The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-11-18

peots.
The democratic party. In reference to the
Presidential succession, is all adrift. Within
from the heights Of exultation to the depths
| Of dependency. With it, unexpected sue
cess in the March election in New Hampshire
its leaders and Its organs cried out sIt Is
revolution Grants administration has broken
up the republican party The great reaction
has come, and the democratic party in 1872,
on its platform Of 1868, will sweep the coun-
| tryi" Even JEFF Davis was inspired by the
New Hampshire election to break bis long
self-mposed silence and to proclaim bis faith
| in the ultimate triumph of the 'qost cause"
But these indiscreet rejoicings were suddenly
stopped by the April Connecticut election,
| fought on the revived issues Of the war and
the boast Of JEFF Davis; and the decisive re-
publican victory in Connecticut on these issues
convinced the democratic leaders of the neces-
| sity of ''new departure"
This new departure, with the advice and
consent of Chief Justice Chase. was inaugu-
rated by the late Mr.. Vallandi CHAM in Ohio,
and State by State it was SO rapidly adopted
by the Northern democracy that in a few
weeks 1t became the law Of the party, from
Maine to California, to recognize the new
amendments to the constitution, negro civil
equality and negro suffrage Included, as valid
| and binding. But this sweeping surrender to
radicalism served rather to weaken than to
| strengthen the democratic party, and to de-
| In - IN Tha Ifr
began to be apparent in the August elections
OF North Carolina aud Kentucky; and mean-
time with the astounding disclosures of the
robberies of the Tammany .'Rng" another
! apple of discord had been thrown into the
party camp. The effects were made manifest
in the September elections of Maine and Cali
fornia, and were followed up in the October
elections OF Pennsylvania, Ohio and Iowa.
But still the idea was entertained by the
democratic leaders that if, with the deadweight
of Tammany upon its back, the party could
carry New York in November, it might be put
upon its feet again for the great battle of
1872; and from tho discords among tho re-
| publicans over the spoils of our Custom House
there was still reason for the hope that the
democrats might save the State. Why not,
| when their State Convention had closed its doors
against Mr.. Tweed and his Tammany delega-
tion and as far as possible had washed it's
hands of the robberies Of the Tammany
'.Ring?" Why not, when it was the molina
ton, yea, apparently the fixed purpose of the
Fenton republican faction to give General
Grant the cold shoulder in this election? Bnt
when the indignation Of the people is reused
IL sacrifices all side issues to the main ques-
ton, and so from this New York November
election we find that not only is Tammany dis
lodged and overthrow in the city, but that
the republicans have secured two-thirds vote
in both branches Of the Legislature. Such is
the force of the popular judgment of the city
and State against Tammany, and of the popu-
lar demand for reform.
But this decisive New York election means
something more. It means that, as matters
now stand, the State is lost to the democratic
party, and that as the party now stands,
| without New York, it has not the ghost Of a
chance for the Presidential succession. This
fact is so widely understood and accepted by
| the democratic leaders and leading party
journals that East and West they are casting
about for another new departure. They all
admit that none Of the dead issues of 1868
and none of the hold-over candidates from
that unfortunate campaign will meet the neces-
stiles Of the present emergency. But what
scheme of party reorganization do they
proposef We have three schemes or plans
before US, and they are as follows:-
Fsrst-The plan OF the St.. Louis Republican the
Democratic party In 1872 shall keep In che background
AID permit the dlsanected republicans 70 nominate
ticket, and then rank and fle, bring forward the
democracy In the cause Of its election In support OF
cans hold the balance Of power. and that oy going
over to them the democrats would gain the solid
advantages OF the bafue In the defest Of General
' ssooad1Ws have the plan of the Cincinnati En-.
IS SIMPLY the nomination Of "Tom Scott the Penn.
sylvaaia railroad king, the democratic candidate
fom Scott Is ina. he would bring ali the se
mend0us clecsi0neering forces OF the great railway
nave the pan g q the Saa zen
Tie organ Of the powerful and intelligent German
and the
ton the formation OF new national party like
the reform party OF this city, which has so decisvely
| stamped out the power and the inS0lence OF the
Tammany Ring"
| In adopting the first Of these plans it has
been suggested that the democracy, in await
ing the action Of the boiling republicans, will
get an acceptable candidate in Judge Davis,
Of the Supreme Court or Senator Sumner, or
Trumbull, or Logan, or in Governor Crate
| Brown, Of Missouri, or some such liberal
republican and that in the two or three hun
dred thousand anti Grant republicans that
would lead of on such q man the democrats
would have the assurance Of success from the
outset. We apprehend. however, that the
honeymoon OF such q marriage would never
| come off; for we remember the boilers from