Nebraska advertiser., 1867-10-17
THE EBB OF THE TIDE.

John Morgan is in the saddle again
His raid through Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Iowa, has not resulted In the capture
of those States, though it has caused 10y
al men no little discomfort and alarm
But we trust tha. it will only rouse th'
spirit of the North, and that when tht
great battle comes those who fight fo
The flag will strike harder blows as they
remember the rebel raid and the insolen
rejoicing which followed it,
The election returns, though they dc
not please, do not disappoint nor surprise
US. In spite Of all that good leaders car
do to teach the necessity of steady anC
unremilling effort, the Republican voters
still feel Lha. they need not spend all
their time in killing the Democratic par
ty. Accordingly, when the man issue
is not directly involved, they stay at
home, or divide upon minor or personal
question, and suffer the enemy to gain
fruilless victories. Unwise as this is, it
is still not unnatural, for overwhelming
victories engender overweening conf
dence. The sting Of occasional defeat
and The pressure Of apparent peril are
needed to rouse the party to irresistible
effort. Meanwhile, the opposition victO-
ries, except in their moral effect upon
both paFuea, are really fruitless.
What have we lost2 The Supreme
Judge Of Pennsylvania is no. an officer
of any political consequence, and the de-
feat of Williams, if indeed be is defeat
ed, does not diminish in the least de-
gree the actual power Of the dominant
party. The loss Of local officers in Phil
adelphia is Of still less practical Conse-
0uence. It's only result will be benefic-
Ial If il turns out Of control Of the party
The local management by which this de-
feat has been brought about. The loss
Of the State ticket in Ohio would have
been serious, but we have not lost it.
Hayes will be Governor, and Thurman
will still aid Yailandigham to adorn pri-
vate life. The power Of the State, in
any emergency, will be in the right
hands, and the thousands Of Republicans
who stayed at home, thus reducing the
majority, having recruited their demor-
allied system by this little relaxation,
will come up TO the polls at the next
election as fresh as ever. In Iowa, #
we have lost in some cities because OF
local divisions, we have still secured all
the fruits of victory. Two senators are
to be elected, one in Ohio and one in
Pennsylvania and the prospect now IS
that the Republicans have secured both.
If so, it is a gain of one Gin place Of
Buckalew). and that precisely where a
gam is Of practical and permanent i'm /
portsnce Two members Of Congress
we're elected, TO ill vacancies. In Penn
sylvania, a Democrat replaces a Demo
crat by a greatly reduced majority. In
Ohio, we loose one The sonoIous voice
of Cary will be heard in Congress. and
his vote will swell the little minority Of
noes on all party measures TO fifty in
stead Of forly-nine--lhat is all. If, in-
stead Of one member, the Democrats had
gained twenty, they might have been
able TO sustain veto. As it is, they can
do nothing.
TIE defeat Of the negro suffrage
amendment IN Ohio is to be regretted,
not because The PRACTICAL advantages of
an increased Republican vote would have
been considerable, but because of the
which It gives to the op- /
position. We have already said that the