New-York tribune., 1884-10-14
OUR FRIENDS. THE ENEMY

We find The Post arbutng to us IN opinion Of rather
contemporry: TIM TRInrvE accepts The Spn's moral
code In regard to the insignicance OF NOT mpnrthht
Nal TO be-" viii Yie Iosi Justify Us assertion that we
consider Mr.. Blancs denial OF ownership In Hooking
% VI do ba aS w a G arooa1c "r nrbnng to Us an op
ion which we have not expressedi-GN. !. sun
The mendacious Posts "apology" Is character
istic "The justification will be found in the edi-
torial columns of The Sun of October g. where it
heads article explaining it's failure to notice this
lie. Not an Important Lie and in the article it.
self suggests that the reason of its silence may be
that 1t only notices the frs-cass lies" That is to
say. 1t assumed that The Sun believed Mr.. Blaires
denlai to be a lie although it had not said IIav
ing done this. the next thing was TO assume that
THE TRIBUNE. accept ng The Suns moral code"
also believed il to be he. The only thing III tine
way of this second assumption was the fact th@t We
had distinctly said that did not believe 1t to be
"a lie.
The prohibition people were in judgment wise 10
refuse the Republican alliance and to maintain their own
ticket in the field NcwNoIk Herald
The advice aud counsel of The Neu- York HcroH
will be most sweet to sincere Prohibitionists. No
doubt it will convince them that their devotion to
principle commands the admiration of mankind.
only Que other organ could have more weight with
theln-Tbe Bierrf JoWpai.
ne rAVcdJpt0 NgM Auc1con saws that nearly
the whole Kit boode Of the Wall street kite flyers
are ont for Cleveland" THIS - ~. way oi adniiihl
that ncnhcr- Of the stock Exchnn the Produce
Exchange, the Maritime EXCHANGE and all the othcr cN-
change. 0l business men incline toward Cleveland. -
Boston Post
Not exactly There is distinction between tie
kite-hyeTs. who pure gamblers. and tho brokers
who do q legitimate business for legitimate ii-
y,.tors There is "A distinction, and very wide
one e .wccn the wrecScrs who have never tried TO
earn an hohcst dollar IN their lives, nor to get any
money ~ any way except by betting on the ruin of
the country. and the people who have invested ia
productive enterprise, money honestly earned. Tie
distinction NAY not bc quite apparent to some pco-
pie in Boston but IL s particularly well understood
IL tbis city.
The South ncods cheaper hncry and free ma
tcriai Gwen i'sr hi 1n anu ',I"lm , %, iy W d M
world Louts,ilc Courier Jouuiai.
The old notion cropping ont again. And yet this
sainc Paper insists that it does not advocate free
trade, that the lcmocratc party does not aud That
the south docs not want It. Now for fact or two.
| The South had Democratic government, national
and local and enough of Il. until 1862 Did IT ever
| make bale Of cotton goodsl j. there n Southern
| manufacturer who dro ms that the Manufacture
would continue IN that section q single month If
| the present duties should bc removed, and the
"opcn markcts of all the world which the South IA
| supposed to desire" should he sccufcdi The truth
| is Tle Cour,r-jovndi thinks only of South COM
posed of hungry Ofce-sockciA bankrupt politicians
| aud persons who are living on the reputation OF
having been bravo robols. Tho other south, COM
DO ed of 1--we business men who are trying TO cstab-
liah industry aud enterprise on such baHis ~ 10
compete with Northern States. that journal does
not nccm 10 know anything about.