New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-17
AN AMAZING ARTICLE.

made from The Posts great edltoTai III "'i'h'' vi
Grover Cleveland 10 avoid evcn the shadow of
Injustice. The entire article containing the sentence
60 which Injustice was done il herewith repro
duced. carefully verified and compared with the
original. the strong points being brought out by
some Typographical display If anybody was ms
led be- can now be SGT right. by pcrusiug the sou.
tcrcc VA connection with the whole of the odityng
context.
This cannot De printed however. without an
apolosy In advance 90 the readers of this journal
for bringing before them such foul stun
which has hitherto boon vigorously excluded, ana
with which IL Is not likely thai any
emergency of the campaign can again make II heou
ful to polutc these columns Ii will BE- useful II IL
serves 10 show any careless readers of The Post the
n,onstrous teaching which their patronage OF that
journal introduces 20 their families -
Iron, The ye,c- york Erening Post August >, 1884
WHAT WE THINK ABOUT 1T NOW.
Tho Eo,t,n .JosrpqL which has had great deal
80 say about what is called " the Cleveland scan
dali asks us to investigate the matter lor our
AZ yes and saws il knows il eau lead TO only one
result" RELYING on our promise not to support a
notorious libertine and proflgate as cahdldale
for the Presidency Of the United states. mere mas
been from the beginning but little 70 lhVesugaCs'
and that little we have investigated 10 our o"" sat-
tsfGcii0n. ,-,, su;o,.l.
that twelve years ago he formed an rreg"Gr coHseo
ton with IN widow. Nth tTO c"tdfeh the cIueS.
fourteen years old that she was person Oh
snscnsperafe habits. and that THE "a lEkNlli
az CUitp HORN SUBSEQUENTLY, WAS DoUBlFUL,
but HE ACCEPTED 1T and mad PrOrts0R JO me
ella thai after suffering much annoyance
from her-one of the natural and commoh pehaltles
of such errors-and AFTER SATISFYING HtR
BRoTHER-IN-IAw, who appeared on tne scene as
her protector that he had bchared tdiy fo'rdrd h'
he lard the whole matter before MIR. BURROUGHS, a
LAWYER of high standing 10 Buffalo; that MI Bur-
rougheS adrieed HIM 10 ieare At to NM ana tneIedler
TOOK CHARGE OF II: that be Nh. BurTonghesl
Couceivinc the mother fOI the reason gwen above
unfI 10 hare the custody OF the child PLACED IL II
Ak ORPHAN ASYLUM. the mother consentlng
thereto and making as we understand it, a Legal
surrender OF the child for that purpose anu oCca-
sionalv visiting It at the asylum afieIw'fd; thdl
on from he asyltm: that Nh. BURROUGHS
was notified of the facts by the authorities ~ the
asylum; wheTeupon acting on nis ""n I,S 80. mo
btv and without Mr. Cleveland ku0"ltiE' ne
employed detective to discover ana LOOK alitr tS
chlld that in of the detective visits he fouh9
the mo. AcV suffering from deu!um utmeNSi ana
threatening 10 Kin the child which lay ON the door;
that hc carried her OF then To the lht'rl'tt .'Sl-
lnm for treatment, and She stayed lh'le UhIs ~,
was cured. ami no longer and thai the ciiid
was restored 40 its previous guardians.
The lawyer who acted for the woman I'D one
stag oi the altar has rormauy ena ~ g'I , Lepaf
promise of any kind. The family ackh"W"d2'
that lIr Cleveland treated her generously. 50
much lifhc efdrGc ~ seduction ANA KIDNAPPING Nul'u
many ue,, ~paDers have been spreading. II was
produced originally hoy cheap and nasty journal I'D
Buffalo a. salvation from impending d'al u am" na'
htflc other evidence to rest on except the pare
assertion of the Rev. Mr. Ball. a BapiS munster
In Buffalo. who appears 20 dahhle Il e''d u'"l W.
politics. Mr.. Ball has repeated ms story -'N'lA
Tunes, hut he does not supply fresh reasons lot De-
heyur t.
