New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-22
THE INDEPENDENT CREED.
A PROFESSION OF FAITH AND LINE VI
ACTION

bov,vcr that any reader will believe that u really
animated from those gentlemen. 1t seems to uS 10
he tho ycriost irony. We are certain that tho
nnthar is a straight Republican, awaiting himself OF
tho forms OF fiction. Bat truth IL often stranger
than dctlon: and we hope that tho address will be
read with great seriousness
10 tie Isdcpsndent Voters Of America.
The rarl Mount OF the Presidential election ot
this yc1r d nl~ rather than political THIS wa me
nrst anl fuu ,mcnta word in the Address - the feopH
issnci by the National Convention ~ inheP'n'u.S !"
New-Npr July -. II IL desired tha, this WORD sh"" We
kept distinctly the people throughout the cam
naipn II WAS believed that ia meaning ana lhtoho'
would be clearly understood We r'Erct '"'' I"
necessary that the attitude ami purp'se Oh inc Oo"
ton should be further explained bnt II IL
that contugcncy has arisen which occasions mnoh per-
nl,xit 70 many sincere and conscientious Independents
and xhh We are compelled to believe can 1uiy be re-
moved by Gear and particular statement OF tue manne
An which the general principles OF the Leaders OF the III
dependent movement against Mr. Blain' are alry ana
consistently applied to this partc eNgency IL is con
rdenfv believed that this frank stcmentof 'he molves
and methods the esd,-s Of the movement will prove
satisfactory to its humber sdheren,s and will control
their action.
siNGIr PLEDGE AND A sPFoIPIc PURPOSE.
Tho Address 10 Pee e declaring the paramount
Issue Of the election to be moral not tho first act Of
the leaders the recent Independent Cnvehuou Tue
first act aud that by which desired and still desire to
have a.. subsequent proceedings Interpreted was the
definition the object az the Convention IN the CONDITION
imposcd upon all who we're admitted TO It, THAI conii-
ton Wa simply opposition 10 Mr. Blaine All persons
admitted 10 the Convention required to pledge
themselves wuung this opposition, and this was the
only Piled required. THIS pledge sufficiently iudcaie"
and intended 10 indicate, the great AMI sol" s'"uhu
and atm Of tLc Con cnuon u vas MOI convention TOT
delibcralioU p,n generaiue' j: was convention 'or
SPECIFIC purpose THIS. say. vas fairly anc snhceHt
" Indicated 10y the sole concdon Of mcnbcrshp. ana
In have
fore 10 have 70 asc that general utter
aucos to whl.h the convention may dave been com
PEELED 10y rafura necessities Of convention usages'
arc construed strictly with reference 70 telr ser
vice To his specific purpose
We do not hi, itify ourselves and refuse 20 allow
our sprmics To- identify with the doctrine that the
end lusiin,s lns BIT we demand tuli the mann
Issue ~ THIS campaign shall not 80 obsc'rei and mat
ev. .ythug else ehal give way To that Tue MAN hnV
al the time the defeat Of Mr. Blaine. All cons"ien-
tous men will says Colonel lggpson. refuse to support
HIN II mi, plain word bit- Ike Evar', Ldmunds'
Hoaf Long Robinson. rAwiey. Lacoln and sherman.
among out statesmen aLd most OF those IN private HE
who have heretofore considered our most conscen-
ton- people We regret brt We cannot Therefore with
hold the word cannot adapt ouT definitions to their
derehcous They all know well. as we know. that Nj.
Blaine the con~p,lou, representative IN ths country
the .dca Of opposition 60 uones' government Ihi'
phrase thai 81 "n heed part~an bui % The VI
dica catholic Boston tdr'rttser and no cou-res-
uors man Will mp1gn A. very man knows that Mr.
