The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-18

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also an American enterprise.
Tn . Organization Of tho New Democracy.
We publish to-day two articles calculated
to show that the breach in the democratic
party in this city Is irreconcilable, and that
without complies and thorough reconstryo-
ton of tho organization on Q sound and prao-
ticable platform the democracy Of the State
can never again obtain such vote in their
stronghold as they received in the last Novem-
Der election. One of these articles is in tho
orm of a letter from the Chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Cooper Union or Miles
O'Reilly democracy, arguing out the pretended
case Of Judge Connolly, one Of the defeated
candidates for the City Comptrollership, who
assumes very foolishly to have some ground
for contesting the legality OF the late city
election. Tho claim Of the jovial Judge,
whose only recommendation to the ONCE a
Comptroller was that he was the biggest
Irishman Of the three candidates, amounts 10
defeat with his customary good humor and
wait patiently until his friends find some fat
Office for him which he is really qualified
to fiji. But Judge Waterbury's letter
is one evidence Of the bitter feeling existing
among the democracy of the city and Of the
utter decentralization Of the party as at present
organized. The other article is the pronuncis-
mento Of the Miles O'Reilly democracy, made
through their official organ, that they will never
again cast their votes for the candidates Of .
State Convention that recognizes the regularity
of the Tammany organization.
These two articles should furnish food for
serious reflection to the democratic party,
whose repeated defeats tor the past four or Eve
years have completely destroyed them as an
organization. In the last fall election they
experienced temporary revival through tbs
accession Of the federal patronage to their side,
and they went into the canvass with loud boasts
OF anticipated victory. Their apparent conf
dence before election rendered their overthrow
in every Northern State the more disastrous
To add to their troubles they are repudiated
by the Southern politicians, who find that the
old democracy have been deceiving them with
false hopes for the past two years, and have
done more than the secessionists them
selves to prevent settlement Of ths
troubles growing out of the rebellion.
The decentralization Of the organization ,
complete, and can be seen In the insane efFsrts
made In every direction by selEconstitutsd
leaders, since the late elections to beat about
for Some new issue which may serve ~ rally
ing point for their broken and dispiritsA
forces. b.
would have any future existence they muse
undergo new birth. Their Organization aass
be remodelled from head to foot They stin
have material enough in the Northern ana
Western States with which to build up pow
erful party upon living issues and sound prin-
ciples. Under their old defunct organization
they have been like tho Bourbons, who refused
to recognize the events Of the day and were
swept out Of existence. They have ignored
the great rebellion and have sought 10 per-
suade the people to believe in the constitution
AS II was before the mighty struggle which d.
veloped its hidden strength and abolished IT.
old landmarks, and In the Union a. II was
when slavery was it, ruling power. Thsy
must cast aside these follies, with the old party
hacks who have fostered them, and take new
start with new men. II they would NO, shars
the fate OF the Bourbons.
The nucleus Of the new democracy 10 hers
10 New York. II IL proper that in the strongest
and most reliable democratic city in the UnIoa
tho groundwork Of the new organization should
be laid, and II should take for it, base ths
Cooper Union or Miles O'Reilly democracy,
which has already proved It's vigor and
prowess by repeated victories over Tammany.
1t won the spurs on the election OF O'Gormsn,
and its brilliant success under Niles O,Reilly
has spread its reputation throughout tho Union-
The newly elected Comptroller, Richard ,.
Connolly. II, or was, member Of its Execu-
tive Committee and will be one Of its warmsse
supporters Let this young and vigorous o.
ganizstion take the lead In the reconstruction
OF the great democratic party by getting The
Executive National Committee to call . CONVEX
ton at IN early day for the purpose Of laying
down . platform in keeping with the events
and the spirit Of the age. Future historians
will commence = new era in the history Of the
republic with the close Of the great war o.
secession, and the new democracy muss
recognise the rebellion in its true light q
mighty revolution In our institutions, our con-
stitution, our politics and our principles. They
must adopt % thek platform the constitutional
amendment a. the basis Of the restoration Of
the sx-rebel States 70 their full relations 10 Tie
Union, and the model reconstruction plan for
North Carolina ~ the means by which the