Year: 1875

see what other Interpretation can De pus


upon the following extract from its COM


ments:-''As TO the theory which is so much


favored by our independent friends, that no


unity is possible among the democrats of the


East and West, and that new party will


have to be formed, it will be time enough to


over This is as much as to say that unless


the result of the fall elections (meaning


defeat of the infationists) shall


insure hard money victory within the party


lines, Governor Tilden's supporters are ready


to entertain the question whether it is not


better to break up and dissolve the demo-


cratic party and make themselves the leaders


of a new political organization. This line of


speculation ON pending contingencies does


no discredit to the political sagacity of the


democratic organ.


Governor Tilden, a shrewd and vigilant
observer is already meditating on the course
he will pursue if the infationists should
seem likely to get the upper hand in the
National Democratic Convention. Certain it
is that he will never submit to their ascen-
dancy. Unless he sees reasonable probabil-
ity of controlling the Convention he and his
hard money supporters will break up the
democratic organization and attempt to form
new party. The fact that his organs give
out this intention at this early stage proves
that they have little expectation of Governor
Aliens defeat. They seem to have resolved
that, if the infationists capture the Demo-
cratic National Convention, President Grant
shall not be ''the residuary legatee" of the
infationist folly. The common i'm
preston is, that if the infationists get con-
troll of the democratic party General Grant
will be the inevitable candidate of the repub-
licans on hard money platform. If things
take that turn Governor Tilden intends to
cut him out by a brilliant feat of strategy.
He will split the democratic organization and
attempt to form new party on strong plat
form of hard money and reform. He doubt
less calculates that there are hundreds of
of republicans who will sooner
vote for him as the head of new party than
for President Grant running for third term
Instead ofpermitting General Grant to enjoy
the advantages which would result from the
triumph of rag money infatuation Governor
Tilden will make high bid for those advan-
tages in aid of his own canvass. Considering
that his chances as democratic candidate
will be annihilated if the infationists are in
the ascendant, he could do nothing so prom
ising as to precipitate dissolution and re-
construction of political parties. Should he
succeed he will always be famous as the in
troducer of a new era in our politics.


The time is ripe for reorganization of
political parties if there are men bold enough
to attempt and sagacious enough to accom-
plish it. Both of our existing parties have
outlived the issues on which they were
founded. Both are full of internal dissen-
sions. The republican party is in as great
danger of being cleft asunder by the third
term question as the democratic party is by
the initiation issue. 1t is high time for re-
organization which will enable citizens who
think alike to act together. 1t will be fortu-
nate for the country if the old carcasses can
be buried and new parties formed on living
issues.