New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-11-04
JACK CADK COX.

following pleasing and prophetic announcement
to his huugerng and thirsty adherents: There
shall be, in England, seven half-penny loaves
sold for penny; the three-hooped pot shail
have ton hoops; and / will make it felony to
drink small beer There shall be no money;
all shall cat and drink on my score" when
Congressman Cox, last Wednesday evening,
addressed the German Democrats, we think no
made n little mistake in confning himself 70
such rosy geoeralities az these: by adherhg
TO the Constitution we shall have view OF
tho green banks and shining river OF peace.
He should have followed tho Cade formula.
He should have promised Unlimited bier aud
heightened links of sausages long drawn out, II
he meant to insult the common sense OF hls
auditory at ALL Germans, though not nSerse
to poetry in rOmances, are pretty practical
when they como down to business, and we
venture to say that not Blk Of them, IN
this meeting cared ono rusty krcutzer
for Cox's "green banks aud shining
rivers" The question TO ask retailers of cleo
tioneering film fans, voluble gentlemen OF tho
Cox species, is: "If the Democratic (so-called)
party wero now in power. how would it fulfil
liz proluse promises of pcacc'" It's all very
we'll for the "Outs" to trucuently criticise the
"Ins;" but We fancy these garrulous spoutera
would fnd it souiewha. easier to make speeches
than to inauguTate a practical aud honorable
policy. Every man Of them, substantially de-
YOURS daily his own words, md precious prov
ender he must ind them Every ono Of these
dissatisfied patriots finds it impossbc to make
the shortest Of speeches without sef-contradlc-
ton, and without blowing hot aud cold in the
same breath. In our management of our
Southern brethren wo arc to fight and to
iondie, to punish and to persuade. to appeal to
their hearts while we ere vigorously breaking
their heads. This has made n sorry hodge
podpe Of most Of the pscudo-Democratlc
speeches of this campaign. The Administration
is assailed in the first place, because 1t carries
on the war with too Title vigor. and then be.
cause il exhibits too much. The Tammany
spokesmen begin by asking US why We do not
conquer tho Conicderatcs and end BY inquiring
why NO do not coax tbeml Begging their
pardon, No must say that this has already
been tried 80 far as conqueriDg BY coax
ING is concerned. Old Mr. Buchanan bad
ample opportunities for trying the experiment,
and a muddle no made OF it! Do MT we re-
member bis signs aud groans and senile lach-
rymationsl bis lorcIbls feeblenessi his pussy
cat prote.iations which ho called policy hts
Imaginable aud iguominous conclusion Of the
blindcst aud mos; laundering apology for h
Government which tie world ever saw Have
Cox aud Brady and Van Buren, and Seymour.
the face to ak US to try that boys game over
seanl WHAT have the people Of this country
10 hopo for from rhGm. Democratic Admins.
,raiion, when for four long years. the elect
men of tie Democratic go calied) Party went
on. BY bluudor after blundor aud wcnkless
upon weakness and subieriuge heaped upon
subterfugc fairly tempting the uneasy spirits
OF the South 10 r,nounce their allegiance, 10
pcrure themselves, 10 plumber the Treasury
and 10 plunge US into tina slough of civil dis-
cord in which We are laundering 1t would
bs Like sending for tho ASSASSIN 20 dress the
very wounds which he himself inflicted A
minority OF the voters Of the United States, in
utter di,guri, ihru.l out these incapsbles, pro-
nouncng them TO be grossly unfit for power
aid place. Do thew think that they have been
long enough out Of sight TO be forgotten
Bat even il these Janas-iaced gentlemen
were new 10 politics. and were happily without
such damuable record, We don't think that
these are exactly tines IN which to take pot-
c-l adsenturers upon trust. Shoud they sue
coed ia their aspirations, will fighting 20 on.
or viii fswning again come into fashion Tell
US, q Coz q Co. if we trust you with power,
whether you will be- tho conseryators OF our
rights, in defense Of which our brayest and
best have cLeeriuIly bled aud died. or whether
You viii deem il SOLE Is constitutional 10 crook
tie hinges Of your knees, and beg ten thousand
pafdons Of the South, with ten thousand hon /
eyed promises a, their guaranty Of sincerity /
Nobody can or viii reasonably object to Cox's
"green banks and shining river of peace,
always provided they do not cost an uncon-
scionable price. When next We hear from tiis
Ohio prophet, wo hope to find that ho has dis.
cnrded metaphor, aud is prepared TO tell US in
plain, round prose whether bis party if We
give it the opportunity. means to cell us to
tie Coniederacy, or NOT.
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