New-York tribune., 1879-01-03
frequently whispering that the newspapers and MINIS
ters and not politicians and nanccrs. saved the Nation

intnrast ~ Inc fure historian The NerYOrk Nation.
which has peculiar ondneis .oa and ' uSc news
papers together have saved the Nation ,roin
that IL the ministers bad not attacked the nanci
ses OF the last years as SIN. or dsgllstu a,ot
to cheat and il the leading newspapers mad not tught
Honesty nfncnngly politicians would have been un-
able the caIrent oi popular error on o
tions OF finance without the combned influence OF to
pupit and press on public opinion probably sOp'e Po
iicans would have led OF ina great inane,i ''N
that would ave ended ia wreck ana icpudihll"h, -
The act pfovId ng for the resum ption OF s"cio Pay
meuts became law January a. tsp VIA "vtss,mn
burst forth ohio and In1lana ana thc
Valley generally the moment II was det ti-neu mus W
specie payment ON the ist day o. oI %ore
let 1t ought not 70 be- nd heL II WI" o ,b Re
gotten how CONGRESS mpOrIuned 10 iecd lle i'c
sumption Act. and how the tous ot nn nts
widely supposed 20 have power l" ihnAe Nv ''"'
If newly organized Nauonal party had achieved
sutCcss there WOuld have been astcned upon us tno
searching curse OF faI money ana pOhlcaI CuIIenVt
silver bill, winch tie President vetced as @
cur with National promise TO pay It's deots IN e9n
pae th House NOVember D. 1871 py Fotc VI io W
81 oil 10 repeal the Resumption Ac or q" uiuch o
II as provided the redemption III com oI ue Uul,cu
81 ISL by Vot, OF 1873 To- 100 Mr. Gads soue says
these Otncr facts 10 our shame .
Tie senate however operated as the saucer does upon
the tcacup. You Icmemn IN" WashlhG"n siu ~; i" % m
our Legislative branch. We Wint ms hot t'dcuP 10
present tie pol uir feeling Inc iVu1o o. y
need the senate e saucer t. cool u, ttac"p it'ic
lIAmght,rl Neither the saucer nor the t'"cup "ouu
tc rii ainnc " need the holiness and ~ need the
aNsuaged holiness also ana so mu-t nave pom pStt "
Tnis furniture OF the tare. Now hi' wisdom 81 wash
lngton has agan aud agan been justified by ne discus
AC.ls. Iut '-'-"''t "t Gus u" w.
's rI.lri r, Ittatou schemes UI tine iuvtr House.
WI,nont inorsg inc assertion that the newspapers
and ministers together have saved us, may no aomcd
to affirm that ii apreai1 10 NC oai."o i and nj me- senate
and an non, st Execuuve nave saved Us. IAppausr
avn m,t dIsci.s4ug tns matter from u oint oi view
Of pnIiIsn pot -, hat from mat of American ms'u-
lions ot uf winch d. SEE thul ZOO" sti4'' ~ sum
bce ~ col,e even under universal suffrage. We were
a l.leI "A
be far distant wuc the dr-c ItPcs,n aOh "a N""-E's
land I'm ne senate will b. attacked, on tre gIOun" oi
In oIIcr uortions of The Union. Texas
winch Is larger tnIn France. mas TWO senators ohy'
California, although larger Tan lay nas ou9 NV
Iui Rhode island hardly large enough Iol county
mas rs much power III he senate as ltAaS OF ,iiIIila
Tie group of six smaii Ne"-Eh-hd ela'rs "elsHs %
muri liz the Senate the Ndst CoinuouWttiihs "l NcN
I iU,h' I 0ur Government IL one oi checks
and ba anccs. II Is not pure democracy. New
England always stood Tor lLt cnecks ana p"noes
and IN the last TWO years Providence has STOOD oi
ti.,n ana iusLhcd Their existence an1 activity! lap
uauSrl II We lad tuC Two HOlSes,Of IL thc "s'
II rrJr'c ntiiion in tine Upper House lad been what
Ism lie Inwer Who knows ut tI.t financial hcrcry
would swept tho good SENSE OI TIC N'oA iIo" '''
mU0nnssl
WESTERN CHAMPIONS or HARD MONEY
The co eges IN the Mississippi Valley were against the
silver bill WAS told IN lhe GENRE OF Iowa. 10y Prcsl-
dem Magoun one of TIE superb leaders OF sound polics
m the Vest that wnen the Bland silver bill was before
the House. twelve fifteen Western colleges Seut pet
ton to Washington against IL, and that the paper was
signed by nearly every professor In those sttuous
We Know what excellent work the Hard
Money Leagne OF Chicago has been doing. ]
am not assaing the West for her position as TO the Sill
yrr b Tierc two parties IN the Ml->issppi Nai
ley and II the schools and ministers there were some
times the best Oi them were not Ne ptrt o inc
urwsripcr pres, IL the Wrs were not mlsed although
the bes newspapers IL small pGrceniaEe ther" and
here iLaughteI. The West reads NCS crh udll' cWo-
pgurrs and Eastern Ii s easy 10 0yerrsnate the
extent OF the influence OF our srabOard dalI ncwSpa-
ptrs, even III New-HOrk and Boston Your ddly Is NOT
"A daly 800 miles from the pace where IL Is pub
hslcd. but paper or TIE second nay. We are
not 10 attribute all the turns Oi pouchl sthll-
ment in the United states TO the peculiar nciua-
tiors the pens OF the Ncw-Nork editors may have.
