New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-18
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confusion. .ho
Or sunnose him TO urge change on the
Ground If the necessity iOr I" the main tenance
. of the public faith.n lie must find an audience
so ignorant of current history as no. 10 Ano"
that in nearly every Southern Stare I'D WIN"
the Democrats have had the power .nei'
maintenance OF the public faIth has oee"
shown by the scaling down or absolute repu",'
ton of the obligations to which the puolic ia''"
was pledged. and that the only thlng 'Iat h''
saved the public faith of the General Govern
ment has been the sturdy determination Oh onc
Repubiicaus against the open attacks am un-
dermining assaults Of the Democratic party anu
T.. allies No man, not even a Democratic
oroto, vvopld have the face to urge this plank
i'm the platform as reason TOT Change
Would anv one of them go before an audience
with the nropOsition for change because the
Democrats favor 4" a genuine and thorOu@h IT,
- form or the Civil Servicef Too many voters
know the record of the party IN Congress lor
the past few years. 1t has itself dehneo us
Z" genuine and Thorough REFORM" and the Dem
ocratic speaker who should undertake 10 treat
seriouslv its pretensions in this regard would
be laughed of the platform.
No the Cincinnati declarations contain but
tw, adoctrnes and traditions upon which
the claim can reasonably be made that the
people desire a change. They are, as s'a'e"'
the doctrines of State Rights and Free Trade
They have been, it IS true, " illustrator ny '"o
"telchings and example of long line OF Demo
@cratic statesmen y and it is true, too, that they
furnish reasons why some people desire
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change. There is broad difference or opinion
upon the question !; and so far as Repuoiicahs
are concerned. there is absolute willingness, even
anxiety, that upon these issues, distinctly stated
the decision should be made. The change Is
from proeress to reaction. The question Is, do
majority OF the people desire 1T
Following the platform in This compilation OF
reasons for Il change are the two letters OF ac-
ceptance of General Hancock ana William H.
English. Il is hardly too much to say that III
neither of these are any weigbty reasons gwen
for a change General Hancock says sevfrai
things ab0I the Constitution that are not
denied by ANYBODY. The sentence which seems
to have struck the fancy and aroused the en-
thusiaem of his friends is that which sets forth
that 1T il only by full vote, free ballot and
. fair count that the people can rule IN fact, as
This is quite true bu-, unhappily for his own
cause and the Conference Of this Textbook, there
IS TO complaint anywhere IF the deprivation OF
these rights except in localities where the Dem
| ocratic patty have control. \ change IN TINS
| particular is certainly desirable, but that W0uId
! be q change from Democratic 70 Republican
rule in most of the Southern States. In no
Southern State is there either full vote, Tree
ballot. or n fir count In no Republican state
is one of these rights denied. Really, ii Cen
eral pancock's letter furnishes any reasons for
! \ change. il is for change very different from
! that suggested by Mr.. Bauum's Committee.
! Mr. English does undertake to give in bis
| letter reasons why there should be Change.
They me very practical. First, he says :
"TVenty years Vi continuous power IS
long enough = and second, that the sue
cess of the Democratic party would
bury beyond resurrection the sectional JeaI-
ouses and hatrcds which have so long been
the chief stock in trade of pcslifeious demd-
goeues." Both these reasons, 1t must be adj
united. are suchf would naturally Influence the
mind of-Mr. William II. English. That gen
tlemaa being q candidate for Office. what more
patural than that he should feel that his Opp0-
| nents had held the Office he wants long enough,
! and that all the interests OF the country and OF
| humanity demand in this respect change.
There is nothing strange in this. Still, it Is not
so certain that IA majority OF Mr.. Englishs fell
! ow-citizens will agree with him that 1t Is best
TO turn ont somebody else ana give him an
Office. merely because in his opinion the other
man has held it long enough. Nor is it singular
that he should think it desirable to put the
! Solid South in full possession of the Govern
ment. in order to bury sectional jealousies and
"hatreds.n He and his party have always been
of that way of thinking; have always insisted
upon giving the South its own way IN order to
put an end to sectionalism. We doubt very
much if 1t would have the effect Mr.. English
supposes but even If it were possible to concili-
ate the South by yielding everything, we hardly
tuink the people of the North, who at present
constitute majority of the Nation, would be
willing to make SD great sacrifice. We be
lieye that Mr.. English Is mistaken if he thinks
! the people desire change which snail be IN the
nature of q surrender simply to cOnclllate the
| South and put an e,d to sectiOnalism.
|
| Oh of course That rebel flag is forgery" too.