The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-14
Compliments of the Season.

.Ft1 Adversely is the mother of some
virtues, and prosperity sires many
faults. The Democratic party has
been so nearly excluded from all
political power in the State and ma
ton since it perpetrated the Great
Rebellion. that it would be wonder
full If. under its enforced abstinence
it had not acquired some decencies,
or at least such ability to feign virtue
as should deceive even the elect.
Moreover the Republican party,
through its long success and great
achievements, has received reinforce
ments of Democrats at divers times,
some of whom have given as as much
trouble as the wooden horse with its
belly full of Greeks, gave to the Tro-
JAMS One of these, the President
himself has arrayed all the patronage
and power of a Republican admins
tration against US, and it were won
derful if, by two years persistent
fighting for the Democracy, he were
not able to carry one State against US.
We hope the Democratic party has
grown virtuous under this protracted
inability to steal We rejoice that,
in the offices which will fall to their
share in the State of New York, they
can do very little harm; and we are
happy to believe that the effect of
their majority upon our National
policies will not be very momentous.
In OrQer 10 carry the RoJdIe, the
cautious and very candid SeymOurs
and Tildens of the party compelled it
to swallow the strongest feature of
the Republican platform, viz, rigid
fidelity to our national obligations
Just as in 1862 they hypocritically
put forth as their party cry " the
more vigorous prosecution of war
which they had always declared I'M
constitutional and unjust, and which
they hoped and expected would fail.
We are glad they have committed the
Democratic party, however hypocriti-
cally, to the support of this vital Re-
publican, principle. Had they only
indorsed also Universal Amnesty and
Universal Suffrage, as they probably
will in the course of year or two,
we should have no reason to regret
their victory.
If President johnson chooses to
regard the vote as an Endorsement of
his policy, we congratulate him on
.a-Fev his success. 1t reminds us of the
@tf- poor 1amsel who sold all her dresses
understanding, and trinkets to buy
lottery tickets, without drawing a
single prize, and finally, having moth
H. ing else to sell, disposed of her hair
for one last venture, and drew-a
combl President Johnson indorse-
ment now that his policy is dead and
buried. is like posthumous glory, or
November shad, or death bed re-
MeClellan's reinforcements, or any
other of the ten thousand good things
that have come at last but come too
late. My Policy was laid out very
neatly long ago. Some pallid flowers
decked its placid brow Its sanity
form was robed in virgin white. The
lid was noiselessly screwed down in
the presence Of the distinguished
mourners-its father, s'Who had filed
nearly every official position, from the
humblest to the most exalted" and
the members of the family-and some
$4,000 postmasters and inspectors of
revenue; all Of them wept and moan
ed in strictly official capacity. And
thereupon 1t was lowered to It's final
rest, whence not the resurrection
trump itself shall awaken it. If the
Democratic party choose to go to the
expense of carving a costly epitaph
upon it's tombstone, we honor their
tender affection, and sympathize in
their bereavement.
=" Can stored urn or animated bust
Back to its mansion call the 1eeting
If the result of the elections has
given the President an animated
bust, we hope he will recover from
the indulgence without permanent
injury But Reconstruction, on the
basis enacted by Congress, is a fact
as fixed as Emancipation itself 1t
was because the Republican party
knew this that they were willing the
Democratic Lazarus should have his
sores licked by these victories on side
issues Congress and the majority of
power in every Northern State are
still ours. Ofthe ten Southern. States,
seven at least are ours when recon
structed. Our Presidential election
is assured beyond reasonable doubt.
Let the Democrats rejoice and burn
powder. They smelt so little during
the war 1t may do them good, and can
do nobody any harm.-N. T. Tribune.