The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-10-23
How they bear it.

ltle quite amusing TO notice the manner
in which our Democratic contemporaries take
their late outrageous demolition by the COM
bined forces of the People. Some Of the
more philosophical never lose their good ma
ture for moment, but acknowledge the de.
feat with good humor, and promise better
things in the future. Others are hopping
mad, and exhibit SO much undignifed and
and impotent rage as to make their position
doubly more laughable. And there are 9TH
ers again who seriously reason over the
why's and wherefores, and prove very con-
clusvely that there is screw loose some.
where, but where 10 the deuce it is, they can
not exactly say. And there are still others.
who cry out loudly that the Democracy have
been gulled, entrapped, wheedIed, had the
wool drawn over their eyes, &C., &c., as if
the Democracy were composed of the green
est OF all green men, and their opposition of
the sharPest of all sharp fellows.
Well, they can settle this matter among
themselves. They are badly whipped, and
it makes no difference to the victorious mar.
y how the defeated account for the fact, or
how they may choose to bear it. We are
satisfied, and it is to be hoped they will all
be in good time.
But We wish to administer a little to their
disease-of course expecting to make our
Democratic contemporaries feel worse, in the
manner Of oil on troubled bowels, for a little
time, but with the anticipation of good re.
suits. Now who did beat the Democratic
party so very badly in the three great States
OF Ohio, pennsylvania, and Indiana. II
could not have been any single party alone,
nor could it have been any two parties
which have heretofore occupied the field
with the Democracy, that defeated the Dem.
ocratIc party so signally this election. /,
was done by Democrats themselves! Their
assistance alone could have enabled our 9th.
er"ise comparatively weak opposition, to
defeat the "Old Line" or Machine Democra.
sy. No matter what party or society thew
joined to bring about this result-they voted
against their own party in such numbers AZ
to defeat that party in three States bv an
overwhelming majority.
The reasons why they thus acted are an.
parent. They had become disguised, in the
hrst place, with the party tyranny exercised
oy their own leaders, who refus ed them free.
dom of thought and freedom of action, but
who on every occasion did the thinking for
their party, then whipped the honest masses
into an earnest support of what Mev chose
to call "orthodox Democracy''-and also
because they would not consent at this mar.
ucular time, touphoId that which they had
heretofore opposed, and oppose that which
they had ever upheld, on the slavery mes.
uon, merely because these leaders command.
ed them to initiate their inconsistency. And
again, they were disguised with the presen,
imbecile, corrupt, and anti.American Pierce
ADMINISTRATIONS disgust made doubly more
ioathsome by this administrations adoption
OF the Infamous Douglas Nebraska bill, and
Its after attempt to force it down the throats
OF Northern Democrats. For these and 9th
- 'SoSohS, lhouSduuS Oh the more honest of
the Democratic party. including many old
and prominent Democrats, utterly refused t.
act with their party, and tore themselves
from the trammels by which they had been
SO long confined, through love of their party
and obedience to its demagogue leaders,
AVE. and there were enough of these Demo-
Gratis, when united to other masses Of the
people, to defeat the "Old Line" Democracy
oy an overwhelming vote. They united
themselves to the Peoples party in reality
and voted against that miserable sham called
cold Line Democracy"
We hope our Democratic cotemporaries
in looking around for consolation in this
their peculiar time of trouble and tribul.tion
will feel that they are particularly indebted
to the patriotism and honesty heretofore be.
longing to their own ranks, for this miserable
defeat. They armed the People against the
unPrinciPled actions and dictations OF the
leaders of the Democratic party-and the
PEOPLES judgment is before their eyes.