New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-23
ANOTHER NATURALIZATION.

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ANOTHER REORGANIZATT0N.
The town had begun to be dull. There was
n strange lack of excitement; an unusual
dearth of sensations. Local statesmen met
each other with only formal SITUATIONS, and
even the chirrupy Alderman forgot the chatter
inc of the caucus and the small change of the
primary. Politics had almost ceased to absorb
the thought of the patriot, and many OF the
most earnest beer-pushers in the late great
Democratic movement for Reform were absent
mindedly rinsng tumblers in utter forgeful-
ness N the primal truth that eternal vigilance
is the price of everything worth having, from
liberty to kerosene. There were no politics to
talk; 10 new reform movement III the Demo-
cratic party to furnish a topic of conversation
and gently agitate the intellect of the states
man no scheme of reorganization to stir the
stagnant mind. The statesmen went wander
ing round hungry for high themes, and lonely
for lack of the social agitation and political dis
turbance which bring men together and elicit
the largo debates Of the beer garden and the
bar-rOom. 70 thcsc.men, painting for the ex-
element Of discussion, the attritiOn of mind
with mind aud occasionally of head with hand
the world was beginning to be very lonely; as
If the sun were extinguished and the icy earth
swung blind and blackcnirg in the moonless
air" Lonely, and they knew not why. Some
thing was lacking, but they knew not what.
1t was for the Young Mems Democratic
Cuban organization as full of philanthropy as
of disnterested patriotism-to pierce the mys-
terry of the situation and devise immediate re-
lief. "Socicty stagnates' said the Young
Mems Democratic Club because CT the cessa-
ton of the efforts to rcorganize and reform
"the Democratic party. I'm the absence of tine
"usual and regular spontaneous uprising for
reorganization and reform, craftsmanship
finds itself without an objective point, social
"intcrcOursc without central theme, and the
world at large without provocation to re-
volve. Let us fly to the relief of society by
"a spontaneous uprising and n new reform
"movemcnt." So saying the Young Mems
Democratic Club spontaneously uprose and
began new movement of the masses for re-
org nization and reform. The plan was
brough, forth on Monday night The details
of it-but why waste time on details 1t is
enough to know that they have stirred up the
general stagnation with plan, without going
into details. What they propose to do, and
how they propose to do it, are of no conse-
qucnce. so long as they start the msvemcnt
and keep it going until the time is ripe for an
other. For things have come to that pass that
we cannot abide the absence of the usual up
ii ing. Not 10 have one ~ often "a once a
month makes the world lonesome and leaves a
great blank in history Fed 50 long on these
movements, we cannot do without them. And
when whole month passes without one we
feel thar society is somehow ont Of joint and
the world goes wrong.
Thanks are due the Young Mems Democratic
Club for the noble and DISTINGUISHED manner
in which they have come To the rescue. Con-
vcr-atIou viii now be- resumed. Plans for rcor-
gani1atiop Will be- again discussed. The City
Hall statesmen will leave OF looking melan-
choly and begin to exchange views. The
patriot, who have been compelled to halt in
one organization nearly Il month, and have
almost lost the use of their limbs from inaction,
viii now have another chance to skip and a
new concern to skip.iuto. The new movement
j., boon aud Il gol,rud. Now things will be
active. The spontaneous uprising will pre-
~,uly result IN new concern, with new
nlrIc. a long constitution and no emf OF by
laws and 50 soon a. the doors are opened the
great caravan of rcfouncrs who little while
ago moved into Tammauy 10 reform it, a lttie
later moved out Of Tammuny because it
couldn't bo reformed, and into Irving Hall, and
a little later for the sake of reform out Of lry
ing and into Chirkrring Hall and the Comfy
Democracy, will begin to file ont of the last and
into the new concern, for which As yet no hall
has been hired. And 80 the procession moves
on. Always recognizing and reforming. And
we are getting 80 used to 1t that We reckon that
month dull to stagnation that does not bring
Us at least one spontaneous uprising for Demo
cratic reorganization and reform.