New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-03
LLGuI DIR uHnNG.

There is one standard by which al pro-
LESSONS of moral worth must bc tested. "LoNc
lhy nci.hhoI as myself :" DO unto others as }c
would that they should do unto you "; thoa" are
expressions of a duty as sacred in political as in
any other relations. lie who refuses 20 regard
that rule. though hc make many professions OF
exalted purity or of sincere patriotism, Is noih-
ing but a whitcd sepulchre.
Would ex-governor Hendricks Ike 10 have
Republican falsely accuse him of participation
in shameful frauds. and, being confronted with
evidence of his error, persist in repeating the
foul accusation? Ii not, what right has he to
consider himself an upright and moral man
until he has made amends 10 Secretary Chandler
rs publicly Il, he accused that gentleman
What night have various journals to claim that
they are representatives of morality and de
ccncy. if they persist in repeating rs established
facts ancient SANDERS which were long ago met,
and. in the estimation of millions Of intelligent
and honest iizcnS completely Iciutcd!
Let any supporter Of Governor Cleveland
apply the sane rule more broadly to the vital
issues of the campaign. How WOnld the best
or the worst OF t!cm feel if, in thirteen North
crn States, men Of their opinions were a~>ANSlh-
atcd or whipped, If organized clubs were armed
and drilled for the purpose OF shooting down
Democratic voters, if half the voters were by
such terrorism kept away from the polls, and
fraudulent ballots were put in OF counted for
them against their convictions II such means
had been successfully employed for years to Sc
cure 50 out of 400 electoral votes, and acouc-
spondiug proportion OF the men who make laws
for the whole country Would it seem to thcm
ANYTHING l.ss than the most hidcous crime ever
known if success, should by few votes else
where be secured to this great conspiracy
against free government How can men pro-
TESS to care for virtue, morality, deccncy or
GOOD government, who know these things rs
| Mr.. Curtis and his associates know them, and
vet cast their votes and their influence to re-
ward the assassins and to make the crime tr-
umphant?
Day after day the supporters OF Governor
/ Cleveland declare that they are only anxious
for the cause of reform" and they fill the AR
with their professions Of superior morality.
But what are they doing, meanwhile! They
are supDOrting a candidate who secured his
nomination by shielding from punishment two
corrupt officials, Thompson and Davidson, be-
cause they were at the head of the most cor
rupt rings in New-York. They are intrustmg
the management of the great cause of Re
form" to this same Hubert o. Thompson,
though they were but recently denouncmg
his corrupt conduct as "sccond only TO that OF
Tweed" They are relying for success in one or
two Northern States upon dishonest conceal
ment of the intcnts of their party on the tariff
question, and upon wholesale defamation OF MIR.
Blaine. They expect to get more than three
quarters of their electoral votes for " Cleveland
tand Good Government" from Southern States
in which fraud and systematic assassination
thwalt the will of the people and make elections
a farce. These are the men who profess to seek
Reform" and the methods upon which they
rely. Can upright and conscientious citizens be
willing to help themf