English Or Arthur?

[Iii:hii:iiio1í8 Se tinel. Jnl 23.1 The politica] professions and promisea of candidates for otBoe amount to little, an 1 it is far hetter to judge them by thoir GOBduct wbfii they liave been iiitrus ed with political power. Were they boaeat and faithful to the trust conflned to them? Let us for a moment apply this test to Arthur and English, the candidates for the Vioe-Presidency. Mr. Arthur was intrusted with the collecten of the United States revenue at the city of New Vork. Was he faithfnl tu iirit trust? This question haa been answered in theiiegative by the highest Hepublican testimony in the land, and it is too clear and emphatic to be called in qnestion or explained away. Here is whit Hrvps and JohnSherman said of tlrs snme man Arthur not long since. It is Repnblican testimony and should not be questioned by Iiepublicans: " With a deep sense of my oblirations under the UonstitUtion 1 regard it as my plain duty to suspend yon in order that the office rnay be hönestly administered."- R. H. Ilayes to Collector Arthur, Jamiary 8L, 1879. " Gross abusen ofadniinistration have continued and ii.creased during your incumbericy." - Sliertnan to Collector Artlmr, January 81, 1879. "Persons have been regniarly pail by you who have rendered little or no service; the expenses of your office have increased, while its receipt have diminished. Kribes, or gratuities in the shaps of bribes. have been received by your subordinates in several branches of the Custom-House, and you have in no case supported the effort to correct tliese abuses.'' - Secretary Sherinán to Collector Arthur, January 31, 1879. Now we have seon wliat Secretary Sherman and President Eayea s;iid of Mr. Arlhur, let us see whflt was said of Mr.Enelish wben he was intrusted vvitli politica] power. President B ichanan wrote to Mr. Knglish as follows: '" It was your fa te to end ii. dangerous agitation, to eoiifer lasting benefit s upon your country, and to make your chara'eter historica!. I sliall remain always your Wend. If I 1""' n thorxjTv' votos yon should have them all with a hearty good will." And nqw let us see" what his constituents said when he retired from office. The conveution which noniinaied his outocsour uuúutod uinininiously tlie following resolution: " Eemived, That In selecting a candidate to represent tlris district in the Thirty-seventh Congress, we deem it a proper occasion to express the respect and esteem we entertain forour present member, Mr. W. II. English, and our confidence in hira as a public offlcer. In his retirement, in accordance with his well-known wishes, from the position of Representativo, which hehas so long filled with credit to himself and benefit to the country, we heartily greet him with the pbuidit, 'Well done thou good and faitliful servant." Again: Mr. English was for flfteen years intrusted with the management of que of the most important rinancial institutions in the West. from which he voluntarily retired with the thanks of the directora and stoekholders. "For the very great. tinancial ability, constant watchfulncssand perfect fidelity with which hu lias managed it from its organization to the present time." And this resolution was offered by Colonel John C. New, now the Chairraan of the Indiana Kepublican Central Committee. Here, then, is the whole case in a nutshell: English was faitliful to the public trusts committed to him, and voluntarily retired with the praise of his administration and the unanimous plaudits of his constituents, "well done, tliou goodand íaithful servant,"whereas Arthtir proved recreant to nis trust, and was kicked out of his office in disfrace, "in order," as President Hayes and Secretar? Sherman said, "that the office might be honestly administered." These are not partran statements, but plain unvarnished facts which thinking people will not fail to consider in making up a judgment as to which of these two men it would be safe to intrust with public office.