New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-10-22
rs DEuocRAr1C UNION PROBABLE,

The TRIBUNE earnestly caulloncu hcPuph'h"H
to bear i'll mind that Unforeseen contingencies
might cause complete union of the Demo-
cratic forces before the end Oi the campaign,
and advised them to make vigorous ana
aggressive fight, just rs il it were certain that
the Democrats would eventually he united.
An earnest effort to teach Republican princl-
pies and especially to inculcate sound ideas
as to the financial questions, was and Is, we
believe, the only sure path to Republican
victory But II is now suggested by The Herald
that the remarkable success of the Tammany
movement may bring about Democratic union
much sooner than has been expected. Accord
ing to that journal. the wonderful welcome
which Mr.. Kelly and his associates have met
III the interior, and the accommodating evidence
that the vote for hlr. Kelly will he much
larger than the adhercnts of Tildcn and Rob
inson expected, have caused something like
panic among them. 1t says of the Kelly
movement:
l. is already having marked eject In depressing the
confidence al Governor Robnson's supporters II the
boom continues To grow during tie present week u may
lead consequences which the Republicans hiie eX-
pecf What If tue Robinson people snolId get 80 Thor
ouhly scared as 10 consent the withdrawal # their
candidate What n they should bf plunged t. such
depth o de pair as 10 MS Withdrawal and the
placing Nh Potter al the head Of the ticket In that
MI Kelly would of course, retire. aud all hs sup
pogters would raj with infinite zeal and enthusiasm
10 the Potter standard. What motive can
Governor Eohinson'- supporters have for per.-ting
alter his defeat has toregOne certainty II
will bo no benefit 10 him 10 make his final retirement
from public ie a crushing humiliation much less VIII
il benefit the Democratic party. Certain IL is that he
would not have been nominated IL Mr. kNy's power or
mischief laI not been unjcrratcd. II was scornm'y
"a .e Than
10000 votes IN tie city aud In The rest OF The
sta.e. IL was owing TO This low o-tmite o. hs power
that hc was contompWous.Y Gch'd, and indeed,
many supposed lat mis- threat 10 holt mere hravado
In til, respect the supporters Of Robinson are at length
undeccyei and they NAV, at the eleventh hour think
rcttcr u ana the facts as they REAL exist
There are some instructive admissions in
the sentences here quoted. II is admitted
that the defeat ct Governor Robinson has be-
come "a forcsonc certainty" though many Of
his supporters DO not see it as yet. 1t is adj
mitt,d that they ought to be, if they are not,
by tins time mdcceVcd. and that they are
not unlikely to got thoroughly scared" aud
to consent to his withdrawal But the plac-
ical question Is whether such union Of the
Democratic forces as is here contemplated eau
any longer be regarded as practicable.
Mr.. Kelly began ms revolt by dcnouncng
Governor Robinson only. 1t is in the nature
of things tnat men in an insurrcct0nary con-
dition strike many hard blows which they
never contemplated when the standard Of re-
volt WIS first lifted. Probably Mr.. Cox did
not imagine, six months ago, that lac would
spend much of his time during this Campaign
in ventilating the cipher dispatches of Mr..
Tildcn and the coparceners. In truth, Mr..
Kelly and his friends as we said some weeks
ago, were half unconscious that they were
the advance guard of the AnG-Tllden
force in Ncw-York but so it has
proved. The fight has gone 50 far that
they have assaed Mr.. Tldcn, the master.
far more severely that Mr.. Robinson, The
man, and they well know that the blows they
have struck against Mr.. Tilden can never be
recalled. or forgotten. He will never forgive
them, and the voters of the State will never
forget such an exposure by leading ID mo-
Gratis. What would come to pass if NJ.
Kelly should now Withdraw from the strug-
gle 7 He would merely offer his own head
for the scalping- knife. That Mr.. Tildcn would
never forgive he knows full well. hut the
power of Tammany Hall has not yet been so
demonstrated as To make 1t certain that Il
Democratic State Convention would not dare
70 obs Mr.. 1ilden's bebests. For Tanmany
there is only one way of escape from the po-
stion it has taken. Ii must prove. beyond
all possible dispute its ability to defeat the
Democratic party in New-York if Mr.. Tilden
IA permitted to lead It, or it may as well pre-
pare for ignomnious extinction.
Apparently, the fight has gone too far for
any truce Mr.. Potter would be only another
representative of Mr.. Tilden. and Tammany
knows it well. As long as Tammany fought
openly against Mr.. Robinson only, as it did at
first, there was possibility of compromise,
but now any conceivable settlement that
would result in Democratic union would mean
certain destruction TO Tammany Hall, and
less the Republicans ought not to neglect the
rare opportunity now offered to sow the seeds
of Republican victory next year. They can
do more within the few days that remain to
insure success in New-York next year than
they could do by months of work after No
vember. Nor is it to be forgotten that some
temporary adjustment of Democratic differ
ences is possible, even though it is exceed
ingly improbable. he Republicans ought to
take care of every detail. and push every adj
vantage, as if they were sure that O conpact
united and desperate Democracy would con-
can they deserve success. and only by such
effort can they make it certain.
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now TO SECURE REAL UNITY
Eight of the Governors of the thirteen