO discover
reason for Withholding his vote from Mr..
| CORNELL, against whose capacity and char
ac,cr nothing is alleged. This is the abb
stract attitude assumed by Mr.. WEED to-
ward the pending campaign, and we are
constrained by the memories of the past to
refer to what he calls the Objectionable
methods" by which Mr. CoRNELL's nom
inaton was effected, and ask him to review
the politics of the old Wing party of New
York, when he held personal power in the
conventions of that grand old party, before
which that now credited to Senator CONK-
LING pals; and then he thought it an act
of party dsloyalty for any Wing TO ques-
ton the wisdom or propriety of any ticket
which emerged from any convention whose
proceedings and results were shaped by his
guiding finger. And to that we all gave
hearty amen for those who followed his
political lead in those days accorded to him
the divine right of the king. He could do
no wrong.
1t has not MS yet, as we have seen or
heard, been alleged that the delegates to
that convention, which was among the most
respectable and able that has ever charac-
terized the State, We're not duly appointed
or that they did not faithfully represent the
sentiments and wishes ofa large majority OF
their constituents. Neither is it charged
as we have seen, that the deliberations and
proceedings of the convention, when as
sembled, were not strictly in accord with
|
tion of Mr.. CORNELL was made with fair
ness and honesty. There was no chicanery,
double dealing or corruption incident upon
the action Of the convention, and hence we
are at n loss to find in the history of that
body, primarily, or in its organization at
Saratoga, anything that may justly be
termed Objectionable methods" Having
disposed of this one point made by Mr..
WEED, but which he fails to fortify, we will
proceed to thank him for the following
sound advice which he administers to the
Republicans of the State of New York when
he says:
The duty of an elector concerns his party,
aud, as a corollary, his country. That duty
eau only be discharged by voting for the rep
resentatives of the party. The duty was never
more imperative, for the danger of our country
} in permitting its government to fall into the
hands of Rebel aud Copperhead Democracy was
, never greater Unless. therefore, there Is
some name on the ticket obnoxious to Just
criticism, there should be no scratching. And
it should be remembered, in eecting Repub,
lican Governor, we kill two birds with one
stone. The hopes Of the Reformer of Cipher
Park depend upon the reelection of Governor
ROBINSON, for desiring whose defeat have two
reasOns-frst, that it squeches Mr. TILDEN's
Presidential candidacy; aud next, that il in-
r ficts retributive justice upon tho man who
elected Controller by Republicans. deserted tc
: the enemy before his term of service expired
The suggestion ofsuch perady to Major DUGALL
DALGEITY awakened the indignation OF that
, soldier Of fortune,
!, forget President HAYES "Civi Service
Reform" hobby, with his ill;judged veto of tn,
Silver bill, in remembering his comprehcn
sive, enlightened, vigorous and truly grea
Ohio speech In remembering Senator CoNK
LING's able, exhaustive aud fearless review o
the revolutionary designs aud acts Of a Demo
cratic Congress, forget that with tho excep
ton Of General CARR aud Mr. WADswoRrH
he placed the wrong names on our State ticket
We cannot have better campaign document, I,
than these two speeches, supplemented by
Mrs. CHISHOLM 5 account of the assassination O
her husband.
Again we would thank Mr.. WEED, IA
should every true Republican in the Nation
for the timely and merited rebuke he ad
ministers TO the arrogance and demagogu.
ism of GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS, who, likt
, the Old Man of the Sea, has straddled tn,
= neck Of the Republican party and become
its heaviest burthen in the Empire State
The party should shake him and the HAR
PERs should bounce him.
. THE TRUE CEMENT.