New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-29

country. Ihope for that day. but may not sec IL most
OF you friends will the dawn Of that happy day
Commenting upon Mr. Birds speech, The Springfield
Republican says:
Mr. Birds Walpoe speech IN certain TO excite general
attention and call out wide variety Of comment Here
Is man who can truhfully say OF himself that ne mas
setts. He now notifies his neghbors and the public at
largo that he no longer belongs to this party that ne
does not expect TO act with It hereafter such an an
nouncement coming from a man OF Mr. Birds position
and antecedents, would be serious matter at any ne
Coming at such time as this, with our politics In their
present condition, it is something more than an event
1t sign. 1t deserves all the attention It will receive
No great amount OF discernment needed TO determine
the thing signied. 1t is simply that the kebnoican
party is beginning to break Sp; edA' this
pSnnST for Twelve years pasta IS now in inn
@inenf peril of disruption, # indeed 1t is already
would seem TO have forgotten the past history Of this
party. its first beginnings the circumstances which at
hended its present position and the conditions of its con-
tinued power and usefulness IN the future. IL was vas
ganized effort prevent it's extension. The men VINO
founded It and built II up were mPeed ana
rights Some Of them were Wings by birth and ednca
were Democrats: But in the presence of great EVIL
and great peril they agreed to sink their differences,
10 postpone all minor issues, and TO meet on on
the common platform for the attainment OF
the common object. The party was pol
for the purpose It has held together long enough
accomplish all that II set out 10 do anu soou uea
aware of it, il is yet a fact that slavery has been
aboshed is fact that the civil war IS over ana the
Union IL is fact that the negroes are voting III al
the States and holding political Office III hai OF them IL
is a fact that the danger OF reputation Is wholly past
Both the original and the secondary objects Tor when
the party has cOntended are accomplished facts ana
have been for several years. The pressure OF common
and commanding purpose being removed, what more
natural than that the organization should Degn 10 a
apart crumbe to resolve itself into It's original ee
ments. In point OF fact the process OF disntegra-
ton has already begun, and is perhaps fnrther al
vanced this moment than most OF us suspect Itmght
have checked at time during the Few years
by providing the moral feeling and energy OF the organ
izaiiOn with n worthy object in other words, by the
conversion of the party Of freedom into the party OF re-
fOTm-the party Of good government Perhaps III may
not even vet be too late TO arrest its progress POSSIBLY
Philadelphia might if II would, do much at TINS eleventh
hour to retrieve mistakes Of the past TINS nucn Is
certain; whatever is done must be done quickly Inc
Od-fashOned Democrats who helped found ana Duld
the Republican party, carried into 1t their Democratic
beliefs and pTeiudces OF late they nave been growing
more and uneasy and DISCONNECTED. Inc men anu
ideas that control the party to-day are not TO thel
liking They disqueted and alarmed at the turn OF
affairs; at the steady and rapid drift toward loose con
sructon and Capitalization. They have 0fet al nome
In the party for some time past -
the significance OF the Walpole speech Inc ue-
fectlOn OF a single man. matter how able would DC
comparatively but triing affair. But Mr. BIRD stands
for a discomfort and desire for change which may
easily prove a very serious matter. Dissatisfied WIN
the condition Things inside the party he has packed
up and walked out There thousands OF RepuDcans
his dissatisfaction suppose they initiate MS
action as well. What then