Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-09
mark of their Intelligence. The mo, S'ordre

mark oil thoir indulgence. Inc nt0t ~ 0rurc
had not been passed soon enough.
Many Of their presses, like the World Of
this city, went on stupidly hashing up once
more the thrice-concocted fragments Of pro-
slaveryisn, under pretext Of opposing ne
gro suffrage. Their orators did no better
At Rochester they listened complacently to
Mr. Blair's foaming colorphobiai at Syracuse
Horatio Seymour found a willing and even
an applauding audience; and at Brooklyn an
antiquated "Clay and Webster whig, as he
called himself, Mr.. Gerard, who went to
sleep during the Castle Garden meeting and
never Weakened till Grant cannon thundered
about Richmond, talked his ancient plati-
tudes and niaiseries with all his ancient sue
cess. How was It possible for such party
to lift itself at once to the high standing Of
the Albany plstform7
Yet, the events Of the autumn will show
the body Of that party, we trust, what its
more clear minded leaders already discern
that there Is no salvation for them but in
progress. If they go on worshipping dead
idol, bringing their garlands and offering
their votive gifts to the carcass Of slavery,
they must perish with IT, Time never rolls
back. A cause once thoroughly killed Is
never revived. Slavery, which has over
thrown the Democratic party, teaching 1t to
unsay its wisest words, and to undo its
noblest deeds must now be de6nitively aban.
doned. 1t must be abandoned not only in
name but in principle and spirit. The old
sophistries by which an odious bondage was
upheld must not be put to new use, in de.
grading the freedmen and barring the prog
ress Of impartial human rights If 1t me ms
anything, democracy means freedom and
equality and, In order to regain its power,
it must conform the deed to the word, and
forever cut adrift from that blind and heart
less conservatism which only conseryes evil
and wrong.
Thus the New York Herald.
( What course will the Democracy now pur
sue2 What ground will they take in refer
ence to President Johnson's conditions pre-
cedent to the rebellious States-such as the
ratification Of the great constitutional
amendment-the declaration that secession
and all its works are null and void, and the
repudiation of the debts Of the rebellion in
every shape and form? The election being
over, we may now expect some opinion upon
these subjects from the ut-per-shent man
ayers Of the World, who have been playing
fast and loose with the Administration, and
embarrassing the honest Democracy with
their double dealings.
The Democratic journals are in quan.
dairy. The World says, i've have no desire
to count our wounds nor to conceal them,
nor would we conceal their disastrous conse-
quences" It attributes the defeat Of the
Democrats to this fact, viz:
The tide of fanaticism which has swept
over the nation, engulphing its laws its lib
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visibly abating, has not yet reached its ebb.
Every hour II fails, and the time cannot be
far distant whom the people ofthe North, so
long lea tnrSusn oeep %atess oy oiinu gulaes'
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The late elections are all endorsements Of
the President; asad we must not conclude