The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-19
The Political Situation.

From the Independent
Eight or ten days after great election, when
the bonfres and the passions are alike in ashes.
and when the returns are tabulated into statis-
tics for the philosophic historian, wise man
sits down to see how far the popular debate and
its decision have advanced his country towards
truer idea of public justice political equality,
and national honor.
Nothing but Presidential election could eX-
ceed the interest of last weeks struggle in ten
States. 1t was the peoples verdict for or against
the Presidents policy. The thunder storm
ratified loud against the panes of the White
House, and we trust Andrew Johnson had ears
TO hear. Long ago overruled by two-thirds
majority OF Congress, the Executive for that
reason denounced the Legislature as fanatical,
reasonable and revolutionary, and made an
appeal 10 the people to decimate Congress by
the ballot,box, and TO give hun working
majority for the support of his own policy
instead On the day when the Civil
Rights bill came to its victory over the
veto, one of the friends of the President,
who happened, like ourselves, TO be on the
floor OF the House of Representatives, said to US,
This is a shOrt-hved opposition; the fall cleo
tions will tell another tale" No, the fall elec-
tions continue to tell the same tale. The House
of Representatives can send dozen members
off to a picnic, and yet leave majority large
enough to pass a radical measure over the
Presidents veto. Andrew Johnson in the White
House is now child shut in a nursery. III
the radicals in New York State,n said MT.
Seward, ''are not beaten by 10000 majority,
then am no prophet" All, Mr.. Seward 1t is
honorable 10 grow old, but pitabe to grow
foolish. The President and his Premier have
had their Waterloo.
The city of New York sienalized itself by
voting last week exactly as if its name had been
New Orleans. Not a word have we to say
against the integrity of Mr.. John L. Holman
OF whose personal character we know nothing
except to his praise-but it cannot be a pleasing
reflection to such a man as we suppose Mr.. H0n-
man TO be, to know that the great Democratic
gains in the city of New York were acquired
population, from the rum-shops, from the
gambling saloons, and from the Five Points.
Nor have we any ll-natured fing to make at
MI. John MorIissey, particularly II the
report be true that he is manfully trying,
for his sons sake, to retrieve the errors OF
past disreputable life. So far as any such
ambition animates this celebrated Demo-
erat, let us distinctly record it TO his honor.
But II Mr.. John Morrissey shall continue
to remain only Bowery boy, a rough a gam
bier, Ting-boXer, we believe he Will thereby
more exactly represent his district than II could
be represented by Mr.. John Morrissey, the re-
formed man. IN like manner the friends and
neghbors of Mr.. Fernando Wood in sending
that gentleman to Congress, have sent their
representative character. We believe that no
living American can claim to express their
we are proud of living under representative
Government, we see no other reason TO regret
the election of these two men than the charac-
ter of their electors. Two photop raphs, nearly
alike, and yet slightly different, make stereo-
scopic picture. Fernando Wood and John Nor
'rissey, taken together, reflect the perfect image
OF the New York city politics.