, 1879-02-24


11r. THURMAN will 10 we'll to tslsa wart-
ing in timo from tho sud fate Of SAMUEL J.
:I11nEE, WHO was once Il candidate for tlio
Presidency Of tho United Stntos. 5lr. TIL
DEN stands before tlio country today with
reputation very much damaged In the esti-
lnntion Of all good mon, because ho oitl1or
voluntarily consented to conspiracy to pur-
'chnso the Electoral votes ho nocdod to mnko
lin President, orho had renson to suspect that
something Of tho sort WINS going on among
bis Intimate nssociatos, md ho lzopt himself
"purposely ignorant" Of what was trans-
pring Ia lis immediate interest. It Is not
Of much consequence which horn Of tlo
dilemma Ar. T1LpEE takes, either ono being
zoo sharp to ride in comfort; and tito con.
cluslon arrived at by Tho public is, that ho
has beon guilty Of anl responsible for
premeditated attempt to dobauch
the public morals aud defeat tho will
Of a majority Of tho American people
by tho unlawful t,se OF money. This Is the
sentence already passed npon T1npEs, and
NC greatly fcar that tho lonrneiland profound
Sonator from Ohio has not studied the moral
phases Of the T1LpEN slipwreok with as much
critical acumen as will be wholesome for lin
in tho future. bfr. T1lpEN's political career
mud example ought to bo TO other Democratic
candidates for tho Presidency what tho red
lights aro on q railroad, tue signal Of danger
atead, mud whenever they nra seou It is high
time to shut of the stoam and whistle down
brakes. htr. TnunMANa great anxlosy to bo
nominated by Ills party in 1880 for tho high
est Office known to our Constitution has
scomel to inspiro him with zoal in parti-
Eanship tint IL iikoly to overloap itself and
utterly destroy its victim. Tr1pEA's crook.
cdness mud vicious methads manifested them
selves whom lo took tho lload out of his
"barl Of money at tho St. Louia Uouveu-
tlon, nut1 tl.oso suspicious of irrogu1nrity bo-
foro the election led 10 tho detection Of the
cipher dispatches md tho shameful exposures
of conspiracy anl corruption that have sinco
startled tho country.
Mr.. TnuRMAN's recont course docs not in
spiro us Will, tho hope that lo has thoroughly
observed tho TtLnEx hasco. or that ho in
tentls 10 pratt tlosoby, Ills lust September
"lop" oil tho currency question, whom he
wantonly abandoned tho time-honored and
traditional policy OF tho Democratic party in
| favoring honest money aud cspouscl nj
aLaurtl md Illogical tiloc, ,"was not calculated
to win tllq appreciation of Intelligent men. OF
10 iutlnco tho public to atln!ro tho profnnaitJ
Of his atatosnanship, or to give Him tho crosli
/ Of being II siscero ana upright 1nau. I1o |,
| Just now hard at work in Washington np
t,arontly trying 10 supplement liA bat
bl,lndsr on Tho subject Ut finance by other.
Of political unl partisau' 'naturo taat vii
soon return to plague the iuyeutor. The
| rocout political row raised in Congress,
which now threatens tho country with tho
exponso mud exoita1nont Of an cxtra Hession
llatl its origin In tle fortile brain Of tho Sou
ator from Ohio. lIa ia not only guilty o
concocting certain partisan measures nut
forcing their adoption by tho Democratic
CAUCUS, but llo uloans and tho methods TIM
Ao recommended lis party followers in Con
gress 10 resort to In ordor to ingraft suci
notorious legislation upon tho statuto.booki
wcro etnfueutly unpasriotie, nseau, aud un
atateHnanlike, aud utterly unworthy Of au,
man wllu aspiros to ho tho Chief 3taglatrat
Of great nation. So intont IL Alr. Tlun
MAN to soot,re the vote of tue Solid South Il
tho accomplishment OF hls personal ambition
that lla proposed, ms Mr. HALE Expressed ii
"to tako boldly aud violently tho wl,os
body Of criminal Inv regarding election
and repeal It," Not content in urging til
Democratic majority In Congress to delibol
atoly aid that purity IN tho South to comm
any sort Of fr rauds upon tho elective fra,
ohlso that tho party Leaders plcasod, III
eliminate all laws from tho statute
books for tho punishment Of such crlnes
but THURMAN advised in caucus, and his nc
vice was promptly accepted and actcd upo1
that his revolutionary soLomo should b
placod ~ q rider upon tho Legislative
| Appropriation bill, mud tho wleos Of Go,