The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-25

Another "Now Departure" PrOposed' nOid
and Decisive.
| In q recent article on the perplexities Of the
democratic party and its manifest weakness
| against General Grant in reference to the next
Presidency, we suggested new departure,
involving the abandonment Of the old party
ritual and the adoption even of new name,
with a new organization calculated to absorb
all the floating materials of the country, as the
only plan offering chance of success. The
leading democratic organ Of Missouri-the St.
Louis Repu6sican-proposes substantially the
same experiment from the same view of the
situation. Thus the democratic party Of the
Union are recommended to try the experiment
for the Presidency of a liberal republican
movement, ticket and programme, against the
regular radical ticket, the plan whereby the
democracy of Missouri have revolutionized
that State. Our ST. Louis contemporary con-
tends that ''the radical party must be unseated
at Washington, just as it was unseated in Mis-
souri,, by the democrats abstaining from
Presidential nomination, and leaving the
nomination of ticket which they may sup
In support of this line of action-the Mis-
souri, democratic line-t is argued that even
if regular democrat, such as Groesbeck,
Hancock, Hendricks or Chase, could be
elected, it would be a barren victory, because
radical Congress, which cannot be reached
by the democrats for years to come in the
Senate, ''would tie the hands of the demo-
cratic President, and give us the history of
the Andrew Johnson administration over
again." This is strong point In favor of the
Missouri democratic example of falling back
upon liberal republican bolter from the camp
of the administration party; and our Missouri
philosopher finally contends that the election
of liberal republican President by the aid of
democratic votes, ''though not full demo-
cratic triumph, would be an inestimable
improvement on the present order of things"
This is according to the old rule that ''half
loaf is better than no bread at ALL" We
think, too, that not only is the course sug-
gested the best course, but that it is the onl y
plan of operations which offers the democratic
party the prospect Of success IN the coming
Presidential contest-that is, the plan Of
abandoning the old dem ocratic position, and
of fighting General Grant within the republ-
can lines and with his own party weapons.
On the division of the spoils alone there are
or two of republican members of the House
of Representatives, with host of other dis
appointed men among the local leaders and
managers of the party-here, there and every
where-wno are ready for a bolt with any
thing like show for a new division of the
plumber in 1873 from the election in
1872 of a new President. These disaffected
Senator'S, House members of Congress and
local leaders and managers, with fair OPEN
ing on boiling republican, could probably
carry off from General Grant two or three
hundred thousand votes, between New York
and Missouri, which would be sufficient for the
defeat of General Grant and his party for
President and Congress.
The personal grievances of such men as
Sumner, Fenton, Greeley, "Rufe Andrews, =
Coke Of Ohio, Trumbull, Logan, Gratz Brown
and Carl Schurz can be satisfied only with
some decisive stroke of revenge against Gene
raj Grant himself. These men and all of their
tribe see that they can make nothing and can
expect nothing by bolt to the democracy !;
but if the democracy will only bolt over to
them on q liberal republican platform, then
Fenton and Greeley can make the fur fly from
tons of the year in the Northern States show
that the democrats in 1872, on democratic
ticket and platform against General Grant,
have not the ghost of chance; but in New
York, we begin to think, our November cleo.
ton will show conclusively that the Missouri
democratic game of going over to the liberal
republicans is full of promise. Senator Fem
ton takes no interest in this election beyond
the defeat of Collector Murphy, and Mr..
Greeley, with one of the Coll ectors army hats
pulled down over his eyes, is blind to the sins
of Tammany Hall. Surely these defectious
will work to the advantage of the democrats in
our impending November State contest. 1t is
probable, indeed, that the consequences will en-
brace the election, not only of the democratic
State ticket, but of democratic Legislature.
If so, then we may next expect to see the
democratic party, on this proposed new de-
parture Of waving its own claims and preten-
sions to the next Presidency, in a fusion with
the liberal republicans on liberal republican
ticket and platform. Then we may look for
the call of liberal Republican National Con-
vention and the nomination of some such
ticket as Logan and Fenton, or Sumner and
Logan, or Gratz Brown and Greeley, or
something Of that sort, on the liberal platform
Of free trade, revenue reform, general amnesty
and reform in the civil service in new
division of the spoils. This is the new party
movement no doubt, which lies at the bottom
of the political reform speeches of Carl