New-York tribune., 1868-10-31
TRY WALLACRS STRENGTHENING PLAS-
TER!

Wallace still lives! He not only lives, but as
| Chairman of the Democratic State Committee
of PENNSYLVANIA, he has issued an immense plas-
ter for the wounds of his felOw-soldiers, n
medicated bulletin an emOllieDt, strengthening,
and soothing address, which reminds us OF Ma
| poleon's sDasmOdc uttoTances aftr the battle
of Waterloo "The army" said che Thoroughly
beaten Emperor. has performed prodigies, but
"a sudden panic seized the men, and all is lost.
"Ney conducted himself like madmau.
"Nothing but q dictatorship can save the
"country.r The ruined soldier still thought Of
6aLii..-- sriii dreamed OF victory aud 30
does Mr. Chairman Wallace. We approve Of
his spunk. We admire his pluck. He has eyi-
IDENTIFY one of those "never-say- en natures
which we hardly expect 10 meet with, cx-
crpf in epic poetry. II is true that we have
not that faith in the efficacy of scolding which
snstains Mr.. Wallace. even while his political
gods are shattered around him but far be it
from us 10 deny to the sick and suffering those
consultations which their morbid condition
Graves. The unhappy gentleman can do no
harm by his vtuperation; railing will not OBJ
litcrate judicial records; il would be far more
effective, as Mr.. Wallace very well knows, 10
steal them. lie knows, too. when the hue and
cry ia raised, who it is that cries stop thief"
As for Mr. Wallace's address on the late mis-
fortunes Of his party, we think il as lively as
any such document could possibly be under the
circumstances. The stiffness of Mr.. Walhcc's
upper lip Is marvel OF muscularlty. lie rings
a merry maTTiagc-bell TO make the funeral
baked meats little more palatable. He still
smiles in print in spite Of the spasms which
are twisting the internal parts of his cOnsttu
ton lie reminds us of a wcll-knOWn poetical
character, whose last words have often been
quoted:
And fired his glazing eye:
With dying hand above his head,
He shook The fragment Of his blade
1t is true that MarmOn had rather better
reason for shouting "Victory" than Mr. Wal
lace has but as a brilliant illustration of pluck
in extremities, the quotation is not without a
present fitness
Mere quotations from his Address will hardly
do Justice TO Mr.. Wallace's epileDtica energy.
He begins, so to speak, with the following jerk
"IOu have fought a good fightw Here he
pauses for moment, and suspends his strug
gies to mark the effect. He reminds MS Of the
Western hero who was decidedly worsted in
rough and tumble encounter, aud who always
began the story of it by saying; Everybody
declared that my gOuging was beautiful"
The way in which Mr.. Wallace continues to
go through the motions Of a cOnqueror, and to
carry broken head with lofty bravery, sur
passes anything which we have ever met with
in the annals of human suffering, although we
confess that il reminds us OF the celebrated
Mr. MacphersOns violin solo and pas Seui just
before he was turned off, and of which Burns
gives us the following description "Sae rant
"ngy, sac wantOnly, sac dauntlngly gae1 he
he play'd u spring and danc'd IL round, below
"tlle gallows-tree." But Mr.. Wallace hasn't
come 10 this yet, and perhaps if he resigns his
Office he never will.
Ordinary leaders would have said to their
discounted and grOaning followers: Poh my
'men, you are not so badly hurt as you think |
"yon are; get up and at 'em agapw But Mr.. |
Wallace, who is nothing if not elegant, puts il in
this way: "YOn have proven the Immortality of
"yOur principles, and the vitality of your
Organization . With the experience gained |
" in the school Of qdyeislty we viii 90 forward |
" to victory - Arouse the peoplc once more
" for the conflict "a - Woik and light as men |
engaged in snch a cause should work and |
" fght. by order OF the Dcmocratic State Com
" mittee. William A. Wallace, Chairman |
This is precisely the language to relieve the sore
the sick, and tho sorry. u arouses them like |
their accustomed ante breakfast bitters Ii is |
a Ready Relief, and makes them feel like |
giants Immediately. They forget their fIac-
tured craniums. They forget the fearful wounds |
in their backs. They think 10 more of the
woes and weariness Of retreat. They arouse
" once more for the conflict" and then (snch H. |
the inGfmity of human lcg') they ruu away
again. Rhetoric says "Stand!' Common sense
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