The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-03

formation OF new political party. You
Western AntI-monopoly movement Ii provincia
The causes that give rise TO q new party mus
be universal. And they must DO positile causes
having inherent vitality"
said that the Republican and Democratic par
ties, M they existed, seemed 10 be
EQUALLY ArooHRoFIsmg,
adding what was at that time the staple argu
ment OF the new party theorists.
"Ob, yesl" said Sumner. "Tbere are Few
men in the country who can comprehend these
things Of which YOU speak; but the mass Oh the
people lie not impressed The result Ia thai the
new party which yor nay seek 10 form will be
limited 20 the few men who taink upon these
subjects acutely enough to hlcome enthusiastic
while The massea will renlAin mort where they
are In The n1 ifapiss .ion."
Well. lAe aasea raquisite te Tho formation oil
new psrtl are ysatls more active and positive,
and poa 81 greater inherent vitality now than
they a fonf ars ago. Then, The only valid res.
sor new iyrmations was the fact that uraBtism
bad ae cd upon the Republican organisation,
sud Nv Disguised patriots, whose claims upon
ofiriA patronage we're disregsrded Al the White
"f,use, were trying TO devise ways and means Of
getting the Republican party out OF the clutches
" Grantsn, or, failing IN that, TO get the country
ont OF the clutches Of the Republican party.
But the great macs Of the people. who cared
little about the claims OF these patriots upon
official patronage, we're satisfied with 0rantism
But II Grantism had dared TO run its head against
any OF the cherished popular traditions, az Il
would have done had the third term project been
carried out then those entbusaems" which
Sumner 30 loved to dwell upon would have been
aroused, and the diegusted patriots aforesaid
would have suddenly found themselves moving
along with large crowd
But now the case IL altered. We have seen
that, In the former case few Disguised patriots
seeded from the Admihstrati ton, which repre-
scented the body of the party. In The present
case the indications are very strong chat the body
OF The party 10 dsgusted and lie inclined TO secede
from the Administration, which represents few
patriots. Here. indeed, lie 'entbusisem' enough
But the trouble liz, az Mr.. Sumner would cay. that
this enthusiasm" Ia provincial; whereas. the
causes that impel The formation OF new parties
MUST mr. ''ustvERsAl."
Grant eept the Republican party IN o turmoil
by being loo partisan. And new Hayes has
thrown II into another agony by being too libe.
raj And the same men who tried to form new
party 10 beat Grant are seeking 10 build up an
other new party to sustain Hayes, Well, at the
conclusion Of ell. It must be admitted as q prao.
teal fact that the Democratic party beat Grant, |
Because, had IL not been for the menace OF the |
Democratic party the office holding brigade |
would have been able to renominate Grant
NJ Cincinnati In spite Of the masses of
The Republican party-and in spite of lie
leaders, too, for that matter. And u will prove
equally true that II Hayes Ia sustained at all II
muet be by the Democratic party, for had II not
been for the Democrats IN the Senate Hayes
Cabinet would have been rejected and HE policy
smashed in the fret week of his administration.
However, there liz no law to prevent sohurz.
svarts, Horace White, II al. from "convening. at
he Fifth Avenue Hotel to 'organise q new
'arty." II will be found, when organised, to con.
list of themselves, because they monopolize all
hat "enthueiasm" which MIR. Sumner said was
equiste TO the formation OF new parties.
A. q. IL