New-York tribune., 1868-11-06
HONOR DULY Paid.

Desirous "a we are of doing even and exact
Justice TO everybody. we cheerfully admit the
extreme modesty with which Mr. Blair has
conducted his share Of the late canvass He
has substantially said everywhere: "The Vice.
" Presidency is Of no Importance; the incum-
bent of that place is powerless for good OF
"evil; and such being the character OF the
" Office, why am not as fit for it as any manT
He has even gone SO far as to compare the
Vice Presidency to the fifth wheel OF coacn.
Mr. Seymour, also, has not been sparing of
similar remarks respecting the hIgher seat 70
which he has been aspiring. lie has calied at
tention to the fact that even IL he should be
elected to the Presidency, he would, with
Republican Congress against him, be sort VI
titled nobody, mere pivot for the revolving
government, q political abstraction and simple
ornament. Both these gentlemen seem to have
been gasping for an election as for nero per-
sonal compliment, and have claimed to Be
trusted because, in the event Of their elevation.
very little would be cOnfded to them. After
their Inauguration, they predicted for themselves
that both would be merely wooden images
would the people have the heart to deny tiiem
honors so triiing9 Might not the one Do
grand and the other little Lama, withous
danger to the country
II Is nainful to find humiliation like this 80
completely frlitess. When the cat has taken
so mucb trouble to roll herself IN meal IL
botb nroyoking and unciyil for the rats to hnd
her ont II was very kind, Of course, Tor both
the DemOcratcr candidates to dwell 30 per-
sistently upon the safeguard OF Republican
Congress. but the result Of Tuesday last shows
tLot tbe people prefer that the Executive ana
legislative branches should be in condition
Of tolerable accord They are sick of the dis
iOnted condition of affairs which has been so
long prevailing in Washington. They have
had yefoes enough to satisfy their appetite for
thar article for century. They know well
enough that however contemptuously Mr. Sey-
mour may speak Of tho Presidential, however
fippautIy Mr.. Blair may speak OF the Woo
Presidential office, that both President anu
Vice President may, if so minded 10 vast
deal of mischief. They have SAID I'd ootl ,ns
Democraticr candidates, "fou are not 'hs
"men for these places. pOwerless as you con-
''sider them to be-,
Unhappy gentlemen! 1t is at once pam
and pleasure to think of them as politically
defunct forever. We will speak kindly OF them.
for they have done the State the service OK
demonstrating that Honesty IL the best poiicy
after all, in American politics as in everything
else Being dead they yet make speeches to u.s. A
they have lost in their defeat the reverence
and respect of their own followers, they are
doubly entitled to the sympathy of Republicans.
and they really have ours. Let u.s." said Mr.
Seymour at Wilkesbarre, Pa, "at this election,
"try 70 see how best We may serve our cOun-
"tryr The people have decided that they
"also serve who only stand and waltz 1t Is
not probable that Mr.. Seymour or that Mr..
Blair will ever stand again; and they will thus
be able to wait, as we hope, with philosophical
patience.