, 1865-11-22

There is great Significance in the tone with
which certain Southern Journals have vel
coined tho recent Republican victories In the
State elections. It shows that there Is a
Southern party which does not hesitate to re-
joice at the fresh spade-fn1ls Of earth that
have been thrown On the coffin of the old
Democratic party. Taken at random from
the exchanges Of single mornings mail We
find agreement IN this view In the columns Of
several representatives Of the daily press in
Tirginia, North Carolina aud Georgia. These
journals recognise tho defeats the Democracy
hare lately suffered In The North as the
w3ping out Of the other wing Of their own re.
bellion- They remember the old aftinities
and 1Gllowshjpe between the Democracy and
the splnt OF slavery and rebellion, and wei
come the last battles Of the war which were
really fought at the ballot boxes OF New
Tork and New Jersey.
Ths Savannah Republican gives the an.
nouneement in aju6uate Of job type, "Unlted
we stand, :" 4'DIy1ded We fall" and between
these head lines arc the clasped hands-sym-
bolic Of unity. It makes .t1he Giad Tfdinga
from New York and New Jersey" the cap
ton of double-1eaded leader It boldly e1-
poses and strongly dcnounces the bascness Of
the Northern Copperhead rank and Hle, aud
declares thst the vital interests at stake have
been well protected by the recent fidelity Of
the people to loyalty and union. This joyful
welcome to New Jersey On its return hnm
wayward paths reads strangely in a Savannah
journal. And equally strange the vitupera-
tions which are heaped upon the Copperheads
who have no more cordial hatess than among
those who hare suffered from the failure Of
the schemes they launched against the coun-
Try.
The Richmond Republic, Of Nov. 18th, de-
clares:
~~tEe .esul. Of the Northern elections has been
futunsie. The triumph Of TIE opposition would
nave been 10 the nation calsnity-so sa.@ s3.@ts
awe repat. that It !. one Of the most lucky cir
cu.nstance4 Of The times that the predominant
party Of the SoEth did nos lose, toE taasnent by
struggle the recent elections IN the different S.n1es
Such misca1riset would have been contrary 10
The Logic of events. Il would have unsettled and
would have introduced confusion, pcrple1Ity. Dis
trust and Ill feeling into the political situation,
hsa i rapidly becoming settled zea and dstsr
The Charlottesville {Va-) Republican e1-
presses the rery sensible conclusion that to
looh4or further MD from the Democratic
party is to4t fight live thing with dead
one" II declares that the Democratic party
ais precisely where the o1o Fedeta, party was
at the close Of AIr. JctIerson'a first tern. y
The Danyille way Register bids q long fare
well 10 the Democracy In these terms:
I'VE have tor some time Inclined to the belief
lbs. she Democratic party OF tha North c&n accom-.
plIeb nothing for the south In their present urEant
| 7ation II the Democratic party held out any psos,
peet Of cyeE again being useful to the country, w
should A1sotate the policy OF adopting II ~ M
cleut to z1lls npun- buE it, mission seetna 70 bt
| d1led. II Is utterly powe1less- Il can no lnnEe
rweN lta rznta HI reerula from Other orHIni 1stions
| Il now but ee,es tic purposes Of q faction"
ltis evident that, in the opinion of'th'
whole country, the Copperhead Democzac,
has been finally mustered out At the close o
its term of service. 1t enlisted under slavery
s4or the war," and the war Is over stnca
slavery is dead. There are, indeed, victories
yet to be won and progress yet 10 be made
but it is something gained to see abandoned
as useless the old Democratic machine
smashed finally and beyond repair III the re
| ctut Northern elections.