National Republican., 1880-09-09

his accepting position under republican
administration when he was constantly re-
Wiling its principles and supporters through
his paper. The first personality was in.
dulged by himself and lie has paid the for
felt of that act by retiring from position
which he did not either merit or adorn.
PERSONAL POLITICAL ANIMoSITIEs.
Personal politics is never profitable--in-
deed it is unpatriotic and injurious to the
peace, prosperity and success of the party
within whose organization it exists. 1t is
the measure of limited minds and partakes
of spirit which is too often, but never
should be, tolerated in any party. The
whole character and drift of the pending
presidential campaign was changed by per.
sonal politics. Had the preliminary can
vass leading to the Chicago convention
been free from personal politics the gauge
of battle now would he cast upon an en-
tirely different plane than that upon which
il is now being fought. Personal politics
caused a diversion in the delegation from
the state of New York that bereaved the
expressed preference of tho state of some
thirty-odd per cent. of its vote. So also in
Pennsylvania n like diversion occurred and
from like causes In Illinois similar in
fluences lost about the same pc rcentage of
the vote that had been instructed by the
state convention to be cast for General
GRANT In these three states, in all OF
which the delegations were instructed by
their constituencies to cast their votes rs n
unit for General GRAsT, votes enough were
diverted from him by personal considera-
tions that did not relate to him so much
as to his distinguished friends from those
states respectively, who had chompioned
his cause, TO have produced his nomination,
as had been predicted, on the first ballot
His nomination WIS lost through those in.
| fluences and we refer to the fact now more
TO show the strange effects produced by the
introduction Of personal politics into oul
canvasses than for any other purpose. The
results of the convention were entirely
changed from what they otherwise would
have been had personal politics been left
entirely outside the nominating convention
1t now comes to us through the Chicago
press that the parties between whom in
Illinois feud existed that in some degree
controlled the result of the Chicago conven.
ton have met, kissed and made up, for tho
reason that one of the parties desires TO bC
nominated for congress and the other party
to the feud prefers him to another candi
| ,l,N lao hoe ip,,l
personal grudge For this reason tn,
entente cordidie has been restored betweel
the two parties, under whose personal quar-
rel portion of the delegation to the na
tional convention was divorced from th,
Instructions given by the state convention
In view of this reconciliation now, afte
the great mischief has been wrought, tn,
Chicago Inter- Ocean makes the following
sensible suggestion:
Since such a reconciliation was possible, i
seems Il pity that it could not have taken pluc
a few months sooner and saved tho rGpubli
cans of Illinois the disgrace of going into tn
national convention divided and discordant
1t seems however il took something NOR
than the good of the republican party to in
duce these gentlemen to bury their bitter ami
sachems together are personal.
The matter here is compressed into
nutshell. The whole character of our presi
dental campaign has been changed b.
personal politics, which is gauged by ami
mosities-a fact which degrades our pol
ties to a lower estate than is consisteu
either with patriotism or principle.
WHAT impression did HANcucK's nom
nation make upon the soldier vote Yer
mont has answered.
VERMONT is not the opening republica
, gun of the campaign of 1880. Oregon ha
, had that honor, when she, also, gained fc
the party of the union member of til
honse of representatives, and laid the foul
dation of gain of n United States senate
which will come next year.
IT is said that the propo sed constitr
tional amendment voted on in Arkansas o
) Monday, repudiating the bonded debt {
the state, has been defeate d. If this
f found to be the case the thanks of IL
bondhoders will be due to the republican
, who have furnished the bulk of the vote