, 1880-05-10

have small opportunities OF knowing
how they or their acts are regarded by
the dislnterested portion Of their fellow
citizens, and that falsehood and decep-
tion are among the approved tactics of
Professional politicians. Candidates who
have established bureaus and operate
upon the people through paid retainers,
labor under the Disadvantage of never
hearing any thing not favorable to their
hopes. Every man who enters the sanc>
tum ot Tilden, Blaine. Grant, Hendricks,
or Sherlnan-the candidates with organs
lied felluwinys does so with "Great
news from Little Tllicum!'' each for his
own special candidate, and the enthusi-
asm grows and spreads hy at:rition. We.
OF the dislranchiSed colonies, are not
fooled and do not fool ourselves by any
such associations or manufactured public
sentiment. We are a cosmopolitan peo
pie, drawn together from every section
OF the Union and almost every phase ol
social, religious or political sentiment.
with no motive to maintain political par
ty organizati"n--not even the hope of
political reward for party services as
the Federal Offices are awarded to such as
do party service in the States In our
social intercourse Republicans and Dtm-
ocrats are scarcely distinguishahle but
hy former p 'rty associations; none wear
the collar of any party or party leader.
nor are blinded h. interest or prejudice
to the merits or demerits of the candi-
dates of either party. Both see in the
canvass for the candidacy the most dis
grnceful scramble for office winch has
ever l,een witnessed in tins country, and
neither of the active contestants would
bc tue choice of this people. Blaine
would have an enthusiastic following q.
the ultra partisan Republicans, but not
II vote from any other class. Grant is
generally regarded rs ring candidate,
including the political johbcrs, spoils
hunters. subsidy grabbers and mnnopo>
lists of the land, and among the masses
he would fare badly as Il candidate
Sherman has no following outside of his
treasury dependents and bankers. Hen
bricks is political hack, battered and
WON l'y over use, and never distinguish
ed for unselfish devotion to any cause ar
principle, "r for any public effort except
in his own behalf. IE his account with
the Democratic party, the balance is con-
dcrably against him, and yet he pre-
sumes to dictate as to what he will or
will not accept. Tilden has very few
friends and his political methods and the
character OF the tools with which he
works. betray SO much of the broker and
sharper as TO destroy public confidence
in his personal integrity or patri,tism.-
1t is no uncommon thing to hear gentle
man of the highest intelligence and the
most pronounced Republican sentiments
say Il p,eler Field to Grant," and
Democrats ol like character say: Il pre-
fer Washburnc to Tild~n; ;" and we have
not heard Democrat or Republican OBJ
ject to either of the two gentlemen last
named, or to Horatio Seymour. Taking
the disinterested popular sentiment Of
this Territory as fsir reflex Of the senti
mcnts of .he independent voters of the
whole Union, it is evident that Gran.
would he distanced in race with Field,
and that Tilden could not carry single
Northern State in a race with Wasll-
burne. and that neither OF the most prom-
inent candidates can be elected against
popular candidate of either party. 1t
is the independent vote of the country
which will determine the result, not the
strength of party. Politicians may pro-
nose Int the neonla will 1lSnnse