New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-11
q3yyyG TO EIGyN OTER AGAIN.

Speculation is rife rs to what the Democrats
will do at their new convention this week at
Saratoga. We do not see that it makes much
difference what they do What they have
done has settled the business. A
Presidential campaign-and the New
York canvass is iut the critical part
of that campaign-is not like a horse
race. When false start has been made, you
cannot tap bell, recall the favori;es, ana
co,nnrl every body to start over again. The
party which makes the false stait Is indeed
called back but the other meanwhile ambles
on to peaceful victory.
Ii is in no wise possible for the Democrats
in this State to escape, or recover from the
consequences of their amazing plumbers AT
their late convention. They VIII indeed De
Or, tty sure, this time, that the candidate whom
they nominate will not decline the honor; but
during the whole canvass he will he merely
MIR. Scylnoul's substitute, laden with all
Mr. Seymour's sins and mistortuncs as well
As his own. They may nominate, If they
please, the best of War Democrats, but it VIII
be a nomination from the same convention
which Thought Horatio Seymour the only can
didlte who could carry the State-H0rau0 Sey-
mour who presided at Chicago when they
declared the war for the Union fah-
me- and who assured the rioters or
'G3, from the City Hall steps that he
had sent his Adiutant General to Washington
60 stop this DRAFT They may protest, If they
please, against the revival of war issues, but
the protest will come from a convention that
hooted down the name of Dorshcimcr, insisted
on A Democrat who had been identified with
A., tbo apu
thereby challenged the very revival they now
dcplore.
1t is no longer possible for them to nominate
anybody at Saratoga who can add strength to
their National ticket. Whoever the candidate
i, he mast be carried on Tilden's shoulders.
lie cannot help the canvass outside OF tins
STATE, and his one bare hope Of cleo
ton will be in finding the canvass outside the
| State running so prosperously "a to help him.
! The more intelligent Democrats realize this
! situation and among themselves frankly admit
! il. In their extremity they ore studying
! all manner of impossible or extraordinary de-
vices. They have even thought of c0Escriptlng
/ Charles OConOr. This would recall too
| vvilly one OF their wa cries during the war,
when they clamOred against the draft as
coHscription which IObbcd inpatially the
cradle ard the grave. The people OF New
York expect to vote for man Tor Governor
whom they know to be able and willing
to discharge the duties Of the Office
for ,hc term to which he is elected Mr.
OConor venerable and ilustriou3 name) is
gentleman for whose long life all will pray
bat afte, his late experiences there is no such
reasonable certainty of ii as to make his
nomination for Governor under any cOnceiv-
able circumstances admissible or decent
The TALL, about bin ouly demonstrates the
absolute panic in the ranks. Mr.. August Bel
mont is another gentleman to whom in their
bewilderment some OF the leaders have been
| turning. Mr. Belmont might probably com
rand most of his own party votes;
but these ore not nearly enough to elect
! Mr.. s. d. BabcOck, tie President Of the
| Chamber of Commerce, has been suggested
| but it is und erst0od that he is unwilling to be
nut ub for the sake of beng knocked
down, and the convention is not likely again
10 attempt to force an unwilling candidate.
Mr. RaLcoclls business ability and success
would commend him 20 the business comihu-
ujty here, and he might divide the uncertain
mercantile vote with Gov. Morgan but out
side the city ne would be unknown, and
could not command the average vote. Mr.
GARRISON \. Potter would make better can
didate than any of these, but he was eilectu-
ally disabled at the last convention.
In fact, the party itself was disabled, and
40 nomination which this convention can now
make will help them. If they had put up a
man whose record they thought unobjcction-
able. and, on finding their mistake, had re-
onired him to step down, they might yet
have as good a chance as ever That Is
what the Republicans DID In Indiana,
and their prospects are fairer now than
before their first nomination. But the
Democrats chose Seymour with their eyes
open-chose him because of his objection
able record, and must bear the burden of their
choice as well as the disgrace OF their
own tlickcry and double dealing with him and
with the public, to the end. They declared
then that they could not hope for Success with
anybody else, and the people VIII row take