New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-28

hope inspires the universal heart. PERIODS OF NC
preston drmorallzc the National conscience; pu
every scheme for dshonoring Natl nal securi'i'
las failed thus far Open reputation showed ITS hea'
early bn sneaked into the thickot TO shed It's skim an'
came forth arrayed In the soft ramen OF SOFT none,
and clipped silver. Even In the darkest days thes'
nayront sbonestes were noby resisted, and they ar'
not likely 10 gain ground that prosperity mas come
TO be auxiliary TO National conscience. The hnanc'a
heresies which sprang up are hardly likely
10 gam strength or prevalence. The finance o.
Nation has to do with It's honesty
than the Ten Commandments. Trinity, lookih2
down WQ-st reflects the shining letters u
the Ten Commandments cut In gold; hui what go nv
exchanges care Wall Street Is more thhn iiatch OF II,
seeple that points heavenward before tneln' anvy
look higher than tbs clock anu nciOck -
important 10 them than the Judgment Day. Inc pre-
posierous theories OF currency hnu tney ,1
would IN the end have wrought manifold mischei 10 .e
grea aborng communities, anu none the less oec'uHe
they promised them an abundant prosperity. , a.,
The threat aud critical danger which attended the
scar Had the land mol already had enough OF revou
tion it quite likely that there would hay
demanded some equitable adjustment and secured u.
Had the defeated claimant been "a bold ana enterpri,
inc rs ambitious. he might have sfepped IN ~
the critical moment and seized with unlawinness inc
coveted seat, He was not m ,o nor SspSSp
:" His Tmldity was greater than ma Ambnon NJ ~
President Hayes the poison OF danger has been wholly
ueutralzed by two crcum-tanccfhc wise aud tranquil
liz~e course of the Administration ana tie conVic-
ton weli-ngh universal. that the contestant was avg
nay unified 10 become the leader Of such Nation ~
Ours I'm the settlement OF . grave DIM nty Il H.
cult to decide for which We should be most grateful
The widespread awakening OF workngmen 10 the
betcrug OF their condition l. suspicious II Il shonld
teach them organization, cooperation ana subofdna-
ton II will be the advent Of better day indeed. The
sluggish movement OF foreign nations. not con-
genial to the American methods nor To m"
genius OF institutions. Ia matter OF ooncratulii-
ton Communism. Socialism-what are they but The
staggering steps of deatn-lust beginning to feel the
throb of life That in q time 1T dcsppnienrv, when so
many well gh desperate, the virus ot these
European doctrines has not Injected The aoorng men
OF the land sign of sOumdnes OF mind ant vgOr OF
moral sense for which should br profoundly grateful
We should BE- grateful that the Democratic party ~ IN
so sound condition dOcirnly, and that in the prOyi-
cencc of God has been placed where IL will do the
most good AS an opposition pariy-ont OF power -
the last desirable that the party IN uw" should
have opposed strong vigilant and well-managed
oppolti0n party. Scripture speaks OF . outer dark
ness" To The politician tins means out OF Once ana 10
be OF Office IA 10 the politician WHAT Purgaioy l. 10
the dcvout Catholic thing 10 be avoided by good con-
alliance with the late Confederate states. The south
conducted an unrighteous war with such signal La-
iautry as would II anything could nave redeemed tnS
wickeduess or the struggle hy the brilliant courage OF
the advocates Since Welded 20 the superior srengh
OF the Nation me general eo.due, OF III. ON ns occ
reissnrng. Some states nave gwen trouble. But
Virginia. North Carolina. Georgia. Florida, Alabama
Mississippi, tennessee Arkansas an Texas have given
the world notable example OF industrial and political
good SENSE winch promises The best things Or the Nj
ton IN the near future me Things m when lnt Soun
the whole influence Of slavery II would De most
likely to short There has been want OF sym
would be n miracle II II otherwise. Slavery
would worthy OF deadly fear If its Effects
CRIME from his face. IL cancer Its roots per
vaded the whole body polite. Nor has the southyet
learned u sufficient degree that manual labor n honor
able desirable and the only permanent source OF wealth
WORKING has for generations been under DarIlas, eA
cep IN mountainous States sections, been badge OF
odious distinction. The facie soil. the willing meats
conspre 70 increase the Tepnspanes TO , daily my
North until generation comes taat sees men anu
nhl L. :
IN the making makes men The heresy OF state Eghls
is not yet dead In words 1t be silent but IL lives
in the air and is brealhed in This may not interfere
with local prosperity. IL may for time even ~
crease IT, But II Is reason unanswerable why me
administration of the nation should not pass INTO the
hands Of men who inevitably VIII use IT 70
we went TO war; for which at every
loss, hazard and expense we maintained Then was ana
which the war at length gave US the right to declare 10
be, the vii and unchangeaOle decree OF Inc people %
knew not Calhoun and has forgotten Davis the penary
administration OF this Goycrnnent should remain IN
hands Of those who rescued the Nation from the
slough OF slavery and dsun0i All TINS say IN rienn-
ship and good faith and feeling toward the South We
sword is sheathed; local government has returned !
they have their own Legislatures and their own
srucied opportduiry for labor aud traffic They nave
the sympathy OF every rghr-ihinkng man IN the inner
rebuild their Cities their schoolhOuses and their
churches To them as to US the whole continent Is ree
Government must be controlled ny those that saved It,
all the others do.
After speaking Of popular education and the stability
OF religion, Mr. Beecher predicted that the country was
upon uninterrupted OF prosperity for
fifteen years at least. He said: " BE IN fifteen
years there Will be great aud pOpuOus State where
only wilderness signs in Loneliness echoes the
footsteps Of the Indian hunter or the white
trapper FifteeD years! aud drawn together by
language, religion, civil poiiy, mutual Interests.
the monarchical Republic OF Canada may be
united marriage with the democratic Republic OF the
United States No dividing lines no absurd restic.
lions 10 trade tariffs but glorious enlargement OF
both Nations by each with the other and carry
great temperate region of the North from ocean
ocean, undivided. along The aud common path OF
industry, intelligence and religion.