New-York tribune., 1880-01-10
THE DFVOcRITIc MINK T4PLEE

Ex-Governor Seymour, n described in the
latest interview, baskng before bis brass and
irons, rivals Mark Tapicy in jolliy. lie is the
most cheerful plogno,ticator for the Democ-
racy that has appeared for q long time,
and the grounds for his encourage
mcnt at the prospects of his party
are singuaIly like those which used to bring
! Mr.. Tapley ont strong "Things Is looking
"about as bad as they can look. young man.
said NlI. Mr:k Taplcy TO himself on one oc-
ca,on You'll not have such another
opportunity for showing your jolly dis
"posi,ion, my fac fellow, as long as you
" live And therefore, Ieplcy, nows your
time to come out strong; on never 1t
seems rs though Mr.. Seymour must have said
something like this to himself rs he sat
down to bask before the audirons and
deliver words of cncourlccmmt to the
Democracy. The old sores Of the
Democratic party" he reasons, are
"on the surface, and therefore not only NOT
dangerous but can easily bc reached 10 be
healed.n And "whatcycr healing process
is necessary he continues, "Will no
doubt be completed by the Spring
elections" He Is undoubtedly correct about
the &" old sores" They are obviously " on
the surface if not all Of them. enough nj
least to tax to their utmost the healing prop
critics of the town elections. some of the
superficial old sores are irrccoucilablc quaIrcls
between tie Tammany wing and the Anti
Tammauy wing; between the T.Idcn faction
and the Anti-Tildcn faction; between the
supporters of Governor Robinson and the sup
portcr5 Of John Kelly; between TiIdon and
Hendricks, between Randall and Wallace, and
between the friends Of 1ildcu and all who sup
ported the Electoral Commission. Then there
are differences of opinion between the Hampton
and Gary Democrats in South Carolina.
tie Butler and anti-Butlcr Democrats IN Mas
sachusetts and between factions OF one sort
and another in nearly all the States. They are
divided also upon the financial question in
Congress, and do not entirely agree in just-
flying the Rape of Maine.
Indeed there is not "a question Of principle.
or policy, or personal leadership that the party
j. not hopc.csly divided upon. When we say
hopelcssy we mean from the point OF view of
ANYBODY who is not basbing before brass and
irons and playing Mark Tapley. To Mark
Taplcy of course everything looks beautiful.
He ubs his hands gleelully, and says
most encouraging feature of the situa-
ton is that all the old sores are ON
fine surface, and that the election of 10000
town officers, with AN average of three can
"didatcs to an Office" and "all these men
"doing everything that lies in their power
"to unite the party and concentrate
otis undivided strength on the town
" elections will elfectually heal them.
So we may expect to see, Immediately after
the election of Supervisors III the Spring,
Tammany and Anti-Tammany cOalcsce; Til
den and Kelly fall on each others neck
Randall and Wallace, Hampton and Gary, Thur
man and Ewing, Hendricks and Bayard and
Hewitt and Watterson all laying aside their per-
sonal differences and their dlsagrcements on
finance and free trade, etc. and dancing round
dances together in the most harmonious man
ner We didn't dream there was such healing
mower in town elections. But Mr.. Seymour bases
still more cheerful representations of Repub-
lican defeat upon the fact that in that party
there are no old sores on the surface, and the
assumption that consequently it suffers from
an internal disease. "IIatreds and jealouses
Sin the ranks of political organizationsn he
SAYS care like eryspelas in the human SYSTEM
So IN the Democracy they are half cured
But concealed hate and feverish jealousy
"poisOn the blood of the Republican organiza-
"tion," he says, aud its disease being inter-
nal, is " therefore dangerous, perhaps deadly"
STILL he is good enough to say that, if it
"could be brought to the surface 1t might be
"cured y; but there is no sage so skilful as
"tO be able to prescribe successfully for a
hidden distemper"
We don't see, then, but that the Republicans.
in order to stand any kind of a chance in the
next election, will have to quarrel among them
selves upon questions Of principle and policy
ard about candidates, and produce by external
irritation the blessed results which in the
Democracy furnish such grounds of en-
couragcment and hope TO Governor Seymour.
Nothing else would convince Governor Sey-