Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-25
PARTY PROSPECTS.

The late elections have damaged all parties NOR
or less but our Democratic friends have bee
nearly extinguished Indeed, the dismasted stat
of the Democratic ship would be distressing t
those even who owe it no good will, if it were no
for the expedents resorted to by its officers 9Th
editors) to keep it afoat, and their amusing ef
forts to persuade the crew to be Of good cheer, tha
nothing has happened, and alPs well As mel
bear the misortunes Of others with proverbial phi
losophy we are not to be thought particularly hard
hearted if we regard with entire fortitude the poll
tical shipwreek of the party of our neighbor the
Union, and even experience degree of pleasure
at its grave attempts to cover up the past and to
promise its followers bright future.
The future" indeed, occupies the anxious
thoughts Of Democratic politicians on the " stump
as well as editors in the closet III we give credits to
all the buoyant declarations made within the last two
months, no substantial damage has been done
One of the leaders cries out, I" Let US be Of good
cheer All is we'll Though the heavens ave
partially overcast the clouds are passing away !
The prospect of glorious day never was bright
erw The same defiant champion says: "Let
there be no compromises with the enemy, for they
are the enemies Of the country; concessions to
And, again, that the elections lately held !" are
the result of u coalition between ineongruous
and irreconceabe elements which cannot be held
together in harmonious action" The official
journal in this city finds the same sort Of con-
ISOLATION, ard says the fusion victories " were
only the results Of a wretched combination Of
mischievous factions
The inquiry very naturally arises, If tho Wing
party was in minority before, how did they fur
nsh materials for the now victorious cohorts2 IF
they did not accomplish this conceded mpossiblity,
the still more apt question 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
e sns," gathered from that party for the purpose
Of overthrowing it, are " hostile factions" and
q vile" and (" monstrous" combinations when act
ing with the Wings, pray tell US if the political
Ethiopian can change his skin or the leopard
his spots by coalition with the Democracy? Will
the floating material be purified if it gets into the
Democratic cruoible2 Are not all the calculations
of future success based upon the idea that these
now abused fragments are to change position and
Join the Democracy? Or do they expect to con-
vert pure Wings by this continued and unmitgated
detraction? "The people (says the organ) are
already arghted at the strange results and at the
monstrous isms which have triumphed in them"
All indeed We thought, in our simplicity, that
the people were sovereign, and were {" left free
to do as they please VIII the loose particles be
less hideous if they float back again to the Demo
craoy? In short if the elements are incon-
gruous" when in alliance with the Wings, will
there be more oongruity in them when joined to
the Democrats But if the hope Of a pleasant
" future gives present pleasure to the discomfted
party, far be it from US to disturb the genial
rent of the soul"