New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-27
AMERICA IN ENGLAND.
OR ENGLISH OPINIONS ON AMERICAN
ELECTIONS.

For once IL NAV be said th 1t there is q snDstah-
+i,l and intelIigent unanmity in the judgments OF
IN, Enolish Press upon the American elections
Tho New-York correspondents OF the honuo"
papers gave the cue, teegraphing not only reS"i'''
hut causes But in the vounnious eui'or'"i 'o'.-
meuts since published there are aDunuan' o'F
dences of independent thinking This generai luus
mont Is summed mp with euergS III 'uo i
The Pail Nal Gazette: ,
Tho fall electons represent great popular revolt
AGAINST the corruption observation-disclosures, ana IsuI
p,tiun of the men who at present run ne hepuDI,o
machine The result will not be 10 place tho lIcnl
ocrats in ppwer but to read the Repubhcalis So
we're lesson of which IL is to he hoped they VIII 'aho
good heed before the next Presidential election
Most OF the London papers deal with this subject
at length and there is much i'll their views. "h'eh
seems deserving of attention on your sue. io0
graphic abstracts presume sou have bad ouC 'no
processes by which these views are reacheu anu JUS
tilted and the side views on particular poin''' ""y
ha o,ne the less interesting One matter worthy OF
mote il the silence OF The Times. lts rivals spoe
their minds Yesterday and to-day with freedom an"
decision. The Times however. seems 10 a"heio ~
its Wednesdays estimate of the significance OF
Tuasdav's work: the result being of course whouy
nnknov,, here on Tuesday night when that leauer
.os written. 1t then expressed the opinion thsI
n, fall elections this year ale of less Importance
tuan they usually are in the middle OF d rroNi"o"
tial term" As the same day brought 'e"S Vi o"o
of the greatest political revolutions In AMERICAN
history the subsequent silence OF Inc I"es IN no'
unnatural IL takes time to recover ones breath.
md TO let ones readers forget the unlucRy opinion
winch facts have dealt with 80 rudely. Ana, as
YOU know. our leading oracle has oil late years
been unlucky in its American Vaccinations.
1t is the custom IN this country to speak sol'y
IN the public press of the sins aud shortcomings Oh
nf ha "
nohtical authority. An ception is made III favor
ot President Arthur on whose broad shoulders the
re,ponsbity for the defeat of his party Is la'a
without much attempt at tightening the burden
The DaiIv TeIe1raph, whose article is curious i'll
more than one point, is more KIND 10 the fres"en'
than the others yet it IS cruel sort OF KihuncSS'
The Republican party. we read mas no" l'i'en
on evil DAYS because President Arthur represents
the worst elements of once great NATIONAL
organization" And then:
RE il himself probably innocent of all that mas
hean done i'm his name, but the faction whch hgh's
nader his banner is led by bhe Tadpoles and me
Tapers masters of bribery and intrigue anu Is Iol
lowed by uiice-seekers and all the toIrupt lIihee
that as rule clngs to every great poiltical ho'e-
ment.
What The DAILY Ne,rs says is due directly to
the address of the President:
The rebuke thus given to the President and his
friends is thoroughly wcl-deseryed III they &c not
perceive It's meaning. the leaders OF inc hepuOicau
party will alcelv share their DIlndness. icy
will probably do as they have done before leho"
tnelr pledges of amc udmcut. heal the DIVISIONS III
their ranks. and present united fr"nt 10 'ner up
ponents when the critical moment comes
In The Standard the share of the Stalwarts IN tAe
disaster to their party is first set forth with dis
tress,nc freedom from antiquities: Mr.. Conk-
lng's intrigues against General Garfield ana MS
friends the petulant wrath which survived even
Draat Hpufh
mite shame upon his faction 1t was open to
President Arthur to separate himself fIom Mr.
Conklinc. but says the able organ of English Con-
servatsm:
Uuluckily, President Arthur covered with his
sanction and patronage all the pretensions ana all
the rnis,oings of Mr. Con King. Possibly he
showed proper sense OF personal OOIlRatIOn Dut III
dIsrhorylup his private debt he sacrificed the III
terests auA the reputation Ot the great party OF
which both he and MIR. Coukline ought " nave
lions of the Star Route trials. which were hrought
TO an unsaisfaC tory close some mont ago sho~ea
the whole country that men to whom IresluenI
Arthur confessed gratitude for eletl0neerlng ser
vice. and whom Mr. Conklng made his chosen
tools guilty of the most vulgar forms OIL Iaau
AGAINST the State. Whatever other causes con
trlOuted TO the defeat of the Republicans tue pal
nahls reliance Of their electiOneerlng ORGANIZATIONS
| on corruption and the yilcst arts OF nanacement
| was the main rock of offence. The evidence Of THIS
/ IL clear " herever the power OF the " losses Mas
! greatest there the defeat OF the patty was ncsI
| signal.
The whole of that long extract is worth reading {;
and not less worth reading because the writer OF II
distributes his blame impartialy tetween Mr..
Cunkling and Mr.. Arthur. Both are regarded here,
r,rhtly or wrongly, a. committed in about equal
degree to the spoils system and the machlne,-bOth
in the eyes of tho observing Engiisnman are
Bosses" Nor are the claims of the Camerons tc
the same distinction forgotten. Our Conservative
friend puts the case of the Bosses neatly. All"
| he sternly declares, that could ever be said III
! defence oil the spOls system, the machine and the
whole fabric of Boss rule was that 1t was essential
in order to the success of the party al the
| polls" But instead of bringing success this system
has resulted in Unprecedented and ignOuiniOus
disaster" The word ignOminious is one upon
which MIR Co1klng, Mr. Cameron and President
Arthur may probably reflect. All l care to say
about 1t is that it is not word which an American
abroad takes pleasure in seeing applied by foreign
critics 10 Americans at home. Possibly Mr.. Arthur
| and his political associates may agree with the
| English view
The Reformers can no further be treated as De-
dauts hose sentim entail ecccntriCties need hardly
be seriously regarded. They have shown that they
not only have the COURAGE TO separate themselves
from party which tOlerates abuses so Migrant as
those against which they have long protested, but
that they take sufficient number of the people
with them TO transfer the victory to the opposite
political camp.
1t will surprise nobody that the triumph, fol
triumph it U.s. of General Butler in Massachusetts
should strike Englishmeu peculiar feature OF
the elections. General Buffers name has long been
a synonym in England for whatever is most cor
rupt most INSCRIPTIONS, most discredltable in
American politics. If the Republican overthrow
of Tuesday be a revolt of the better half of thu
party against dishonest leadership, how comes Gen
ernl Butler to profit by it The puzzle remains t
some of the writers have been quoting hopeless
puzzle Says The Standard:
Democrats are no purer than their opponents. ant
the success of General Butler in Massachusetts, l