The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-29

dscrminates against the many IN favor OF Inc Few;
q ariff incomrrehensibe IN lis eXactolis; prodl-
gal waste OF the pubic lands IN the interest OF rail-
road jobbers and SPECTATORS, whereby monopoly
has been developed 10 so great an extent tnat Il -
questionable instances which Is the stronger
the government itself or its creatures, inc
excrescences upon the party OF the last
ten years and perhaps unavoidable as
such IN the rank growth OF time OF war. out ior
which no party can be held TO answer save that
which has had charge OF the government during
that period Of time.
do not fully realize how profoundly the people are
moved upon these subjects In the great Wese
election ns ana IN the East the emotion excited By
them IL scarcely less universal. agitaiing as IL Is
beginning to do, all parties alike. we may be
sure that the democratic party are not uninind.
iul Of the sentiments Of the people IN thus regard,
and that it Is because or that partys opinions upon
the class OF questions here referred 10 that tIcr
recent act Of conversion the issues OF the war has
commanded The measure Of approval which u mas
received Whether IL Is generally understood or
not these are the questions upon which the
campaigns of the immediate future are 10 he
have been the questions OF the war. We have
faith to believe that mus summoned tue repuOll-
can party VIII be equal TO tue occasion. The
circumstances require oil 1t no new departure as IN
the case OF Its opponents, but Only an immediate
retur to the line OIL original career as that party
processing alone represent the government OF the
people, by people and for tie people; the repu-
dlation Of those selfish schemes which may have
the eradication, root and branch, OF the 'spoils''
system, in whatsoever form 1t exists. whether OF
tarf, bank or land monopoes, of railroad subsidies
or other grasplng interests.
Nor need We be perplexed as to where the great
work OF the regeneration Of the republican rarly
Is to begin. II ouRhr TO begin here In our own
State OF Massachusetts first of all-the leading
republican State OF the Union, the stare whose
moral sentiments founded az ner intelligence has
inspired. the republican party. What IS the con
temptation OF tnat party as IL now stands III ,his
sachnsetts the republican majority was but 2t2,
and In 1869 put 9,S4S. What falling or from the
figures OF 1850 and 1864 In the former year the
vlni in n
This year, 1864. was the high tide of the party,
although the falling OF IN 1866 was not great
taking into consideration the lesser excitement
in campaign when President was not 10 he
chosen, the majority OF that year amounting to
1851.
Looking beyond the statistics INTO the details OF
actual fact the spectacle there presented sufficiently
explains the mathematical results. The republican
party oftns State - no longer the accordant and
enthusiastic party OF which It's members were once
proud to boast-thc party Of 1851, or even OF ls68
Discold and confusion OF thought and prin-
answered to the control OF deueration
and craftsmanship. Where were unity ana
place; where was an ego single TO the public good
ambition and selnshness plot their petty schemes
and thu party mas lost strength accordingly. But
even these facts do not explain this immense loss OF
60, 755 votes 10 the republican cause. Influences still
more potent have been AZ WORK.
We are taught ny this condition of things that 1t Is
only by fidelity 10 the Interests OF the people that the
ascendancy OF the republican party can De secured,
and that Massachusetts - no exception to the gem
eral rule. Were tue republican party what it should
be- What earliest years IL ana WHAT Is
CURED Of 1t by It's professions, should not
new political combinations III Massachusetts, with.
drawing from republican communion great numbers
OF voters; we should not see such questions as those
OF labor and temperance and social reforms left
TO the support only OF mnortes and third parties,
but we should see the republican party once more q
compact and united organization. with It's uncon-
querable majority, graphing the great questions OF
ppui s ana and w e M IN
which II opposed slavery ard secession. The
question now Is, can inc result thus prefgured
hA in nnht IN nsh con
once more take the lead7 The destinies OF
the republican party are IN their own Keeping,
and the response TO this inquiry rests with them
selves That which we have SAID OF the pOltical
prospect generally Is not ess true IN It's application
large, II the republican party would command and
deserve victory must return 10 Its primitive faith;
quitting subsidiary and internal issues, 1t must gird
itself tor the great conflicts OF humanity yet I'M
fought; kmust select O leader fitted by his ante
cedents and abilities to take the lead and follow
where he leads; 1t must hush Its contentious and
close up Its ranks beyond anu above all II must be
10 Its record 10 TINS age OF progress and to the
cause OF republlcanism throughout The world.
OI course 1t Is not to be questioned that leader
such suggested, can readily be found among the
number Of eminent men by whom the party mas
eye naturally turns. But the point now TO be
impressed upon sne republican ;a mlnc Is the IN,
marshalng the party under his banner in
the campaign close at nand. Whoever that leader
may be, If the republicans would do justice TO theni
selves, must be no mere partisan chief selected IN
conformity with some pretended principle OF rota-
10 any merely personal services merit but must
be- what the times ana the condition OF lhe party
demand, statesman or broad and comprehensive
views advanced opinions upon the questions OF the
day, and one OF sell-reying ana seltasserting in-
divlduality.
That we have such one in our mind as is thus
described, and whose preferment we nope to see 1t
would dislngennous to deny. We admit 1t the
mentary impulse, but to deliberate and cool renec-
ton. We may be pardoned, we think, in view OF
our locality and the discussion taking place in ref
I
awaited the immediate presence OF the cam
paign before forming our views anu nxing
section which we IN part represent. IT. as we be-
lieve she ought, Essex. for the first time in her his
Magistrate, we hesitate to say That the and
the requirements OF the occasion VIII meet; that he
~ w n es N Ur s
OF his services as her special representative
elsewhere win be that man IN whose per.
glorles OF the republican party Will be
revived its mighty majority restored and future
OF achievement and glory. so lar az least as the
Commonwealth is concerned, assured.
With General Butler-for II Is oil him we speaS-as
pagn, there will open 10 repubcanlsm In Massa-
cnusetts Q new vista Of usefulness end HONOR the
days OF its declining strength Will have been
rearouscd and its early triumphs renewed. Nor
is this all; the nomination and election oil General
Butler Will stand Tor more. Rather than any man
in the state he Is the representative OF that new era
iii our country's progress, which however underlined
as vet, ~ nevertheless tning We reel anu KNOW.
Nay that election itself viii serve as proof that
such an era has begun. Whatever the war has cost
IN sacrifices or accomplished in results; whatever
reconstruction has established and the people desire
10 preserve; the great principles Of democratic
liberty underlying the republican faith; the idea or
the country's unity and indlvlslble nationaty It's
future OF continental expansion ana power; Amcri
citizenship, the equality OF all men before the
law, their education and reimbursement; the IN
terests OF labor and the Improvement OF the con-
dtion OF workingmen; the cause Of cheap
transit and INSTRUMENTATION by railroad
nd
however respectfully or securely intrenched; a
revision OF the tariff and the internal excise
corresponding to the demands OF wise revenue re-
form; the question or temperance and OF social
science, including that OF woinan's advancement IN
industrial opportunity ana civil right as respects
basis Of popular progress OF republican success,
with General Butler Tor the nominee, there VIII be
no element wanting In the representative character
OF the candidate ana the party thus being satisfied
in all its noblest convictions aud ASPIRATIONS IL VIII
consolidate strength and once again become
IL and lnXluclne.