New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-04

ingly engaged in mindinR his own ousiness-
and lucrative business Mt that. From this
business he refused TO turn or To he turned.
The papers whispered his name, the primaries
bnzzed II, the State Conventions called 1t, tho
National Convention roared IL, and he would
not lift his head lie wrote no letter, he spoke
no word, he sought no vote, he made no
promise, he held 20 patronage All the patron
age was actively against him, has always been
against him under all Administrations. To tho
whole power of the Presidency, TO tho whole
vigorous antagonism Of place and pelf. to tho
shafts of malice winged by sclf-intcrcst and
vcnomcd by envy, he had absolutely nothing
to oppose but character. But 1t was character
which had been illustrated by twenty years OF
patriotic service in full view Of the people
They had good opportunity to know what he
had been, and what he had done. They heard
the SANDERS and discerned not only that they
were false, but that they were manufactured
for purpose, and that that purpose was to re-
tard the growth and development of the country
for the pecuniary profit of few capitalists.
They saw that wherever he touched the bust
ness of the county it was to increase it. They
saw that wherever he touched the Civil Service
of the country, it was clean. They saw that
wherever he touched the foreign relations OF
the country he commanded respect; and by an
unerring instinct, which thrills one with new
faith in the republic, the people went up to
Chicago and placed the sccptre OF leadership in
the strong hand they had chosen.
And now some Of the under-lieuteDants are
mutinying! The Christian Union does not be-
leve In Mr.. Bane's political methods" The
people do believe in them profoundly. They
are the very methods which the people have
been trying for years to establish, and which
The Christian Union has been protesting to adj
vocate. The people were sincere and adopted
these methods at the first chance. Was The
Christian Union insincere, using these methods
only for popular /" cry and rejecting them the
moment they were put In practical operation
Mr.. Blaines candidacy is Objectionable to Inc
Christian Union, because it " has been accom-
"paned by comprehensive and detailed sys-
stem of elcctioncering absolutely unprece-
denied in the political history of the country"
1t has been, and that is the very reason why
the country adopts it with unprecedented en-
thusiasm. Never before, we believe, IN our
political history, have the people burst into the
private library of a private citizen, and notonly
without his will, but, as his personal friends
know, against his wish, hidden him forth to the
first place in Nations power to bcstow, to the
highest service in Nations power to demand.
The Christian Union does not like it, 1t is the
very thing which The Christian Union has been
preaching for years, and now that it has come.
in full measure, pressed down. shaken together
and running over, The Christian Union does not
like it,
We like it, We look upon il rs the most
splendid sign ofa republics clear instinct and
right Judgment that tho world has seen for
years. We believe with The London Times
that this official recognition of the most prom
incnt and most respected citizen of the Rcpub-
lean party is the beginning of n new era To the
party and TO the country. II demonstrates
that though n few Dependent leaders were
thinking only of their own advancement and
their own notoricty in crying reform, the great
body of the people were sincere and earnest in
their declaration for administrative purity, for
freedom of popular elections, for fair full and
honest Expression of the popular will, unbought
by patronage, mtorrlcd by power, untemptcd
by lf-aRgmndi2cmcnt.