Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-05-21

no public reception tomorrow.
ms. GovuRSoE CooKn viii recolye on |
Tuesdays from ill 4 O'Clock.
THH pRLTu OP THR DEMOCRACY.
All the signs 10 the political heavens At the |
present time point 10 The dissolution Of the |
Democratic party. It stIll keeps up the forms
Of party-commlttecs, conventions and cau-
euses-but its life and spirit are gone out,
and nothing seems left for Il to do bat
10 quietly step into the grave that It's leaders
have been 90 long digging for IT, During
the past twelve years u has gone on from
blunder 10 blunder and crime 70 crime until
At last utter extinction stAres u In the face.
The places that once knew 10 shall know Il
no more forever II is to-day without
leader, without q candidate, without prin-
clple. We have, to be sure, q compact body
OF Democrats, called by courtesy an opposi-
tlon, In Congress, but what have they to op-
posep Once 10 while We hear from them
some oratorical rubbish about the Coustitr-
tlon and despotlsm, the mere scho OF what
they have been prating about slnce they went
out Of power 10 1851. 80 loug as the var
lasted and the Constitutional amendments
were under discussion, thcre was something
around which they could rally; they had .
cause, aud however uuwlse, unpatriotlc or
hopeless Il was, IL was stIll a cause, and they
stood by II; but thsse questions have been re-
moved from our political controversies; the
Democracy have become ashamed Of dsput-
ing over them; they have accepted the situa-
tiou, and taken a new departure with no
clear object In View except to get into power
As q consequence We And tbem to-day drift
Ing on the political seas without captain or
pilot or rudder or compass. .--H
The groat Democratic blunder Of 1879 has
Lesn an effort TO divide the Republican party.
Early In the spring. when two or three am
bilious and disappointed Republican leaaers
showed symptoms Of revolt agalnat the reEu-
lar Republican orgAniaatlon, against tho
elected head OF the party, when the cry was
hnst raised "to boat Grant any way" the air
was iIled with mysterious rumors about In
trlgues and arrangements between the Demo
cratic leaders and the dis.atisaod RspublI-
cans, and We were told about alliances and
bargains and compromises, by which Demo
eraey should do this In case dlscontented
Republication did that The spirit Of pollti-
cal barter was abroad, the lesser politicians
imbibed the poison from their leaders. ard
BY and BY the press sent the political leprosy
among the Democratic masses. The Demo
cratic leaders had surrendered their party 70
the Liberal Republicans before they know
what they we're about. Their party had be-
come what IL Is to-day, n dlsorgGnixsd mob,
before Mr.. Hendricks and Mr.. Blair and Mr..
Belmont had the least idea OF the dlssenslon,
the dlsunlon and tho Generalization that
they had sown In the organization they as
sumed TO control, and did control Before the
Cincinnati conVention-eyen at the cincin-
natl couyeutlon-it was very far from the In
tsntions Of these gentlemen to help put its
nominees In the White House. What they
aimed At was to drive the opposition 10 Gen.
Grant into position OF hostility from which
there could be no retreat. In their anxiety
70 split the Republican Organization they lost
sight entirely OF their own party, relying on
their power to mould aud influence h At any
time Is they saw nt.
Here 1t was that the great biunder was
made. The Democratic masses believed that
their leaders were sincere In the professions
they made, and honestly followed them TO Gin
clnnatl and gave themselves up. II was only
~ sno is'' nolien' ,uA. 'no lnu'slel - ~.
80 "uu - eio', in""e " e1fos' y ", .no
suo,' came VOC na'e' in VAN ula uo Neu
iork organ Of me democracy next Gay
ss',,o ~ stoui 'uo a .'ue' ~ ,Hiu uie sPPoN
claim that the party should not commit
Itself to any platform or any candidate until
tho leaders Of the party had spoken in au-
thoritatlve councll The advice, the warning
and the command came TOO late. The Demo
cratic party had gone over, horse, foot and
artillery. Ia thls way only can the existing
Generalization In the party be accounted for.
Il has driftsa away from ita leaders and
passed beyond their management or control.
naanarata aiforta ara beIn0 mad. N aa m n Al
RaIt,mora h.t thsy go. h,o.,... Fror,
the south Thar, come. an Imnor.t,v, .om-
mand that baltimore .hau r.tIfv vh.t Gin