, 1866-10-25
QDtfa9o tribune.



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THURSDAY. OCTOBER A5. 1866.
CHICAGO 1sEMoGRACx DEE'U%CE.
Two years ago. with their principal Lead /
crs imprisoned at Camp Douglas, and with
OIL hope of success, the Democratic party of
Cook County went 10 the polls on election
day and voted TO the number OF 14,3:5l, hcing
more votes Than the Democratic party pollcd
with two exccptions) in any other Consrcs-
sional District III the State, and nearly one
tenth of The entire vote Of the party In I'LL.
nois. This brave party, notwithstandin 1t
has since been recruited hy the return ofthc
flgltifcs from the draft. aud ly the ac-
ct>sion Of the entire Jolpsou party, has
been gradually growing weak since the
n; a;sa:tiration Of Mr.. Lincoln, aud has been
i'll "a suF: of salloriEg consumption since the
visit Of Andrew johnson. Thousands who
sslca for Mcclellan in 1864, under the belief
t!.:t il he WAS President lc would prosecute
thr war more vigorously and successfully than
i. c..tli he docc by any civilian President,
abandoned the party when its rerfidJ was
c-uAncd by Tic. assassination Ut sir Lincoln.
This detection was not retnelicl liz
the INDIGENOUS personal and political con-
Guct nf the new President. Then followed
the Icing and hitter st.il14te upon the plan
nf reconstruction, and thousands of Demo-
c'ats in Ill i.arts OF the country, for the first
time, carefully considered the puestiou
whether it was 1olEcst to demand personal
AID iol:s!tal liberty for themselves while
yt'i::::; 10 deny that 1tIrr:y 10 others. The
Wi=c, just, and prrde,tial measure Of per-
1.t:;t ut reconstruction. cpntainrd il, tue pro.
/" I'D Constitutional Amendment, has com.
1i,:usd itself SO strongly TO the reason OF
81 :l'tE whu desire peace 10 be restored Upon
81 {: c:dGriu@ basis, that the Democratic
Iariy Las suffered largely by the quiet
Withdrawal of tAosc Of its n:rtubcrs who
with thai Amendment :stl,,,c An attempt
Ia organize the party in this city was made
s. 1nc ,nua;hs ago, hi. the publication Of the
uasl'e> Of the old stcscotypcd managers who
haze r"n It TO death, eo .!;~<.steI t!lc r:las
and t,:e that they have avoided the C!1; rs
t!"y would sinking ship.
,'u Tuesday last the remnant Of the party
lle'd what they called Il contention to nonl-
ir4:c candidates for Congress, the
Legislature and county and town
Officers. II was melancholy
a~-rm',agc. Not one in four Of the persons
tlrc:Cd rs "Gelceatc,'' attended, and the
rale Of excluding outsiders was reversed, the
outsiders being invited il, TO occupy tie
,1HIty seais of the Delegates.
Thy chief fnSscr at the De1noera:!t fna2rai
Na> Nj. D;l1cr. HI had dcyote1 weeks aud
months 10 fEd list Of Democrats who
would accclt Democratic nomination. lie
Lad discovered that the larger portion Of the
available men intended to vote for John
ltran and the Union ticket gen
orally. md that they world not
accept the nomination. The rcsult
was that the Convention wo"'l hare
to 60 oatsi1e the party and nc.ninate from
Tie ranks Of their onposeu's. lie tltcreupon
presented \ slate and tho nominations were
made up Of Republicans, Of persons who
were before the Republican Convention seek
i,ig nominations, and from persons already
Illuminated by tile Eisht-IIour party In ono
or Two instances it was found NECESSARY to
put On a Democrat to I'LL up some place fol
which no other person could DO found, and
sn hard pressed was the convention for
even this material that Dilicr had to no:nin
ate himself THUS did the party which
two years ago had fourteen thousand voters
in this District give up its ghost. It wa:
l'ut few weeks ago that Judge Scatcs
WHO SO ably and fifty represents tho Presi
deaf in this city, repndiatcd an alliance 1itl
thu Democratic party as something dcsra1
iEs heyoud measntc- The Democrats
party, with its i, 90 votes, on Tuesday, cou
f.sEcd the degradation to which it Ilad fallen
by laying down its arms as n party, and &C
vcrtiny as a candidate for Congress one o