New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-20

idcnt that ho refuses to withdraw the nomina-
ton. 1t has been n long time since he made
better one, and his party is not III such po-
sition either in tho Senate or before the c0ull-
try as to warrant it in rejecting his best.
THE FAY TO REPUBLICAN, TIC7ORH
New-Hampshire has voted. and at once the
organs of machine Republicanism insist that
it can win with any candidate. If such coun-
sells prevail, the victory in Ncw-liampSlnrc
will prove the Republican Bull Run. Those
who care for the principles of the party, and
not merely for tho share of pelf which the
success of favoIite might secure, will now
examine the situation with caution and cool
ness. They will sos that the noxt election
will be peculiarly battle OF position that the
Democrats still hold victory IN their hands,
unless, at one vital point or another, the Re
publicans can disodgo them; and that there
ia but one line of attack by which the Repub-
licans can dlsodge them at any point without
exposing themselves to fatal losses elsewhere
At the South lies the strongly intreAched man
body of the Democratic force. The electoral
votes of nearly every Southern State are held
firmly in hand. ready to he cast for any
candidate labeled Democratic, on any
platform whatever. In South Carolina,
the election of Whipper and Moses
and the contest between Whpperism
and honesty, render it certain that the
Republicans can retain the hold they now
have only by nominating distlnctiyely re-
| form ticket. In Florida the same tendencies
appear But these are the only Southern
| States in which the Democrats did not succeed
at the latest elections. He has not intelii-
gently watched events who fancies that either
Mississippi, where Ames is under impeach-
ment, or Alabama, where Spencer and decency
are at war, or Louisiana, where Pincbback IN
sists that Kellogg has gone over to the Demo
| Gratis can be carried for any Republican who
! does not command much more than the party
strength. At the South, then, tue Democrats
are more likely to gain than to lose votes, and
the latest elections warrant them IN counting
confidently upon the 1877 electoral votes of an
the Southern States except South Carolina and
| Florida.
Their left wing is sa the Pacific coast, where
they have carried California, Oregon, Nevada.
! and Colorado at the latest elections This force
Of 10 electoral votes IL not easily diSlodged !;
probably it can be broken only by amazing
| folly in the Democratic Convention. AT the
| East they hold Nsw-York. Connecticut, and
| New-Jersey, with 80 electoral votes, while In
| diana, with 10, forms strong nucleus Ill the
center Moreover, the balance OF power III
| Ohio. Illinois, and Wisconsin. and oven Ia Mas
sachusl It's, Is held by independent voters, VINO,
| by 10 means inclined toward Democracy, are
| nevertheless resolved at any cost To PUNISH
| with defeat the nomination of any Republican
who has, by action or by silence, countenanced
the shameful corruption in that party. Besides
these independent States which tho Republic
cans have yet to win, the Democrats hold to-
day States having 207 electoral votes At
what point can the Republicans break this
| force?
Those who think t,Iat New-IIampshire
"points the way" propose the tjctics OF the
bloody shirt. Necessarily abandoning the hope
OF gains Mt the South, they propose to revive
the war feeling in the old Republican States
| of the North. But on that very lSsno the
marty lost every Northern State now held by
! Democrats. What enc could it hope TO re-
cover? Mr.. Morton, for example, would be
supported by colsred voters, who, for all
chance Of gain at the South, might as well
vote for Julius Cpsar but he would lose In
diana. as he lost it on the popular vote when
| ngntlDG
has no strength Oh tbs Pacific coast, and his
| intrigue with repudiatOrs would insure his
defeat at the East. WoHt OF all, ho would
lose the whole independent vote. His friends
! calculate that his nolnpatios would compel
! that of Hendricks, but in that event tho indie
pendents would surely place another candidate
| in the field, and, whoever might win, Mr. Nor
ton would certainly lose. Nor would Mr..
| Conkling be stronger. II he has sane friend,
| that friend does not suppose that he could
carry New-York; IN Indiana and mt the South
he would he weaker than Mr. Morton; and
against him, as against any sther man who
! has defended the crimes OF this Administra-
ton, the independent voters, If not satisfied
with the Democratic nsminee, would find q
| candidate Of their own nj short meter.
Undoubtedly Mr.. Hayes could carry Ohio, or
| Mr.. Washburne Illinois. Neither is ~ known in
other States rs to break the Democratic force
where it has hitherto prevailed. Judge Davis
could defeat Hayes in Illinois; Senator Thur
man could defeat WashsWRe in Ohio; and
Tilden or Bayard wSuld probably defeat
either in States now held by the Democrats
at the East OF on, the Pacific coast. The
Democrats might blunder INTO defeat by
naming Hendricks and appealing boldly to