New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-29
nrnocRACY,S RELLlNCE.

Anvone who reads the recognized organs OF
New-York Democracy these days Will he struck
with this fact-tlat these organs are relying LOT
the success of their party III November not
upoD the party's record but upon the spllt when
they pretend to see in the ranks OF their oppo-
nents. And certainly Democratic newspapers
that are wise in their generation VIII 90 thelr
hest TO convince themselves and their readers
that the Republicans are to enter the TALL cam
naion i'm n splitn condition For how else, pray
can they hope to persuade Democracy that IL
has u Ghost of n chance of elerting its State
ticket this fall7 Certainly no sane Democrat
believes that his party can go before the people
and ask that il be intrusted with additional
power in this State because of the use 1t has
made of tbe mower which has already been in
trusted to it.
Last fall Democratic Senate and
Democratic Assembly were elected. nat
was the result2 Did DemOcracy's course in
the Legislature of 1852 serve to commend IL
TO the confidence of those VINO VIII he called
mon to vote for a Governor III November
viii the Democratic State Convention presume
TO pont with pride TO the record which the
Marty made from the beginning to the end OF
the legislative session. VIII the platform
which is to be adopted at Syracuse make an
onnronriote reference to the deadlock Will
il explain the fragrant omission OF the Demo-
cratic Legislature to deal with the question OF
taxation? viii it refer to the revolutionary
conduct of the Democratic Senators Who, under
the lead of MI Jacobs endeavored to Duily the
majority of the Senate into compliance with
their vishcs,-the wishes of a minority VIII
II frankly admit that the Assembly committees,
instead of being promptly announced to the
end that public business might be promptly
nroceeded with were disgraceiully held back
for the sake of promoting purely partisan ends 7
II is impossible truthfuly to answer these
ouestions in more than one way. Democracy
dare not face the people upon its record. 1t Is
hoping against hope to be elected ID spite OF its
record. 1t knows as well as it knows anything
that the verdict Of intelligent men upon De-
mocracy's course in the Legislature was, Ihou
art weighed in the balance and found wanting
And hence we fad Democratic editors sitting
with neutrality-suspicious. III their hands ana
frequently and with all eageness applying
those instruments to any Republican quarrels
or r1lmors of quarrcls that may be included III
fine current political gossip. We are inclined to
feel sorry for these fOIlOrn gentlemen, Tor they
are reckoning without their host They VIII
find when the time comes for action tnat the
Repubicans of New-Yor are thoroughly
united There will be 10 split in the Sara
toga Convention and no split Ill the Republican
vote in November. Can the Democracy con-
6dently predict as much of their own conven-
,iop and their own vote? The Republicans OF
this State have no unpleasanness on hand to-
dav that cannot readily be made uD without
damage to the vital forces OF the party. But
the Tilden- Tamnany quarrel is infinitely more
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