New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-22

| the worlds movement not It's thought. Our deeds
10 be found not upon reScoed walls or In ample
Libraries, but In the machine shop. where the spnnieS
sing and the looms thunder; the open plain, where
the steam plough, the reaper and The mower contend
with another In friendly war against the Cd
dulaces OF nature: in the magic OF electricity. as 1t
penetraes the darkest caverns with It's irresistible
power and light. Let consider ourselves and our
| conditions, far able. with candor
unnged by cynlcsm, and "a confidence having no air
OF assurance.
TIE TRUE AMERICAN POLITY.
A better opportunity could not pc desired for
study of our pecularities than is furnished by the
present moment.
We I'm the midst OF the qualrenriai period es-
tabished for the selection OF Chief Magistrate Each
citizen has his right OF choice each has his nsht 10
vote and TO have his vote freely cast and fairly counted
Wherever this right Is assaed Tor any cause. wrong
Is done and evil must follow, first to the whole country
which has interest in all its parts, but most t.
the community Immediately involved. which must
actually drink of the cup that has contained the poison
| and cannot escape It's Infection.
The abridgment Of the right OF suffrage, however,
Is very nearly proportloned to the ignorance or m
difference OF the parties concerned by IL, anu tee j.
good TO hope that with the expanding In
Iellgencc OF the masses and the growing enlsht"n-
mcn Of the times, this particular form Of corruption
in elections will be reduced below the dangcrlne
To that end, as 10 all other god ends, the moi
Grafton Of public sentiment must ever be our chief
reliance: for when men are forced by the general
desire for trdth. and the light which our modern
vehicles OF Information throw upon truth, TO discuss
public questions for truths sake, when II becomes
the plain interest o; public men. It Is their plain
duty, TO do this. and when above all friends and
ncighboIs cease to love another less because OF
individual differences OF opinion about public ahar',
the struggle for unfair advantage will be relegated
TO those who have either character "a lSe or none
10
1t Is admitted Oh al sides that the current Presi-
DENTAL campaign !, fre-r from excitement and tumult
than ever known before, and IT is a,gued from
this Circumstance that ore traversing the epoch
Of the commonplace II this be So THINK God for it!
We have had ull enough OK the dramatic and sensa-
tional and need n season Of mediocnty and repose.
But may We not ascribe the rational way In which
the people going about their business TO larger
knowledge and experience and iairer split than have
Parties are as essential free government
oxygen 10 the atmosphere. or sunshine to vegetation
10 the extent that It is lemperra by good SENSE and
good feeling by love Of country and Integrity 81 pur-
pose IL is supreme virtue. ana there should he no
gag shor, OF decent regard 10: the senbilities u
Others put upon Is freedom and plannrss OF utter
ance Otherwise the limpld pool OF democracy would
stagnate. and we should have a Republic only in
name. But we should never ce3s" 10 be admOnislled
against the cxSe,s Of party spirit reinforced they
by the eNperienc" Of century Of party warfar.
II warfare happily eliminating in the complete triumph
Of American principles. but brought many times diu-
gcrorSly near 10 the humiliation Of all that great
aud noble in the National iic.
LIFT rr YOUR HEARTS.
Sursam corda We have I'm our own time
tile Republic survive III rrppre>sble conflict, sown
In the blood and marrow of the social order. We
have seen IN. Federal Union. not too strongly put
together in the first place, out Of great war
OF sections stronger than when Il went into II. its
faith renewed. its credit rehablItated, and It's flag
salnted with love and homage by sixty millions OF
God fearing men und wom-n thoroughly reconcled
and homogeneous. We have se,n the Federal Con
stutlon outlast the strain. not merely of Il Recou
srctory ordeal and Presidential Impeachment, but
disputed count Of the Electoral vote. u Congressional
deadlock, and an extra constitutional tribunal, yet
standing firm against the assaults of It's enemies, while
yielding itself with admirable fexbillty TO the needs
OF the country and the ume And finally saw
the gigantic fabric Of the Federal Government trans
ferred from the hands that held II a quarter Of u
century other hands. without u protest although
close the poll In the Hnal count that single
blanket might have covered both for the
Chief Matasteral onlc. Win such record behind
III, who shall be AFRAID OF the future
lesson rom those Of us who lived through times that
did indeed try mems sous-when. pressed down
from day TO day by awful responsibilities and sus-
lensc each nighi brought tero with every thought
Of the morrow and Which, look where we would there
were light and hope nowhcre-tlat God reigns and
wills. and hat this fair land Is and has always been
In His own Keeping
The curse Of slavery is gone It Joint heritage
essentially bucollc. vision Of Xrade. the dream Of
!. no longer rope ~ sand. The exact relation OF
tie states 20 the Federal Government. left open to
double construction by the authors OF organic |
being. because they could not agree among them
selves and union was the paramount object. has been
clearly and definitely fixed by the three last amend
men TO the original chart. which constitute the real
treaty Of peare between the North and the south, and
seal our bonds rs Nation forever.
Tile Republic represents AT last The letter and
IN" spirit Of the NnblIm" Declaration. The fet-
aSnnder The rags that degraded her beauty are |
cast aside Like the enchanted princess in the legend
living light. she steps in the perfection of her ma
rty upon The scene Of this the latest and proudest
Of her victories, To bid welcome TO the world
THE MEANING or IT.
Need pursue the thence This vast as,emblage |
speaks with reSonance and meaning which words
can never reach. II speaks from the fields that are |
blessed by the ncvcrfailng waters Of the Kennebec
and from the farms that sprinkle the valley OF |
The Connecticut with mimic principaes potent |
and lasting than the real: II speaks I'm The whrr OF
the mills OF Pennsylvania and In The ring Of the |
wood cutters aX from the forests OF the lake PENN.
SuaS: speaks from the great plantations OF the |
south and West. teemIng with staples that insure us
wealth and power and stability yea from the mines |
and forests and quarrieS Of Michigan and Wisconsin, |
OF Alabama and Georgia. OF tennessee and Kentucky,
far away 10 the regions Of silver and gold. that have
linked the Colorado aud the Rio GITnde In close en-
Atlantic and The Pacific 1t speaks. In word from
the h"arthSonc in Iowa and Illinois. from the home
In Mississippi and Arkan>as from the hearts OF
seventy millions of fearless. free-b0n men ana
women and that one word Is " tniOn!"
There Is no geography In American manhood. There
are no sections to American fraternity. IL needs
but SIX weeks 10 change NermOnter into q Texan,
and there has been time when. upon the
battle field the frontier, Puritan and Cavalier
were not convertible terms. having In the beginning
n common origin. and dliiused and diluted
American soil as longer 10 possess local haba-
ton nativity, except In the National unit.
The who planted the signals OF American
upon that sacred Rock by Plymouth lay
were Engli>hmen. and the who struck
the cOnSt little lower down, calling their haven OF
rest after the great Republican commoner and found
ing by Hampton Roads race OF heroes and states
men, the mention Of whose names brings Y thrill 10
every heart The south claims Lincoln the immor-
tai for lis own: the North has right TO reject |
SOnewall Jackson the one typical Puritan soldier OF
the war. for it, own! Nor will II The time Is |
coming. Is almost here. when hanging above many
Il mantel-bOari in fair New MISUNDERSTANDING many
cottage In the >ouh-shall be seen bound to
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