The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-11

OF the Future.
The political relations between city, State
and Commonwealth are - closely interviewer
as the leaves that compose the flower. We
are told Of canvass nov and then really
independent and exceptional but it is very
rare. Such . canvass overturned Tammany
Hall But even that assumed national pro-
portions, and tho contest in tho end WIS not
so much the overthrow of Tweed Is the eleva-
ton of Grant We cannot make campaign
in New York to which the country will DO
Indifferent The preponderance Of our politi-
cal strength increases so steadily that it will
be said of elections in the future. ss it was the
common thing to say of Pennsylvania, "As
New York goes so goes the Union"
Therefore, the elements Of . democratic re-
vivifcation must begin in New York. If the
leaders of democracy, party 20 rich in as
sociations and memories, SO closely allied with
the great days and the great men Of the
Union, 80 thoroughly identified through JEFF
ferson and jackson and the early fathers with
all that is liberal in our constitutional system
If the mon who lead this party now mean to
achieve their ascendenoy they must look to
New York Here they lost power and here
they must regain it Nothing in itself was
more certain at the close of the war than the
supremacy of the democracy. The democratic
leaders had atoned during the war for
whatever mistakes they had made
before. So far as accomplishing and self
denying loyalty went they had made as good
Q record as their adversaries. They had the
power, which naturally did not belong to the
republicans, of influencing the Southern
States to their own welfare in the way of re-
construction. Two circumstances destroyed
these opportunities. The first was that ex-
traordinary alliance with Andrew johnson,
under the strange impression that an acciden-
tai President who would betray one party was
the man to lead another. The second was the
shameful rule of the Tammany Ring in New
York.
From the roots Of that Ring no living,
wholesome fruit can ever spring We may
plant and water, but there never can be any
increase. Nor can the system which gave
Tweed his power give power to any man who
chooses to be his successor. The meretricious
and dazzling reign of Tammany, with all the
gaudy displays and achievements, has come to
an end. We cannot revive it When Tweed
died his dynasty died with him. Mr. Kelly
will make blunder worse even than political
crime if he fancies that he can honestly hold
power upon the principles which animated his
predecessors in their dishonest use of it,
Public opinion Il an influence moro
worthy Of courtship than Tammany
Hall, and public opinion points to can
didature for Mayor in John K Hackett, our
worthy and unexceptionable Recorder, OF in
citizen like William Butler Dun
can. Let Tammany, silencing all purposes of
revenge for the past and all hopes for q revival
of new Ring, give New York an earnest Of
good government in the nomination of one of
these distinguished gentlemen The State
will take the city at its word and complete the
work OF reform by nominating for Governor o
man like Sanford E. Church, the Chief Justice
Of our Court Of Appeals. Justice Church
already holds one of the chief Offices in the
State he has many years to serve. We can
understand how he would hesitate TO retire
from this even to be Governor for brief
term. But he must read the lesson painfully
told in the life of Chase, that the Bench is to
quick minds prison, and that to high ambi-
tons and yearnings for the Executive re-
sponnbiity, its enforced tranquility is q con-
Stunning fame. he must know also that the
statesman who succeeds in leading the demo-
cratic party to victory may claim the right of
cr1wning the victory in the White House.
This is certainly ON easy line for the democ-
racy. The republicans have an opportunity
NO less simple and sure. When we speak of
the republican party we are for the present
limited to the aspirations and purposes of the
President. Among the many fortunate hap
penings in the career Of this distinguished
and strangely-fAted soldier none is, more sug-
gestive than that now, in the sixth year Of his
Presidency, he is SO completely master of the
republican party that no one dares to
dispute his supremacy or even to criti-
else it. No Chief Magistrate has been more
severely censured, and few have made more
mistakes But his very mistakes have become
advantages for the country cared little about
the personal actions Of chief magistrate in
non-essential matters who was 80 universally
right on essential questions. We are gen.
erous people in dealing with our public
servants, and care little about severe scru-
tiny of an officer who shows that he can ap-
preciate in q crisis the true interests of the
country. Those who regard the President as
an indifferent man also do him an injustice
His message on imitation and his letter to
Senator Jones, of Nevada, show that his
mind constantly broods upon the questions
of gravest moment They show further
the power of the Executive in determining
the policy Of Congress in questions where
Executive needs and wishes are as important
as in finance. BY his prompt courage the
prou;dort has dekerminAd the financial oues-