Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-12-07
From the National Intelligencer


The late elections have damaged all parties
more or less-but our democratic friends lave
been nearly extinguished, Indeed, the dis
masted state Of the Democratic ship would be
distressing to those even who owe it no good
Wlll' II 1t were not for the expecients resorted
to by its officers the editors to keep it aAoat,
and their amusing efforts to persuade the ere "
to be OF good cheer, that nothing has happened,
2ld alls well. As men bear the misfortunes
of others with poverbial philosophy, we are moi
to be thought particularly hardheaded if we re-
gard with entire fordtude the political ship.
wreck of the party of our neighbor the Union
and even experience degree of pleasure at it;
grave attempts to cover up the past and to pro-
mise its followers bright future.
The future indeed, occupies the anxious
thoughts of Democratic politicians on the
stump as well as editors in the closet. If we
give credit to all the buoyant declarations made
within the last two months, no substantial dam
age has been done ! One of the leaders cries
out, Let US be of good cheer All is well i
Though the heavens are partially over cast, the
clouds are passing away The prospect of a
glorious day never was brighter i
The same defiant champion says; Let there
be no compromises with the enemy, for they
are the enemies cf the country-no concessions
to the pernicous and hateful isms of the day
And, again. that the elections lately held are
the resulkof coalition between incong1uous
and irreconciable elements which cannot be
held together in harmonious action. The off,
cial journals in this city finds the same sort of
consolation, and says the fusion victories were
only the results of wrecked combination of
mischievous factions
The inquiry very naturally arises, if the
Wing party was in the majority before, how
did they furnish materials for the now vcto-
rious cohorts II they did rot accomplish this
conceded impossibillty, the still more apt ques-
ton arises what party did? The answer is as
clear as logic or mathematics can make it,
The Democratic party most certainly furnished
these recruits And if these struggling 'isms,
gathered from that party for the purpose of
oyerthrowing it, are hostile factions and vile
and 'monstrous combinations when acting with
the Wings, pray tell us if the political Ethiopian
can change his skin or the leopard his spots by
coalition with the Democracy? viii the float
ing materials be purified if it gets into the
Democratic crucible Are not all the calcula-
tions of future success based upon the idea that
these now abused fragments are to change po-
sition and join the Democracy Or do they
expect to convert, pure Wings by this coniinu-
ed and unmidgated detraOtion The people
(ssys the Organ) are already affrighted at the
strange results and at the monstrous ism which
have triumphed in them,' Ah, indeed / We
thought, in our simplicity, that the people we're
sovereign, and were left free to do as they
please I viii the loose particles be less hide
GUS if they float back again to the Democracy?
In short if the elements are 'incongruous' when
In alliance with the Wings, will there be more
congruity in them when joined to the Demo
OratsY But, if the hope OF pleasant future
gives present pleasure to the discounted party
far be it from us to disturb the 'ge nal current
of the soui'