The Montana post., 1868-10-16
DEuOCRATIC DEHIONSrRA-
TION<.


On the 9TH inst. the Democracy OF
New York indulged in the greatest dem
Onstration which has ever illumined the
metropolitan city with its fires, or
caused il 10 echo with its harangues, if
we except that Of July, 1868, when the
friends of the present Presidential cam
didate set the place referred to in blaze
with their burning orphan asylums-
vented their enthusiasm in the killing
and manning of a thousand people, and
showed their principles by the destruc-
OF two million dollars worth of prep
erty. But the last demonstration Of
which the telegraph informs us, al
though not as impressive as the ore OF
1863, i said in our dispatches TO have
been grand in the extreme. The GD-
sence Of Gov. Seymour was deplOred by
shis friends" but Gen Mcclellan was
able 10 send a letter in which ne de-
clared shat the Republican party could
never restore peace" 10 the country, and
10 conclude. that the great Democratic
pa.ty which inaugurated the rebellion
was the best power upon which 10 rely
for the restoration Of that Of which it
had robbed the nation. This demon
stratiOn al New York we may conclude,
was all very pretty. but il was far from
being a practical exponent of Demo
cratic ideas. IL was the theoretical ar
gument or the plot of the play, if we
may SO speak, but 20 others was left the
task of developing il in practice These
others were at the other extremity of
the country-at New Orleans-and were
there holding Democratic demonstra-
tion of highly practical nature. On
the very day that the loud mouthed ora
tor of New York WIS instructing his
listeners in negro anatomy, expatiating
upon long heels, thick lips and unsavory
odors, while lac was advocating his
white mans government and ventilating
his sympathy for the "lost cause" the
more practical, energetic and working
Democrats OF New Orleans were furn-
ishing the fearful example in illustra-
tiun of their doctrine They were show
ing that Democratic speeches were not
mere wordy b0mbast, but that they
meant something :. they were showing
that when Frank Blair said the flaws
must be trampled in the dust" he knew
the weight and significance ot the sent>
ence used; they were showing their
faith in the doctrine that this is a white
man : government, and that negroes and
Radicals" lave no rights which a DEM
ocrat Is bound TO respect They proved
their faith by deeds, even as they did in
the New Orleans massacre of 1866
and by the killing and wOunding of
a hundred persons, and by the de
structiOn of property, showed
TO the world that they were deeply i'm
bued with the spirit of Democracy. A
Mr. Bentley had dared To act as AN in
structoT of negro school, and he was,
therefore, assaulted, his pupils mur
dered, the office of newspaper which
was friendly towards him destroyed, and
the grea. principles of Democracy prac-
tically expounded. This was truly
grand demonstration. Although not
supplied with ninety thousand torches,
like that in New York, il was far more
striking, since il stripped the tenets Of
Democracy of all their verbiage. and
gave as a living lesson in the principles
of that party. General Mcclellan said
that the Republican party could not re-
store peace to the country the partici-
rators in the New Orleans demOnstra-
tiOn went further than this. and showed
US IL what manner Democracy would
restore it. The grave is peaceful
therefore viii we restore peace. This
was their motto, as they proceeded to
show the world in what manner they
would once more place the country
"under the constitution" and an oppo-
nents under the sod. Their demonstra-
tion has more fully expounded Demo-
cratic principles than any that has been
held during the campaign. Ii has
shown To the nation that the cause of
4 II r
Seymour and Blair. and that the cleo
tion of these men is TO be the signal tor
that new revolution, which is TO result
in the murder and exile of Northern
Huns" and Radicals of every descrip-
tion. While such demonstrations NAV
please those engaged in them, they will
hardly be effective in adding TO the
ranks of the party under whose auspices
they are held.