The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-13

vemDef lay U6VWo0n Two p0ftAeo uuu wv o'AJ
the party supporting General Grant and tho
party supporting Horace Greeley. In face Of
the known enthusiasm of the regular republi-
cans, stimulated by recent party successes
in other States. and the magnificent support
rendered last night by tho democrats to the
liberal candidates, all other party Fragments
must count rs nothing in New York. II
could scarcely have been expected that every
old hardsheii in the State would jump 80 far
in advance of the shadow of the past az TO
take sides with either of the two great divi-
sions but the attempt to dignity them into
separate organism will be just as hopeless.
The band of patriots who assembled at
Louisville have too suspicious dnge OF
traitorism about their little movement to de-
ceive many It is professedly ''suicide
uar..v" at the best, and your old hayloft hard
shell woula ,crefer staying at home to exhibit
inc his ro,it;ca, bar,. kari to the multitude. In
voting for Grant or for Gree,D,,v citizens VIII
know approximately whore they s'ana;
but in voting for O'Oonor they would
arrive at utter qualification, and have
performed as thankless job as
the citizens of old Rome had in voting for
Coriolanus, whose classic old brssqwerie the
straight-out candidate wishes to emulate The
fight, therefore, lies between Herman and Dix,
so far as New York is concerned. The blaze
of o torchlight procession may not be q
safe place to look for party princi-
pie, but it gives a certain test OF the
popular current. AS we have said, the meet
ing of last night was democratic as to hearers,
although mixed as TO speakers The impartial
ity with which all were listened to evinces a
real change in the bearing of mass
of men who would year ago have hooted
half the orators off the stands If not gage
of victory, it is the harbinger of q softening of
political asperities of goodly promise in the
future. The cause of Mr.. Greeley, too,
will, we have no doubt, be improved
thereby throughout the State. The firm
attitude of the New York democracy
will give heart of grace to some
republicans who while disliking to
follow their old party's lead, have been
timorous over venture in which nothing was
assured To this extent it will work him good
and will also encourage the rural democrats to
stand by the ticket. It will place Mr.. Ker-
mans name on the ticket with frmer hand
and in better light, and give him rank as q
man pledged to reform, and this means
something more than usual when it is based on
a personally honest record That it will win
many votes from the republicans who have
fallen into line under General Dix we do not
believe. If it solidifes the opposition to
General Grant, which Bourbonism and repub-
lican victories have assailed, it will have done
good work for the party; but that accom-
plishing this means triumphs at the polls we
do not feel inclined to predict
FRANcE-TuE VICE PRESIDENTIAL QUEs-
T1oN.--One of our cable dispatches informs us
that on the occasion of the reopening of the
sessions of the National Assembly President
Theirs will propose the creation of the Office Of
Vice President. We are glad to find that Presi-
dent Theirs has so far made up his mind. On
this particular point he has been somewhat
slow to decide. Better late than never Presi-
dent Theirs has done well. He has fairly
earned the title Of "savior of his country
In the great future, when nations and races
and languages and religions no longer divide
or disturb the human family, the name Of
Louis Adolphe Theirs will be remembered
with that Of George Washington and the pa
triotic names Of all the past. But the good
work begun by Theirs is not yet finished. The
new French Republic is not yet formed. 1t
hangs too much on one man, and that man is
President Theirs The death Of Theirs might
make an end Of the Republic. The Vice
Presidency is necessary in France for the
man who now holds the reins of power in that
country and makes the Republic possible is in
his seventy-sixth year.
NAPOLEON IN ExnE-THE Ex-EMpERoR AND
EMPRESS ON BOARD AN AMERICAN YACHT
Napoleon in exile will be fruitful theme for
| some future historian. If there be no Bour-
rienne or O'Meara there will surely be an
Abbot to gather up the scraps and tell US oil
we ought to know. Of the period of the exile
one of the many interesting episodes will be
the trip around the Isle of Wight made by the
Emperor and the Empress on board the
American yacht Sappho. The entire affair
rebounds to the credit Of Mr.. Douglas, the
owner Of the yacht, and of the imperial
couple. 1t is a nice little piece Of courtesy oil
around. Well meant, well received, well
accomplished is the story. Among the
many things which this little affair reveals it
reveals this, that the fallen Emperor and his
amiable wife are as much to-day, in the hour
of their misfortune, popular fayorites, in the
Worldwide sense, as they were in the days of
their pride and power Who thinks of them
pnkindly?
| Tuv svcosn Tp,,I or I,,rn, n Fam No
Fair having been convicted, upon her trial at
San Francisco more than year ago, of the