New-York tribune., 1882-09-30

cessity be two parties In the country, anu almost
| from the foundation of the Government the
two which have been most powerful at diifer-
cnt times have represented respectively suDstah-
! tjnlly the same elements which are now rep
resented by the Republicans on the one manu-
J and the Democrats on the other Inc hepup-
licau party stands for the virtue ana inleiIi-
gence of the country, against the license ana 'le
| ignorance which for one reason or another seek
n natural alliance with the Democracy. Ills
division must continue to exist, no matter
what new names the two organizations may
| he known under.
1t is a superficial and hasty judgment which
sees in the revolt in Pennsylvania and the luxe
warmness in this State proof that the Repub-
lcan party is either denOralized or disrupted
| None of the protesting Republicans are for
moment disposed to turn Democrats. In Pehh-
sylvania the Independents refused to allow
the nomination of any Democrat upon ther
ticket and are conducting their fight as kepuo-
lcans who seek, not to destroy their party. but
to preserve It, They claim that they repre-
sent true Republcanism more accurately than
Beaver ever did or can, and ii is difficult to see
how their claim can be denied. After BosSlsm
is destroyed, and the parly's right to govern
itself Is established, there is not man oi them
who will leave the Republican party. Ihey
will not he driven out. They are too loyal to
their Dartv and have too much faith III its des-
tiny to believe that its disease Of BOsSlsn can
not be cured without killing the party III the
process. The same thing may be SAID with
equal truth of the Republicans of this state who
are dissatisfied with the ticket which was nom
| mated through such disgracefnl means at sara
| toga 1t is folly to deny that there are III thls
| State to-day thousands of Republicans wi.o are
| unwilling to support Judge FOlger ana some Oh
| his associates on the ticket. Some OF thelh'
| like the Young Republicans of brooklyn, are
expressing their dissent in public, but there are
many others who will say nothing about it, but
will quietly refrain from voting when election
dav comes. Yet these men have no idea OF
turning Democrats. They believe their party
is temporarily in the control Of unworthy in
6uences, but they do not believe 1t should De
abandoned on that account
| 1t is of good omen for the Republican party
that nearly all the current protests against Its
| Acknowledgement come from the young men.
| There are abundant evidences that the younger
generation of voters, the men between twenty
one and forty five years of are, ale taking un-
usual interest IN politics this year. Many OF
| them are thinking for the first time that they
would like to take a hand in the real work OF
politics and see if they cannot do something to
bring better men and wOrthier issues to the
front. They are not amin ateG by a vague
| sentiment. They are men VINO nave
passed the sentimental stage, but who
are not willing to believe that because the un-
professional politicians are sometimes imprac-
| ticable there is nothing TO do but to turn the
| control of affairs over to politicians who are
both professional and unprinclpled. They
believe there is middle ground between the
visionary schemes of the theoretical reiormer
| and the debasing methods of the unrestricted
| machine. There can be no doubt that the v0t-
ers o. this class have an enormous power II
they will only WELD it. 1t is only through
| their Indifference that the Boss system OF man
agement prevails. The young men are begin
| ming TO think about their duty III the premises,
and thinking is merely the preliminary to ac-
! ton. The ~esults viii come in time, ana they
| will not be in the interest of the Democratic
| party, though for the moment they may seem
TO be- for il is a well-estaDliShed fact that the
young men of the country are not Democrats
Atall e7ents, this is not time for the pessimlst
and the croaker to be abroad. There Is spirit
discemible among the people which is full OF
announcement fer all workers for purer
| politics and lOftier sense of public duty.
The people are aroused, and some OF them are
thoroughly mad. When they get into that
| condition il is always bad time for the enc
mics OF the Republic.