New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-13
with one eye while he keeps the other open
V!SDOH ~ CHVNKS.

VySDOM Nv CHUNKS.
The Democra tic State Committee rooms In
this city have been enjoying visit from Senn-
for Kcrnan. and the craftsmanship distilled by
the Senator on the occasion has been duly re-
ported to the extent of half column. AS
treatise on current politics it may be calieu
truly unique. He begins in the large loose
way of the interior politician by stating thae
he knows of large numbers OF persons IN MS
section who have heretofore voted the Repup-
lican ticket, but now propose to vote Tor Han
cock. But he does not know of n single Demo-
cratic detection anywhere. Also that " a large
"maiority of the soldier vote will be cast 1or
Hancock" This has the appearance OF
new entrance for the jacl-knte; kihd Oh
lelsrrely beginning for what may prove II lie
keeps on, a very brisk and lively cOmpetitloh'
His reason-and he seems to realize that 1t Is
necessary to give one-why the soldiers are
going to vote the Democratic ticket, Is that
"the veterans seem to think it is time TO give
" the Union Generals n chance in administer
cling the Government as an offset TO tho
"Confederate Brgaders. about whom the
Radicals havo raised such cry"
There is nothing to indicate that he
was other than perfectly serious in making
this remarkable statement. 1t is certainly
ridiculous" he adds--and the statement
awakcns memories or the campaign of 1864
-" to say that it is unsafe TO trust affairs in
90 the hands of Union soldiers like Hancock
"and many of his prominent supporters.
Oh yes. very ridiculous. IL was equally
ridiculous in 1864 to distrust Union soldier
like Mcclellan, bat the people did it all the
same. Ninety-nine years ago this month the
people of New-LondOn and GrotOn did the
same ridiculous thing in distressing that fine
officer of the Continental Army, Benedict
Arnold.
But Senator Herman has views concerning
the effect Of Hancock's success upon the pO-
litical future of the country not less remark
able than his reasons why the soldiers should
vote for Hancock. 1.-THE way to put an end
"to the Solid South" he says, " is 20 elect
"HancOckr He does not tell us precisely
how, but we presume it is on the principle
that in disputes over a division the only way
to get IL settlement is for the smallest and
noisest boy to take the whole. There used
to be talk something like this before the war,
when Southern Democrats kept insisting
that the only way TO settle the question
of the extension of slavery was to extend 1t,
and the only way to preserve the Union and
keep the peace was to let the South have ITS
own way. We were told then continually that
the North was endangerng the Union be-
cause the South threatened that IL would
break it up if the North did not lie down and
let the South walk over it, and the North de-
clincd to permit it. This is the same Old
story. The Solid South. having tried its little
experiment of rebellion because it was
baked Of its will and having failed,
comes up again with ,he same old front
and the same old appeal for peace and the ex-
tInction of scctiOnalism. " Tie only way to
"pnt IN end to the Solid South u to elect
"Hancock. and give the Solid South It's own
"undisputed way" Well, We have heard
before Of Il woman's " marrying man to get
81 rid of him." and there may have been cases
where housaDreaker5 have been got rid of by
letting them in and we know that the way
suggested by Senator Herman and his party
TO close the war was to surrendcr-but we
are still Of the opinion that the minority Of
thc people of the country do not and viii not
favor thlt method of settling disputes.
The Solid South has been for thirty years a
threatening, swaggering. bullying minority.
Il raised a rebellion once because it could
not have its own way, and was taken by the
shoulders and set down IN its place. 1t is mp
again. arrogant aud blatant as ever, and this
Democratic statesman tells MS that the only
way to keep it quiet is to give il ali it asks,
and not dispute its absolute possession OF the
Government. Senator Herman is a very fine
looking man. bat to him, to most Demo
cratic statesmen, the gift of speech is Il e.
lamity.