New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-16
THE PARTY or DISHONOR.


no concern with the suspicious and accusa-
tons of foul play which cloud the Convention.
If Mr.. Belmont managed the delegates as he
manages his Jockey Club, and sold the candl-
dates out like so many horses in pool" IN
the interest of Mr. Seymour, he must answer TO
his party. This dishOnOr attending his concern
is of more heinOus Descriptions dishOnor
aiming at the dignity and peace of the Re
public.
Democracy is RerOIutiOn. 1t is idle to say
that the men who nominated Francis p. Blair
did not understand his platform He is
shrewd man, and the representative OF a family
of more than ordinary political sagaclty. lie
knew perfectly WELL when he declared himself
in favor of military interference with the
Southern States, that he was appealing to the
convictions of the Democratic party. lie came
to them bearing an hOnOred sword; IL was
only by suTrendering it, and offering to JON
dishonOred conspiracy, that he could
find welcome and advancement We have
seen what a resoluto but purposeless man like
Johnson could do in distracting the nation.
With Blair as President, or rather with the
party he represents in power, with friends in
Congress, and Senators like Fessendcn and
agony of pleas and statutes, he could with inn
punty assail the work of Reconstruction, and
order his military commanders to disperse the
Legislatures of the South. Would the "reac-
tom stop here? We remember that the Res-
tOratiOn of the BOurbOns brought worse
feature of BOurbonsm than that OF Louis NV.
The restoration of Democracy means the resus-
citation of the slave power with the strength
of anger and vengeance, and without the
restraining influences of property. There is
nothing positive in the Democratic policy but
vengeance and revolution, and Gen. Blair is
the representative of that feeling. The party
has no sympathy with any sentiment OF pro-
gress 1t has an apology for every victory,
and a regret for every triumph.
Democracy means liquidation. In the time
of Gen. jackson the war-cry of the Democratic
party was bullion money. Every debt incurred
by the nation was not only to be paid, but
every dollar in circulation was to be repre-
scented by its value in gold. SO tender were
these Democrats of the national honor that they
would not allow the banks tho ordinary
uses of credit. Yet now the party stands COM
mitted to reputation. Already its most widely
circulated newspapers demand the abandon
ment of the whole debt The "plOw holders"
are called upon to overthrow the "bond-
"hoders," and the debt incurred in the prose
cution of an "unholy war" is to be swept
away by the friends of the Rebellion. No
matter what misery may come TO widows and
orphans-nO matter for the shame that foreign
nations will heap upon us-this debt must be
disclaimed, or if paid at all, paid in green
backs-althOugh the contract, express and i'm
piled, stipulated that it should be paid in gold.
In other words, to crafty the ambition and hatred
of these followers of beaten Rebellion, the
proud name of America is to become a by
word and mockery, and the boosted honor of
our people to be no better than the "hOnOr"
which prevails among the Barbary pirates or
the Princes of Abyssinia.
The triumph Of Democracy means tie triumph
of DeSDOfSm. The world moves as one man.
Climate, language, nationality, geographical
difference, do not arrest the march of events, or
change the application of great truths. Liberty
is the same all over the world. Success
here is success everywhere. Failure in America
means that Hungary, and Ireland, and Poland,
must still remain in bondage. There is not a
legitimist or despot in the Old World who
does not pray for the election of HoratiO Sey-
significance of Charles succeeding Cromwell,
and Bonaparte overthrowing the Republic. 1t
would mean the arrest of progress, the de-
struction of Equal Suffrage, demanding these
States into n condition of anarchy, Rebels
ascending to power under the protection
of the American soldiers. When we
bring this Democracy down to its last
analysis we find the Rebellion controlling,
strengthening, mastering it. Gov Seymour
and his friends" burning negro orphan
asylums in New York, found proper SYM
pathy in Gen. Forrest massacreing negro prs-
oners in Fort Pillow They meant the triumph
of Democracy. They failed; and now they
meet again, in Tammany Hall, to renew the
effort the Wade Hampton of Chambersburg
is the same Wade Hampton who COM
mands the delegation from South Carolina.
He meant that the Rebellion should win
when he rode at the head of his army-he
means the same to-day. If there is any differ
ence, it is that during the war he and his
friends wished to destroy the Union, and rule
over its ruins-they now mean to take posses
sion Of the Union and rule it in the interest of
Slavery.
We do not believe that Providence will per
nit such q dismal and saddening result. Many
good cause, however has been periled
by apathy and cowardce-by failing
to remember that Providence only
helps those who help themselves. We
have a desperate, INSCRIPTIONS, eager, and
intrepid enemy. We cannot beat Gov. Sey-
mour by deriding him, or by testing about the