Squatter sovereign., 1856-12-23
THE VICTORY. .


AS we anticipated, victory has purched
upon the banners of Buchanan and De-
mocracy, and the people have emphaiieal-
" pronounced against the enemies of the
Union and the Constitution, whether ar
rayed under the prescription standard Of
Fillmore or the black flag of Fremont
Far be it from US 10 exult over PROSTATE
foe: but now that the smoke is cleared
away, review of the battle field covered
the dying, the dead and the spoils, is net
without instruction TO the victers as well
as the vanquished, and we shall therefore
cast glance at this Austerhtz of Amer
ica, in which the Democratic hosts have
defeated double enemy, and won as inn
portanta battle as was gained by Napoleon
the Great, when on the second OF December
on the bleak hills of Moravia, beside
the waters of the Jitta, with 10000 men
he overthrew one hundred thousand Aus
trians and Russians, headed by thier two
Emperers, leaving fifteen thousand killed
and wounded on the field and taking
twenty thousand prisoners. and one hun
dred and eighty pieces Of cannon. forty
FIVE standards, and an immense quanti-
ty of baggage, the trophies Of that giori-
Gus day. a=.9.
This was oae Of the decisive battles Of
the world, and one of its incidents re-
minds us Of the utter ruin of the Know
Nothing faction on the 4ih of November.
A division Of the routed army consisting
of many thousand men and horses, sough;
to escape by crossing with their artillery
! and cavalry frozen lake which adioined
their line Of retreat. The surface began
to yield beneath the enormous load when
a few cannon balls and shells from the
French batteries broke the ice, and the
whole mass was plunged into the freez-
ing waves. A fearful cry resounding
above the roar ofzbattle nscendcd from the
lake as the frantic host struggled for a
few moments in the agoniss of Death
But soon the icy waters closed silently
over them all, and those unhappy victims
were sepulchered for ever. Similar is
the fate of the political hosts which late.
ly called itself. par excellence, " the Amer
leans"
Abolition, too, led on by Fremont, has
suffered signal defeat. 1t had the lead
ing presses of the coantry to sustain it. In
this city alone it had the three daily pa
pers of the greatest circulation and power
| at lis back. II made its fierce onset with
| terrible flourish Of trumpets. Democra-
cy was to be swallowed up as quick as
the Russians before the battle imagined
they would swallow up the French; but
as witty Irish sentinel said to Napoleon
on that memorable occasion" Ohio! that
won't be such an easy job; we'll stick
ourselves right across $50 the Free
mont party found it toug cher bushes the
they expected, to annihilaie the old nation
al party of the Constitution, founded and
organized by Jefferson. They came
down like treacherous wolf on the Dem
ecratic fold, at the eleventh hour these
pretended friends of black freedom PRO
posed fusion with the sworn enemies o
the liberties Of millions of white men Oh
this continent, and their cohorts CLEANED
in purple and gold. They had the weaItl
of the North and English Treasure q
their command. H @
Like the leaves of the forest when summe
is green,
That host with their banners at sunset wer
Like the leaves OF the forest when autumn
That host on the morrow lay withered an
etroWn.
| In the conquoring army the Irish Cit
zens played noble part they voted fe
Buchanan. Eevery journal in their inter
ests. with the exception Of one Judas
who, no doubt, like IscaIiot Barry, has re
ceiyed his price. did battle on the righ
side In this struggle. We regret weA can
not say 50 much for the Germans and 10
men OF other nationalities.
Il Alter the battle of Austerlitz, when tn
Austrian Emperor susd for peace, he con
/ fessed to Bonaparie The English ar
! a nation of merchants. Il order to se
; cure for themselves the commerce of th
vorld, they are willing to sci the cont
nens in flames" Thas is what the
J thought to do with this contiaent; th
whole press Of England came out 70