New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-09
ORR FRIENDS. THE ENEMY.

Vet no one who makes preiension TO RELIGION and
morality coal for moment thnk OF aiding the election
| oi Binne-. Ntw-loik World
! II Inc Uord ha, the considerable circulation
| which with much high fal,etto boastnG 1t claims
to have. them in the worls of Wendell Phillips.
it ought to feel that it can afford to keep a con-
| science" But such naerantly false assertions rs
| the above with which lis editorial page Ovcrruns.
! in these DAYS demonstrate that conscience /, not
| included among IT. as,cts. Truly strong and pros
porous ewspapcrs Ike fHE TRIBUNE do not find
their account in bearing false witness AGAINST their
| ueIghbors The despair of a Journal that merely
manages to maintain "a prccarious and hopeless eS-
isicnce sometimes produces a curvature OF the
oral spine Norai-If he UorId does not desire 10
have the public believe that it is Earning it like
sixty in regard to it, circulation. it would do well
forthwith to take the pledge Of total abstinence
from what is popularity known as " the campaign
lie"
man who j.. NOT ashamed OF his own nfauics has
Immense advantage over Others -. Memphis Appeal
That seems To be Clevcland's sole advantage. Ii
in anything else he has the better of anybody 1t
has not been discovered.
our reader. will find in our columns this morning
fac sitr r,uroductn of Nh Blaine, famous letter oI
December 80 d3 1880 H. face it relates o m IN
| nocrnt Transaction, which concerns no one h4, pr
bl"rR and white. over his own bold -enaurc. Is he
rricheron- and cowarily manner to" deh efa'e lie
The Times
The fac-simile proves the reverse in black and
white" # proves that Mr.. Blaine told the truth
when he wrote to llozcliiah Bundy on July %
lset that he was not aud never had been t4c
owner Of any coal IRON lands IN tho Hooking
Valley. nor OF any stock ia any coal, iron or lana
company ia OHIO. Mr.. Blaine IN inclosing the draft
wrote: Touching the interest have to ask that
tn ~, m
pa, n,nt TO hc postponed until some matters he
tween Mr. lee and my self dctnltc,y adjusted
What those matters" were Mr. Lee has fully ex-
plninod Mr. Blaine sent him thc money with the
distinct IN g standing that IT hc should elect a
the end of two ycar-. It -oull not be regarded ~
subscription but ~ loan He did so elect and re
ccivod collateral securities for the loan. Cons'-
uu,ntly he told the truth las July when ho said
that hc dill not own either land or stock. The fac.
einilc which me Iu,, and me UWH dlspl IS ~ u
proof of Mr. llainc's want of verlcv IN relhlv
confirm. hs abatement IN black and white These
desperate Journals would better stop trying to
provo their lie, by means of genuine ottoT that
trll the truth. let Thorn have rccourso at once to
another Mercy forgery. They Will come 10 Il before
the end of the week. Arc they not enlisted ~
Chairman Baiuums aides
me Ncc- Y@t lr,,h an Indcpcndcoi lo9rnal which
now rnSH;-I Louisville tourie'-JoafnM
When The Couri,r ,ioUHdi stoops to that kind of
abatement il il evidently in much trouble. Tho
journal ia question called Truth, apparently, he
cause that was the only thing it never printed, was
the interesting publication which put ont the Morcy
forged letter four years and we are not aware
that it has acquired either honesty or decency at
any time since.
share your conviction that the reform the admins
trat,ou of the Federal Government which is our great
nJ want aud i. indeed essential to the restoration
and prescryation OF the Government itself only he
achcv through the agency of the Democratic pary
and by Installing it, representative In the Chief Miglr-
tracy OF the United States The noble historical rdl-
tions of the Democratic party the principles IN which 1t
was educated and to which il has been In the main
faithful freed om from the corrupt influences which
grow up the prolonged possession of power and The
nnre OF The elements which constitute H. all contribute
To- onaiify it for that mission.-IMr ridcns letter
What are the noble historical traditions" of the
Democratic party' Is slavery one of them' Is
secession anothcr' Is apprehension thrdf Is
malignant opposition to reconstruction fourth
T. froud upon the ballot-box iifthP Is the Morey
forgery a SIXTH Obviously party that possesses
half a dozen such " traditions" feels justified III
holding that its mission" is to reform the Govern
ment And then Democracys I" freedom from the
corruption which grows up in the prolonged
possession of pc YER That must be regarded as
distinct allusion to the cipher dispatches.
So the methods of the Solid South their
nropress Northward have advanced far as Mary
land. A meeting at WolisvIlle, near Frederick,
WAS broken mp by a Democratic mob on Tuesday
night who assailcd the audience and speakers with
insults and threats. and then with stones and pistol
shots. on the same day in West Virginia ex-
Senator Caldwell, a Democrat who has determined
10 support Mr. Blaine was grossly insulted and
l.. a. Al. .l.i ,,.l. anil nj tnU