the story that Mr.. tlevClmd Is "a NOTORIOUS i"'I-
tine aud prohlgdte' Well. we may H- wen say
frankly that we think uhcrc could hardly he
- poorer authority. W" mean no dist~P'c
10 the profession when ve affirm That a'tu~llohS
col this sort brOaghtbV ministers are Go he tccelNCd
with exceeding caution. They can hn"" n"ih
.IIt.. fttttIt los ID
members of their congregation. WHAT th'A l'tIh
about them Is sure to lee hcarsdy, the aitr t pussy
bodies VINO are delighted 90 De able to tell the pas
tor of the wlcAeduess which Us gong on nulDnt
people who make no prctcnce of beng reuflou,
and they apt 10 rco1rc a. U1th cF'0"'Y "N'" ~
sometime, rON Wfor tHd@ lh'h lIoI' are u7 Hu az
know. ministers and MINISTER'S come VINO are lalR,
minded, cautious, and charitnhle me" ~ me .o'u
I'm the hest sense of the term ana oth'IH
whose deuuucIat pass ms hv as the iuir "g"; -
that " hilc Ue 10 net ana l0 II "t7f NJ b'' ~ d""-
osfy We do say euphaicaly that uE INNS lt MI hs
,nnp MANY CERTIFICATES 10 he sober-
piyd,9pcss and fqir-mipd,dHCs ana me- PWiY
Iis notrcs before hc can hc allowed 10
make away with ANY MANS private character li lh'
midst of "a political clnva4s. II Cleveland ls9 n"l"-
rious piufIgate and hte.tnc, why dld Ai. Dan nor
know II hen he was elected Mayor oI MS own Guy
m 4 Sl and when he was elected "pN'inpi OF 5i'
state IN 1887 Aud If he did know IT, why Hio "'
keep silent ., nm t
Whatever they may hc for Mr. Cleveland NutiCa-
tun ou this point Mctdkc IL Tor eiAu''ulH'i ~ VI"
case as an that of other men, the way Ia ma "hd d
hi, L,gf tH0e rccs especially me pitrGit aRd P"on"'
0ae 10 ash his Rcigabors in the place ~ Nh',u I'
lives. This and must be- me true sea- 81 ms R",'tt@
HoiOriOs he be. We mus assume thSl cons
line Nl/, of the vote which hc received Tor ht May
orally OF Buffalo, aud the fact that ms majority
was largest IN It's best quarters '''1U
have heen "a notorious hbertlne and proHi2ate' ora
hbertine and profllgate al alliu -m place WIN
out being notorious. And yet the B"ii sioIl ma
taken every body, apparently, bui Dali bF SUI
After his nomination some OF the heiutcst tcstl-
moulals TO Cleveiand's excellence as man ana
ct zen came from such political opponents as me
md b,
them are now somewhat shocked 10 md that he Is
the kind of man Mr.. Ball describes, hut apparently
never Il rcamed OF it until Mr.. Ball spoke Is inns
not most extraordinary Could II happen, except
IN a Presidential campaign III ..5oos NOT tho
Well but" we shall be asked, does not the
charge against Cleveland, a you your'eH STATE
and admit il, disqualify HIM IN your eS'lmatlon'
for the Presidency of the United states We an
swer frankly: Yes. If has opponent De u6e from
this STAN. and good man IN all Other
ways We should like 10 see candidates ior me
Presidency models of all the virtues, pure as the
snow and steadiast AZ the eternal hills.
But IS hen the alternative Is a man OF whom as
Tbe Begoio EJPress politl al oplonen -Sala hume
dlately after his nomination, mat the ptopie 81
Buffalo n1d known blm as one OF tn;H III e.,
citizens. one Of their manifest men l"lhIN /" MS
clients faithful to M friends aha lai{Aiu, 10 cNtl{
public trustr and of whom me DHNdt0 tOm"o'd-
another political opponent, SAID, thaJ lA "po'Iu"
HIM. % would not detract one lot OF niue from
the welcomed fame OF the distinguished gentle
man who honoTed the opposition 10y bearing MS
standard good son and good brother ana unmarried
a; oy. fbql he pighf b. the Jefier son and brOher
against whom NOTHING CAS- BF ID, elcepi that ne
has not been proof dqGtast one ~ ne most p0WeJW
Nominations be- tchch human nature q 0ss0,'td or "A
mn uvlcted ont of mis- own mouth OF having
prbclv he'd m order 90 hide has lobbep M ohce OF
HAVING offered his judicial decisions as Sign of hs
nos,ibie usefulness 20 railroad sptcuatoIs ln case
fbey paid him his price, of trading Iu charters
which had been benefited by Legislation m vii ch
ie to,k mart and OF having broken hls word of
Louof I'M order TO destroy documentary evidence OF
his cprruptiou-a man who has accumulated
fortune in few years on tine salary Oh onHieSs-
~ toan we saw einphatically NO, IN
mo, SAND TIMES No Be should be ashamed 81
,Iy - ere had ann other qa,,rer 10 male and are
SiI,, IA fD AMI AMAZED 10 hear that there are
scores of clergymeu all over the country advising
peopl. "A ian core for morality 10 choose INC ulch-