New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-24
Arrears of Pensions bill 70 mention this fact Is 70
oppose harmony and good feolina"


1t pleases the DEMOCRATS to inquire why tae re-
Cancellation arguments Of the Liberal campaign OF
1872 are not applicable to the present campaign
The answer is easy. In 1872 reconciliation was an
untried experiment In 1880 1t has passed into
melancholy failure. President Hayes gave it q fair
trial. He took On cx-Rebel Colonel into his Cabinet
and the Solid South ostracized the Colonel greeted
him with hlsses and derided him without mercy
because he admitted that secession was mistake.
President Hayes also removed troops from the
South, and gave the South control of its own cleo
tons. What was the resultl Bnild0zng, tissue-
ballots free counting in the South, and In Congress
prolonged assault upon the election laws. ana an
unsuccessful effort to destroy them by Dullihcation.
This IL the record which has revived sectional
ISM" and the man who has studied it and IS not
"sectiOnalist" must admit that the war ended IN
compromise, and not IN conquest.
Hancock still declines to get In the way of those
claims. 'Rah for 8" change!
Are the business and financial interests OF the
country ready to trust resumption to the control OF
party headed BY man who calls Greenback
victory glorious" and declares two OF the worst
soft money men in the Democratic party, HeDdricks
and Thurman. eminent Tor PATRIOTISM anu
abity"f
Whom does the Independent Editor, who calls
sectional questions rubbish" speak for Not 1or
ended in a conquest, not in compromise. VINO IS
delighted with the Independent Editors 0bserva-
tons about rubbshf The Democrats for they
reprint those observations with great glee.
Clearly. then the Independent Editor speaks for the
Hancock Fusion-(ireenback Dem0cratic-l nfiatl on
daton Buldozng- Ballot Stutling-S u tn
ocnJent EditoE Why' Deputy Democrat Of
course.
Senator Bayard spoke first 10 the Solid South and
next to Tammany. That is taking the two sections
OF the party In order or Importance
What does it mean that Hancock refuses to put
himself on record, either in public or private
against the payment of rebel caimsi What does
it mean that the Solid South in Congress voted as
one man against joint resolution proposing con-
stitutional amendment forbidding the payment
of rebel caims7 What does it mean that
over one billion dollars of those claims have
been filed for payment The dOughface says 1t
means :" rubbish" and thinks it is shocking. posi-
lively shocking. to mention the subject. 80 GOES
| the Northern Democrat. Senator Edmunds, speak.
ing for Northern Republicans and taxpayers, says ~
means that the claims will be paid. and that there
is no constitutional bar to their payment VIII the
North look at the record and decide whether that
agrees with the dOughfaces and Democrats, or with
Senator Edmunds and the Republicans
The Democrats are charging that General Weaver
has been bought up" by the Republicans. Ii is q
queer way to induce Greenba hackers to vote the DEM
ocratic ticket to charge them with selecting man
who can be bought as their own candidate for the
Presidency.
| The Democrats say that resumption is incomplete
| and unstable What would be its condition with
them in power Would unlimited silver and paper
make it more stable I
| The trouble about English's barrel in Indiana
continues The indianapolis brethren don't seem to
understand what he is waiting for. but over IN Ken
| tucly there is no such ignorance. The LOnisrHe
Post says openly that he is waiting till the time
come, for the Kentucky Democrats to cross the Dor
der and vote III Indiana Democrats" 1t declares
in ts issue of September 13, " need not feel uneasy
in regard to proper discharge OF all the duties de-
| yolving upon Mr. w. H. English. Mr.. English Will
| contribute his part to legitimate campaign fund.
Bnf he rW errcse discretion in the distribution %
| that fund tie kn0lcs Wkerc and When to place ii. lie
| will distribute it mt the proper time. BE easy. "A
,rord 10 The rise L Kentucky do her duty and there IS
no danger about the result in Indiana" Docs anybody
| doubt about what that means!
Tilden did not preside at the Tammany meeting.
| Yet to have done so would have promoted harmony
| with John Kelly on top.