National Republican., 1880-11-16
THE NAIIoN's ESCAPE.

Inc people OF the United States begin 10
see and to appreciate in some degree the
great evil which has been turned aside by
tho defeat of General HANCOCK and the
election of General GARFIELD. Not that
General HANCOCK is q bad man per Sc, but
no man over led so corrupt, unscrupulous
and dangerous party rs that which
placed him in nomination and followed him
to defeat. 1t was left for the late cam
poign to develop and publish to the world
tho perfdy of the democratic organization
Its record had at no time in the past, dur
ing all the years it had existed to aillict the
country, been such as to flatter its loyalty,
patriotism or honesty. II had never been
true to the constitution and the union 1t
had never proved itself friend of freedom
aud right. 1t had anchored its hopes for
more than half century in the institution
of slavery. AT no period could 1t have at.
tanned TO power save through the aid that
institution rendered it, until it offended the
free sentiment of the country by its vaunt-
ing over that twin sister of barbarism, and
twenty years ago forfeited public confidence
and encountered a defeat from which it has
never rallied.
When secession and rebellion brought
war, desolation and suffering to the coun-
try, those national evils were instigated by
the democratic party. While war waged
and afliction hung like pail over the ma
tion, it aided in the work of desolation by
its sympathies, which were too strong to
ever prompt word of rebuke or censure
for the attempt to sever the bond of union
and render the republic ruin. Since the
war closed it has strengthened the arm that
interposed resistance to the constitution
and laws of tho United States, and weak
cned the power of the government to en-
| force its authority. The more power 1t has
had, the greater the measure of mischief,
until the democraticparty entered upon the
late political campaign which resulted in
| its overthrow ut the ballot-box. During
that canvass the very aoodgatcs Of demo-
cratic rascality aud crime were opened. The
south was made solid by suppression Of
the republican vote in a great degree,
aud by false counting of the votes de-
posted in the ballot-boX. A food Of cal
umny was poured over the north TO black
en- the reputation of the republican candi-
date for tho presidency, which increased in
volume as the canvass progressed until the
| people of the old world began to entertain
the opinion that the republicans had Sc
| Ieced malpfactor rs their candidate for
chief magistrate. This was not ample to
| crafty the deprayed tastes and purposes of
the democratic party aud it then called to
its aid the crime Of forgery, supplemented
with the rankest perjury. The court of
| New York has investigated that piece OF
raacality aud pronounced the MoREY letters
a forgery. The perpetrators Of this crime
are now hiding themselves from the pursuit
Of justice, but the assurance is that they
will not all be permitted to escape. The
avcnging arm of the law is barred, and il
seems more than probable that at least n
portion of the criminals will be oyertaken
and exposed to punishment, Itisintimated
that tho people of Washington arc some-
what interested in the future developments
Of this case, as it is likely to affect the char
acter and standing of one Or more Of its res
idents. Wesay, nevertheless, "Letno guilty
man escare"