The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-19
AC0UIESCENCE IN THE POPULAR
VERDICT.
Prom tho tribune.

Prom hc Tribune.
Nearly sixty four years have passed since
Thomas Jefferson, IN his first inaugural, pro-
Eounced "acquiescence in the decision OF q m dor
ity the vital principle OF republics, from which
there can De 10 appeal but TO force, the vital
principle aud immedil'e parent of dosp)tsm" /"
Mr.. Jefferson may have seen (though nee do no },
how TO reconcile this axiom with the spirit and
puipOIt OF hs h ntuCKy RESOLUTIONS of 03;
bat there can he NJ DOUBT that his sober second
thought" was right, wha'evor may DO said of his
hTst.
And The hesr tiness, the uuaumty, with which
the peoples verdict, p'on0unced IN their late
PTesdCutsl eieC ION, lHs been accepted as cnu
elusive throughout the loyal States and loyal
portions OF dis Oyal States, afford fro,h proof OF
the tenacious vitality of our II publican insti IL
tioGs, and the new force and emphasis which
thCir cardinal principle has acquired from the
sad but wholesome experiences of the last four
years.
few doys ago, we we're involved in the fierce
ana angry strife OF Presidential contest, The
waves OF party spirit rOlleu mount in high crini-
nation begat recrmluauOn; OnucipitiOns OF mill
taiy uespOism aJ the polls, aud turea { ut resist
arce UutO bi,Id In case the eyC ion were thus
VitlAttd, Iesounded Throughout the laud. a
newly landed foreigner, glanCng at our long
professions, our mass meetings, aad listening to
the violent language which was thCrelu received
with thundtriIg acclauatiOn,, m glt vel have
supposed that We were on he BRINK Of q fresh
and toTmitaule CONFUSION,
Bat the DAY OF election passcd-paSscd in
general quiet, with scarcely n trace of Violence
or iiOt-guC the early hours utthC next morning
cav the Te-ut fash d from Maine 30 Kansas
without evoking one Gyg ut or Den4ciu" attcr-
ance- without unma'liug enc traitor whJ had
not been knOVu a. q raltOr HirC ady The sup
pOTiefs Cf the Opposition ticket had made n MIST
detel mined cauNuss--th2y had commenced II
with resolution and prosecuted il WIN unthu.
a.asm-hey had pJllCI 4 very lafgu pDpular vote
thOngn not On uah g w'n-,ni they ittukly and
prompt y accepted the result us they would have
expected us 10 accept Il had We instead OF th.y
been outr rumrerCd.
They did not surrender their preference, but
Ihey ItaclH admitted thut it had bson OgerbOrue,
and recognized The successful caadidltrs as ths
elect OF the 2, uple the chosen administrators Of
the Cow nment for the ensuing four yotrs.
Journals that had be most vehement ia their
opposition TO Mr.. Lincoln We're among the ftro-
most IN recognizing and dcfCrrinH 70 mis- ro-slr,-
ton az fact AID In Hll the oval rtiOu of our
Uhie0 there vas lot one sing.o voice raised IA
taNor a. rCsis'aDcc or demCr . the popular YER
dlct' lhus the Republic stands stronger In the
leSfts ol the masses, au IS based on surer fouu-
datiULs In this tOurru year OF a vast and tgrriDl.
civil wa, thar yor before.
Aud wen were IL longer possible for the Rebel
lion 70 succeed In dividing our country, it coud
not hereafter disOrganao and gradually disin-
tePrsie ihrt pnrti which is failed nc the ou set
20 tear away with IL. THE Immense mai lritles in
lndianu and Illinois are it responses 10 rho trk
anu uullOILua q i.UNpTatltb Nuyt'DY LnJse = Ntp7
have been speedily distracted, while the uuanim-
ity ard emphasis with which the Pacific States
have spoken afford a fresh and strong attest4tlon
OF the vitality and perp5uI,y Of the American
Union.
The disappointment and chagrin which this
majestic exhibition of loyalty and concord h ave
excited in the breasts Of the Rebels are but
clumsily disguised in the bitter comments AMI
figned graduation Of their journals. Ia tho SUB
sanuai unanimiiF and hearty accord nf the loyal
States they read tha doom Of Secession. Aut
what hey tremhunsy flr,3.c thgr viii ore long
realize.