New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-22

medd, with public affairs. clergyman VINO eaNoS 'o
altar for tho the Bible for the newspaper uo
not show good taste and IA not savory creature we
commend to American clergy at this time the eoou
example OF Moses and the prophets and OF the old S
| tors among our own Puritan forcfathcr'
prosldcut seclyc Of Amherst College Is clergyman.
Thi. only can account for the GLOWING amazing letter
from him which has Just been made public and WINCH
we do not hesitate incorporate its very violence
can only damage Mr.. Blaine, who was ITS wdouoied
inspircr:
II the charges 70 which you refer arc trnc do not SEQ
how with any scli-respect can Voe tor l9U n m
prctensons to decency keep such man IN houl't
lion 10 Affirm that the. offences are NenIl because ny
argue Amt since they affect only the candidates private
life they no bar to his election to- hgh PUNE r
indicates | should say, a shocking ooo"uo"o'' VI
sentiment.
We sincerely dcprecate such publications as this VINO"
can only weaken the cause OF Mr. Cleveland In 'n''
allowing himself to become tool Of Mr.. Blaine PreS
dent Scelye has proved himself trokster looner "
nave has proved recreant to tho pledge by Y,tuo
of which alone ne was admitted To the Independent Con
yenton No man Of honor would have entered tue 'oh
ventou unless he had committed himself to unques'loh
ing oppo, tion to Mr. Blaine through all possible con-
| tinccnces The Pledge which we exacted was not IN
tended 70 he conditional but absolute and eternal oh
| a CLERGYMAN would have broken It. II Is whispered
however that President Seeye had double ground IL
IA whispered that he aspres again Tor Cohgres'lon".
honor; and IT with regard to this that he has degl
himself to pander 10 the crude ana vulgar Preluui'''
aeai,st irrr yuat connections and egmate fathers
which prevail among the erate people OF rnral MdsSA
chusctt, who constitute his constituency We leave MN
70 IN. sttnos OF his own conscience, which will yet
awake 10 the political disappointment which Is IN
evahle and the discovery OF mo esteem In when nc
is held by " all conscientious men,
THE WOMEN. TOO. SHALLOW AND RIDICULOUS As
USUAL.
Scarcely second to the clergy In tier virulence anu
| In,
tho country " no belong stl completely To tue IN
pract al and continental class. The American Peope
will no. fail to ami 20 remember that the most VIM
lent and m-cevou o. these women arc those wa" nave
hereto ore espoused the peSieIt woman rights uoc
rlues which are overrunnng the whole country Ike tue
lice and frogs in Egypt Mrs. Mary A. Lyerhore Is inc
cnef smokes Woman but 10 would he y great stake not
o rcoize y AZ there are multtudes behind her Women
i'm the best society openly DENYING the doctrine 80
clearly aud sharply urged by one OF Journals tha1
man may be .rivae teprouac aud yet be PARAGON o
pu5ic g cecnce" Mrs Livermore herself quoted thls
word only to displrare it, "soCal impurity she says
io.s the whole behg and uutonos ana lepraves the
Intellectual character And she asks aulaciously: In
the ,csoncc Of our young shall we silently assent to
th dehasei pubic sentiment which the pre- has re
! vealed to US Grr'l- the last few weeks =
III. clearly manifest that when one talks in this way
one has taken ,ave of that oOo prudence AM practical
ne. which alone have place in politics. and tx controlled
by preiu,c and passion. The chief lesson to be learned
berrf RE FROM such utterances rs those OF Mrs Liver
| more is that of to danger With wlleh the belu"le
would be threatened. il women should CSC be admitted
! 10 active political life II, IN our effort TO crush Mr
Blaine We also succeed ia arod-ug the pubic mind To
the real pcscuce OF tho doctrine Of" woman Tn poll
ties we shall render still another service TO our beloved
| country.
We wish quote word more from Mira Livermore.
She ,ays: LEI remember that there II no sex ~ CUNT
! Those vices which men condemn III women ana Tor
which they rclcglc them 10 obscury, aud subject It'm
/ 10 o,traci,m are not 10 100 ccndou'd by women en-
men are guilty Of them man whose private character
wonld exclude him from decent society should not be
stalled I'm tho white House" We quote thi- word he
cause u 4 ike tho word Of distinguished literary man
nt Rns'nn who had to express himself upon the
| prc.cut situation. which ia being much repeated ~
ask Mt one thing" nc SAID. and that is ths-ha'
Malta Ualpu boon received hack into the good society ~
BuruoI TASK bat suc thing, aui that ths-ii ehc "a
c,mpr cu' woman and leads to-day proper ufN, would
tho ,otars o Ro,tou women or mon clcct her TO the
school board et alone tho rr'.douN " We cannot re-
sst reference to words ira thcsc US another Indication
of the monStrou, confusion ~ ideas I'M which m'n ho-
cor iu~olvcl whom once stray ing from the single vG
pie priuoirlc defined by tho plcds"
aurcd ~ tho condition NJ membership IN our NATIONAL
Convention,
rnn HISTORICAL ARGUMENT AND rlk SILLY
MoRAGiSrs.
one point further aud only 0ur 10 Is n"ccSthJ Tor IA
i
of many great mrn In tho past have made CHARGES ot
var pa, lnmoraliuc- against them ia thor day Most OF
them have false % them nave been true We
urge an conscientious and hiEh-mlud"d men TO search
sedlousy through the scandals OF history II pcrchanco
they may ind hish precedent FOR The present offences
he Erening Posi- Ia also safe and noble model II
IL be urged that tus say OF the falls and vices Of
men must do damage to our youth the sufficient answer
! /. that this damage IL not comparable 70 tnat which
would be done hy the election OF Mr.. Blaine No damage
arabic to that; and since the election Of
M Blaine 20 he prevented only by the success OF Mt
! Ceyelan. any measure which mag promote that is de
fens,be AMI Is Imperative II It be urged that low
! standard % morals in public men In low past T. no
! ground for a low standard e;erna'ly. the sufficient
ans Weg that people had better not try to We wise be
yond what is written and that we are not yet angels but
men.
On tire other hand se are quito nscous that sent
mens opposed to position win be quoted against
from the great m0ralsts OF the past In general. W.
counsel careful avoidance Of all discussions involving
these loose moral eener.ities But particular attacks
may sometimes 10 wisely rcpeled in point f. the
passage from Robertson OF Brighton now being banded
| about in Republican newspapers
Moral decay In family is the inva-iahe prelude
! pubic corruption II is false distraction which
man WbBm YOU cannot admit into yonr family. whose
morals are corrupt cannot be pure statesmau. Wac
over Ell aides History will be prOfOI Convinced
nation stands or fas win the sanctity Of its domestic
ties. Rome fell not unt she Wa tainted al the heart
integrity In her senate then, aud not till tnen her
cath kuel riing
II will be observed in tho first place. that this IS I'm d
rect opposition to the dctum Of Tie BostDH Herad 1T
Is false distinction which make zen public
territy aud private honor" says Robertson But The
Heruld says; There is wide distinction between pr
waite character and public character" IN the presence
Of such variance who doubt which word he should
espouso Every conscientious man" knows that
The HrrGd speaks with all the knowledge which Robert
son could had and with the accumulated education
OF many subsequent ddacto and eloquent years. knows
moreover that II The Herad Robertson
was speaking with definite reference to tho efficiency
] ~ this hour.
This passage from Robertson is used by Tie Boston