Year: 1879

tunaies who have been 'left out" Next
will be .uncommonly large in this State,
and We take occasion beforehand to admin
isier such consolation as we have at hand.
II is one of the awkward and inconvenient
results Of an election that somebody must
be defeated, and after SO vigorous canvass
as has been going on in New York for six or
seven weeks the defeated will require all
the consolation within their reach.


In the first place. We advise everybody
90 remember that it does not much matter
who is chosen Governor of New York next
Tuesdry The State will be safe in any
contingency. Mr.. Robinson will, If re-
elected, administer its affairs with bluff
honesty; Mr.. Cornell, less bluff, will never
theless take care that no one runs away
with the peoples money; and even Mr..
Kelly or Mr.. Lewis, if either were
elected. would not endanger our free
institutions. The State is safe. We are
living under a we'll tried constitution.
and nobody is going to tear it to
pieces. Whatever, therefore, may be any
voters preference as to candidates, he
may 60 TO bed next Tuesday night fully
persuaded that, even If his favorite ticket
is beaten. his real estate will not therefore
depreciate, his opportunities Of living by
honest and industrious labor will not be
diminished and his liberties will be
secure. So much by way of gen.
eral considerations. 1t is. true that
the campaign orators of both sides do not
agree with the HEnALD on this point. They
have been assuring the voters that the
country is in great danger; that liberty and
human rights, general welfare, prosperity,
peace and order depend on the election of
one or the other ticket; and, to believe
them, the people are called on to save the
Republic once more by their votes at this
election. But this sort Of twaddle no
longer affects sensible voters, who know
very we'll that, whoever is chosen to preside
over their affairs for brief term, the
people themselves are permanently in
power, and do not mean to allow any set of
politicians. however eminent or patriotic,
to ruin them.


TO turn from these generalities to de-
tails. if it shall happen that Governor
Robinson carries the day next Tuesday the
defeated republicans may comfort them
selves with the reflection that this will in
sure the nomination of Mr.. Tilden by the
democrats next year.. which would be
equivalent to republican ''walk over" in
the Presidential race. Indeed, Governor
Robinson's reelection might easily
be regarded by the republicans in
other States, if not in this, as
most important victory, ON assur-
ance to them of success next year by
fastening upon the democrats the weakest
candidate in all their list. From the ex-
pressions Of democratic journals all over
the South and West it is evident. that very
lew desire the nomination Of Mr.. Tilden,
but all confess that if the Robinson ticket
carries New York next Tuesday Tilden will
be inevitable next year, and they them
selves very generally agree that Mr.. Til
den's nomination will be equivalent to q
democratic defeat.


If, on the other hand, it shall happen that
Mr.. Cornell and the republican ticket are
chosen, the democrats may fnd great COM
fort in the reflection that this relieves them
finally of that old man Of the sea, Samuel
J. Tilden, and leaves them free to nominate
as able and as popular u man as they may
have sense enough to select. The opinion
of many judicious democrats, that it is
worth while for them to lose this State
next Tuesday, because then they will
be rid of Tilden, seems to us entirely
sound. The danger of the republicans has
been that they would degenerate into q
mere one man party-a Grant party but
the democrats have actually been in that
awkward and fatal situation for several
years they have fallen to be a mere Tilden
party willing or unwilling, they have had
this old gentleman saddled upon them, de-
termined to rule or ruin them. If by
losing New York next Tuesday they can be
finally rid of him they may "thank God
at least chance of success next year with
him they would have none.


The election Of Mr.. Cornell would be, we
confess, a sad blow to the ''scratchers," at
whose head stands Mr. George William Cur
tbs. But even for them there would remain
the consolation that they did their duty, and
that if they had not SO long and SO foolishly
spread abroad their silly fears that a demo-
cratic success would ruin the country they


would have been greater force within


their own party and would have been able


to make their protests respected. In the


meantime they will have the great satis-


faction of having performed the first


and most important duty of intelligent


voters, which is to "bolt" the ticket they do


not approve. In fearlessly performing this


duty the ''scratchers" will have set an ex-


ample of public honesty and political prin-


ciple to American young men which will
secure them credit; and they will them


selves have gained courage for further and


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