Year: 1876

The HERALD to-day, as the organ Of inde-
pendent voters, approves of the movement
Of the solid men of the country in the Presi-
Dental campaign, the influence OF which
upon American politics it might be hard to
estimate A similar movement OF substan-
tial citizens, without reference to party,
took place in New York on the 3Oth OF jan
uary, 1854, when a meeting was held at the
Broadway Tabernacle under call headed
mo violation of plighted faith. No repeal
of the Missouri Compromise" The HERALD
said on the morning of that day:-"lhe
meeting that is to be held tonight at the
Tabernacle will be the first gun fred in the
new anti-slavery campaign. Its thunders
will be echoed over hill and plain through
out the North till the ominous sound rever-
berates from the virgin soil OF Wlscon-
sin to the sea-girt shore of Maine. 1t
was correct reading of the future;
for that assemblage, presided over by
bank president, Mr.. Shepherd Knapp. gave
the keynote to the country in the existing
crisis, and resulted in the dissolution OF
the whig party and the organization of the
republican party, to which history will
award the credit of the preservation of the
Union and the abolition of slavery.


Twenty-Five years have gone with their
eventful record, and again the solid and
independent citizens of New York rally
under the motto, mo violation of national
faith No increase Of debt and taxesw And
the significance Of this new movement
should be appreciated by the country as
showing that this class of voters no longer
intend to forget their rights, to neglect
their political duties, or to permit
the national faith and honor and interests
to be trifed with by professional politicians.
Two admirable suggestions were made by
President Woolsey at New Haven-one that
General Hayes, if elected, should appoint
only Southern men in the Southern States !;
another, that in the North, in regard to offices
not strictly political, there should be distri-
button among the fittest men, whether dem
ocratic or republican. Let us add third
suggestion. In this case the solid men Of
New York, convinced that the country is in
peril, call on Mr.. Evarts to address them. Let
the example stand in America for all future
time Let the working classes, from the
day laborer to the millionaire, think
little sor themselves, not trust too
much the astute gentlemen who run the
political machine for their own emolument,
and let labor and wealth in each new emer-
gency combine to call on culture for advice
as to the right guidance of the Republic.
There is yet room for fourth suggestion.
Should General Hayes be elected he will
know we'll that his election was due not to
the machine nor to any fondness of the peo-
pie for the existing administration, but to
such substantial and independent citizens rs
those whose telling words fall to-day on an
attentive country. Let all such men stand
by the President when he is right and fear
lessly call him to order when he is wrong;
and let them thus give him strength and free
him from the pressure of interested poll
ticians and from every attempt by the ma
chine managers to induce him to sacrifice
the interest of the country for the supposed
benefit of the party.