The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-13
THE VERGE OF REVOLUTION.
NEW YO2K'S CONDITION A FEW DAYS ACC.


(Fron, the New York Herald Of Sunday.)
This morning the Heraid's assurance TO the
people Of this nation that CAPS quiet along
Manhattan Island will carry tidings Of equal
significance to millions Of people interested to
know the outcome in the metropolis Of the
United States
But it hasn't been so long.
WHAT WAS NOT TOLD.
Tic Herald is newspaper, but it did not on
Thursday tell all II knew. The Herald goes
not alone 20 men upon the street and 70 women
and children in their homes. Its stories are
read not alone bv lawyers and bankers and
tiHkers and tailorS, but By ladies in their bou-
doirs and by others in their stores and shops,
by passengers in the railway trains and by
walters in the d pots. Had it told what II
knew It would have said: We are on the eve
of revolution; the official breast is disturbed;
anticipatonS OF something more than IDLE TAX
and gossip and biUster on the streets have
caused our officials TO lay in ammunlIon, 10
call out the police and put every man on duty:
either on the streets or in StatIonhou>e reserve!
Such ideas once started soon become pregnant,
and in their train come other ideas, mniHtudi-
uously professional and dangerous to degree.
Had the truth been told, not alone the tnous.
and roughs from Philadelphia and their Weil
termed friends" from other cities, not alone
the gambling fraternity from Boston and the
bulies, who, strange TO say, make their nests
along the rock bound shores of the HUDSON,
but The rif:ratf from jersey City and Brooklyn,
the ruffians from Staten Island-abso'utcy ana
literally the horde; cf them who IiTe By tEeir
baScr wits, would have come tumDhng peil-
nell into :hc pcaceaDle streets OF Ne" 1ofk,
where, mingiing with the crowds already eN-
cited and gathered in significant places, they
won!d have aided fuel to the pyre and fur,
ni,hed the blazing torch besides. That would
have meant something beside" Hurrah, boys!
The cries would not have been Regards TO
Mrs Fsherr or ''BIaine! Blaine! the thief
from Mainew But, "Whete is the house Of
this rich man?" Where the bank! Where
The well stored magazine? Where the ware
house filled with pundcr? The torch and axe
and Jimmy" would have taken the place OF
The waving hats and shaking canss.
Could this story have been told!
Not precisely.
But it was true, all the same.
1t was, indeed. And nobody knew it better
than the Governor Of the State, and the mayor
of the city, and The board of police, and the
United States marshal, and the chief supervisor
Of elections, and the men whose hands are
upon the helm Of affairs deciding which way
the craft Shon!d steer toward an honest deter
imitation of the votes of the people, or dis
honest twist Of what would then be farce
our popular election.
The wisdom Of the Herald's course is uni
vcrSally conceded. Enough was told to show
to the people who control those thlnSS-ior
strange as il may seem these things are con-
rrolied-that the danger they were threatning!y
welding over this metropolis was fully under
stood anl ohc01Dtnlv a 1nurnrotnl Max more.
;hat had it come the responsibility would have
been laid 1T the feet and placed upon the heads
Of those who had it in their power to control
il in the first instance.
THE RESPONSIBLE PERSONS.
That they had it in their power 10 control it
was from the outset proved first, by the
changed tone of certain bulletins; second, by
the extraordinary agility with which the ma
.jorities were sprung from the columns where
they didn't belong to the places where they
ought to go; third, by thar extraordinary tclc-
gram from Mr Jay Gould 10 Governor Grover
Cleveland, lmpudently congratulaiinS him
that the people Of the State which had once
Before honorcd him had again done their part
~ swell the patriotic tide that hoated him to
the very pinnacle of American ambition
The majesty of tie people was never more
thoroughly exploited than bv the changed tone
Oh certain WOnOpOnSl spSCu!SlOIS I!.O oioSh
jobberS and their organs on Friday morning.
Yes; even further back than Friday morning.
On Thursday night .hcv began 10 realize ihc
tremendous proportions OF the popular indis-
nation. Il ran riot in every vein. Ii stirred
the inmos; cookie Of every citizen heart; Re
publican and Democrat alike, if honest, shared
this Indignation. No one prc!cndS that ln!eS-
rity, honor, decent sentiment resides in The
breasts of Cleveland men alone Such as
sumptions would bc insane. Good, true men
exist in every party Coed men yo:ed for ST
John and for Bniler ani for Blaine as we'll as
for Cleveland. Naturally enough every man
desired the success Of the Candidate whom he
hal supported. Naturally enough they hoped
even against hope, and thousands Of them
hung on the tail of fur!orn hope long after
The animal had jumped the fence Of doubt.
Bn; the conscience OF the people was aroused,
and large numbers, not alone those WHO
favored the success Of Cleveland and Hen
dricks-tbc vast majoriW-said Here, this
thing has gone far enough! No 1876 in ours
Grover Cleveland has been elected. 10 him
shall the certificate be issued, and # the thirty
six votes Of New York caps the climax CT tho
already towering column, SO thai victory shall
perch upon that banner, in the name OF al
thai is lust and honorable le, thai be the ver
ilicr and let the country return again 10 il
normal base Of trade, industry and prosperity
TURN OF THE TIDE.
Well, without making an unnecessarily long
stow OF it-for dealing with generaileS Is the
best course even now-the end came.
D:d physical fear have anything 10 10 with
it?
Physical fear had great deal 70 Go with it
Physical fear does not ALWAYS mean the dreaC
of smashed head, broken noe, b:ackieye
or well thrashed anatomy alone. Sometime:
ion, hur ni1.r hnIiSINs
piagcd stores, bioodShcd in the streets, ter
ror in homes, broken and disturbed relation:
in every sphere OF life, the suppression OF rht
legitimate etb and flow Of trade. All those
fearful scenes which these OF the Herald reader:
wlIo cir ~ back to 1863 will quickly and yiy
idly ic,.~ii. Yes. indeed, physical fear iIat
much % do with it, and we'll it might, for there
is no 4, uot that tho public mind had made il:
conc!u>i.n !bSt in tho hnuG of jay Gou: iay
the secret OF the withheld re- URN. he hoic ed
incomplete, unsati factory comclu~ious, and tol
purpose.
was that he mighf have time in which /" con
COG, stock joboing schemes taYorshle TO him
self and of necessity disastrous 10 the common
veal so long Is he continued his proJecl:
:.i,hout interfering with the masses OF his fet
low.ci;izenS hey were con.ent 10 be equet. Sc
long as he KEEP; in Wall street. dickering here
dealing :hele, bamboczling somewhere else
the rcopic thought, We'll, lis The pot paint
inr fh- Kettle black Why doesn't the kettle
lake turn at the pot But when climbing
the pole still higher, and reachlng out as nc
nonkev docs for chr>tnutS. Ill! his haad ii:er
ally rested upon the great treasure OF Ihe
American people, an honest vote, they rose in
their might and said. "He'e, this thing has
gone far eunugh! No mort! Stop it! Drop
IT, or we'r top and drop you
And they meant it, and hc and Dir. Blaine
his partner, knew lha, they meant il. Aad
they knew that he knew that they meant Il
when Gould sent tha, dispatch TO Grover
Cleveland.
4 reign Of terror was on the verge Of out.
break which might have been already checked,
overyowcred Bat it would have tlken the
combined force Of the pnice, the United
States Mar>!.al> and the militia and even then
the com non sense q: the people would have "a
come TO ,hc rescue.
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