New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-03

70 fgtt for; that we may nov Jay down our arms
std disperse Bot es.y il il n say, II would be
rather difficult to prove this. Does auy man tnd
ia the political phenomeos visible in Washington
in the policy snd conduct Of the Democratic Ad-
mir,traton-in the position ani political utter
snces of Southern men-any indication that the
object for which we ha7e been corteoding has been
attained Ii ~, be must BE- either wonderfully
acute or prodigiou.ly dull-very stupid or very
sensible Did the speech Of Col. Davis, made only
tie other day. indicate anything Of the klad Or
the letter Of Mr. BarDwell Rhett, which even in
tLese turrying day is not yet ancient Or the
| late trucultIt speech of Senstor Brown Or the
rrcpo.itions TO revive tie slave trade, seriously
discus sed in Southern newspapers and seriously
DEFENDED 10 a Southern Leesliturel Is there any
reason for thinking that future Democratic Admin
i.'rations, il such are sue-e to exist will prove
whit less immyderate. interruptions aud comply
ing' Any reason either moral political, philosoph-
zeal, or geographical If the Democratic party
hss fCrswcrn the future propagation OF Slavery,
We wish somebody would tell Us when, where, by
whom and In what language the recantation
wss msde. And if 20 such recantation Is
recessarv. then We have been madder than
mad aud stupder than stupid, our only
cousolation-a pretty small one-being, that some
Of cur elhbors have been either outrageously
insincere and false or cur fellow lunstcs and our
felow.fcols We have either had no business to
act and vote and speak and write as We have
done, and as some of our compla,ent cotempora.
ries bave done, or 10 call now to fold our hands,
10 disbanG our party. 10 shut our mouths and tO
throw away our pens. If the country is safe now,
good many Of Us have been very needlessly
alarmed
The LOuisrW. Jcuriqi, pretty Vel known for
merry as Wig snd at present as KnoH-Nctaing
newspaper, i. very suI'ous for ga union of the
"Opposition to defeat the Democracy in 1860"
Wen, IN any effort made IN behalf so audable,
uIless the Democracy very much improve, which
they viii, We suppose, when the skies fall and
every body has erks for supper, we desire t. have
our humble but earnest share. We fully agree
With The Journal in the necessity OF drubbng the
Democracy, with which our quarrel Is not less hot
than that ot our Kentucky cotemporsry But I'M
fortunately. we dislike Democracy of the Buchanan
sort for one reason, and our eotemporary dslikes
il for another Between our bitterest cause Of
complaint against if and bis there is little in com
non. We seek its overthrow by night aud by day.
and with al our force. because it has sustained in
the past snd intends n the future to sustain ande ex
tend even at the cost of foreign war; If need be,
an Institution which we believe TO be radically rot
ten, hardly capable Of amendment but exceedingly
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is afIaid Of the Pope, Of the Roman Catholics aud
of the Irish. The Journal proposes that we should
give up all our opinions and embrace all its oPin-
ions fer the sake of defeating the Democrats. aud
upon The further ground that uoess We do 80,
neither Of us will be triumphant. This is the es-
sence of The Jcurnors manifesto. We are to use
it, OVID language "to abandon our IDEAS which
is certbinly modest proposition, which we shall
not take time 10 consider, because we do not be-
Eeve that any amount Of consideration would lead
US to consider it fayorably. If we cannot lay out
this Administration cod without A" abandoning our
IDEAS" il may remain upright and with all its
vital heat until tie Day of Judgment, for all that
we care or shall do We may have exhausted
"our mission" but the proof Of that as fact will
be tangible when the Administration has given
us indemnity for the past and security for
tie future. The Journal tells us that "our
''lcgca stamina is spent" If 50, we should be
but small acquisition 10 The JOurnats Opposition
psrty. When We are satisfied that our issdes
dead, that party is staryug for ideas, that we
have no practical basis, We will consider that
"early disbauding" of the Republican party which
The Journal recommends. Nothing has recently
occurred TO lead us to such a cOnciuson-n0thiny
in the elections, nothing in the tone of the popu-
lar speech. nothing 10 The Of the popular
thought nothing in the proceedings of Congress,
nothing in the lucubraous of the press, nothing
in the policy Of the Administration. Calmly but
hCIcsty consider ring the condition Of the cOuntry
in relation TO the Great Issue, we must say that
the work never appeared to US more necessary OF
our duties clearer lie Journm thiuks that our
zeal" has been 40 misguided" We do not. That
our opposition Las been to the orjectural assault
of al imaginary enemy We are not quite
ready TO sdmlt that We have been fighting wind
miIls. In short, as we do not believe that the
Republican cause has ftded into shadow but,
Oh the contrary, do mos. strenuousy disbelieve
that assertion. we must decline The Journals
polite Invitation to cut of our noses, and to aban
don our chiefest ground of hostility to the Admins
trati0n.
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