New-York tribune., 1884-11-02
ron MORITTTY ONLY.

fLo ,;no has come for the scandal mongcrs TO
take an account of stock of their moral issues.
when Mr.. Blaine was nominated thcy hDan-
Jo,ed ,hc old stand and went into business Tor
morality onlv. They clamorously insisted that
evervtbinp else must be put aside. The tarih
,ho industrial DEVELOPMENT of the country,
a,,,,,,,,o,c;o, c,tenson the protection OF Ameri-
oo,, o;,,1onsbiu abroad. the civil rights OF South
etn Republicans, Civil Service Reform, thc Mor-
mon question, the purity ot the pa,iot-'hcso
vrrn not issues which they were Wiling w uis-
c,ss al, 10 not political question" they
shtletei II concert. standing on tiptoe anu put
,iuc tbpit tongues IN Their clieeks. "h -
wN,oi ssue. lniy nominate Gfbvet Clete'anu
avd ,ba eausppnee ~ the country VIII elect
hlw" ..,.,
That was lhe SCANDAL m0hests sb'e eati'a'
aut ,het have hgnn lialnt uihh " Nv WV
meuths iiaw iaps ,he attnNii' heM s'an"
Their oapjiai Is exhausted, lheN NV" hNi"
Issues have fallon tat There 10 no ma'hh' 'ol
thom And select asso'tNeNt ~ "'''''
issuos far which they did not bargain mas
boeu thrust upon them by lhoil own assoo'
ates-thoir own candidate anh iholr own oe-
fcnccs of him. Their trading booths are les
tooned with these moral issues Just as ~
Chrstmastime the butcher shops III the bowo'y
oro ornamentod with hghly-spicod sansagcs
hanging from pink ribbons. Their business has
bccn ruined by ovcr-production oi moran iSsu''
of which they had no means of disposing' Iho
campaign is now ending aud the moral ISSUES
are upon their hands-tainted meat which Turns
,ho;r own stomachs when they attempt To
swallow il themselves.
Tho olcction of Grover Cleveland moral
issuo7 The conscience and common-scnsc oil
tho American pcoplc revolt against the idea.
M sooner WAS he nominatcd'than the clergy oi
Buffalo warned the religious press that 1t could
not and must not support him. Tho warning
has been needed and there is scarcely rcliS-
ions newspaper in the country to-day that darcs
10 urge its readers to vote Tor nm IRON,
thousand pulpits in the land rises the cry, " uh-
clean! Unclcanw Tho metropolitan clergy
assembling in great force to honor the Rcpubl-
can leader, have solcmnly protested against
the coronation of conceded personal lmpurity
rs represented by the head of the Democratic
tickctr They have denounced the nomination
Of this vmoral issue" candidate as an insult TO
Christian civilization"
The sentiment not only of the churches. but
of n home loving people as well, sanctions that
positive declaration. Almost for the ilrst tiihe
since the civil war, the chastc womanhood OF
America is deeply moved with Indignation.
The great gathering of women in Brooklyn
gave expression to that feeling. with them
aethcs,' rs DR.. Storrs has remarked, must
surely take precedence of politics" With them
in very truth it is not question of politics, but
n moral issue The election of n tainted candl-
date. as Mr.. Cleveland is admitted to be by his
defenders would involve in their sober Judg-
ment the degradation of American family life.
1t would SNAKE the Nation at large, if not the
"positive patron of lewdness, at least the care
"ess apologist for it,"
And what have the scandal mongers to say
about these moral ssucs9 Let one of their
leading organs. The Ncw- York Ercning POST
sneak for them: Chastity is great virtue,
bnt every man knows in his heart that 1t is not
the greatest of virtues, that offences against
ait have often been consistent with the pos
session of ALL the qualities which ennoblc
@hnman nature and dignity human life and
make human progress possible" And what
does their chaplain GIcnry Ward Bccchcr) add
by wav of bcncdiction If every man in
New York who has broken the Seventh Com
Gmandmcnt would vote for Mr.. Cleveland, we
would elect him by 2OoOOo majority" And
this ia the end of the campaign for morality
ouy."