New-York tribune., 1879-09-18
TILE NEr.roRK cKEENplckERs.

rtucy. There Is SCdIcely Il ldOC VI '
row and ignorant hostility to National pa''NS
which has made so much mischief elsewhere
The number of depOsitors In savings panhs
OF this State is so large that IL mls"o "o
sofol, nredictcd that a Communistic warfare
,r,On invested earnings would nave h''io
snnport. Under the Greenback name, now
ever. have gathered some dissatisfied men
who complain of abuses which no change Ill
the voInme or character Of the currency can
remedy. and about them rally whatever OF
demasogism, ignorance and preJuulce Oh
the money question there is III the state.
because Greenbackism proper has no strong
foothold in this State, some are inclined 10
believe that the so-called GrcenhacS uchet
may he safelv left out of consideration as II
factor in the problem. Men Of one party or
the other are likely to be greatly deceived III
this impression. Neither the Democratic nor
the Republican party can afford to ignore the
onnesl 10 popular feeling which the sO-called
Grecnback party makes, and OF the two we
believe that the Democratic party VIII suffer
much the more by adopting a policy OF IN
difference.
The election in Maine has shown that nearly
the whole of the Democratic force, even III an
Eastern State, can be diverted with little
difficulty to the soct-moncY movement. Ihls
for TWO reasons the rank and file of Demo-
crats are exceedingly hungry, and much dis
eorraccd as 20 the prospects of the Democratic
Marty; anG. second. the reading of Democratic
Dl9tforms and speeches, and the course OF the
Democratic majority in Congress for several
wears, have prepared them to accept almost
,uv cNfravagance of financial heresy as
Democratic doctrine. Tine leaders Of the party
do not venture to make that open and yigOr-
ous attack upon these heresics which is neces-
sarv 10 prevent their spreading. Many of the
leaders are thinking Of political success to be
reached by the aid of Western TepudiatoTs.
OF positive opposition to the Grccnhack no
tIors. il Is quite probable that the Democratic
party viii show none.
some Republican voters have been, and
more may be. drawn off to the support OF
this faction. 1t is not well to forget that no.
tions OF the widest sort have gained some
new adherents from the Republican force,
even in Maine, where thousands have been
won back from their delusions while other
thousands have caught the disease for the
first time. 1t is to be expected that the Re-
publican as well as the Democratic party Will
lose some votes because of this aggressive
I Ol
| Rcpubhcan voters have been differently edu-
Gated. Their leaders and their favorite jour
mails have not taught them the ideas OF the
ufationists or the rcpudiatOrs. Their Repre-
srntatiyes in Congress have stood firmly III
/ defence of the public faith. The vetoes OF "a
/ Rerublican President have called their attcn-
ton to the fact that the Republican party
| does not believe in sOft-money. There Is,
moreover, strong reason for all sincere Re
pub,icans to resist any attempt to divide the
party Oh financial issues, because the practical
effect of such division would be to turn over
/ control of the Government TO the Solid South,
lts rcvOlutionists its banded assassins, and its
rcpuciators With proper effort, the Republi
can party in this State can not only win back
many who have been seduced from it by
! Greenback notions, but ii can so educate the
voters that no such heresics shall be able to
make head with them hereafter.
Both parties owe 1t to the country, and to
! the welfare of this great commercial and
| manufacturing State. TO make vigorous efforts
| IN extinguish the Greenback heresies. This
State, even more than any other. has direct
| interest in maintaining sound currency and
i'm defending the public credit. The voters
who may be drawn away from either party
this year, because cunning leaders think it
well to ignore the Greenback faction, will not
be called back so readily hereafter, when the
defence of the public credit may rest with
the pcople of this State. In the next Presl-
Dental election it is likely that the Democ-
racv of the West may make common cause
with regulators and infationists. 1t may be
necessary for Republicans and sincere hard
money Democrats to stand together in that
contest. There will be no other opportunity
50 good as that which this campaign affords,
to educate public opinion OH the questions
which have been most neglected in partisan
discussion for some years, and which may
control the next Presidential election.
The Democratic party in NewYork is too
much dsOrganIzed to make an effective fight
for any idea The great danger of the Rcpub-
hcan party is that it will count too conf dentiy
upon an easy victory, neglect TO combat seduc
tive soft-moncy notions with sufficient energy,
and So permit its force TO be divided as much
by the faction of which Mr.. Harris Lewis is
the candidate as the Democratic force can be
by the strife between Tilden and Tammany.
The evil consequences would appear next
wear. The Democrats may then be unltod-for
nothing separates them except hunger for the
spoils. But Republicans who wander off into
a Greenback movement, though they may then
be soreiy needed, can be reclaimed only by hard
work II will be a great deal easier and safer
TO prevent such loss of Votes by proper
efforts this year.