The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-28

arms length by the seat OF his breechea He cannot
act without parry ridge pole cannot stand With
out raters Nor does ne hope 10 manufacture third
pariy-the whig-repuolican party He Is said 70 be
man oil original comm souse Parties are not hand
conflicting opinions Az 10 the tarin civil service re-
form. rctrenchment ana public improvements there IL
democrats. The trouble is deeper aud much moro
serious The republican party had double mission
tho overthrow OF slavery aud the cxtrpation OF State
rights. Having successfully accom pshed a part OF
its task It's leaders are intehgentIy bending their
efforts TO accomplish the other, irihe country holds
together In time they will inevitably succeed In time
OF unprecedented Industrial depression, and in tho
teeth 81 million white majority, the republicans
wrcsted nineteen electoral votes from people calling
themselves frcs Mr. Hayes holds his Office by the
tenure OF that violence He knows that party life
paramount TO the welfare Of any Individual however
ing onward. Wait till he shows his hand; we OF tho
South have not seen IL yet There can be no peace
this country until the question OF State rights ad
journcd, but not settled is finally adjudicated
A HOPELESS TASK
"The democrats constituting the rcactionary party
pledged 10 reverse the laws gravity 10 arrest
the motion OF tho earth upon It's axis, and 10 make the
apple leap back 10 the twig from which 1t fell. the
attempt IT, The best that they hope 10 do
tard the motion winch they arc powcrIess 10 stop; Il
needs brake But as between State rights and cen
trazaon Is there no fs7fium qlid braKcsman az yet
10 the political philosopher What possible one can
there be for eight and thirty small sovereign BRAINS
addition to supreme brain in large body poll
tic? 80 many state governments, costly and obstruc-
tive, even IN tneF legltimato
10 tho government in Washington. This Is
the trouble ahead. which, as every seeing man
must perceive Is idle to deny and hopeless 10 seek
TO evade And for this trouble thoughtful men
OF both sections should mako ample preparation In
Wow of II only lunacy itself could suggest the break
Ing TO pieces OF that vast strength which tho solid
South, with its 13S votes commands Mr. Hayes asks
too much; no would get moro II no required lcss.
Sentimentay State rights man, ] am, on philo-
sophical grounds centraiist-an imperiast, II you
WILL In 1867 l nominated G rant for emperor, and
had he not dwinded into party President would
have stuck to him. | am now patiently awaiting the
deuee II may be delayed, but not lone, nation 3
life il coveted. The low financial and industrial
barometer winch has lasted here for three years be-
tokens Storm Turkey may by induction discharge
some OF the accumulated electricity and relieve tho
pressure temporarily; but after term Of years, not
OF tho nation into the form OF empire Will
be attended by the evolution OF heat. There
will be combustion, there Will DO war; Tho national
arms will be- IL not mistaken, again triumphant
II not tho country VIII divide into fragments Two 70
half Dozen each which will have It's standing army
and be a little dcspotism. bad OF worse than big
empire. Any man tell pretty we'll when the lines
OF cleavage Will occur. Meantime, II 10 tho duty OF
the democracy and by that mean the Sonth (for the
democrats OF East OF account and those OF tho
West but little bccr to hold It's forces well IN hand
rcady Tor any emergency. When New England gocs
solidy during three successive admnisra-
tions then and before, will come the signal for
the surrender Of the South and the dispersal Of its