A few Ncw-lo ORR monthllcs ana one OF Two "csh%n'S % :
reach the whole Nation. ont the average cze OF Chl-
Cago rarely the NoW-GOlk ddiiits. Our Nation Is
not like England, where one newspaper can 'lSS itach
every coast Of island 80 small thai "hcn an Aneii-
can walks in his sleep he Is la danser OF stepping
OF the land lLiughl'Il LhEIlsHicn a'S pIuu nI tno
fact that very ue, discussions or tue London daeo
10 to the IemOtest quarters % England ana
excellent effect of their msuiarIty. II Is not
the fact that the best American daily newspapers
20 to al quarters Of immense territory Therefore
we must give praise eeverd vigorous newspapers that
the West stood rlght on the hahGia 4Ies,.o ana 70
any newspapers III thc SOuth ana lhe nan uOZch OF
dozen statesmen there that stood fght " tnal SUBJECT
IL Is not true seabOard led TIE whole Nation.
The WcsI very bduShty oh hh'hcal topCS, II asked
to accept without change the position OF me seaDOJd
which sac has borrowed 80 much mere Is h1th
Ing subtlcr suppose, III the reasons lnat Ihuuc"d
part Of the West 10 oppose hnancIal pOHcY almost
Unanimously favored by the scaDOard, tnan the fact
that so micL has been borrowed by the West from the
East that often supposed capitalists here have in
Therefore let give the more praise 10 the Western
press 50 far az it right and 20 the Western pulpit
and 10 any Western statesmen who were not msed by
the popular clHmOr.
T,rrt has been than one occasion N the history
ot the United STATES when the ministry has hope
10 the National Executive. Commissioner Eaton told
me m the Educational Bureau at Washington not three
months agu, that OF the most l." pressye things
President Lincoln SAID TO him that the sheet
anchor of the cause OF the Union IN the darkest
dys uf the war ClUng TO the pulPTs of the Northern
ana Western States App.ausc.l II the minis
Try had not taken Ignt position on nnacla issues III
thc last two years should have had trouble III the
next President campaign win these same issues IL
The recent discussion NOT saved the Nation from
the ultimate recurrence of such hcrc>ies IN politics. II
has saved tie next Presidential campaign from rciDg
carried by aLy apOUgiSt for sOclastlc Opinions III
finance. lAppiau-cI
While turrciOrr, take credit ourselves for
diminishing rapidly National debt and executing
buff ted Resumption Act; Nlc We accept with proper
humility tie praise Mr. Gl dsOnc has gwen lis Ia MS
contrast Of the American democracy Win the British
alIstulTary while We look on the uncXdmpcu nnancIa
yiruT o Nation al date 81 near the tilnC when
some Of us uesiIalrrd OF her HE; while We an
tIclpate the distant day Wncn she VIII he the
wraIhest Of nations whlle we remember how France
has pad crushing Indebtedness swiftly and Il
public let quite give up hope to popular SUI
frage and cYcnIn Boston and NcW-NOTk, which, as Mr.
Phillips Say do not believe republican institutions
lei us not quite despair. when republic win all It's
faults honestly pays its debts, here and Ill Paris. lAp-
plause.l