Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-09-20

turn IN their own benefit oil tho advantages
that they could have 50 easily won from that
magnificent vindication of the power NJ the
people to free Themselves from q desperate
and INSCRIPTIONS gang Of politicians, might
have easily put their party IN shape where
l,s chances Of victory 10 the Presidential
election, at whose threshold they then stood,
would. be almost equal IN that oi tho Repub-
Ilcans, II not indeed superior and better. Il
Is true that Il was Republican newspaper
chat first laid bare the plots Of the couspira-
tors and exposed their huge robbery aud
swlndllng; but It was Democratic lawyer
that wOvc the mcshca Of the law around the
Tammauv tiger and captured him In his
Jungle. II the leaders Of tho Democratic
party everywhere had given hearty and
substantial support to the efforts that
were then being made toward honest goT-
ernmcnt In New York city and STATE II
they had not stood silently by with folded
arm, without a word Of encouragement to
those who were making 80 gallant battle,
they might have lifted themselves and their
party up to q moral and political height be-
fore the country aud the world that would
almost Insure them the control OF the ma
tlonal administration for the next four years.
Here was the FIRST great blunder OF the Demo-
cratic party during the present campaign;
for we regard the fight against Tammany as
the beginning Of the Presidential canvass oil
1872. The fact 10, TammAny was the main
pillar Of the Democratic temple; and when IL
Was struck down the whole cdiIlcc tremblcd,
aud was finally shvered into ruins. II was
not until after the overthrow OF Tanrmany
that the Liberal opposition began to deVelOpe
itself. The New York World, speaking for
the demoralizcd Democracy, Immediately be-
gan to coqucttc with the Liberals, talked OF
the folly OF the Democracy Transferring It's
three millions votes to thcm' they should
come to II. Here was tue hrst evidence oil
weak ness In the Democratic organization. II
| Tammany had not been Oyerthrown we
should never have heard Ol the coalition.
| The Democratic leaders counted upon Tam
many hall TO conduct the Presidential cam
palgn, To expend the millions plundered from
the people Of New York In rolling M MAORI
ties for the National Democratic ticket In No
yember. New NStk was to be carried by false
and fraudulent votes; Pennsylvania was to he
colunized by the trained blllOt-OON suffers OF
| New York city In October CONNECTICUT was 70
be swept In the same way; New Jersey was to
be oyerridden By the Tammany roughsi VIM
VI. Tweed had planned the entire campaign
Hoffman was In training for the Presidency
newspapers were established as far south al
Washington to advance the schemes Of thu
\ Tnmmany ring, mainly 10y Mr.. Tweed
money. Mr. Tweed himself was to be Sec
rotary Of tue Treasury when tue Democracy
come to their own again-thc spolls Of TIT
General Government. The Democratic lead
crs were pivy to this conspiracy; they sane
toned Il and were confident that IL woult
succeed. Hence, When the horrible reyela
tions Of thc guilt and i1amy Of Tammany
were first made public, they fcgncd incrcd
ullly and raised no hand against the New
York conspirators. They had full confidence
In the Boss" and insolently asked will
them, what are you going to do about it1'
The Outcfy that filed the land was re-echoe'
from the uttermost ends Of the Garth; the!
could not join In It because they were In.
measure as bad az the accused and since con
ylcted thieves.
As we said, the overthrow Of Tamman!
left the Democratic party hors dH combat 81
far as the Presidential contest was concerned
and nothing remained for IL to do but to sur
render To the four or Ave hundred sorehea
Republicans, who, disappointed OF Office, Pu
themselves in opposition to the Administer
ton and the Republican party, and to tn
few sore, visionary rcformers and free
traders, who were saugGlne of being able
form party Of their own and put Pres
DENTAL candidates In the field. Looking bac
To the events Of five or six months ago, Their
can be no doubt that a conspiracy was eu
tered Into between tho shrewd politicians lik
the Fentons and the McClures aud the Demo
Gratis TO capture the Cincinnati convention
put Horace Greeley in nomination for tn
Presidency, and wheel the Democratic OF
ganiZAtiOn into his support. The Tribune ed
tOrial pages contain evidence the most unmi'
taxable and convincing that such Is the fact
The Blnghamton RspWblicdn correspond
ence has never been successfully explained.
Il true that the missing link 10 the chain tina
, should bring guilt home to Mr.. Greeley
wanting, but that he entered into an arrange
| mcnt with the Democratic leaders Is beyon
, all question; and taking all the other circum
I stantlal evidence on the subject Into cOnsld
Grafton amounts 10 almost positive proof
: Now, here was the great blunder ON the paI
1 Of the so-called refurmers. Horace Greeley,
. nomination was the worst that could haV
( possibly been made. II was a fraud on III
G face OF IT, There was not q politician In Tia
A country who did not sec through the tram
4 pareut humbuggcTy of the thing. It deceive
a no one So far from meaning reform
e meant corruption Of the most notorious an
4 unblushing character. II meant the handln
A over OF the Government TO the worst men
I the country. II meant the conversion of til
Executive Mansion Into q political shambl
where, under the speclOus pretence Of r.
form and regeneration, the spOlls Of OfiiC
were to be sold to political adyenturers an
u tricksters. II Cincinnati really meant r
= form, II could not have taken worse wa
= Of showing It. Its action so disguise
II the country that nothing could save It OF
: ia candidate from the contempt OF the who
+ people, excepting the uncertainty that lllt
@ The public mind as to what the Baltmo
C convention would do two months late
Il Finally, when Baltimore did speak, when Il
e two tickets were fairly before the ronntr
u the prospects Of the coalition began
c steadily decline, aud have been declinil
d ever since, until to-day the most enthusiast
= Of Mr.. Greelcy's supporters give mp his cal
/ palgn as hopeless, and the most ordina
e politician, so certain IL the result, can cou
?; the few States that hc will carry on I
= fingers Of his hand.
n II any evidence were needed to prove I'll
y the Greeley party Is entirely demorallzed 7
Z have only to refer To the columns Of thu
j own organ. We have only to read tn,
magnificent boastlngs Of a few months befO
2 North Carolina Numbered out her cOndeI
= nation Of the Baltimore bargRini befo
i West Virginia repudiated and defeat
+ the Greeley candidate for Governor, al
e the Constitution prohibiting cOloTed ~
d from holding Offices Of trust before Yermo
u and Maine sent In their overwhelming IN
+ jOrllies-we have only TO remember what til
J. said then and contrast II with what they ~