The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-22
NATURE TO rnn RESCUE.


York has been the pivot upon which the
national elections iu this country have
turned, and during all that time there have
been the bitterest dissensions in the demo
cratic ranks just when harmony, above
everything else, was needed. 1t cost the
democracy the governorship, when by MEL
Ly's bolt CORNELL was elected and by the
same fight between Tammany and anti
Tammany the presidency was lost IN 1850.
The opposing factioSs have been headed by
TILDEE on the one hand and by KELLY
on the other, and so long rs these two
leaders have taken any interest, as it was
natural for them at almost all times to do
in political campaign, disaster has over
taken the democracy. This has, at
least, been more particularly and
memorably so since 1876. Here
toforo and up to the present time il has
been found impossible to reconcile aud har.
monte these factions, and in the present
campaign aud hunt after nominations and
offices, the same spirit is manifest, the same
struggle continued. But the end, fortu-
nately for the democracy, is approaching to
this insane quarrel, and II the party in New
York will but act independently and
wisely, the success for which it has fought
Is within reach. Nature is coming in to
heal the breach, so far as IL can be done by
the removal from active life of one OF the
principal actors in the drama. At last
there can be no doubt that SAMUEL j. TIL
DEN has been stricken so heavily with the
inGrmities OF age that he will hence
forth cease TO be a factor ia politics
Reports for wears have been circulated as
to his mental and physical condition just
as suited his supporters or enemies, but
now II is almost certain that the hand of
decay has been laid heavily upon him. He
has soitcning of the brain, has lost control
of his nerves, and the physicians say his
brain must speedily degenerate. 1t is the
wreck ola powerful mind, the loss OF u
grand character, but ii is the course of IA.
ture, As he has been the incarnation of all
that the KELLY following has opposed in
New York democracy, tits likely that his
death or permanent disability, however
right he may have been would largely tend
towards removing the animosities OF the
past, and by carrying away KEIIYs
special antipathy stop practically tine
absurd fight between the long
warning factions. If the democracy had
ere this acted as party in New York
instead of as rival organizations and fac
tons, into which it was DIVIDED, and had
followed principles rather than men, had,
though one was right and the other wrong,
subordinated both leaders TO the party, the
trouble would have been settled. If now
independence enough is displayed to throw
the other actor in the play overheard, the
breach will be permanently healed and the
state redeemed, KELLY's course lately has
not been such as to entitlo him to any
| claims whatever upon the democracy, and
the best thing that can be done ia to put
him most unrcseWedly aside With tn
DEN and KELLY ont Of the fight the democ.
racy of New York would be inyinciblc, for
both have undoubtedly derived strength
and personal following from being regarded
| rs necessary the one TO check the Others
aggraudiaemcnt-ior the enemies OF both
| in their state are many and bitter The
removal of either would unQuestionably
deprive the other Of his chief political
capital and centre attention upon other
leaders less objectionable to the rival or
CARNATIONS Its, therefore, to be dcplolcd
that KELLY is still left as an agitator and
obstacle to the success of the pure dtmoc-
rIcy. To say nothing, of course, of any
| other consideration, It cannot he denied
but that the interests of democracy would
be UNNECESSARILY advanced 10y any ris,
fortune which would put Quctus ON
JoHN KELLY, politically. liut recurring to
Mn, TiLpGN's falling health, the Chicago
Times thus truthfully aud justly speaks of
him, who has rightly been accorded the
distinction Of being one of the foremost
statesmen and political captains Of the cen
fury They need fear him no more. With
him will pass away the ablest Of the few
remaining democratic chicltains who ever
had aprlucipc, or having one, dared
maintain it. In him was embodied all that
Was of good report in modern democracy.
To him ollice.holdiug was something more
than the mere possession of u comfortable
position to be used for the benefit of hint
self and his crouios, In his composition
there was no such thing ms dcmagogy. \
foe to dishonesty, u learned and vehement
advocate of an honest currency, and sin.
cerc opponent to the tariff spoliatiou at all
times and under all circumstances, the les.
son of his life forms an agreeable contrast
to the vacillation, the cowardice, the cor.
ruption, and the monumental stupidity
and Ignorance of many OF his woud.bc
rivals in the affections OF the democratic
party"
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