New-York tribune., 1871-04-22
TIE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THIS CITY
WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE.

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our National contest with the Democracy it must be
dmted that that contest, its relation 10 the City
I'D State of New York, was lamentabe failure ana
faipre in the State only because of its failure In
the City, The Country was loyal and strongj but |
the tidal-wave of Tammany was stronger still. Inc
Ring rules Tammany reigos supreme in State |
Uouse and City Hall. Another year she will enfold |
tho two branches of the Legislature in her fatal
embrace Shall we not then cry out-but viii itnot |
he too late More than 6OO0O Democratic majority |
in the City of NewYork this year-to be next year
10000. $1,000, and perhaps more! the whole City
and State passing under Democratic manipulation
the life liberty property, and prosperity OF MetTop
oils and Empire-all its Finance, Taxation Excise,
Police Markets Courts-all its Commerce on the ocean,
Aea and inland its Harbors Wharves, Canals, Rivers,
Railways Telegraphsa to be at the mercy, aud to be-
come the traffic of Tamuany politicians.
To repeat the language of the GoVernoreect in his
peech at the recent charter election, the principles Of
Democracy have already begun to expand anew and are
y coping Esp the Hudson, array past Albany and Troy to
the northern part Of the STATE; and II cannot so con-
duct myself this Democratic power shall creep more
rapidly and exert its full influence throughout the rural
districts then am very much mistaken in my ambition
and power" Thus endeth his first proclamation Re
publican mismanagers, how do you like ti Capitalists
Of New York. how do you like it Thoughtful citizens OF
Ney-York will you devise the ways and provide the
means which shall prevent it For this calamity, stu
ndous as it is lot without its cause and need not pe
without its remedy. First then It's cause what Is ~
contend that its frat great cause is this Repueeansm
in the City of NewYok in all its Offices Organizations
and managements, in all Its locations, eondi
tOns, and conduct, is thing apart from, ABOVE
1he people, isolated and artificial, exclusiye
not inclusive. 1t has clement OF growth
about 1t has taproot stretching itself far down
among the people. 1t has no ever coming up to 1t
from the people, full Of all formulating and v1alizing
Sorce II depends on nothing any than Mahomets
1onf Oh o1r
low ii has none but in marble cubhouses and Fifthave
drawingrooms it secudes c6ndenses, and sereotypes
ise forms stlf and stately iceoergs-and as
cold so long "a these conditions continue; so long as
our highest deposares Of political poWer-our state
and CITY Central Commtees-continue to exelnee them
selyes from people in the dark parors OF their
palaces Of pride, shutting themselves out from all OBJ
seryston and from the power alike Of receiving and
mparting information except as from their VelVet arm
chairs and as their only tokens OF existence they occa
sonaly throw out at the passing people here resolution
and there manifesto like somany bombs, to STRIKE Goa
only knows where; long they persistenty attack
Democracy from without instead Of rccrcating and
reforming withinever segregating, never ag
reRatng-ust long will the people scout them refuse
70 raternze with them despse the places they occupy
,iepounee RepNblcanisn as the natural aasnrng and
exponent Of Arstoeracy and wage aiDst hateful war
We build from top. In the country we 90 TO the
-ee but here we do not. Except through the press
or an occasional speaker in the hight OF an acpVe cal"
yass who hardly knows howior why he dared peheuao
thither we do hot go to the people at all we ior!'
and hence we do not fuctify We club ourselves In be-
tween Fourteenth and Twentysixhss, the Fourth ana
Fttbayes: but what of Mackereville, ManhattanVlle
Yorkville and all those districts and places DIG anu
little where brown-stOne fronts may not houlsh' Ou'
where sun -embrowned men do Notwithstanding you III
every street, passaGeway and doorway strengthening
All who lean ON tLem-what Of them1 What are our
relations 20 them-what the bond OF brotherhoodf
wide gulf lies between them and US. VINO Maue
IN We. A wide gulf lies between the Denloc-
1,acy of Republican principles and the Arstocracy
OF Republican conduct, and the people see H. "iue
f lies between the theorec liberty which we profess
and the too stringent sumptuary laws which we propa
gate and the people feel It, and combine 10 Wueh the
breach. "You can draw me with pack thread, says
Tristan Burgess TO John Randolph, "but you cannot
drive mono, not even with the club Of Hercules ihe
club houses vOuld be political universities But
where are our Primariesf BY what tenure are they
establishedi What element OF permanence nave they
Who conduct themi What single Link connects unl'er
sy with peoplei Understand me- have no controversy
with the clubs but this maintan-that, so far as they
are rcbtfnly political at all, their mission is national
aud eclectic and not local and democratic. AS an out
growth Of the war; the Loyal League and other ike
political Clubs came into existence. Ihey eerNeu
noble purpose. They became the watehtowers where
men Of wealth and prominence-where patriotic men,
aroused al last by the magnitude OF the dangers
threatened the nation, rallied sounded the toes
of ALARM organized committees OF safety, and, with
courage resolution worthy OF the mighty interests
which stood trembling in the balance, planned and
prosecuted as asnen could do, the political salvation
OF their country entertainment OF all the dstin
guished Of earth's they will gather ever fresh
,aurels with the public and make unto themselves per-
ennial fame As the critics and censors too OF society
who court no and fear frown as public inform
ers whose elevated moral personnel shall efeetually
shield them from venia charge public prosecutors
OF godpated and awdeying sin, let them, like Ossa on
Pelon forever stand, mmOyable as the granite which
lies at the mountains base, and incOrruptibe the
heavens which make its lofty SUBMITS their chosen
home Yet let them not forget that the word Puri
tan"-to use the language Of Websters folio |
DictiOnary-"is sometimes used as term |
of reproach," the Club House. the Filth , |
aud Broadway Committee Rooms, are now oiten |
used terms OF reproach among the people ana thelr
Presidents, though graduates OF Jerolnes C0Hege oi
masses OF society, little more than 50 many RepuDncah
anitors whose special Office is TO protect tue sacred
highand-dry Pbistnism and Pharseeism OF tne Claps
VIII always be too tough for popular digestion DysPeP
rights they will breed and these only are IN
demand with the people Already the masses cTy OUT
they demand the total disseverance Of the Clubs from
local political management. Already, since Universal
power OF the nation, they demand that the Clubs shall
come 70 them Tor they will go the Clubs; and
tion, and before they have done with il win not fail
give poghahey 70 the proyerb, that artisans their
Peoples Clubhouse is larger than theirs and IL not
made OF marble, Is made of men. -
Our opponents manage these better than pe.
They build from the bottom. All is catholic and con.
nected, from fOundatonsOne to gepoe An is social
cathedral The hold oD man is lost The common
his hand In all His contributions Of the chapel
construct the cathedral BY this Is the cathedral mace
his In all gradations and degradatOns 1t Is sys-
tenn essentially bottOIned on man. His appetite and
Restaurant is a Democratic pitnaTy-the home Of the
CAUCUS every tavern an aeademyTthe seat Of the