Blaine opposes honest government" Tho element
vhca see, IN politics simply means # dlstrbutins
dividend. ont OF the National eIchequer and 10 whicn al
pol seal issues simply devices to distract puhhc at
tenteu roI their ind1sry has long been coming 90
head m the fashion ~ a tmor. in NJ Blaine These.
a. vii Doc remembered s-e tpe carefully onus,de" e1
words Of ,he ,empcrae Ncu Iort irc"iH9 Post Ibat
no o.. .n1ws Of any o. Mr. Baine's slolliugs from IN"
Nat cNchequcr IA simply q proof OF Nr BiNncH
adm. s. not OF his uaoccnce aud ,rdicatos the ch,r
4. f.N- 1HN.. O.. f.4T III.
speclous pl for protective tAr1 sbut CLOAK cr his
d,. size to increase the surpdN with VIII, H. elected the
ring which ne hossts viii speculate for the next Tour
years His direction Of tao punuc mind Go mdu~trN ana
commrr,tu matters Is tu, device 20 distract at 'nuon
from ,hc campaign which those who are best nformcd
assure us bc Is planning against Enelsnd Germany and
spain We arc conscious that ~ shall be cari alarm
ins aud mat shall bc rtclod tor engsrs'ns Ai~ brt
no confederation shall slcn MS rre day commands
a. 10 spri IL IS ua dpAnown 20 tho people ot Itss'
Cusctts tAa already In progress looS-
ing 10 L. contraction OF PUBLICATIONS Deer Island In
Boston arbor. Those people oi Massachusetts, VIII" ate
lot blinded hy partisan prey ioe do hot need to DO tod
whence tIc inspiration to tais statthns proceeding
come, rae people of the country could not properly
doibt whence tho inspiration 10 similar proceedings
would come Il we should hear OF them m Puget Sound
and In the NarrOws.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM DISCUSSIONS MUST NJ
AVOIDED.
MT Blanes pacific utterauces. repe,., are only
.iit''iNN
behalf of civil service reform in recent ctte OF ac-
ccp.ance are only cloas to worse intonts aud are
wholly in,incere "cyery conscientious Pc son y"
Admits President White, OF Cornell University has
written letter 10 call public attention TO the TACT that
thc issue OF civil fcryice reform s. comparatively new
issue ou which Of our leading statesmen had had
,nncl 70 say when M Blaine in Congress. and Oh
which all OF Nh bldue's recent utteTances have been
notably the right side. ButI Is uane,ty unfair To
give Mr. Blame the benefit Of wnicn might avail
eff lp il al "a l. ne
friends to b. an at er and more ar-sceng man than any
of them; and We repeat moreover that his CIT pro
fcss rs are usncere We deprecato all discussions OF
Che civil Issue NJ this time. We urge all In
dependents abstain from them. Proper in themselves
they weaken the against Mr. Blaine and do harm
Nothing should be allowed 10 divert us from The main
issue IN tins tragical time, when the election 81 Mr.
Blaine woud have the inevitable effect to use tie eau
tious aud restrained expression OF NJ Schurz Or SINK
ing the Government for generations 10 come, perhaps
forever into depth Of decentralization and corruption
such a. We dreamed OF before We view the
detection % President Whtefor In view Of what we had
arght TO expect from him. we mus5 call 1t drfection-
with sorrow and alarm and these are the greater az
there Is reason that his case is representative
one and that the crude political morality which be ex-
presses rapidly spreading among leading educators
We sincerely urge all Independents in college and uni
verst, towns to discourage all general discussions Let
resist all multiplication or expansion Of issues ana
confue ourselves strictly to what can be made to tell
against Nj. Blaine.
PROPER WAY TO APPROACH THE MORAL QUESTION
So much it sssry say in general upon the
real issue Of the campaign. We shall not now be mis-
understood we say that declaration that tho
paramount issue Of the campaign Is moral was In no
wise intended an invitation 70 comparison W oand-
date or the Presidency general moral grounds but
simply expression Of our conviction that opposition
10 SIR. Blaine could be carried successfully by
attacking his moral character than by attacking his
political principles. II be said that the general char
acer Of the Address does At frat sight 10 lend
itself THIS construction, We reply wo have done
that all must construed In the sht OF specific pur