National Republican., 1880-09-30
MEAYsI,,s MIsrAKE.

w neO ANDY JOHNSON III lne very HlNlSt
of his past and premeditated treachery and
infamy was casting about for evidence that
inquity was popular and could be made
to prosper in spite of all the scriptures say
to the contrary, lie exclaimed with lively
and tri umphant assurance: Look at
Peoria ~ And now General HANCOCK,
who cordially affiliated with JOHNSON and
was more than content TO act rs his tool,
has become his imtator, and in his con
gratulatory dispatch to that other apostate,
PLAIsTED, excaims in substance: Look
" at Maine the result will inspire our
" friends with confidence and strengthen
them in the battles which remain TO be
fought"
Some of our party friends are of opinion
that there is nothing in the results in
Maine which justified the congratulations
of HANCOCK, as they say it was green
back victory if any, and is so claimed by
Mr.. WEAVER. But HANCOCK is wiser than
they. He looks at the thing in its true
aspect. If PLAIsTED be chosen it is only
nominal showing that the greenback
heresy hol DIS its own in Maine. This does
not create any more greenbacks This does
not give WEAVER any show of securing the
presidency, and it gives no patronage tO
the party and no promise that the same
thing can by any possibility happen in any
other single state. AS a greenback triumph
it is positively barren and the evidence
merely that the Maine end of the snake has
not quite ceased TO wriggle, though all the
rest of the reptile is utterly dead.
But there are other things to be con
sdered The people of Maine have show
themselves willing to indorse the GARcE
LON frauds and forgeries and tricks which
were conlrived TO cheat the people and
nullify the expression of their voice by
drels who perpetrated those iniquites
That surely is democratic triumph, ant
HANCOCK sees it, 1t is an Endorsement o
democratic methods which prevail at New
York and in the south. 1T is wholly un
expected Endorsement. HANCOCK had ;
natural fear that fraud would not be popu
lar anywhere in New England, and tina
the course pursued by his party to ge
power in Louisiana and Mississippi nigh
ruin his chances in the country at large
He was terribly frightened, and when tn,
Vermont returns came in he quaked. Blu
when Maine proved that iniquiious meth
ods caused no uneasiness and could be at
tempted without special rebuke the loaC
was at once removed from the mind o
" the superb" the great danger was showi
TO have been imaginary; he felt the relic
as democratic victory TO all intents ant
purposes, and from that moment counted
PLAIsrED among the brotherhood as surel,
as the devil counted upon ADAM when hi
eye.teeth cut the skin of the apple. Their
could be doubt no longer. The great ex
pertinent of gaining power by Illegal means
the plan for the destruction of the vita
principle of free government represente
through pure and free ball OF having es
capped emphatic and stern condemnation il
one of the most enlightened states of tn
union, of course made hell rejoice an
justified a warm dispatch to PLAIsTEI
whether he was in or out by paltry hun
dred votes, .m"rA or less.
The sense of being cheated has uol.. :
dulled by the southern atrocities Of the las
twelve years that the first extensive tril
of similar proceedings in the north, mad
in Maine last winter, has escaped bein
crushed out with righteous indignation
and this only partial success Of the manipr
lators has given them courage and emente
} them together for future operations.
: HANCOCK standing in New York as I'll
} pretended representative of hard-mone
i merchants and bankers, halls the represent
, atiye of soft money in Maine as Il broth,
l and fellow-worker by virtue of the OF
l bond between them of damnable co,cOl
= spiracy AGAINST fair elections and ia
f count Thai Slc-"d holds them and is Il
t magic grip which enabled them TO recol
= nze one another. How effective the gr
. is we see by the proceedings Of the la
/ greenback convention which practical
5 threw WEAVER overheard and secuted i