New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-21
Our FRIENDS. THE ENEMY


soriety f. corrupted aud dcmoralzcd not much by
thc -iu which j. committed Is by the ain which q, made
AGAINST nr that have also done tuls very ting-that |
hi,c made lieht OF and defended Mr. Clcycl1ndN I'M
morliiic, The charge j. false ideiend ami excuse no
mans sin saw and repeat, VITA all tue sOrlnlly
which words carry. that the SIN or unrh>tlty IN
man no les than i'm woman, tends 10 dcpraye the moral
nature This very campaign should be Il warning, ana
awful warning 10 young men. F2r inns Is ti' one
for the morality Of the country that 1t Is so-lIhe Kew
james Freeman Clarke.
Ii Is also good sign for the morality OF the
country that so conspicuous clergyman as MIR.
Clarke, while still adhering to his resolution to
vote for Governor Cleveland, is compelled TO re-
pudiate the molstrous ethics Of The Ereaiag POSTS
defence of its candidates immoralities. He is not
able to stomach the abOmnable doctrine that
chastity is great virtue. but every man knows
in his heart that il is not the greatest of virtues,
that offences against it have often been consistent
with the possession of ALL the qualities which en-
noble human nature and dignity human life and
make human progress possible" In fact, he has
reached point where he is constrained to say that
if little more be proved against his candidate
he will not be able to vote for hun. Yet so much
has been proved, and is admitted already by Gov
ernor Cevelands defenders, that DR.. Storrs's
Judgment of the case is that the election of such
man "would make the Nation ut large, II not the
positive patron of lewdness, at least the careless
apologist for it,"
Did Mr. Blaine. to whose department came appeals of
these prisoners for hclp-did Nr Blaine obey the Law OF
the United states regard to them No, he let them
and he caused The British Government to be cen,
ndcntally Informed that 1t need not fear that he would
take their part-iN. !. Herald.
There ~ only one word IN the English language
that fits this statement. II is not amstabc and 1t
has not a word of truth in IT, and The He,ad is en-
tirely aware of the fact
l.
tibc trucker every biz pockcbook that wants tn use
him. Ills recommendation uf the sandy Hook Pilot bill
wa an outrage. just rs his veto OF the l1Nctrt
Fare hill the car Drivers bin, and the Mechanics Lien
bill-F W. Lewis, brooklyn
This Democrat expresses an opinion OF Cleveland
which a great many working men in Brooklyn are
now expressing IT is said that in some wards
hitherto strongly Democratic il is doubtful whether
any plurality whatoyercan he obtained for Glove
land.
Paul Smith, proprietor of Paul Smiths in the Adj
iulacls has the Democratic nomination for tongues IN
the ANist New-lotk District Albany Argus.
Considering Pauls we'll known skill in leading
partirsout ot the woods the wonder that hc Is not
given the craftsmanship of the Democratic National
Committee. On second Thought It occurs to us that
ho has probably been offered the position and has
declined il ON the ground that To- the best of his
know ledge and belief and lac is shrewd man there
~ mo- outlet to the dense woods IA which Democracy
now is wandering.
There mo- branch " the pcmacrallc part, throughout
the url nir- i1t iu favor uf nee trap nor b. q
itco. itudr patty .ttuigr ~ Icudrtun.
uh. mo- II ISN'T . twrodulcc lrrc-tndc party Mt
rculotuni 1t Ia only twociledum tntin Tor
revenue odly party
ann lrir .imVh nan rltifrn an ull man. ~ time ni
lite Whpn Wuat uiin thuuar Gee iplnr iutn uuluti
ilhrohpl ht NuNt\uth Academy al Mutiu
lSrt hn,u tlu delivery ol the Hpoovh liom Witch
we oAttstt the ahl,, H,ntrncc, We have boon ~
purtnA tu so, M ItHiaD sol dn IA u did Whon ia,
other Venerable guntpmnn, cN'lrAdvni Moolno,,
ol Yale Co,gr N,ntuud g. oNproas h,n,sull on cur
iont .olltics, Thai Ia. Ne lave expected Iht IosI