New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-04

Incapable OF keeping its own pledges, OF ap'
| preciating generosity from the victorious and
| loyal North, or of maintaining equal rights OF
| free elections in Southern States. The result is
that the Solid North has learned a lesson which
! will never be forgotten.
The Republican party is stronger than ever
in another respect, which has not been generally
noticed. Never before has either party rected
to the Presidency its actual leader in Congress.
Mr.. Clay was nominated. but beaten. MI.
Webster, Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Seward, Mr..
Blaine, were not nominated. Mr. Douglas
was nominated only when he had ceased TO
he The leader of his party, ana was beaten.
But Mr.. Garfield stands to-day the undIsputed
lie der OF the Republican party in the House,
and the peer OF any statesman in the Senate,
TO which he has recently been promoted. No
other man in the party, since Mr.. Blaine was
sent to new field OF duty in the Senate, has
had rs great influence with his associates in
Congress. His leadership has come to him. not
by the favor of any dispenser of patronage
but by his own tact, manliness, and rare
ability. He is not only a trained parliament
tartan, but a 1are organizer and leader OF men,
and he does not lack the ability or the knowl-
edge 10 use the vast powers OF the Executive III
such q way as to consolidate, enlarge, knit to-
gether and fortfy the party of which he has
been the rruest representative This Is new
situation in the history of the Government.
Hitherto no party has ever been able to place
in the White House man who was neither its
Instrument, nor the tool OF any clique neither
It's mere moulhpiece, nor its igurehead, but It's
most capable and best trained statesman. If
Genera Garfield is rot recognized rs IN every
iesoact tn most capable statesman of the Re.
publican patty. he is the man who has acquired
ana welded greater influence as Represen-
tativc than any other Republican IN the House.
and tie mn are not few who predict that he
will be found the abicst President tie country
has ever had.
This means O great deal for the future. 1t
means that the Republican party is going to bo
very much stronger than il is now. The man
who can lead his party, Is a simple Represen-
talIve, by force of character, intellect and train
ing, and by personal relations with its strong
men, will not br the less, but the more its leader
when he holds in its behalf the great trust of
the Presidency. Within the next four years, 1t
is safe to predict, the Republican party will
have intrenched itself SD strongly, and eX-
tended ts influence 50 far, that, unless rcOr-
ganizatiOn of parties comes meanwhile resist
ance to it will be entirely hopeless.
Therefore it is time for sensible Democrats,
and particularly for Southern men, To abandon
IN opposition which can serve no good purpose
in the future. The South ought to know, by
this time, that it has been deuded, befooled
and led astray By the Northern De Iocratc
leaders for more than twenty years. 1t should
begin 10 look facts in the face. The real
opinion and purpose of tn Northern people has
now been SHOWN more clearly than ever. Re-
eistance by n Solid South will only strip
Southern men of what influence they now pos
sess. II is the part of good sense for them 10
cui loose ut once from the incompetent and dis
graceful Bou bOns of the North, TO ally them
selves with party which really represents
Northern opinion, and to seek in that new al
lance, and in tie redistribution of forces upon
new issues legitimate and honorable part III
the government C The country.