New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-11
BTILDIkG on THE SIND.

they would tell fewer lies. Mr.. Forgery BcltZ-
hooveI's case is only one melancholy illustration
of the unwisdom OF telling fasehOods. Had the
man stood upon his letter "a written, all
l,yal men would have felt kindly toward BIN
for telling an important truth in Il olunt ana
forcible way, and even his most disloyal sup
porters could have regarded the letter as
sharp dodge to catch Republican votes. why
any one should vote for General OF the
United States Army, if he cannot stand such
n homeopathic dose Of loyalty as the letter III
GU, stion. If would puzzle even Beltzhoover to
explain But The disoya temper in his party
is rampant and aggressive, and the poor man
thought it safer to try to lie the thlnS
through. In consequence he comes to grlef
and nobody pities him.
Wade Hampton, TOO. said not more in his
unlucky speech than is sad almost every DAY
in Southern papers or by Southern speakers.
He did but utter the ruling thought OF Demo
cratic mana gers and voters AL over the South
and if he lad not betrayed a conscious
ness that the utteiance was exceedingly dam
aging. IT would soon have been forgotten.
Bat he thought 1t better to tell fat false
hood about the matter, AID was quickly cor
nered. Then thousands discussed the matter,
and millions heard OF it, who would have
given it scarcely thought, and his party
shares the shame and confusion of face which
fall upon the loose-tongued Southemcr.
The habit of lying about the situation in
the different States is preparing q great deal
Of Grief for tne Democrats. They have suf-
fered ten times as much from the Vermont
election rs they would have suffered had they
held out no false hopes to their followers. In
like manner, as one election alter another
takes place, they will find, again and again,
that their wild and reckless lying about
" great gains and soldiers tocking 10 Han
cock" and utter hOpeessness Of the Re
"publicms,n have made each defeat more
costly to them. 1t was not necessary for them
to let loose this delugc of falsehoods upon the
country. Strong and reasonable hope OF Han
cocks election-quite as strong as l. consistent
with effective work-micht have been Kept up
without claiming any stampede Of sol
diors or other Republicans, had the party
SGT itself at once TO do its utmost in the
doubtful States. But the Democrats pre-
ferred the less honest method. They began
by claiming a great stampede of Republicans
and soldiers, and reporting hopeless dscords
in the Republican ranks Grant. and COnk
ling, and Cameron, and Logan were going to
let Hancock be elected, or to vote for him
outright. The Republican majority WAS to be
cut down below 10000 in Vermont, and
Pennsylvania was very doubtful, and the Re-
publicans had gwen up all hope of a majority
in Maine; and Indiana. Connecticut, New
Jersey and New-YOrk were dead sure to go
Democratic by enormous maiOrites.
Facts are ugly things when men have been
building upon lies. General Grants hearty
support of General Garfield would have made
10 stir if the Democrats had not lied about
him. The positive utterances of Logan. Cam
eron and ConklnS would have been accepted
as only natural, if Democrats had not cheated
each other with false hopes. Even the
largest majority Vermont has given for ten
years would not have carried dismay into
Democratic camps if a great loss of ReDub
Iican votes had not been predicted and ex-
pected. AS matters now stand Maine is
likely to make the Democrats very miserable
and defeat in Indiana, by any majority
however small, will take all heart out of
them. Less lying and more work would have
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