The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-07
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Some Plain Words from Chas a Dam
New York sun.


Some Plain Words from Chas a Dana.
New York sun.
a German merchant in DEFY street IA
vors as with the following eommuuiea:
tioni
1T is had 10 eat dish Of crow, but with
heroic effort Il can be managed qulcker than
ticDs bonofa6ly made deserve full support
even IL Disappointing Cleveland and Hen
drtcks Will carry the november election,
and tie Sun might as well shine for them Is
for the rest Of mankind.
However, the SUMS Iuster /. dimmed and
md migfatiohs to more oneeniai papers
Self-preservation Is an distinctive law, and
Sos asSs i Ss4e Sie
than 70 be missled with 1t from sheer ro-
NANCE"
The writer of the above lines appears
to be forgetiul OF the fact that for sever
al years the Sun waged q lively battle
for the independence of the press and
for the right TO speak its own mind, and
, wsged it. i against desperate
with the power of the Federal admins
tration and the mighty influence of the
Republican party backing them, were
ali on one side There was great talk
then OF migratiUBs TO more congenial
papers; and every means was employed
TO suppress and OveIAWe the journal
which presumed to have will OF Its
own, and to declare its whole judgment
of political foliies and abuses. Ii was q
bitter ana protracIed contest, but the
victory renamed on the side of the free
press.
Another conflict of the same sort be-
gan on the 5th of March, 1877, when the
Sun unspaFiHglY denounced the fraudu-
/ ahnrR.l he
mental and self-Iighleous by printing
his portrait with the black brand of
fraud upon his shameful forehead. Then
we heard again these threats of migra-
ton TO more coDgenial papers, and very
likely some few Republicans really NIL
grated; bat it didn't last very long.
The Sun pitched the key for the whole
| country in that matter, and not only the
Democracy, but the Republican party al
| so, soon came To dt spise Hayes as the
, greatest receiver of stolen goods the
world has ever known. Migration, H.
| deedl
! Forgetting these things, ur c,Irespon.
| dent now threatens US with loss of his
confidence, and say that he will migrate
| to 9 more coDgenial journal. Well, we
shall be sorry To have him leave. II ls
sad 10 part from an old friend. But we
fear we can't hI Up it, aud we beg him moi
TO put off his departure ON our account
| The vast circulation of the Sun-we
are proud of 1t, as We have a right to he
was not built up by lies and hyrOcri'
sy, but by truth and courage and the un
reserved utterance of g1nuIne opinions
whether popular for the moment or not
That is a course which We propose T.
continue. 1t suits our judgement, anC
experience upholds it.
Our correspondent talks about eating
crow, and if by that he means a pre-
tended approval of that which one doe
not approve, we assure him that we hav
no such pretences TO make. What W
said before the Chicago convention wa
no said at random. 1t was a deliberat
conclusion then AID Cleveland's success
in getting the nomination has not chang
ed 1t; and when our correspondent tell
us that Cleveland aud Hendricks viii
carry the November election, we receiv
his assurance with much more interes
than confidence.
Between Blame and Cleveland we sin
cerely prefer Cleveland, not because W
think he is qualified or deserving, blu
because we can't sta-d Blaine and be
cause the Republican party out to g
An incompetent president, who is homes
is better than 9 smart one who is not
The Democracy, even under Cleveland
leading, is likely to be more useful tina
the Republican party ruled by Blaine.