New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-14
SHALL THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DIE OR
fIVEf
ZION ana chLcago ~. 10. D.

From The Chicago Times. Nov. r.
Tho present is crisis in the Democratic party which has
no precedent in its history as It Is crs IN the progress
Of the country which also without precedent Never
before has the Democratic party encountered events 80
seriously affecting It's future vitality as nov w -
for it is numerically stronger than AZ has ever
been belore-but that having been beaten on q
10 be wholly nigh, and the opposition wholly
wrong and still believes must nevertheless ABANDON
that ssue-for the decision OF Il IS nna-and either s
down in helpless and decayiag inactivity, or stke boldly
out upou new line selected with peculiar rdcenoe not
TO things would have them but to things as thcy
actually are and in pursuing which Inc u ,ha cease 20
DO hold5ack conservative party and become wns
il was in its pamy DAYS progressive ana aggressive
party. These arc the alternatives.
In will NOT sit down IN helpless and decayng inactivity
What then shal the new line be- In The first place
must e no, cut loose from ne ddniHstrafi0H " AHdTtF
Joiuson and tare that hybrid coHcer" 10 fodt on te
sea Of pubis o0nfpf info wAc some tine s'Hos en-
fsT ana from rlief no p0er ran ~ Is not the
late defeat attributable more largely to THIS Admin,
istration than 10 all othor causes combined :
What is there IN its composition 20 command popu'
lar conddcnccl Who, belonging 20 ~, Is entitled by
reason Of his antecedeuts or OF bis craftsmanship 10
tho confidence or the respect OF ne Demo
cratic party Certainly is not Andrew johnson, nor
Vim, H. Seward nor Edwin NJ. Stanton. True, this Ad-
mnisati0n had night policy, and tho Democratic Party
in overlooking the chief comprising a. and thinking
only Of tho ehlfaness Of the policy, displayed patriot
ism whose purity never eNcclcd but The policy haF
ing fodaud having failed, too. through the iee1enes
Gud folly and oienscs AGAINST pubic ppffc u tue Au-
mnisrauoE-Vly sh0Bd not tAc DrH0craf,s party abaf-
don me dead body longer adAeregoe 70 rAiei " death alec
10 ifsei(i -
what ncxt1 Can the Democratic party succeed until
the Negro question shall De gotten out ~ the way II
cannot. What next H. not Negro surr0gc tHrraabc
and - not a. qaicse'f ray 10 81 ne Neg'o gsri'n on
0nfv on me dcgf0c 20 rhich n shall BE- eoHordcH We
know that many Democrats have not reached ihis ad-
yanccd view OF The case aud that sncA s feel greatly in
cued % revolt az The proposition OF negro suufage ~ an"
degree but let tel them that % u always wise 20 &C
ccpt the inevitable when the inevitable comes. Negro
suffrage We say, b. inevitable, and whether ~ shan
be qualified or unvcrsa depends upon the prumpines or
others sc with which The Democratic parry SHAH move
with reference 10 H. The south will speedily yield quail
fed Hegfo suffrage uI0u the motion Of The Democratic
uarr because N f1r other reason. she will soon see
II se docs not elrcady see that II she do not yield ~ she
viii ultimately be compelled 10 accept unlyenh negro
Qualified negro suffrage yielded by tho south-aud by
this iHPALTIAL SUFFRAGE, or suffrage dependent
upon the Intelligence OF The man. rspeCto Of color
90 Hf rfic Mafsaoh sscffa-TnE NEoEo QUESTION
WILL HAvE DISPOSED OF, AID THE OCCUPATION OF
IHE sOITHEES RADICAL PARTY WILL III GoSE foRLVLf.
Not inch II ground viii it have TO stand uPoui and
the country cen tsrn 20 those material queA-
Of public policy the hight disposition Of which y 50
essential TO the public prosperity II VIII be upon thesc
questions that the Democratic party will triumph, aud II
will be BY this triumph that Constitutional Government
and our Federal system will be preserved
II the South be wisc, It will not wait on THIS suffrage
question even for the motion OF tho Democratic party IN
Il BE- wise u will lose time "a putting IN motion TIE
necessary machinery by which II viii al the same time
save Itself from Illumination, preserve lie own SeiiIehPe'
rid the country Of the most yexaOus question mat ever
distracted any county, kill the worst political party that
ever cysled tho globe, and put the Union In the way
Of speedy restoration. This machney consists OF course
in conventions 10 revise the State constitutions.
EFFECT oP THE COURSE OF THE CHICAGO TIMES on
THE DEMOCRACY.
Br TELEGRAPH
CHICAGO Nov. I3-The attempts Of The Chicago
Times to commit the Democracy Of the Northwest, Of
which Il has hitherto been the organ TO negro suffrage
meeting with strong resistance by the rank and fle
although the leaders sustain the paper In its course The
agitation promises DO Of the most bitter known
in Democratic history.