New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-04
English is right. Indiana is a post of danger
for his party,


for his party
By the way, Toombs has not yet sustained inc
Northern Democrats in their declaration that ms
letter saying # Hancock Is elected Tue 0outh wiz
run the machine, was forgery
General Grants definition of fair ballot Deats
Uancock's: We should never be beaten until
every man who counts. or represents tnose WIN
count in the enumeration to give representation IN
the Electoral College. can cast his vote lust as DC
pleases. and can have it counted Just rs he east u;
There il something more than platitude IN mat
II contains the great of this contest-whether
the North shall surrender 10 the S(uth INC pTlclPio
10 fought tor four years To establish
John Kellys former references to his new Anti
Tammany friends, H. o. Thompson Mike" Norton
NJ. ]. Power. and a number OF others, VIII no"
prove highly interesting reading.
Free counting has its drawbacks, it seems. 1t
makes the election so sure that there Is great
rush for the nominations This accounts for the Splits
in the party in Georgia and Virginia. The election
being a farce the tusse all comes In the nominating
conventions. There is trouble OF this KIND Drew
ing in South Carolina, evidently That eminent
bulldozer organ, The Chalcst0a NcWs ant corner, IS
distressed about it. There is danger 1t says that
all the counties of the State may not be solid. IL
adds that since the great tissue-balot victory OF
number on its staff an editor who voted over one
Thousand times in one day, Democrats have
seemed to think that elections will take care OF
themselves and that whatever the character cf ne
voting. the Democratic Candidates are sure 10 ue
Oh top when the counting IS finished" wen, why
shOuldut they think SOf hat Is the fact IN every
Southern State. After entering mGh moral pro-
fest against free-cOuuting, The AerS ana courier
goes on TO say that there craze for oihce-hod-
ing in the State and that the contest f9r nomiha
tons Is so acrimonious that ooltS lolII"' mnu
r.thn aud
about The Republican camp. on the contrary, u
solid aud harmonious. 70 win, therefore, the organ
advises a revival of the spirit OF 1876, EycryDoaY
knows what that Is. lt IS me ola fille-ciGo puSi
ness with d" fun at the fair" "wel-heeled boys"
best men and tOochests" and other Preparations
for high sport"
Coffee-Pot Wallace recently visited Washington
it is presumed TO look after his new invention Tor
the purpose of manufacturing ancient naturallza-
ton papers now pending before the Commissioner
of Patents. He is thought to be anxious 10 set IL
INTO operation previous to the elections.
Wade HAMPTON has written n fourth denial. 1t is
sent to an Inquiring Democrat in Lockport and
contains this fresh view Of his celebrated casei
can only say that have not the slightest recollec-
ton of having used the language attributed to me
by The NEw-YORK TRIBUNE, and most assuredly
have never entertained the idea expressed Ill that
langnagep That is. ideas came out Of his mouth
which he never entertained" This is IKE the eX-
panation of the cipher cOplTceners hen thet
were under examination, they all Win one accord
gave the same answer TO the question: VINO gave
YOU the cipher code which you usedf " don re-
member
General Grant is right. 1T will not do TO he
beaten now" That is the reason Garfield Will be
elected.
There was another speech at that Stanton meet
ing which had large amount Of true Democratic
nwardncss in it. Ex-Governor Vance. who fol-
lowed Wade Hampton. made il. and IN it may be
found this passage: We have had readjustment
in North Carolina. / am Rcadjuster myself We
Just SAID " G had land and negroes; YOU took the
negroes. which were equal to the lands, away; now
YOU inst credit Us with - cents the dollar, and
wcli pay you the balance" Perhaps tho North
hunger3 and thi-ts to have that principle applied
to the National debt. Ii 1t does it has only TO put
the Solid South III power.
The Democrats want their last platform treated
as n bygone" SO far as the tariff question is con-
ceuned.