The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-26
THE NATIONAL OUTLOOK.

able to tho Republican party, tho organs VI
that party everywhere are wildly jubilnnl
and In tho exuberanoa Of their Joy shout
themselves hoarse IN predicting the defeat OF
the Democracy In the coming presidential
campaign. 10 the calm and dlspassionate
observer of political events there seems to bt
no basis whatever for this overwhelming con
tldenee on tho pnrt or those wi'o arc more
deeply Interested III maintaining the
supremacy of the Republican party
than Ia the preservation Of true Repub-
llcan principles. Tho truth Il that, 80 des-
pendent had the Radicals NIL over the coun-
try become. 80 hopeless seemed their situa-
ton, Ms State after State slipped away from
their control, and they were steadily but
surely driven from their strongholGs by the
tremendous power Of the people whose rights
| they had trampled upon, and whose sense
Of justice and deoeney they had outraged.
that they are naturally but unduly excited
and elated by any little circumstance that
seems to relieve the hlaehness and dreariness
Of the outlook. No the shipWrecked mariner.
we'll nigh exhausted by swimming, clutches
hopefully spar. and In his delirium faacles
himself once more commanding his good ship
and careering In safety oven the main. Tho
| deusion. while 1t lasta, ID doubtless very
pleasant and stimulating, but the reaction
will be fraught with pain and humiliation. 30
far as we are able to discover, the hopes thus
vauntingly proclaimed are not based 40 much
on anything that has as yet occurred for IL
Ia absurd 10 claim that the elections SO far
have any serious bearing on the presidential
election but upon the sehism In the Demo-
cratic ranks III New York, which II Ia fondly
believed will result In Cornell's election.
There ls no desire on our part to underrate
the Importance or tho struggle now going on
| between Mr.. Tilden and John Kelly and
| there could DO no stronger proof Of Its unwis-
dom and Of the danger with which II menaces
tho Democracy than tho high hopes which II
exoites in the breasts OF LTD enemies. who
| regard 1t as u fight rodrance. to which
there can be no end, except the defeat Of the
party and tho success Of Mr.. Cornell. In order
u render this result more certain, the Repub-
Leans have openly come to the assistance Of
Mr.. Kelly, who. thus reinforced makes, II
must be conceded, n very formidable opposi-
tion 10 Gov. Robinson. tho regular nominee.
who reco.'+e Mr.. Iiden's support and whose
election would unguestionably greatly
strengthen that genteman's chance for the
pres dental nomination
Mr.. Kelly IL plainly In tho wrong inastnuch
as after having gone into tho nominating con-
ventlon he refused to DO bound by Its action
aud organized an opposition to the regular
nominees. He occupies the position of Dol
ter, and hiH action has unquestlonably created
the trouble aud danger that exists We do
not excuse him or palliate bis ofrense. but
must regard the situation as IL Id.
If this fight IL maintained, and If tho rival
leaders should be SO blind and infatuated as
to agree to no compromises. preferring to sac
fitice the party to their own individual aims
Snd ambitions. then 1t Ia quite possible Cor
nell may be elected Governor, but even that
would be q victory over temporarily divided
Democracy, which would ID small cause for
assuming that the State could be carried for
the Republicans IN 1880, when no division will
In all probability exist. The defeat of the
Democracy to be n triumph for the Radicals
must be defeat not VI one winr. but
of both united as thew will unuuestiona-
Ply he ~ the graas contest Tor the Presidency.
we uro not prepared to believe that tho
leaders In New York are 80 bent upon each
others destruction that they are willing to
jeopardlzo tho SUCCESS OF tho party In the
national contest, nor would tho situation
seem to require any great sacrifice on the
part OF Mr.. Tilden, inasmuch as the proposed
compromise candidate, Mr.. Clarkson NJ Pot
ter. Is known to be q warm friend of his, and
Gov. Robinson has publicly protested to BE-
very Indifferent about his election, going To
the extent Of saying he would not work ao-
lively for 1t.
1t will necessarily require considerable
ilnosse to bring the warning factions together,
but 1t is not impossible, and Mr.. Potter -.,nhId
be leader around whom the whc,,e strength
of the paItt;;' would rally. II 1t should become
Mr.. Kelly can be elected we take 1t FOR
granted, In Wow Of the vast interests at stake.
that a truce will be BOUNDED, tae causes of
trouble removed and the Demo .raey be found
enthusiastically supporting whoever may BE-
selected as d substitute for the candidates
now In the field. Such az arrangement Is, we
take 1t, most likely TO be made, and II It is
the 1tibune's shouts of joy and confidence
will be changed to bitter wsilings, and impre-
cations On the men who have. by sinking their
own selfish designs, rendered Radical success
an impossibiity.
The South. which Is awaiting the Issue In
New York with intense interest demands,
and has the right to demand, that the Inter
ests Of individuals shall not be permitted to
endanger the success OF the party. Neither
MIR. Tilden nor MIR. Kelly can afford to stand
In the way OF the Democracy, and the masses
who love true republican government, and
who desire to see the party OF Capitalization
and bayonets elected from power, will hold to
a strict accountability any man or faction
that, in the pursuit Of selfish ends, jeopar-
dies the success Of the Democracy Ia the
campaign In which Is to be tested, as 1t was
never tested before, the strength OF the grand
governmental editice reared by the Fathers
with so much thought and care, but not with
out many misgivings as to whether the vir