Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-11-30
WHAT SHAPE NEXT.

The New York democratic plat
form and ticket were fabricated with
the design to strip the party of its
real character The ostensible father
of the platform ostentatiously dis
owned the Democratic party in the
other States. He declared that they
had cut loose from the Vallandig-
ham Bourbon Democracy of Ohio,
the Camden and Amboy Democracy
of New jersey. and the Jerry Black
Buchanan Democracy OF Pennsylva-
mia. They also nominated a ticket
composed chiefly of men who were
Republicans before the war or Union
war men during the war. putting at
the head of the ticket a Republican,
a General of high reputation, who
carried with him the eclat of the re-
markable march through Georgia
and South Carolina. and the addition
al influence of the expressed wishes
oil General Sherman for his election,
to draw the votes of the soldiers and
people They also changed their
bitter abuse of the President to the
most servile adulation, claiming o
be the peculiar supporters of his re
construction policy.
But after all this they were beaten
worse than the Yallandigham Bour
bon Democracy of OHIO; worse than
the Camden and Amboy Democracy
of New Jersey, worse than the Jerry
Black Buchanan Democracy OF Penn
sylvania; beaten worse than when
they ran Mcclellan upon the Vallan-
digham platform of peace and sur
render to secession. Bad as its own
features are, the Democratic party
runs better with all their ugliness
displayed, than when it tries to dis
guise them. The people have re-
jected it in every shape. Like the
devil in the pinnacle scene in scrip
ture. il has been offering entire do
minion to Andy johnson if be wocld
only throw himself into the arms of
the Democratic party, while it has
not the control of a single State to
give. While it was offering to trans
/ fer States to him it found itself va
grant, kicked out of State after State,
until it has no place of hahitation,
and no visible means OF prolonging
it's miserable existence.
This attempt to restore to power
under false colors party convicted
of unfaithfulness to the country in
its peril, was attended with person
al humiliation and dishonor that fol
the sake of manhood it is unpleasine
to contemplate. The change in the
leading Democratic politicians and
Journals from hateful abuse of Mr.
johnson, which exhausted the re
sources of vituperatioI, and which
showered the most degrading epi
thets Upon not only his political con
! duct, but his person, birth, education
and station in society, 70 the mos
fulsome adulation of his personal ac
complishments, genius, statesman
ship, patriotism and political infalli
billty. is an exhibition of persona
a. asement that cannot find parallel
The most exaggerated SMILES of dis
honorable humiliation can no more
than describe this conduct of mer
who are the leaders of politica
party, and who assume the standing
of men of fortune and of high profes
sional and social position .T pi
j What shape will this. beaten anc
diseracod party takelnext? 70 wha
4 lneW base will it change? It has aP
parentlys exhausted the 9resourees o.
open hostility and of hypocritiea
loyalty, and is utterly beaten in all
The people will have none of is il