The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1880-09-17
FOR SHERIFF,
PURNAL j. LYNCH.
FOR CORONER.
JOSEPH YARNALI..

CONFRONTED WITH THEIR OWN
LANGuAGE.-Never in the experience
of journalism did the country witness 50
many and positive contradictions by able
papers, as since the nomination OF Gem
erals Garfield and Arthur for the Presi-
dency and Vice Presidency by the Chi
cage Convention. The independence
and truthfulness of the Stalwart press
was compromised by that convention
from the very moment tue nomination
took place from the fact that the Radi-
cal press did not show sufficient courage
to admit the charges as facts which they
had several years previously discussed
and proclaimed repeatedly to be facts.
The Radical speakers are not so easily
made TO "eat crow" from the fact thai
their conversation about Gar fields bride.
taking at the time, is not in black anc
white. But the Republican newspapers
cannot explain away their own language
cut from their own files and reprinted.
On Wednesday the Philadelphia In
9uirer charged that the advocates Of the
election of Hancock and English were
publishing campaign ISLANDERS and scan
dals against General Garfield, as fol-
lows:
"The campaign has not been without
Its plentiful crop of ISLANDERS hurled at
the Republican Presidential candidate (;
but SO great is General Gartield's in
tegrity known to be, and so invunerable
10 his patriotism, that each new SANDER
GUS weapon of the enemy has fallen
harmless before it fairly reached its des-
tined mark
The next day the Times, which claim.
TO be independent, replied in such al
emphatic way as should certainly max,
the IrsYufrsr ashamed Of itself as wei
~ d rs candidate. The Times said
There are no accusations mad,
Against General GARFIELD BY opposition
q journals which are bot simply repeti
tions Of The bold denunciaton Of III
present Republican Presidential candj
date only few years ago. Wien Gar
/" field was arraigned with others on III
"CIedit Mobiiier question, the Inquire
"of February 4, 1873, discussed til
Imam, whose integrity it now pre-
"nounces so invulnerable, in the follow
"ing incisive way:
"There has been no sadder bushes
for the American people than that of til
tumbling down into the dust of some {
their great political idols by the Cred
Mobilier. So many prominent me
whom the country delighted to hone
have thereby been stripped bare of the
good names and compelled to appear b,
fore the world covered with the shan
of their crimes and mlsdemeanors.
10 right that the hypocrite should be ez
posed. We may scare
through the entire records of foreis
Senates and Parliaments and find |
parallel TO the Credit Mobiler bus
ness. It stands quite alone in the e
tent Of the Generalization. 1t disgrac
every citizen Of the Union, in some d
gree, III the eyes Of civilization"
We certainly would not like to no
such position toward a candidate.
tact the Democratic newspapers cou
no have accepted such nominate
They would have sunk under the odiu
10 . month, aud given up the contest
hopeless. Tie advocates Of a thi
term could hardly have inflicted
greater disgrace upon their opponeI
than the nomination Of Garfield t
Congressional bribe-taker, AMI ArLhl
the dismissed and disgraced Custc
House officer. We could never ask t
people to confrT the greatest honor
their gift upon such candidates.
indeed. Tie Democratic neWspaI
would have demanded another conv-
ton and another nominee had the de
gates to Cincinnati made such a III
take and given them candidates so v
neraele to the charge of corruption.
THE TONE OF THE PREss.-Beft
the election took place in Maine
Radical papers claimed that I'll
G,o4o uo,,ld ,,;ya tba; 90 ndi6 a &C FRI