New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-08
OUR FRIENDS, THE ENEMY.

roform would have under n Democratic restoration.
How bis hearers must have laughed in their sleeves
"a they listened to him, remembering that this Is
the identical Mr.. Carl Schurz who only little While
ago publicly remarked But one thing IL certain,
that the Democratic party after its fashion, VIII
reform the Civil Service That II will certainly
do n will do n according TO an old Democratic
principlo-to the victor belong the spells. mat
principle IL of Democratic origin and tho Demo
cratic party has adhered to IL with fidelity worthy
Of the best oause.7 Suppose some bold bad man
had got no in tho Brooklyn meeting and begged
Ieayo 20 call tho attention Of tho audience TO this
last anoted nttsfanco ~ Mr.. Bchurs Tho eloquent
Carl would havo smiled q sort Of slchly smilo F."
aud remarked that owing 10 bad attack of bowed
down heart ho would cut short his remarks about
Ciyil Service reform.
one Tns pserafity 81 tho oampaign IN this State AMI
CITY IL that everything adverse to ia 0a lnh tuan,,
while great deal that Is hidden ana ms net yet p..n
revealed IL In our favor chairman Drnoefa'o VI
ooutiye Committee
So we must look out for another Morey forgery.
Many suspected as much when " Seven Mule" Bar
mum was selected to manage the cause of Purity
and Reform. Unwittingy, however, the chairman
admits that there is great deal "on the surface
that is adverse to the Democratic ticket. We
should say so.
consider the appearance or MT tsIl
~ the advocate Of Democratic canddate f9r president
we are amazed at immensely of his impndence-tlhe
New-York Sun.
Mr.. Schurz has taken his morals and his oratory
to a poor market when the leading Democratic
journal of the country snubs him for his impu-
dence.
Ifhc tho Rev. Mr. Bal has not been begging money
from ho;h par lea during tle past three years az an In
dependent" he ought to make II clear very promPY
and also publish any core pondence he has had Wit
c. We arc q III / Il
much OF the tine duo to is co crcGaion 10 Watching
the morals politicians The NewIork Evening Post.
The Post has made a closer study of tho Buffalo
scandals than we have, and has evolved some of
the most curious ethical distinctions ever contrib
uted to a wicked worlds working stock of morals.
We have had neither time nor taste for such dis
cussions and have been content TO take what Is
necessary to know about the scandals from Demo
cratic journals like AIr Purcelrs Rochester tRton,
Mr. John McLean's Cincinnati Enquirer, and Inc
Ereaing POST But fact has not escaped us:
namely. that the charges were not made by one
man in Buffalo. but by the clergy of all denomina-
tons. 1t is hardly worth while therefore, for the
Cleveland organs to single out the Rev. Mr. Ball,
as they are now doing and to subject him to mcrci-
less defamation. Let them direct their sneers and
rdcule against the clergy of Buffalo. Let them
make the bold charge that immortality is openly
! preached from every pulpit in that town. Let
o'''''N
every preacher there, of being an " Independent
like Mr.. Ball.
Tnat letter tof declin.ton by way, prepared
| many weeks fore brng nnally given to the public
M a. oGy "a lor Po eraS
This is an admission Of considerable interest 10
the friends of other Democratic candidates who
strongly suspected the conspiracy to force Cleve-
land upon the party as the choice and instrument
Of Mr. Tildcn but were not quito able 20 prove IT,
The circumstance that the letter of dcclinatlon
twas prepared many works. and known to Mr..
Tildcns ring supplies the needed link in tho chain
of evidence.
To-day n you 10 take the National platform Of
Tho Republican party ara io9l IT ~ Drn' ,a o,l
cratic party aud ROM It "a Republic ~ conycnio tax
q rat whore necessary and Vice vrai, you would not
shock any one feelings And So litc by IN T." admin
sra W methods and noncsty ia puli les have come ~
+ re- the American people the great qu"stons ~ III"
dn,. W. aud uosc weo act WIN ne believe lnal oI
cach bilo wc put into nc box e,ci ciI mn answ"r
To- inf, own conscience Horace T.. Demlng introducing
Cifl Schun In Brooklyn
You must tell tho truth during the canvass "a well
as vote on election day; and If you fail to do that,
Won must answer to tho remnant of your own con-
science Any man who publicly declares that there
ia no choice between the Republican and Demo-
cratic platforms and that either one could be read
IN the oppositc National Convention without shock
ing the feelings of the delegates not only nsnlts
the intelllgsnce of his audience but gives his con-
science "A hard squeeze. What. for example, would
hayc been the cloct II the tar plank OF the Re-
publican Convention had been read in the conycn-
ton which nominated Grover Clcyclandl Would
not tho free trade and revenue reform delegates,
who controlled the convention, have squirmed and
roarcd with rageY Or take ii the other way. sup
pose that the Committee on RESOLUTIONS had re-
portcd TO the Republican Convention the tari1
plank subsequently adopted by the Democratic
Convention. Has this budding free trade orator
the hardihoOd to assert that tho convention would
have accepted 1t as an uucquiYocal declaration in
favor of protection and the American system9
Asa striking illustration Of the unwillingues7. to which
we have OF en- referred or Mr.. Blaincs wspapr sup
uortes 10 their readers see the clargcS when are
neat, view hem may mention that the following
adv rtiscmcut serday refused inserti III IliE
TRIBUNE by order Of th3 edit0r.-.Ncw-lOr. Evening
Post.
As a striking illustration of the recklessness of
The POST and the general untrustworthiness of the
statements it makes under the pressure of its pres
cnt passion and rancor, the above 10 valuable. The
Editor of The TRIBUNE never even heard of the
advertisement alluded to; and lie hereby gives
notice that The EreRiag Post can have il printed in
our advertising columns by the day, week, month
or year just as long as it has money to pay for it
at our regular rates.
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