New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-13
&c TATTOO THE SC4YDAEMONGERI"

abstract ora Sermon delgered n Trinity n C9grc' Port
dence r. L. on June 8. by The Rev. j. Benson Ham"toa
Dofor,ation of character is popular political
method Arguments give way TO invectives; discus
sion of principles is superseded by vuperaton Of can
didates. An illustrated journal OF unSavoIy NY
has enriched itself and amused its vicious readers o
piorng upon its pictorial page an eminent Gllleh rs
the tatfooed curiosity of dime museum. us teloo
marks are the unprOven and dlspr0Veh GOSSIP VI nc
gntter Instead of meeting meTited denuncatl0n rs
SANDER is quoted as the hit Of the campaign II VIII
doubtless he repeated "ad nauseam" until the bulletin
boards now occupied by Jumbo will flame with the pop
Mar caricature The sad believer IN human qepIaVy
finds his best arguments not in theological lore PUT
in the political caucus convention anu oanlPusn
We are apt to imagine because cannot escape the
vile caumnies of every recognized pohucal lcGoer'
that we are living in the last times all men are mars
or roscois We SIGH for the statesmen of the past,
whose love of country brilliant genius and mighty
achievements won for them the love ana approva OF
their fellowcitizens. glance backward teaches US q
lesson that VIII enable us to look upon the tat'ooeu
man with a smile Of satisfaction that II Is no worse
Tho calumnv received by the leaders OF - IS On,
feeble variooid compared 70 the plague endured by
One name is rcvered above every name in American
hstory Washington the IustElo9s genera enc Hai
hiss and escaped its fangs. BY no means no man
living or dead was ever more cruelty magned or more
outrageously DETAINED than he 1t Is not nara 10 oe-
ieve that he driven into private lie by inc nm
scrupulous abuse of hostile press All his mnedlale
successors Jared the same Jefferson G7Peoa;l4 NE
denounced for his personal vices a. well as his pupc
corruption Andrew Jackson, the hero OF orleans
to many an ideal statesman even today was accused
of nearly every vice or crime in the catalogue OF wicked
ness General Harrison scurrilously assalSd a.
" Grandma Harrison, a gossippng Ola IauJ anu I'M
becile" From Washington to Buchanan no Ieader
escaDed | needsnOt say anything about buchanan;
Many who hear remember how be was asSalcd anu
nerbpps Joined III the assault laboTlOus effort Is now
heinz made 10 rescue his memory from contempt by
proving him to BE neither sniyelng hypocrte' nor
coUardIv knave. One name has power TO hush 10
silence or fire with enthusiasm any American assem-
blage and yet Abraham Lincoln was IN vac 80 q y
INN.
tvrant When Horace Greeley, man OF pure ne anu
,lorious record Dlantivcly asked frlend Am run
Iinr for the White House or the Penitentary II vas
Tho tbrob of a broken heart He died al the hand OF
the assassin as did his friend Lincoln W neh u:lr-
fields name was written upon bulletin ooaTo III q.
In Maine gentleman said " am sorry my man uIu
:, ~ got the FnomiuatiOn but have candidate VINO
cannot be assailed" With the ann0incemclil % Inc
| nomination went ont charges OF viuMhy Wnlcl' u
rroven. showed him to be one whom no honest man
could support. Had it not been for the scangs3i-
| monper We would not have had the ASSASSIN. me
charges of dishonor and corruption uttered Dy eehu,
Dnn Ioa5e nosshle the crime Of Guitcau Sumner and
| Phillips two of New-England's most brlihant ana
worthy sons drank to the dregs the cup oil Gontne
and indecent assault When the form OF eaSh Iay ~
In death the Nation sought 70 wash out with tears te
! tattoo marks of the vile slandercrs;
The duty of the hour is to demand that somewhere
Z, American political life n place shall he found or
made for deccncv and dec0rum. The Church OF Chlsl
is charged with dying from sottenng OF the bran anu
a hardening of the heart. Have we not rlght 10 ue
nand that IF political campaign warrants the average
| gentleman in becoming foul m0uthed OiacAguhi IL
that dscipleshp to Jesus Chilst 10 say INC nes :,
| shall involve courtesy and good breeding Nothing
can he said more the injury of Christianity IMAM tha
ire adberents are interruptions scandal mongers con
cernng their rivals In tho interest of public virtue
let us demand that the requirements ana coutesles u
decent society shall not be waived or ignored Oy pro
fessed christian gentlemen in political campaign Let
| the principles involved aud the claims OF the cand
dates be discussed dispassonately let defamation o.
character and rufianly backguardsm he rowned upon
bv the better element of our voters, and political
methods would be rev0lutiOniZed. We will then see
nr hest citizens engage in politics uuterrihed by the
n,ud-snger; the masn of corruption which fills the
| air will be banished and we will enjoy the pure
;mnossiblel Apply the principles of the Gospel q
notca life as we do to home and business life and the
| innossjble Is achieved. God forbds denOunces anC
nunsbes SANDER as any other gross sin. Tattoo the
| afcandal-monger: write upon his name and brow
slanderer" that all may know him, distrust and de
| spise him.