The Portland daily press., 1871-10-17
DAILY PRESS.
PORTLANn.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER IT 1871
The New York Herald ON the Fail E,..-
lions.

creasng majorites. A glance at the returns
which we publish this morning will satisfy
the intelligent reader as to the general results
upon which there can be no mistake. The first
is that upon the platform of their rational
administration, and uuder the broad ensign OF
General Grant as their Presidential candidate
against all corners, the Republicans are wax
ing stronger and stronger; and the second
point is that the Democratic party, East and
West is becoming weaker and weaker under
the dead weight of the astounding aoomina.
tions OF Tammany Rall.
Ihls Is the true explanation of these Octo-
per eections, and these are the causes which
nave operated aud are operating over the
length AID breadth oil the laid to harmonize
AID strengthen the Republicans and to de-
morallze and weaken the Democracy Other
questions, local and personal, have here and
there some effect but the universal and over
whelming drawback to the Democrats has
been the odlous tinanciering of rammapy. as
| the central embodiment in "the Columbian,
Ordei'' OF the Democratic party, Democ attic
| principles and Democratic aspirations Hence
| we find the late Republican minority of five
| thousand in Philadelphia changed to major
| ity of eight thousand, and a late majority of
| one thousand in Cincinnati enlarged to two
smousa sam m spite Of disturbing local side is
sues anu m0nerel thru parures. AN futelii-
| gent observer in Wall street remarked in our
hearing on Tuesday last that "if these elec-
tions in Pennsylvania and Ohio go for the
Democrats upon the heels OF these Tammany
disclosures and this Chicago fire we shall have
financial panic and revulsion, because the
confidence of banks, capitalists and all deal
ers in money in the public faith and credit
will be sapped, and reputation will stare
them in the face, as the inevitable conse-
qdence of the popular endorsement of the gi
eantlc cOrruptienS of the Tammapy Ring"
Ifis Is the idea which covers the popular YER
| dict in these October elections. While the
| honest voter has been attracted to the Repub-
| llcan ticket by the acceptable record OF the
| present administration OF our natioCal gov
| ernment he has been repelled from the sup
| port OF the Democratic party, in many cases,
| by the scandalous record of the Tammany ad-
mlnistratlon OF our municipal affairs. What
| a change has come over Tammany and the
Democratic party since the sides of Marchp
The March election in New Hampshire had
inspired the party North, South, East and
West with the delightful but delusive idea
that this ''Granite State" Democratic victory,
this Radical flash i'll the pan, was the begin
ming OF political revolution, destined to car
ry everything before it right on TO the close of
the Presidential contest of 1872 but, unfortu-
nately, jeff Davis, "down in Alabama" join
ing in these Democratic rejoicings, interpreted
the results in New Hampshire as opening the
way to the final triumph OF the "iost cause"
with the overthrow OF the whole Congression-
al system OF southern reconstruction. This
| to the old Union party of the war; was like
the roll OF the drum, calling the "boys in blue'
| again to the front, and so, in the April Con-
necticut election, the tables were turned, and
| so emphatlcaly that the Northern Demucral-
lc leaders were convinced that it was worse
/ han tn
| the issues of the war settled in the new
| amendments to the constitution. The "new
| departure" then initiated by Mr.. Vallandg-
| ham in Ohio, was rapidly adopted by the
| Democratic conventions of the North, from
| State to State; but it came too late to be Of
any service to the party for 1871 or 1872.
