Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-10-29

We devote considerable space to-day
to the Chauncey NJ. Depew letter and
contra-statements it has drawn out. Mr..
Depew's letter, with the opinions Of pro.
minent men who were in active politics
during the Johnson Grant quarrel, has
been the al absorbing public topic for
the past few days, Whether Mr.. Depew's
recollection Of the dinner-table talk Is al
together correct is rather a difficult ques-
ton to decide, for the situation ut Wash
ington DIS described by Mr.. Depew Is
alternately confirmed and contradicted by
men equally reliable and equally well-in-
formed.
OHIO's MESSAGE TO THE SOUTH
THE admirable spirit displayed by the
Republican press since the Ohio election
took place ought not to escape the at.
tention Of the Southern people. During
the progress of the canvass in that State
it was asserted frequently that the Re.
publican speakers, and particularly Sena
tor Sherman, were %endeavoring to arouse
the old war feeling and to prolong the
bitterness once existing between the
Northern and Southern States. Had this
charge been true, the Republicans in
their hour Of triumph would be slow to
discard an issue which had brought vic.
tory TO their cause. But it was not true,
and the result of the election proved that
the people saw through the effort to
cloud their vision as to the real question
at stake.
AS interpreted by the unanimous voice
Of the Republican press, the real mean.
ing of the verdict in Ohio Is a demand
for honest elections everywhere. This
the Republicans in the State, Us the re-
suit shows, insist upon as unalterably as
Republicans elsewhere do. The large
plurality by which Judge Foraker wa,
chosen governor and a majority secured In
the State Legislature says as decidedly as
language can that there must be but ont
answer to the demand for pure ballot
box. 1t says, also, that other issues will
be set aside temporarily until clean cleo
lions have been obtained, But no al
tempt is made to torture the Republica,
victory into o verdict favorable TO O re
vival of bitterness towards the South as
section or to deprive 1t Of one Of its jus
rights. That this is the spirit ~actuatin
the Republican party at this time ough
to be convincing evidence that 1t harbol
no i'll feeling towards the Southern pc,
pie.
Another proof that this is the rigl
Interpretation of the Ohio verdict
shown by the hot indignation displaye
by the people at the evidences Of fraud
their own election. II added TO their r
sentiment. doubtless. that the same part
against which their verdict had bee
given for keeping the Sovth solid by
stuffed ballotbox had attempted TO G.
graft similar methods upon the suffral
in Ohio. The just wrath aroused by tn
outrage should aid In convincing Il
Southern people Of the stern determin
tion by which the Republican party
moved on this question. They shou
no longer permit false leaders and papc
to deludc them with the claim that Il
request for an honest ballot is an attcm
TO keep alive sectional feeling. II
moderation shown now. md the mingliI
of no harsh feeling with the steady d
mand for justice. ought to make \ pr
found impression upon every iDtellige
man in the South, and lead him to Q
anime the Republican position on III
question fully and impartially. -Pha
dslphid Press.