National Republican., 1880-11-13

Inc uemOcrouc parly-or rathef, What
there is left OF it's going to pieces rapidly
BARNUMs forgery performance has bursted
and the coparceners in crime are skull,ing
10 escape popular indignation. The bottom
has fallen out of the conspiracy, and there
is nothing left for HEWITT, BARNUM & Co.
better than oblivion and forgetlulness.
When they reach that condition they will
have arrived at home, Never was a scheme
Of crime so wildly and deeply laid as the
MoREY forgery letter, but, as SENECA
says, conc crime is concealed by the COM
mission of another" and in this case the
crime of perjury, which was intended to
conceal that of forgery, led on to its ex-
posure, and now the public mind is able to
discover in its length and breadth the
enormity of this great offense. If this ex-
posure does not tear the democratic party
apart from centre to circumference il is for
the reason that it is so thoroughly per-
meated with corruption that it is lost TO
all sense of shame There are men in the
democratic party who have no stomach for
a crime like this, and it now remains to be
seen whether they have the independence
and courage to extricatc themselves from
that seethiug cauldron of corruption, wash
their hands Of its 9th, and enter upon Il
new and more elevated plane of political
relation and action. Some of them have
this independence and courage, and have
acted for the last time with party that
has no sense of right or shame. How large
a number of that class have become suffi-
| pendence and forswear their allegiance
time must determine; but democracy, like
the vail of the temple, is rent in twain.
The great body of the democratic party
are disgusted with JOHN KELLY for hi,
selfish aud unpriucipled methods, and want
nothing moro to do with him, except tc
heap anathemas upon his head for bls con.
/ duct in the late election. He is charged
with treachery and all else that is per.
fidious, and yet he is no doubt as much dis
gusted with BARNUM Us the rest of the
party are with himself Then, again, the
Irving hall combination since its member:
have effected a reconciliation with Tam
many, has bursted itself wide open through
its own dissensions. The cabal has spill
itself open over eX-Lieutenant-Govern
DoRsHEDIER, who has become disturb
ing element in the party Now there is
scramble as to which faction of the Irwin,
hall faction shall possess the hail and con
troll its future use On Wednesday even
ing last the Irving hall executive COMMITTEES
ratified by Il vote of 130 TO 80 the expulsion
Of two of its members, JOHN Fox AM
JEREMIAH MURPHY, who had attempteu
, to disorgonize the faction. Since their ex
pulsion these men and their friends hay
determined, if possible, TO destroy the Irv
ing Hall organization. They obtained tn
use Of the hall by lease for another yeal
These men are now charged with the in
tention of recognizing the Irving hall de
mocracy by keeping out Of it men VIII
have hitherto controlled aud by gettin
into it the best elements Of the democac,
in the city The other side laugh at thi
exhibition of revenge and ostracism ant
express determination TO make thei
headquarters elsewhere. They aver tha
the Fox and MURPHY faction will not re
quire. hall for meetings after this per
formance. All this shows that the cohesiv
power Of democracy is mere rope of SAND
which is rapidly falling apart, not only il
New York city but throughout all tn
country. That party has become too col
rupt TO live and by far too wicked TO die.