The July riot in our streets, in consequence
of the Orange procession in honor OF 'the
| Boyne Water" and the question OF equal
| right raised by our local authorities in refer
ence TO that procession, created throughout
| the country strong excitement against the
| daring assumptions of rammany Hall, which
was by the Republicans promptly used to the
| prejudice OF the Democratic party. At the
| same time this terrible war upon the official
| corruptiOns and spoliations of the Tammany
"Ring" was opened, and the effect upon the
public mind OF the country was made mani
| fest-frst, in the August elections in North
Carolina and Kentucky to some extent, but
with unmistakable emphasis in the Septem-
Der elections in Maine and California. These
elections distinctly made the facts known to
tne Democratic par of the Union Jnat,
| while its "new departure" had given it no
strength, the bad name of Tammany had
weakened and demoralized the rank and file
East and West. So it was that, after the pop
usr ,erdict of September from Maine and
California in favor OF the Republican party as
represented in the national administration OF
General Grant, and against the Democratic
party as represented in the local administra
tion OF Tammany,it it came to be the general
belief thai the scanda0uS reputation OF Tam
many would be too mucn for the Democracy
of Pennsylvania and Ohio in October
1t is probable, however, had Senator Fem
| ton, Mr.. Greeley and company been strong
enough at Syracuse to make hopeful split OF
The republican party in New York against
General Grant, that the whole political situa-
tion would have been instantly changed. Or,
had General Butter proved equal to the ex-
pectstions of his outside friends, the labor re
formers, the temperance people and the wo-
mems rights women, in splitting up the re-
publican party OF Massachusetts, a hopeful
diversion would have been made Tor the de-
mocracy even in Pennsylvania, il not in Ohio /;
but Messrs. Fenton and Greeley were com
| petey "faXed out" at Syracuse, and General
Buffers cheerful surrender at Worcester
knocked all democratic calculations in the
head in that quarter. Consequently, since
| September last the prospects OF the democra-
OF Iowa, rather darkened than frightened
from day to day down to the Rochester Con-
| vention. The proceedings OF that body, as
| the expression of the party of the State of
New York, in the exclusion of Tammany
from the Convention, in the overthrow OF
Tammany as political power and in the ad
vocacy of specific measures of municipal re-
/ ma ual ad m or
party inside and outside of New York, but
they came too late to make any material i'm
| preston ulon these October elections, and
we conjecture, TOO late even for New York il
| November.
In 1868 the Tammany managers deliberate
ly threw away the game of the Presidential
, | election in order to make sure of New York
city and State, and to lay therein solid po
, | ltical and financial foundation TOR the Presi-
! | dency in 1872. Six months ago, TO all out
ward appearances, in the absolute possession
of city and State, and city cash and city credit
with boundiess resources at their command
!, the Tammany managers held in their hands
the democratic trump carus for the Presiden
tial succession. Now, Tammany, as poiti
cal olisarchy, is demolished. Her prestige il
gone, and her power to buy up Legislature
: and party conventions is taken away. She 1
in disgrace, and cut off from her supplies; sht
| is only in a condition to permit our Novem
Der election in the State and the city to &C
by default Charged with election repeat
eIs and with false counting of the ballots tc
any extent desired, the "Ring have now lC
| incentive, if they still had the power, to M
| duIge in these amusements. The neglect O.
| the ''Ring" masters to get up grand Tam
. | many ratification of the Rochester Convea
tion tells the story. Demoralized, disOrgan
lied, cut up into ciques and factions anC
shorn of their Tammany supplies, the Dem
ocl ats of the city in this coming election viii
fall, on Their State ticket, far behind their lat
r crushing majOrities, and the Republicans
from all the indications OF the day, ineludin!
these October elections, will recover this fal
the Empire State, State ticket and Legisla
tTe.
The arguments and the results involved il
y these Pennsylvania and Ohio elections, y
;; our judgment, settle this question. II will b
: remembered that in 1868, after these October
| State elections, the Democrats gave up th'
= Presidential battle of November as lost, ant
| the prospect is now as decisvely against then
I tor 1872 1t is remarkable in this connection
that the very power, the central power Q
q Tammany, upon which they have mainly re
% lied for the coming Presidential contest, ha
proved the cause OF their apparently hope
less collapse IRON Maize to California. BIT
= the ease is very simple. The Democratic pa
ty of the Union, sharing in the honors an
le le schemes of Tammany, must share Ler di
{. grace until some atonement lis made tor ht
at manifold sins and transgressions. Weighe
in the balance and found wanting, the kim
dom of Tammany has been taken away, an
| turned Ovar IN tho MadeS and PprsiaDS. j