Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-03
POLITICAL HONESTY.

Il
7, .eem. IN be the central plank OF the
Republican platform that no Tn sras
too gross to deceive the people. Inc sue
ce,. which has attended the humbuggeiy
nraeticed by the party OF moral ide's JUS
life. their reliance upon their ignorance
and credulity Of the people. Nothing ior
e1.mple. could have been more preposter-
ors than their pretended fear In the late
csmpaicu that the country would Do
mined IL the tariff should be meddled
with: vet many thousands Of people, WIN
probably hardly knew the meaning OF the
word, were undoubtedly frightened into
voting for Garfield by that sham shout oil
alarm Vryisia ChrOnieis Of ys''srday.
For pure. unsdulteratsd. brassy cheek
aud Democratic ~impudsncs, the foreso-
ing will pass as Q lively specimen. And
right 10 the face. too. Of all the glaring
frauds Of the u~nscrupulous, bulldosins
Democracy in the North and South
during the late campaign. How about
tina, Morey letter, that now-provsn and
most dastardly Democratic forgery 90
actively. especially and effectively used
to carry the Pacific Ststss' Tell us
something sbou, that. neighbor. 1t was
the central plank Of infamous fraud
aud forgery in the Democratic PLATFORM
and the leaders OF the Democratic party
In their ovsrweening and unscrupulous
desire to win at all hazards, regardless
Of the means. evidently acted ON the
principle that ''no prstsnse 10 too gross
to deceive the people" The Democratic
National Committee. As well as the whole
Democratic party, lent themselves eager
ly to that foul. disgraceiul conspiracy.
and ''ths success which attended the
h~umbugssry. justiass their reliance upon
the ignorance and credulity Of the peo-
pls."
Please don't tell workinsmsn that they
and the whole country would not be
ruined were the protective tariff done
away with, and don't suppose even DEM
ocra,io w~orkingmen not to DO able to
know the meaning Of the word
They were evidently not at all slow TO
fully comprehend that the tariff so
strenuously upheld by the Republican
party meant protection to the rights.
wages and results Of labor; to the manu-
featuring interests and industries Of the
whole country. They evidently realized
very fully and undsrstandinsly that the
protective tariff was all that prevented
thom from being placed In competition
with the cheap labor Of Europe on star
Walton wages. and they just naturally
voted with the party which %interposss
and upholds that tariff as q shield and
barrier against such unwelcome and
ruinous competition. They were not
Enlightened into voting for Garfield" by
any "sham shout Of alarm" but saw
and appreciated the situation too well
for the success Of the Democracy.
Here on the Pacific Coast, where man
u~fsctures and similar industrial pursuits
are not entered into as in the East. the
tariff was not 80 much Of . factor and
influential element in the Political CAM
paign. therefore the Democratic leaders
concentrated their energies upon the
Chinese question as the most effective
weapon they could mako use Of. They
piled Il well. using the Morey letter in
the most barsfaced and inscriptions
manner. and the result. is that Nevada
and California have gone 10 meet New
Jersey. 1t succeeded on the Pacific
Coast. but the great East and North
rspudisted the dirty fraud.
And now that the Morey letter forgery
10 fully exposed and the concoctors Of
the villainous outrage are being discov.
cred. one after the other and brought to
justice. will the Chronicle DO good enough
to give its readers its opinion Of that
Morey infauy and any party that will
resort to such villainy. such unscrupu-
lous rascality to compass its ends The
Chronicle was among the foremost and
most rabidly eager to publish and
iudorss the forgery. and the most per-
sistent in claiming and arguing its truth,
even after its perfect f%raudulency was
fully made apparent. and 1t has never
yet had the grace or honesty to seknowl.
edge that 1t was wrong. and that the let
ter was Q forgery. It is about time for
It to place itself square on the record |;
the sooner the better. The subteriugs
that cit matters not whether the letter
was genuine or . forgery, IL gave the
sentiments Of Garfield on the Chinese
question:" don't 60. It do,s matter
whether that letter was genuine or not.
That is the whole question at issue.
Does the Democratic party. does the
Chronicle indorss or repudiats the fraud ?
Be honest. usighbor. and speak out. II
you do not, 1t will be accepted by TIE
public as prima faeie evidence that you
are afraid or ashamed to.
New York Tribune : There were Dem
oeratic tricks OF all sorts to defeat the
popular will at the late election. Penn