The Van Buren press., 1873-12-16
Death Of the Republican Party.
IrrOm the Hartford Comm Times.

ten of the Hartford Courant that there
10 not, after sll, going to he much OF a
shower The Hartford Times is very
easily excited over poli,icsl results which
give the least encouragement to the
Democratic organizaton, d that We
have made altogether too much Of the
November elections. We are quite will
ing to let our announcement and CON-
msnts coucernin. the signihcan. results
in New York, Massachusetts,, Wisconsin,
Maryland, Virginia. Michigan. etc, etc,
stand just IS ihey are, A year or two
will show whether the Republican patty
Is likely to exist after another Presiden.
tial election, or whether it is even now
rapidly soiag the way of all lcsn.
The Republican organs have for very
many years announced the death Of the
Democratic party but they have proved
themselves, every time, wofully mistaken,
The Democratic party lives, and will live
as long as the Constitution lives for the
two may be said to be inseparably con
nected. Jefferson, who did SO much to
wards the formation Of the enc, was also
undeniably the founder OF the other
While the Constitution remains as the
law Of the land, the great party whe came
into being with it, and who have always
stood firmly by it, will also remain. Bat
TO the fact that the miscalled Republican
party has fulfilled its mission, and is APP
preaching its speedy end, We have the
testimony of the Republicaa papers them-
selves
When such an "organ as even the
New York Times caves in, and discusses
in dolorous tones the question whether
the party organization for which it has so
often sacrificed conscience itselfis doom
ed to the fate which overlook paraoh
and his ho9t,-w may well accept the
conclusion that the SO called Republican
party is,in street boys dialect, "a goner."
1t did not need this confession Of the
New York Times TO establish that fact
tho proofs ofthe approaching and speedy
dissolution Of the Republican party are
all about Us They are written in char
acters so plain, that "he who runs may
ad. " But TIE Nov. elections, pouring
down their avalanche Of concurrent test.
mony, and thus emphasizing and cstab.
fishing the evidence already existing on
every side, have proved too much even
for such faithful party " organ - as the
New lolk Times it sqneals, now like a
rat caught in a steeltrap Its leading
editorial Monday, is devoted to discus
sioa whether the party is dead orno, 1t
thus begins:
We believe it may safely be said that
privately the Republicans ackaopleage
the dWfcu'ties Of The position In which
their party is at this moment placed.
&" Back pay " and Credit Mobihor have
been the death Of the party, this mos,
faithful ofGran's organs thinks 1t says
" thought to he obvious to the Repub-
liean leaders that such aaother session Of
the Legislature as the last wich was
held In the State, or another session Of
Congress like that which closed in the
spnng will uHeyiy ertinggish he party. ;"
Yet once more, Oys laurels, and
once more, ye myrtles brown, with ivy
never sega - again let us bark to the
tombs:
+" If mistakes Of this kind are to be re
peated next winter, the Republican party
will be utterly ciped ont, and no news
papers or orators can save it Some
leaders may think they know better, but
they will be wiser by and by "
Aud the same doleful organ gives
prominent place to colrnn.ong letter
from its Wisconsin corrosp poljcnt, who,
after viewing the ruins, out west, is
moved 10 confess that ,he overthrow is
Overwhelming ana conclusive. The
writer says:
On ,olerably full vote, The result is
rs u IS W nat OF the fnturef Is the
Republican strength aud ascondcacy
broken For ALL TIMg? %
He goes on to answer his own cues
ton by saying
In my judgment this depends almost
entirely upon how the party which has
thus suddenly and unexpectedly como
into power uses that power
Wha. confession Bu. tie writer
proceeds 20 show that even this hope
that some mistake will be committed for
the benefit of Grant and Butler which
will restore the radicals t. power, is an
empty and delusiys one lie has come
to the deliberate conclusion and the New
York Times gives it its most prominent
place., taa, the great Republican party"
IL essential played ont its EMISSION
ended" We quote:
But while a spasmo ode return of
stresgth is possible to the Republican
party, it is evident to your correspond
ent that Mo. party may as ,ceA prepare
itself u go the uoy Of al parties tehose