The Portland daily press., 1868-11-25
" sdnesday Morning. November g. 1863.
First page To-day-Notes by the Way
Varieties.
Fourth puge-A Sea Glimpse.
Democratic Support"


And what shall we do now? Our advice
would be TO disoand the Democratic parry at
once for II Is pretty eHectualiy kilied on, apu
or sanz, a new conservative party 10 Suppo!;e
Grant, If his course shall JUSTIFY ~ ~ Tue q.
way The radical leaders may be siouSneu on
from the administration and great conserSa'
tive marty built up that will control Inc deStl-
MES OF the country. The wing party went
uader in 1852, when it was n9t worse beaten
III IN the Democracy was on Tuesday, and had
a hatter otlor in the No. tn than its successful
rival has now "Hi-tory is philosophy teach
ing by example" Let us profit by it, and try
TO make amends TO- the errors of the past
three years
The above paragraph from an influential
Democrats paper IN the South indicates the
present drift of tholght among the leading
m , of tn 1T purity. Tls incoaerency and con-
fusioa OF thu suggestions, like the motions Oh
one attem liing to rise after stunning pio"'
are amuing. But they all indicate 'ha"se
= OF tactics, ami foreshadow a purpose 10 III.
tempt new strategic movement oolhe oi
thu eJitor, mo,t abusive OF General Grant
durinr the canvass are spoIking in his praise.
AMI an lou1.iu. tat their support" can be
purchased for consideration. And we read
in tn, Boston Post AMI other like papers the
prop Jsiton thlt tho Democratic members of
the electoral college vote for Grant instead of
Seymour, and then claim a share in the adj
m illustration.
It may not be un2rof table to look at this
last carl which these Political gamblers pro-
pose to play. The ex lnia ltion will show the
folly AMI bin lness t. which the Democratic
lea lers have been left; and possibly there may
be some Republican, who can learn something
from the lesson.
Oae might suppose that men of sense, at
to pin amlyen,ns Of this kind, would at
least profess to be sincere in it. But these
mea, in pro losing the plan, openly avow their
purpose, to divide aud destroy the Republican
party, and thea to refnstate the Southern aris-
to,cIcy, with th,ir NDrthern "allies," as in
for ,ner days. Tley persist ia laundering on
in tn futura, b,clui9 they have learned moth
ing from the past. They still dream of a dom
inilt "c)1serv ltiye" party, intent on the
spills Of of y and united in a common hat
rel of IRA licais all niggers." They will un-
doubtedly die huggin3 the delusion that the
world is movreg backward towards the Middle
Ages.
It is curious TO notice the opinion which such
= men must have of Gen. Grant. They denounc
ed him as fool during the canvass, -alke des-
they knew better. But they now propose to
ire IT him az if ali the Y HI said was true. For,
after all their abu Sc and detraction, zaoac, when
a1y good they ca sly,or anv support" Trey
calgva is as WORTHLESS, ~ it is selfish aud base
thew think they can cheat him by professions
OF friendship, And thew coolly propose to ask
him to discard his bast friends, who have elect
ell MIN, in ode: to m ike places for his worst
e1amies, who Ii I'VE done their utmost to de-
feat him. II would be worth Journey to
wIshin rton to w.taess the reception which
Grtnt would give to any man who should
axe su3l a prpp p5ltiol to him. Th3ra is no
on point in which he has IN INFESTED greater
a. lity thlu 10 thu selection ofhis subordinate.
q, ha' Sc dom fiiel to APP oint the right mau
for the work to b. dole. n IN IN sine, w ish-
layton, hts shown such dscrIn mating judg
m ,nt, such au intuiive kno Wedge OF men.
There is no danger of his being cheated by the
flw iing hypoorites who now talk of offering
him their support" NDmln in the country
understands them better. And one great
source OF his popularity, is in the belief among
the masses that he clnn)t b, dictate l. nor de-
c,ved, even by politicians IL the Republican
party much less by politicians out of it.
Bai the folly of these inen is still more APP
ptrent in thar nsssr bin lness to the teach
iugs of history AMI tn, logic of events. The
big'tei Rlbbis of Jerusalem, as that city
hasteI to its rain, were not m)re inc toable of
'discerning the signs oil the times" Believing
that thu ne 5ro b IS NJ ri Fats wici Waite meu
are bound to respect, they regard slavery as
tis OILY pops bass of. q repu5ctn govern
IN "a. Thy still think tn 1t III civil war was
t1Bl,-l,i bytis r9Isls,-bl. by The flnat
10 Il aoolitio lisss; tits emllslpltiol WAS not
only gfeit mistake, but an aciull suoversion
OF dvins Institution; lll thlt orler can be
assured only by restoring everything upon the
old foundations The onward m urea of Prov
ilence n breaking in pieces the oppressor, aud
setting at liberty them tn 1T ace bruised, is as
Invisible to th,m ~ ara ths stars to one born
d.. blind Slavery killed, fist thu Whig party,
aud then the Dsmocratic; and We; these men
think that slavery will restore the uuitel
rem 1an5s of both. And they are racking
what br ln' they havs left, for process by
which to "slol.h of tho radical lea lers,"-
bliud 10 the fact thai triumphant Rspubli
ci1 ptrsy was f.; VI by cl'tiRr on. tbs fos-
sill, and de III ,ads, the ''con &c vatves"- OF
b).h.th, oil pi-Sio,. All thu wis vital. and
spua |, in them both, WIS saved; and it was the
Pirrces: AL Pea lIesol5 in the one, and the
Cirtise, an Film ,res in the other, that were
"sloug5ed off" And if there is any gangrene
left in the Republic III purity, which needs the
Surgeons kaiie. it is the deal Conservatism, +"
and not the living 'radicalism," which
will disappear. Not the roots, hut
the dead limbs OF tree are pruned. The world
is not moving backward. II new party is t.
be evolved from the Republican, it will not be
O worse, but better one The Democrats
have precious little material left that would
not be- curse to any party. The dead may as
well remain in it, and bury their dead They
have long since forsaken the only foundation
on which any party can stand. For if the his
tory of the past thirty years teaches anything
1t is this,-that even small and despised par
:ty, built upon impartial liberty for all men,
will surely prevail; while every party, howev-
err streng. that falls upon or beneath this rock,
will be broken, and ground to powder