The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-18


or bear the suspicion of any friendly connec
ton with the old Tammany rings The
democratic party in this city has been
thoroughly rogenerated, and through its efforts
mainly was the reform triumph of last No
vember made secure. The liberal republicans,
who have severed their old political associa-
tons, have been charged with greedy desire
for Office and the honesty of their reform pro-
fessions has been called in question. Both
democrats and liberals then, are interested in
making the character of their candidates a
practical guarantee of their integrity and good
faith in the union they have formed in the
cause of honest government. If they fail to
do SO their apparent political strength in the
State will not save them from defeat.
The responsibility for the result of the con-
test does not rest alone with the State conven-
tons. 1t extends 10 those who are to be en-
trusted with municipal nominations and with
the selection of candidates for Congress and
for the State Legislature. As New York was
the victim of the old frauds and the principal
agent in the revolution of last November the
people will look to the character of the mu-
ncipal and legislative nominees TO discover
which party is honestly in favor of reform.
The republicans must not forget that they
labor under the disadvantage of having elected
last year, under the mask of reform, one of
the most corrupt Legislatures that has ever sat
in the State Capitol If they do not discard
every Assemblyman who was in Albany last
year, with probably half dozen exceptions,
they may as we'll retire from the contest In
this city they are reported to have made their
peace with the old Tammany politicians, and
to have driven illegal bargains with certain Of
their old enemies. 1t will be necessary that
they should disprove these rumors by the
character of the candidates they select for
municipal positions. Anything that savors of
o trade or an unnatural combination
in their policy would be fatal to
their prospects. On the other hand, the
democrats still bear the name of Tammany,
and every effort of their opponents will be
directed towards fastening upon them the
odium that attaches to the old organization.
It is true that the new Tammany has nothing
of the old corruption about it, and that the
names now powerful in the Wigwam are
recognized as the most distinguished actors in
the revolution of last Fall But if the regene-
rated democracy would prove its constancy to
the principles it upheld SO unselishly year
ago it must offer to the people candidates
whose names are guarantee of integrity and
capacity. We submit this advice to the
leaders of the party organizations on both
Sides and we repeat the prediction that in
the coming contest the power of the quiet,
undemonstrative voters will make itself felt, as
it did year ago, and that it will carry to
triumph whichever party it accepts as the real
friend Of honest government
The East African slave Tradc-stan lcy
and Livingstone.
There is class of people, and unfortunately
a very large and noisy class, which halls every
new achievement in the onward march of
science with the same unvarying cuckoo cry of
"Oui Bono?' It is true say they, that we are
SO much the wiser for this latest addition TO
our knowledge, but what practical results is it
going to yield us? And the Livingstone
explorations, as displayed to the world by
SANKEY'S successful quest have, of course,
like every other noble and unselfsh task of the
same character, been literally covered with
these depreciatory sneers. But we are glad to
see that apart from the intrinsic value and
interest of these discoveries, they have already
brought forth fruit which will compensate
the world hundred times over for the money
and energy and heroism expended in gathering
them from the dim depths of vast and almost
unknown land
More conspicuous than aught else, alike in
the story of Stanley and the letters of Living
stone, stand out in painful relief the hideous
enormities of the East African slave trade
Both the explorer and the journalist seem
thrilled with horror OF the extent and the
iniquity of this infamous commerce and
tell the sad truth in words that burn with
righteous Indignation. Nor has their testi-
mony been given in vain. In her propagation
speech Queen Victoria, reused by these terri
BILE disclosures made what is practically a
solemn pledge to her people that this scandal
and reproach to the whole human race shall
be forthwith abolished, and that slave catch
ing and slave trading shall cease, as an insti-
tntion, in this its worst and most firmly
rooted stronghold. And the means of achieving
this good work are by no means very difficult.
BY far the vast majority of the unhappy VIC
TINS Of this traffic are captured for the
use Of the subjects of the Sultans Of Fam
zibar and Muscat two petty Powers, now
scarcely better than tributaries of the British
Indian government. which for a quarter of o
century has interfered in their affairs on the
slightest provocation. The Sultan of Zanz-
BAR indeed, owes his nominal independence of
Muscat to the decision of a representative of
Her Majesty, and Muscat has quietly submit
ted to wholesale bullying from the same source