The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-16

Tho Policy OF the New YSxk Democracy.
| The New York democracy is power in the
State and should be power in the nation.
The party depends upon the democratic vote
Of the metropolis for success in State cleo
ton, and without it no democratic victory
could ever be secured. With skilful ana
shrewd management, therefore, the democrats
Of this city would be able to accomplish much
good and to shape the policy of their party all
over the Union. The trouble hitherto has
been the selfishness of their leaders and the
remarkable stupidity Of their organs, through
which their strength has been FILTERED away
and their influence over the councils Of the
party rendered exceedingly limited. They
have been broken up into factions among
themselves and have been more occupied in
fighting each other than in making battle
against the common enemy. They have had
papers enough on their side to ruin any party.
cratic organ, whitehead democratic organ,
an organ of the unterrifed democracy, an
organ of the independent democracy, an organ
Of the sweet-scented Mantilini democracy and
an organ of the unwashed democracy. The
consequence has been that the organization
has been split up into fractions; politicians in
the same boat have been pulling different ways
and as a matter Of course no Roadway has
been made and nothing accomplished except
the personal ends of few Of the leaders.
For the past two years, under the leader
ship of Peter Bismarck Sweeny and William
Machiavelli Tweed, there has been a con-
solidation of the organizations aud CORE
spending increase in the influence of the New
York democracy in the party councils and
conventions. But the laundering folly evinced
by the Southern and Western delegates in
framing the national platform and ticket
destroyed all their chance of success in the
Presidential election, and the recent disas-
trous defeats in Pennsylvania and the West
have utterly demoralized their forces. 1t is
the part of good general under such circum-
stances to change his base and endeavor from
some other point of attack to regain the
ground he has lost; and this is precisely the
plan of campaign upon which the New York
leaders should now determine. They know
that the cause of Seymour is lost beyond
hope Of redemption. They must feel that
moral effect Of a certain victory for
Grant in the scale against him. They
should, therefore, disregard the foolish ad-
vice Of Mantilini organs and Fran gipani rings,
place themselves at the head Of the hard
listed democracy, boldly give up Seymour
and Hoffman as bad jobs, and set themselves
to work in earnest to secure the return of
sound conservative members of Congress in
this city and all over the State. BY this
means they will force . recognition from
Grants administration and will hold con-
trolling influence over legislation in the next
House of Representatives. This is policy
worthy the ambition Of Bismarck Sweeny. He
has proved himself to be q genuine practical
reformer, so far as money is concerned, and in
this respect stands head and shoulders above
all our politicians on both sides. Let him
now show himself to be superior to all petty
political schemes and intrigues, and use his
influence and means to secure powerful con-
sentative delegation in Congress. If he
should succeed in this it would not be more
than year before the New York democracy
would receive a valuable recognition from
Grants administration. They can manage for
that time to live upon their present local
patronage and pickings without troubling
themselves about the picayune spolls Of the
State government, and without losing flesh or
suffering for the want Of whiskey.