New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-05

Has ilIr country been sinking iu erli respect
rd losing IN dieuii9 for The past Tint, frais
The lltrurfuiir nuts mud us candidates strm
Nv ihint 81. $50 ufhrr candidate lui lhn 'irt
pt,siirut.. ~ illa Hhplr hisiW ~ ihr country
$40 E,t as wt tno#. t1s ttft d'mfaurI hims'l u
as So. ti,pdti.hs di 20 bis sprr.h ~ lnliHH
atais ou "Wednesday. n hns hrrn Thought
iufh,tin, tta q candidate fpi Chat hiAh ono
should have the srlt.irPrH ~ abstain li""
btgiup votes u.s. personal favor 10 himself.
s.. thr representative al National policies and
piucipl,s a candidate can win dignity ddfo-
cate those principles, and strongly urge citizens
10 uromutc the welfare of the country by caus-
ing those principle, to prevail ia the Govern
mcnt This General Logan is doing with
ability, and IN manner so elevated ana honor
able that he commands the respect of the
people. They feel that he is seeking, not prI-
waite gain or the qualification of n paltry per
sonal pride, but the welfare OF the Nation.
In painful contrast with this course Mr..
Hendricks goes about Indiana, hat in hand, aS
n bcgear. He 50 dcgradcs himself rs to ask
that Office be given as n personal Favor To nm
lust as a mendcmt might beg for cold victnaIs.
lie has so low an estimate of the people, that he
fancies they may be battered or whcedIed into
throwing him the second Office in their gift If
ne only bcgs abjcctly enough. That they know
anything of questions upon which the welfare
of the Nation depends does not occur TO Ar
Hendricks. In his estimation they are " the
mutabe rank-sccntcd many" whom Corio-
lanus addressed woollen yassas, things Gre
ated to buy and sell with groats;" and he
resolves, as the Roman did:
Pn ouutchaak Their loves.
Cog their hearts from m m. and come home beloTd
OF all The trades In Rome"
Soho says, in his indianapolis speech, 1" am
q candidate before you. and take off my hat
and asl, Of you, ladies and gentlemen, your
" support" Pah
81 pr'ythee now. my Il,
GO 10 them. with hIs bonnel I'm thy hand.
IN knee bu--iug the stones. Gor in such business
Action is elolreuce, and tie eyes Of tIe Ignorant
More lcar,,d tuau thei. ears"
When has the Yce-Prosidency been So dis
sought by any candidate1 when
has such contempt for the people been shown
by any 7 Mr.. Hendricks does indeed offer one
reason. and it il private and mean one
" Having been nominated" me- says, " slouH
" like to carry Indiana Exalted ambition
d" want them to say when thcy elect me this
" fall, that the act which excluded me from the
" olIicetO which Has elected before was an in
" famous ouipoe.' That the country wns
spared the hou.rs # civil strife ~ nothing fo
this greedy bcgku hc pretcnds that hc bad
title 10 ~ Office aud T. was u wrong IN him
that tho country did not glys him ha placcnn
snnry. The Indiana followers Of W., Schnrz
who proGlod by lhis iniunous ontlugo,' will
listen and admire And lhcp, ~ If hr
had not cnwlcd loW cnon ~. Mr.. llcndlirLs
~ blnrncy the lish NJ great length.
% The Ifishmnn Ba natural DcmOcrl,' he saya.
q his sympnthics are for popular government
q If had been IL KnoG-N O,ling would have
e felt % mean al the balance # my life that
" couldn't etnnd IT,
Thlry-two yonrs ago the American people
had sclf.rcspcct enough to turn with conicnpt
from General Scott, because bc stopped ~ far
M to talk about the " rich Irish broguo and tbo
sweet German accontn The people have not
been losing dignity or dcconcy all these years.
They arc not moro cnslly whocdlcd or cnlolrd
than lhoy were when they fairly laughed Scott
out of the canvass Yet ho never sank 80 low.
and never WIS capable Of crawling 80 mcnnly
m Mr.. Hendricks docs. Hat IN hand, the beg
gar asks for nlmsl