New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-28

Intelligent men have not overlooked the fact
that the campaign against Nj. Blaine is largely
ono Of false prtrncos. Tho deliberate false
! hoods Of The LrcpipJ Fod. which hito bcon so
! lully csposod. are bat aupra Of the static
mcula made couttuualv bv mod OF thc De
pendent and Democratic journals These
statements have ceased 10 deserve npy
mercy sine. they have been confronted with
conclusive proof, and are nevertheless per
s.,cntly repeated. The mistake of May the
passionate oycr-,tltcm'nt of Junc, has become
the Deliberate hc Of September
The air !, filled with them. Men stoop to Use
them every day who have been thought honor
able and high-mindcd hitherto. They assert
what is plainly false about Mr.. Blaine and his
party, and then, swept on, so to speak,
by the rush Of their own fal,cho0ds
dishonesty suppress the truth about
Mr.. Cleveland, his chief associates and his
party and 50 20 deeper into the mire of untruth
day by day-and yet they We're once called, and
want to be still called, honest mcn.
Where lies the trouble III the fact that
the Paarisee, and Democrats start with false
pictcncc; their entire campaign is based upon
an attempt to deceive the country. The boilers,
with rare exceptions were free tradcrs-Or
"for revenue only" men, if that name plcaScs
them better. The only reason they mcditatcd
a bolt WsS that they were intensely hostile
to tie protective system, and wanted TO
exclude protection from the tariff. The Demo-
cratic party had attempted this the Depend
ents had shouted approval and promises OF aid
Then came a majestic uprising Of the people TO
defend then right, and interests The Morri-
son bill was beaten; M. Blaine waSnomindted;
a square issue on the Protection of American
Industry was accepted.
Then the Democrats and Dependents took
thcir first step in the downward path of di,hon-
csly. They fancicd that personal abuse
OF Mr.. Blame woIld succeed better than direct
advocacy Of free trade. and 50 began the abuse.
Hoping to make ISLANDERS more effective, they
claimed TO be 10 longer interested IN the tariff
question, but pretended to be persons OF such
exalted moral purity that they positively
could uot vote for Mr.. Blaine though ycanin.
to support The Republican party otherwise. In
charity, we may suppose that this was a half
uncon>ciou, mi,rcpro scntation at first; il has
grown 20 bc deliberate and stupcndOus lie
the parent lie OF this foul campal,n of
les For in trying TO conceal Then free
trade aims, these people have been drawn into
persistent taischood about Governor Clcvclaud's
position on that question. In trying 10 pose as
persons of exalted virtue, they have been drawn
into dishonest suppression Of the truth about
Mr.. Clcycland's personal character and about
his connection with swiudling rings and in
dlctcd officials. So one lie breeds another At
last We have eminent proiyssors OF reform like
Mr.. Curtis, peIsistcntly classifying the record
by cOnccalmcnt of the Truth about Mr..
Cleveland and mailing the tool of llu-
bert y. Thompson ~ "A model rciormer.
Thus the Democratic campaign has become
a campaign of lies, because it originated in an
attempt To get success by ialso prctcnccs. An
open and honest defence of free trade, OF adyo-