The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-11-30

Democratic Issues and Organization.
The New York Evening Post of Tuesday publishes,
Il. Isading editorial, long and well written communlca
on maintaining that the mission Of the democratic party
a. organzed in the time of General Jackson, is ended
that It's issues are obsolete, because establshed that
ia organization is no longer adapted to carry them into
.asc, and tina, new organization adapted to the old
,;u.ples and the forms OF issue of the party is i'm
sratiyely demanded must come, and must evenu-
ally triumph.
How are the old democratic issues obsolete! Is the
democratic finance systematic constitutional treasury
ont of dangeri Is there battle TO be fought TO main
,,, # ON the statute book Is not its repeal loudly
and oueny threatened Is the tariff of 1916 under
STOOD upon any reliable authority, to be acceptable TO
General Taylor' Is not loudly denounced by all the
statesmen without exception who prominently named
a. likely to compose his cabne' Is not the cry OF repeal
raised against it, because tariff for revenue and not
prmarily for projections And is the democratic party
willing now to see high protective tariff adoped' Are
wings and democrats agreed upon question of internal
improvements of the veto power, and the distribution of
the proceeds of the public lands' II not, what does the
Post mean by asserting that the mission of the democratic
par,y ended Its mission is to maintain against vo
lent and triumphant opposition, the which it has
Ell This mission is not ended On the contrary, Just
begun.
And how is the present organization of the demo-
cratic party i'll adapted TO this its ssion of maintaining
its old principles and issues True, defeated
But so we were in 1910. Yet we do not remember that
in that day anything said against the preservation of
our organizations or thatwe exborted by journals
claiming to be democratic dsband for the sake of first
falling ntodsorder. and then rayng again. To be sure,
we had in that day youthful asprant with one political
idea (and that sectional one) and great many ambi
tous hopes which organization alone seemed com
peent realize, for the plain reason that the old organ
cation had been by him shamefuly betrayed. In
1910 we had independent treasury and compro-
mise tariff. Yet not then proclaimed that our
obsolete because established or that the best
way to support them for the future to throw down
our arms and cry "Sauve qui peut'' Why should the
country be ready for any such doctrine now We are at
this moment stronger in votes both electoral and popular
than we were in 1910; and our opponents-the ultra
whgs-are weaker. We have work enough TO do in
Congress and out of Congress Why should disband,
instead of keeping together and doing it, The Post
seems to forget that the State of New York is in large
responsible for the present issues, organization,
and usages OF the democratic party The democratic doc
nes of to-day in 1910 and 1914 adopted by the de-
mocracy of the country upon New York showing, and
under New York lead. A portion Of the party in New
York has set the example OF repudarng them. But
there not much in the present political predcament of
that State to make the OF the country very emulous
Of her example
Asapar of the present democratic organization, ma
tona conventions in for good share of the Posts
viii that journal point out to any substitute
for them which is better, safer, more in harmony
with democratic principles Is it congressional caucus'
Is succession of State nominations bringing half
dozen candidates into the field, and of
sending the election to the House We apprehend that
neither of these substitutes will meet the Posts approba-
,on We know of other acceptable alternative,
unless the party should go into its organization upon
the plan of concentrating itself by acclamation upon the
favorte candidate OF the Post for 1852 which will not
be likely 10 happen, till many old issues and usages
forgotten and able to obtain at least
electoral vote Before national conventions aban
doned incompetent TO maintain the ascendency OF dem
ocac principles, let them first be abded By by democrats
in good faith If they fail then, it will be time enough to
talk ola substitute. Treachey large scale is more
than any organization can stand.
The Post admits that the principles OF the democratic
party are as living and sacred now as they ever were
and that General Tayors administration is ruined from
the START if opposes them Yet the Post certainly does
not expect General Taylor to carry them out, if may
judge from its comments on his election. Then, why
should democrats give up their organizaton With sound
principles, and national organization resting them
what better attitude for battle can we take?
The Posts reply infer from its article would be-
that the democracy organize mainly upon the sin
gle issue OF free soil But the whgs as party, are Or
gaazed on that issue nowat least in very large and
active majority of their party. Besides this, that issue
has no pemanency in it. 1t will doubtless pass away
with the next Congress, If not with the present 1t is
plainly, therefore, ground for party or
ganzalion, of sectional character. To talk
OF as basis of national democratic organization,
now or ever, is ridiculous. Well that it is SO
Tor II such an organization of the democratic party
were possible ii would not only sacrifice all the pol
ICY which we have baed for during the presen,
generation, but 1t would rive the Union asunder Ii
would open upon all that " Had of woes" which the
prophetic eye of the Father of his Country saw in
geographical division of paresthe array of one section
against another Instead of working under the consttu-
hon, TO form more perfect Union," such an organiza
ton would that sacred charter itself into an engine
oil oppression to one section an instrument of political
torture to the other, and fell machinery of dscord and
quarrel 10 both
We conclude, them that the Post has by no means
made out its case Far from showing any good reason
why the democratic partv should disband i; has o,l