New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-22
INTERNAL MISCHIEF.

The wickedness of this Bryarite campaign oil
lies and forgeries would be sufficiently damhlhs
If il were 10 be confined to the campaign ana 10
end with Election Day. 1t Is an infamous tning
10 utter falsehoods for the sake OF misleading
men and inducing them 10 vote Otherwise IMAM
as they would If they heard only the truth. Yet
this is what Mr.. Bryan aud his managers are
endeavorlng 10 do They began with wantoh
and malicious forgery on the editorial page OF
Mr.. Bryans own paper under his name rs
Editor-a forgery which has been repeatedly cx-
nosed. but never yet so far as can he ascer-
tanned. retracted They went on to attribute
false provisions to the Constitution. 10 garblc
and distOrt a letter Of Prince Bsmarcks, 10 in
vent n spurious speech and credit 1t TO Lincoln,
TO falsify and lie about a Tribune editorial, and
to do nnumerabe other jobs Of the same kind.
Their latest such performance unhapplly, it Is
to be feared, not their LASTS the publication
Of what purports to be a circular letter sent out
by the secretary Of bankers association.
couched in Infamous language OF which it is
to be said that no such letter was ever written
and no such secretary Of such an association
ever existed
We are told that Mr. Bryan, Mr.. ST. John and
other managers Of the POpocratic campaign are
PERSONALLY uollcsl anu IlohoiapAS hOA' - ~ b"'
slble that they deem this honest and honorable
political warfare? Or If, in their fanatic zeal
for Mr.. Bryans election, they reckon that the
end justifles the means, are they so blinded a.
not to see that the evil effects of such means will
not cease with the immediate end vt which they
aim? They are teaching men lies for a tempo
rary purpose, but the lies will remain perna-
nenty IN those mems minds. 1t IS no light
Eal fhof whit il n N
true, and not only untrue, but mschlevous TO
the peace and security OF the Nation. II is a
serious thing to persuade men that the Conslitu-
ton declares something It does not declare. that
Lincoln said something he did not say, that n
large proportion of their fellow men are hostile
10 them when they are not hostile TO them. II
would be a hideo1s thing TO rolluie the water
supply or poison the food OF a great city. But
what IS 1t to pollute the minds and poison rhc
understanding OF half the Nation:
That and nothing less, Is what Mr.. Bryan
and his coparceners are seeking 10 do. They
are flooding the land with written and spoken
lies OF the most dangerous description, with
plausible and Ingenious indictments 10 theft ana
violence and insurrec,lon They are apparently
placing upon such means their sole reliance for
success in the coming election. In that they VIII
fail--tremendousy fail. But success could not
and failure will not in the least palllate the
in.quity OK their conduct. Nor Will their failure
undo the evil work they DOW doing upon the
minds Of their victims Men made dslOyal 10
the Fatherland, brother made 10 hate brother.
classes melted 10 wage war against classes. clt.-
zens made regardless OF executive authority and
contemptuous Of courts OF justice. not only for
this campaign but for unnunbered years 10
come, and all with no reason but wanton calum-
MES and forgeries and falsehoods-these viii be
the inevitable harvest OF the seed thcse honest
and honorable men are sowing