New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-22

sleepy, palsieu, comat0se, Democratic party
and show what stuff you are made Of"
"Do mt use fine language any longer-call
Jour opponents thieves, liars, towards, traitors,
ninnyhammers, natural fools-show that you
are alive, BY the violence and vituperatiye ve'
locity Of your tongue" Whether anything
will come Of this most energetic appeal remains
to be seen. But We wish, in spite of the be-
laboring with which our poor bones are threat
ened, magnanimously to declare that this brave
Ohio gentleman is right, is himself magnani-
nous in recommending the Democratic relics to
be one thing or another. 1t was the facing.
both.ways policy during the Rebellion which
killed the party. Mr.. vallandigham, to do him
justice, always looked steadily to the South for
his opinions, his policy, and even his "senti-
mentaIsm." He did have q principle, albeit a
bad one. That is the reason why vallandigham
is alive to-day-aliye, and, we may say, kicking.
Even error has the merit of keeping brisk and
sweet those who embrace it heartily. But the
Democratic party during the Rebellion was
choked to death by its own contradictions. 1t
was hot and cold; loyal and disloyal; afraid to
speak out, and equally afraid to hold its peace
and frequently it made prodgious noise about
nothing at all, because it felt that its very life
depended upon its saying something. 1t blum.
dered into suicide: and Mr.. vallandigham cannot
raise it from the dead, though be should borrow
the trumpet of Gabriel and play fortissimo
fantasia upon that instrument with all the might
of his wind, which We acknowledge to be con.
siderable.
There may be room left in this country and
opportunity Of action for party which believes
that the Rebels were about half in the right
which thinks that Slavery should have been
nursed and not abolished-which even fancies
that the assumption by the nation Of the Rebel
war-debt would be polite and constitutional
which would leave the Freedmen without social
or political rights. But for the shame Of it, we
have no objection to such party. We have no
fear that it will ever obtain much power, or re.
tain it long if acquired; but it's more convenient
for US to have some organization which shall be
responsible for the hating and hesitating poiti.
cal infdelity Of which we cannot hope to be en-.
tirely rid. Therefore, We are much Obliged to
Mr.. yallandigham for stirring up the animals.
1t is more for our interest, it is certainly more
for our convenience, to have those who continue
in their hearts to "damn the Niger" and to
mourn his enfranchisement, who hold to the
Southern notions about tariffs and about
suffrage, in o single compact mass, than to have
the dangerous fanatics scattered and jumping
about like Aeas. We advise Mr.. v, therefore,
to call Convention Of his Marmions, his
Chesters and his Stanleys-and we promise to
give the day and place Of meeting all possible
publicity. We mourn for Mr.. VS. isolation
We see him kind Of political Robinson Crusot
upon a political Juan Fernandez. He is sur
rounded by heaps Of corpses. If he can brinl
them to life, be will certainly grow merier
Whether this can be effected by cursing ant
swearing and scolding, it is for him to find out
STILL We have no reason to deprecate his success
and, when he has effected one fair, unmistakabl'
and encouraging resuscitation, we hope that b
will let us know it by telegraph at our expense