New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-22
THE CONTRAST OF PARTIES.
nm ,o,,y lays SOUND VIEWS.

crSrpAI CARFIEID's USSUILiED Ch~"AN"" "'
SPLENDID ACCOMMODATIONS WHICH HAVE r"o-
pUcEp A SOLID SOUTH - THE DEMOCRATIC nr~
ORD OF FOLLY AND DISHONESTY - ""~'
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY WOULD MAN.
Extracts from an article BY the Hon John yay " INC
~ national Review for Septemoer
1t has been a matter OF geherai oo"'"'o"'
and con generalization that the Presidential ean"'u
one aud both gentlemen OF prominence """ '''P'"
bity and while there Is no reasonable oWec'io" :"
candidates for public ofces being sup)ecteu u '"e
severest scrutiny public opinion has properly Iro~ne"
man nartisan attempts to backcn their characters.
Mr. Garfield has been well described as representative
~ the beat type OF New-Engand civilization as &C.
ye,oped in the great West and although rs MI horao0
whte remarked 10 the last international Reriew ms
nomin alton came without plan without preconccts anu
hnmt the privity OF the candidate himself" the NJ
ness Of the choice BY the simple fact that ne
was p ."e party in the House Of Reprcssna-
iyes-a post similar 10 that neld oy Mr. Ia, n,sd
S SION nr"orety recognized by his opponents for
the Premiership Of the empire u1aer ,d wth be Re-
nhncsn pariy I'm bis public his uttcrances and
bis acts suggested the apparent want OF sucn ,men
tiNcation between General Hancock ana tne Dcuioc-
racy. .,,o. ,.. ,oo, ,.tad after the Republicans
had selected a gentleman known chiefly as statesman
10 the place formerly held by the great soldier whose
preeminent services they had twice a
Le Democratic who had strongly denounced Tue iIen
Of eievatinc to Presidency the man on a.
seek ss@sr S Sna ppomnsnt in
civil life 1t IL not perhaps unnatural spss
with their recent professions, should elicit some Dom,
ment when to secure military candidate tDsy S
over Rayard who had been warmly euiogized ior mo
clear Judgment manly independence. and honorable
rmness With which he had at times opposea .e sete
sizes and & a. po whom they to
actual President eject DESPITE the and
Hewitt. Potter and HeDdricks Pendleton and Field
and other prominent Democratic statesmen, c.,
The impu;ations against Mr. Garned III Tue 10 HoyrI
ondC
the foccst examination, by able ana Independent shees
were answered wears ago TO the Satisfaction Of hts
most eminent political opponents. whose regard ana
confidence since his nomination nave Dceh eAprosso" "
terms honorable to their candor ...., A.. ia.
complimentary paragraph, attributed 70 Ihc
the Sor,ern and Southern types d Domoc
racy and may interest those who are disposed 10 tnK
that with the abolition Of slavery have disappeared the
class ha and prejdces which for centuries 1t had en-
rendered or ged General Hancock represents
aImost ssy Of privileged class" This recommendation
TO Southern Democrats Of Northern canndate a. rep
resennR the conservatism OF privlsged c.sss mus
rates the spirit with which The Shareholders we're ac-
customea to regard, not sinpiy the saves anu .ns
free blacks also the poor wDites, whom tle system
Of slavery condemned to Ignorance ana DISCRIMINATION ~
illustrates the tone with which now Is gone,
the establishment Southern soil of that foundation
principle OF tree sociey-iree and isr e'ectlohs IN
mirked bv fraud Intimidation OF violence upon WHICH,
s they Justly admit In theory AID in their platform,
dc pen0s the preservation VI all rights
HOW THE SOUTH is MADE SOLID.
General lGeneral HtncOch, IN accept
ANGEL has here presented with great rorce aud truth OF
language grand issue Of the campaign and n he could
make II appear 1873 votes which the Solid South
offers him AS ITS " fixed capital represent " full
vote fair ballot and fair count" among the citizens OF
the South white and black; that neither fraud nor
lean voters under the Constitution and it amendments
that the 1873 votes represent the people ru ID iact as
appeal to those fundamental principles would
have the force OF practical example ST. oy tue
know from official proofs. reliable statements, ana
Southern admissions fraud aud force have been used
aud with an agOwed purpose 10 ntm late and suppress
the Republican vote and this being so, then, as the
General say the foundation has been taken away and
ia the States where this thing has been done the whole
structure OF government has fallen and the pretended
While the letter OF General Hancock says.
II elected. shall, with The Divine favor.
my convictions is remarked that ho is silent in refer
the southern claims against which Mr Tiiden
had deemed i proper to give formal pledge In ls76a
pedge which would not embsrrass the south could tney
elect the gentleman whom they have preferred to Mr
The ter Mr.. English is that of partisan. and in
It's tone and anguaee recalls w cnrIent sa
voted against tue motion to expe prfs.on Sro sns
murderous attack upon Charles Sumner
THE REPUBLICAN RECORD.
The Republicans while pointing with pride TO their
candidate as who, in his personal traits his quail
ties as leader. his culture and his sialesmanshp, is
worthy the post. point with still greater pfide to the
record OF the party usfng their claim to the con-
tnued confidence of the and the force Of their
appea is admitted by others than their adherents THE
RepuDl,cans remarks The Ne,o- York Herald. have
need OF showing capacity for government. Ihcy have
demonstrated It duIiDg twenty years That they have
made mistakes many and grave ones. they all admit.
He made war;" said the greet Turenne. who
message admitted with eQt nj frankDess that mistakes
had been made in his administrator.
One difficulty which the Republicans sometimes dnd
N
inability Of certain gentlemen to recognize the force of
port by The York Herald Of interview with the
Hon Robert McLane that gentleman is reported to have
said:
down the Rebellion lie and second mat tns eIoia
lessened taxes. and relieved the people from financial
burdens generally, Is "A lie"
The feature OF the Republican policy which most IND
pressed the mind OF Europe after the war were the gl-
gauto forces and the military successes which cut
minated at Apponattox, and the retirement to their
bones and domestic occupations by ilustrious Gen-
erals the quiet Outstanding Of the vicl orous army
The Extraordinary feature at which they still con-
tnue wonder. the reduction month by month OF
the National debt. which from $50 600 600 IN ls6o had
been raised by the war TO So 600 600 III 1868 and
which to-day has been reduced 10 ,9l9,OOOOOO. while
the annual interest has been reduced rom SloOOOOOOO
In 1865 to less than $50 600 In 1880.
The record Of the Republican party as briefly alluded
zion of rebellion which mad armed nearly a million OF
reconstruction of the union OF the States with
formation OF 900 900 human beings from tue likeness
Of to the rank OF citizens f indeed, they really
etpt to the par Of gold the lifting the national credit
from per bonds at 80 to cent bonds above
the extraordinary in import and export
trade the increase railroads from 900 miles IN
1869 to 80 900 1879 the great revival OF immigration
at TINS time; revival of the various industries the
country the increased demand tor labor and the
higher rate OF wages followed close upon resumption,
that signal triumph Of Mr.. Haycs's administration.
which has placed the name Of john sherman ut the
head OF the great fnancers OF this nineteenth cen
THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
or the recent Democratic Congress, Of it's oppo-
nents has remarked that II has schemed and mangled
dawded and doubled -; and It hardly be ended
that 1t gained In dignity public confidence by its dis
position embarrass the banks, to depreeae the
reLcy, impair the public faith and credit by paying
the bonds paper sllveral indicating an opposi
ton the National deaor by It's unsuccessful attempt
En lresl LII ID