New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-05

| The principles Grant ana oarheiu
| good enough for the North
10 tbo great State of New-York fallen so 70" 'na'
il can be disposed of by rattle between amman
and the Solid South7 To give its vote 10 h'i''o'"
| ~ to answer les'
Colonel John w. Forney bioeraphcr OF oener"'
| Hancock, said In 1868 that the - DAY Vi my
| PASSED for Hancock when he gave MS aPP'o'" W
| the Democratic platforms declaration thaO '"o "
| construction acts were revolutionary uncons'',"
| tioral and void. In the lssue OF forneyS "U"V
Press which contains this valuable editorial op''o"
| .Io onnears this interesting announcements
| ~ no aditor Mr. j. w. Forney, whose whole tlnlo
is now gwen to his newspaper duties, WIZ give
| Tbe Ueckiy Press his constant persona ~ ,y
poii.yed from all official RESPONSIBILITIES uc a."
t nori, =, onea as he ferls and 10 labor more curG
lively in the cause Of our lmperIea % now "a
ne spoke as he ielI then, ne RiV''S responsiblty"
official or otherwise.
| uis denied now that Candidate English has said
he will pay all the expenses OF the Indiana cam
noon The man who started tie rnmor ought TO
hn severcly dealt with He trfed with the emo
| tions of every Democrat IN the ia"u'
Speaker Randall is delivcringa speech dcVoteu
entirely to an unsuccessful effort to prove that the
Sortb does net want its claims paid. Why didn't
,he Southern Congressman put themselves on RECORD
| AGAINST payment then! They lave had cohtr2i o
| Congress TOR five years. and nave slea"i'y "o0
| to take any such position.
Mr.. Ualstead has been rcproachcd several times
recently because he has dropped his independence
and IL making n zealons support OF the Kepuohcan
cause He is equal to the demands or the occaSion'
1--WE find" he says, speaking edl:orlally, lhe per
ssfcnt existence of the Democratic party organiza-
ton, as the rallymg point OF the element o,
evil-tbe rr,at diff uty in the way Iof
rtfnc i'm
| Democratic party exists without principles that
if Is POSSIBLE to define. and, therefore, II
has no good for benz. II 1t could De put ot
% the way aud parties OrganlZei WIN f'ieiohce 10
unrs' ons OF general pO'cy or dctal's o. aoHistI'
inu there would b. room for Independent actlOn ,
| Nh Halstead'S position Is strong enough 10 s'anu
without support, out II any ,iP2o.i W. 'i
could be fou d in the fact that the Few JonInAls
when are irving to be independent ID TINS canvass
are III realty supporting the Domocfatic t'cAe''
II here is middle ground ~ TINS contest
The party in search of reconciliation and
change IS on the defensive now. 1t will be on Inc
run next.
The Democrat, are not 50 well pleased with Cen
erl Grant as they were. lie is not talking for Han
Geek IN the way they predicted he would
The Democrat, are fond OF quoting remark
Itch General Garfield made some time ago to tine
eff .ct that party which tried to prosper on see oh-
aism would inevitably fail. They may possibly
cou5le with 1t this paragraph nom ms speech no
Canton the other day We fought for the whole
Union. and the spirit that animated us was the
spirit of nationality against the spirit OF sectional
ism. 10 defend the truths for which we fought IS
wholly national. and IS sectional IN nothing, /.
wa. sectionalisin against winch we 1guSnl, anu J,
WIS a spIrit Of nationality winch we defended. ana
Which we will defend while We live He seems 10
have il IN his mind that ire party when boasts q
Solid South for foundation sets mp business rs q
sectional Institute That Is IN idea when ha'
| occurred 10 a good many other people.