The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-02

Mr.. Bayard's Strength I'm New York;
The press is full of expressions OF individ-
ual opinions, from which we gather that the
delegates to st. Louis, who are now being
appointed, seem often undecided whether
the nomination which they are to make is
one which must arise from what is really
purely fanciful idea of expediency. or
whether they will hold to the preference
which they openly avow. In other words,
whether their candidate is to be one whom
they will uphold with the enthusiasm which
alone insures success, or whether they will
assign themselves the task of supporting
leader with the lukewarmness which must
result in defeat.
The large number Of people who are OF
neither party, or who have lost their fifth in
republican administrations, will, when the
issues Of the campaign present themselves,
demand true exponent of the opposition,
and one supported by the democratic party
because he is a true exponent of their prin-
ciples. The World says that it believes
the great need of the country at this mo-
ment to be the election of the republic
can party from power in November next,
and the establishment in its place, not
merely of democratic administration, but
Of democratic administration backed by
democratic House of Representatives, cor
daily supported by the democratic party
throughout the Union, and able, therefore,
to devise and carry out the great measures
Of retrenchment and reform which are abso-
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visory Council it says, "In proclaiming
that the election ola single able and honest
man to the Presidency is sufficient to save
the country in the present crisis the reform
ers betray the same misapprehension of our
political system" This would apply as well
to a democratic as toa republican reformer.
Indeed, the people of the whole country,
North and South, East and West, wish to
know exactly what to expect from the demo-
cratic party, and they will have no fear of
President such as Mr.. Bayard. But they
undoubtedly would distrust candidate re-
ceiving but alukewarm support from party
at his back which confessedly used him for
temporary expediency, since it would then
be impossible to measure the consequences
of democratic success.
The conspicuous position in relation to
the nomination which the Governor of New
York has succeeded in attaining has made it
incumbent upon the leaders Of the demo-
cratic party of this State to enforce the prin-
ciple that the aspirations Of localities must
yield before candidate who meets all the
requirements Of national and united party
and whose nomination avoids MI disagree
ment between the East and the West. 1t is
probably for this reason that it becomes
every day more evident that there is a large,
perhaps major portion of the democratic
party of this State which has shown foresight
enough to distinguish between temporary
and lasting strength, and has, moreover, be-
come alive to the fact that in o political
campaign in which the parties are to be SO
distinctly arrayed against each other that he
is the stronger candidate who best fulfls the
conditions of his own party. 1t seems USE
less to endeavor to belittle this current Of
opinion, and the arguments that an opposi-
ton to the nomination of Mr.. Tilden is an
opposition to reform or q condemnation Of
his administration as Governor are very
frivolous and proceed from those who are
unable to disengage themselves from per-
sonal politics.
Finally, to those politicians with whom
such an argument would have weight, and
who, it is to be hoped, form but small
class, we would suggest that to regulate
ones preferences by what appears to be the
relative strength of candidate at par
ticular time is, to say the least, very IN
profitable method of reasoning. The
changes which always take place within a
party and within State should have been
warning to them. 1t may, however, be re-
peated that, whatever may be the fuctua-
tons of opinion in particular States, he
who best fulfls the conditions of his party
and the requirements of the country in a
national crisis will always in the end prove
the stronger candidate for nomination and
for election.