Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-10-22
tFrom the Cleveland Plain Dealer,1
.u;H y NOf Dead Vet. ... Of.

After, a., great battle. it is always very,
amazing, if not Otinstruetiye, to hear tile pro-
found Judgments OF the wiseacres on its
results. The wisdom which looks through
d telescope from long range is very pro-
found. 1t claims to- be very cool and calm
but this GOODNESS Is secured only by eX-
emptiOn from the danger OF the fieht. The
announcement that one of the cOntending
armies is annihilated is ole of'the livery
original Judgments of this. class Of wise
men. The next week the annihllated army
gets up out of its grave and fights the bat
tleover again and wins it, just as pro-
found are the Radicals who are again for,
the hundredth time announcing that the
Democratic party is dead. 1t has Been de-
feated, but the Radicals need not cherish
the delusive hope thag it is dead. It'never
did and it never will die. 1t has a ,perpet-
ual constitution and will live rs long as
the Republic has a Constitution t0Hefend
On this head we commend the following
admirable remarks of the NeW YORK; Jour
nal Of Commerce.: ....-..,,.,,... :,
The smoke of the contest has not cleared
away in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Iowa, but enough is visible to see clearly
the same remarkable state of affairs which
has been seen in the North for five years,
The people are just about equally divided
on the great questions of the day. There Is
no such preponderance in the votes of either
party as to indicateany great and lasting
majority. 1t is one of the most nIarVefous
things in history. that for so;long time,
from election to election, in the midst of the
utmost excitement, through war, and peace
following war; the votes of the immense
governing population of the Northern
States should remain Just about equally
divided on the grandest questions ever sub
mitted to the decision of a people. Here
are lessons for the world to learn in this
state of affairs. There are also lessons for
the country to learn. ,,...- ...vv
1t is plain enough that he majority Of The
citizens Of the United States are opposed 10 the
course taken by Congress, and in .fGU0r Of the
policy Of the Presidents Half NE people Of
L Ithe North and all the people gfy The South are
IdTeed to this. On the other hand, ii Is plain
that dFel ntHdrityV the people, and a Uery de-
cided nt6lef9ty at uIat,li R0Io raie, and 9siH
IcOntia,te 10 rule The country IL is not a rule
of the majority under which the inhab-
itants of the United States are to live.
| Another fact Is plain and ought to be dis
tinctly seen and recognized henceforth.
Neither the Republican nor the Democratic
partyriS dead. 1t has been very often said
| that the mission of tile Republican party
was aCCOmpllSueu' IOliJlcldnS'HdNC Gulheu
about the disjectG nlem6rG of that party, and
imagined that a new party couldbe formed
out of the conservative portions of the old.
The lesson of this week Is, that the Repub-
licanI party is not dead, but is firm, united
and strong. and there is no such thing as
conservatism in, it. ID, =, ai*-er,*. =, =.
The Democratic party is no more dead
than the Republican. Thetires of afflietion
have only warmed it, and the blows of sucr
cessive defeat have only welded it into a
more compact mass. It,polls its huge vote,
| Just as heretofore, gaining some in one
place, losing some In another, but always
the same old party. 10 is drrGut1 nonsense,
in the face Of such d,, election as his il Penn
SylUantG, phere Nh. Ciymer polls oRe7hGge the
immense Uote ofthc Stdte-it is drTdnt nonsense,
zoe say for any man looking at such a fact, ID
talk of the Democratic pdTy as dead. - n
Asit is, the fate of the nation is TO de-
| pend on the future action of these two po;
lhical parties. They stand face to face, just
about even in numbers. They are fiercely
opposed to each other They are bent on
directly opposite purposes. They are
equally determinedlin their claim Of patT
riOtism. II The party IN ponaei, attempt ne
revolutionary measures srlick hare been threat
ened he0therpdrt s0iU uHqaeStiOWably StIad
by the Constitution and the laos. god 1il-itqs