New-York tribune., 1879-12-29

beneficial.
The sober second thought of the party will make
the next Republican nomination for the fresi-
dency.
The Indiana Democrats are making their custom
ary blunder in dealing with the negro exodus. In
| stead of welcoming the emgrants as additions to
the productive industry Of the State and gaining
their goodwill by acts Of kindness the rougner ee-
ment of the party is doing everything IN Its power
To strengthen the Republican leauings Oi the negro
| Social and business influences are exerted against
! the emigrants in ;her endeavors TO hnd employ-
mcnt, and the Common Couhcl OF one Vi.9, ';.'. ;
/ offered temporary AID to soMe negroes liSslug
| through the place. was threatened py 4 hipD II
these were days of slavery II mlght perhaps pay
tbe Democrats 10 abuse ''nirgeT aud 80 make sure
| of a few votes fresh IRON Limerick. Bui now when
black mans vote counts iOI rs much as dn Iisli-
mans it Is the height OF folly ior poHtical party 10
wage war against any race
Mosossays lie doesn', read 1 HE tribune Governor
Robinson saws he doesn't read il. And now II Gov
crnor Garceon Will say taat ne doesn't read iithere
viii be a trio of uign-shouidered statesmen who
don't read InE iRIBCNE.
The balance on the right sie of the lelger, which
nearly every business man will fad this week, will
he big boom for the statesman who began resump-
tlon amid the sneers OF hs opponents aud has sue
cessfully maintained 1t for twelve months
The Democratic Journals are 1aring out in double
leads at what they call the Revolutionary" act Of
the people at Bangor on Christmas Day in prevent
ing the removal of without due authority. In
1861 the same papers denounced N the same terms
the efforts of tine Northern people TO prevent Dem
| ocratic Secretary of War from arInln9 cOuihern
| rebels from the National arsenalS.
II is well that Congress has not been in session the
past few days, SO that the undivided gaze OF the
.country could be concentrated upon the Maine con-
| splrators
II i fortunate that the country has been warned
wear before the Presidential election OF the eager
ness of the Democrats to turn any flaw in the re-
turns TO their advantage. The people can now see
how important it is tor them to guard the expression
of their will at the polls against the Vaccinations
of a party which has for ITS leader the mOss adroit
and unscrupulous political manipulation IN the
| try In 1876 the eagerness of few obscure Post
masters to see their printed on an electoral
ticket, came near multiplying the election o. Presi-
dent HAYES. The chill which ran through the Re-
pubilcan party when 1t learned that u h q not au
electoral vote To spare, ana that through careless
ness some OF its electors were likely to prove nell
! gbe, viii doubtless prevent any OiiCe-hOier from
| causing a similar trouble in future. In like man
ner late events in Maine have shown he party that
It's l,ly is done when tine voting stvus, aud tat
a perfect return OF the votes cast cannot be safety
| ignored.
Garcelon should fortify himself with an opinion
from Judge Hoadley. The man who bostefed up
| the Cronn electoral college would not be AT a loss
| to find reasons for legalzing stolen Legislature.
| Another Democratic Investigating committee has
| come to grief. The hunt for evidence TO convict
| Congressman Young and Butterworth of Cincinnati
of fraud and corruption has utterly failed. Ii Is
doubtful if enough evidence can he found 10 sustain
partisan report. and the committee are considering
whether the matter had not better be dropped at
once and the party saved from further rdicule The
attempt to throw the blame upon the memorasts
will not help the committee any. If they had not
been Sd hopeful of hnuing some pretext for unseat
| ing two Republican Congressman they would nOt
have listened so eagerly to tilmsy charges. Glover
| whose memorable fish-hoOk caused so much cOuster
nation among his party friends, console himself
| with the knowledge that he is not the only Demo-
| crat who went out for wool and returned shorn.
| Having stolen every Southern State the Democrats
thought they would try the same game In the North
but they find the Northern people in no temper to
submit TO bulldozing
| Gov Garceon's long g-winded explanations cannot
cloud the minds of the people to the fact that his
Interpretation OF the Constitution always operated
against political opponent aud IN favor OF polit-
cal friend.
The efforts of the Maine Fusionists to seize upon
the arms of the show that they propose have
| their followers we-heeled' in case there is any
I" fun at the fair."