The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-08

1t as his opinion that where two men ride a
horse together one must ride behind. In
support of this judicial opinion, in turning
back to the Presidential campaign of 1920,
we find that Monroe, with the old federal
party riding behind him, walked his horse
over the course. The federal party, which,
all the way through, had opposed the war of
1912, had at last surrendered, and the people
had become ''all republicans and all federal
ists." So, both parties being at
last on the same platform, the larger
one absorbed the smaller, and the old
federal party disappeared. In 1924, in
the absence of party lines on principles, we
had Presidential scrub race on the personal
merits of Jackson, Adams, Crawford and
Clay; but in 1928 we had crystalization into
two distinct parties. So, from present ap-
pearances, we may have in 1872 the election
of 1920 substantially repeated, and in 1876 the
scrub race of 1924 over again, preparatory to
a new organization of parties. The democrats
have taken the last jump of the old federal
party in surrendering to the republicans, and
in mounting the same horse they must run the
chances of having to ride behind.
But looking at all the republican defec-
tons, and at all the republican soreheads,
such as Sumner, and Trumbull, and Gratz
Brown, and Carl Schurz, and Fenton, and
Greeley and so on, is there not still fine
opening for Tammany. with her enormous
sinews of war in the Tax Levy, and the Gen.
trail and Erie railways, and with those active
bushwhackers, the Tammany republicans
Not by the present outlook from the Joint
High Commission, JEFF Davis and the fifteenth
amendment. Sumner has been outdanked on
st. Domingo and the High Joint men. Trum-
bull has become sort of political FOSSIL
Gratz Brown has been checkmated by Frank
Blair, Carl Schurz is on the anxious BENCH
and Fenton, scratching around with Greeley,
is making only the fuss of an old hen with one
chicken. Greeley is great philanthropist in
a small way, but in politics he is a great blum
derer. His vanity and his egotism are too much
for his discretion, and 80 he is always out at the
elbows and always in hot water. In 1852,
when Pierce and Scott ran upon the same
platform Gan experiment which ended the
wing party, as the experiment of 1920 dis
while accepting Scott as the wing candidate
said, ''We spit upon and execrate his plat
form )" and so he did all that he could to assist
his party soreheads in the work Of destroying
their party, which they accomplished in the
overwhelming election of Pierce.
Again, in 1860, in dissolving the firm of
:'Seward, Weed and Greeley" because the
third member of the firm had not received his
share of the spells, this member Greeley re-
joiced in Lncoln's nomination. But he gave
Lincoln, as President, as much trouble as
Kentucky neutrality although the good humor
of 'sHonest Old Abe" was too much for the
laundering philosopher. For instance, when
the President, by this philosopher, was in
formed, in the midst of the rebellion, that it
would be good thing to negotiate treaty of
peace with George Sanders and Company at
Niagara Falls, Lincoln appointed Greeley his
envoy extraordinary to Sanders and Company.
But at the same time, regarding the whole
thing as trick of rebel strategy, the saga
cious Lincoln, who would have his joke, COM
missoned his confidential agent, Colonel
jacques, to run up to Niagara Falls ''and
crack that nut )" and the nut was cracked.
But General Grant is not so much given to
joking as was ''Honest Old Abe" and has no
patience with a double dealer. So he has
given Fenton and Greeley to understand that
they cannot run the Custom House; and so
they have resolved that one term is enough for
Grant.
But all this signifies nothing beyond the
folly of Greeley. He can't bulge Murphy,
and he can't make profitable martyr of Fem
ton. All these radical soreheads will have to
come to their medicine Meantime, General
Grants sensible and popular views of men
and things, as given to our reporter at Long
Branch, show that he is master Of the situa-
ton, while General Sherman's letter, we
fear, will do anything but revive 'the dry
bones of the democracy"
THE JUBILEE OF POPE Plus THE NINTH. On
the 10th of June, 1871, Pope Plus the Ninth
will have occupied the Chair of st. Peter for
twenty-five years. Since ST. Peter, if we can
place any confidence in history and tradition.
no one has occupied the Holy Chair 80 long
The occasion is to be celebrated in Rome and
all over Catholic Christendom. Should the
Holy Father see that day-and the presump-
ton is that he wilt will be proud day for
him, and it ought to console him amid his
many misfortunes. 1t will be recorded as a
curious fact in history that only the first and
the last of the Christian Pontiffs of Rome saw
the end Of the twenty fifth year of their in
cumbency of the Holy Chair. Two hundred
and fifty mine have reigned. Two only have
had the special honor. Is the cycle complete
Who dare say that the new departure of the