National Republican., 1882-10-13
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IN 1870 llluen carried new L Ork over
Hayes by 32,742 votes. In 1873 the issue
being the reelection of Mr.. Conkling to
the Senate, the Republican majorities for
assemblymen aggregated 70,000-the
largest ever given. Every Republican
in the caucus then voted for Mr.. Conk-
ling. In 1879 Mr.. Cornell was elected
by a plurality of 42,777, but the majority
against him, divided between four can
didates, was 59,512. In 1880 General
Garfield had about 10000 majority, due
in large measure to the quarrels in the
Democratic party. Folger's vote for
judge was 10000 more than Garfeld's. In
1881 the election was unimportant, and
the Republican majority small.
This year an effort is being made by old
party disturbers and malignants to break
down the party in New York in order to
make it appear that they hold the key to
political power in the State. The same
breed are ut work under the same
inspiration in Pennsylvania. The
lesson sought to be inculcated by
these political highwaymen is that II
small and unscrupulous minority can
rule by appealing to the party devotion
of the majority. They say to that ma
jority, in effect: "You have right to
rule in the party counsels, but We are
numerous enough to defeat you at the
polls if we desert to the enemy. Wouldn't
you rather give up to u.s. and accept our
dictaton, than see the Republican party
to which you are so much devoted, de.
feated?"
During the recent struggle in New
York between the advocates of different
candidates for the gubernatorial nom-
ination there was no limit to the abuse
of President Arthur, because citizen of
the highest character, known to be his
friend WAS candidate for governor.
The governor of the State--who three
years ago was denounced MS the creature
of Mr.. Conkling, and whose nomination
then would have been impossible but
for the rnagnanimity of General Arthur
whose friends could easily have de-
feated him-descended from his high
estate, and cast into the seething cauld-
ron an interview which, after it had
aroused the worst passions of men,
and made deep the faction lines
in the party, he calmly admitted
two weeks litter to be untrue, although
authorized by him. His ofiiceholders
exhibited the evils of the "spoils sys
TEN" to an extent which had never
been excelled, and dragooned the pri
mary meetings and county conventions
by every method, fair and foul, known
in political warfare in order to compass
his denomination. The hope of reward
and the fear of punishment, the chinl
of coin and the rustling of greenbacks
false creatures thrust into his opponenti
camp as spies, and seeking election tt
the convention under false pretenses
Federal officials lying like truth, and
venal and corrupt press scattering broad
cast slander and false reports to injur,
and confuse-such were the weapons
used to prevent the nomination of Judgt
Folger, because he was known as the
Presidents friend, and to secure the re
nomination of Cornell because, thougl
hateful to most of his new friends, h,
had become the avowed enemy of tn,
President.
Meanwhile the President and his Sec
retary of the Treasury were wholly in
active and occupied negative position
The enemies of both are perfectly wei
aware of this, and their contrary state
ments are we'll con sidered, deliberate
and intentional falsehoods. Neither tn
President nor the Secretary would per
nit the slightest use of official power o
so-caled patronage" to influence tn
action of the party. 1t was believed ol
the eve of the convention that trickery
cheating, bribery, patronage, and genera
devil,ry had prevailed, and that the nobl
end had been achieved of humiliating In
President of the United States by hi
party in the State of which he is an hon
ored citizen.
This meanness and malevolence wa
directed against President SO consider
ate of others and so anxious to allay al
factional animosities that many of Iii
best friends thought he had trusted to-
much 10 the sense Of justice of people wh'
had never shown that they possessed it
They said that to tolerate ruiiians wht
had viley sought to taint him and hi
immediate friends, in the minds Of tht
passionate and the ignorant, with having
consented to the assassination ofGariield
was but blooding the hounds noses
They feared that, as Mr.. Lincoln said o
himself at one time, there was danger
that his magnanimity might be construed
by bold men into pusillanimity.
But when the convention met ii was
found that o majority were the Presi-