The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-07
Honor DULY Paid.
From the ". z. Tribune.

from inc ". r. ITlOUfe.
Desirous as We are of doing even and exact
justice to every body, we cheerfuliy admit the
extreme modesty with which Mr.. Blair has
conducted his share OF the late canvass. He
has substantially s. aid everywhere: "The Vice
Presidency is of no importance; the incum-
bent of that place is powerless for good or
evil; and such being the character of the
Office why am | not ft for it as any man 2'
He has even gone SO far as to compare the
Vice Presidency to the fifth wheel OF a coach.
Mr.. Seymour also has not been sparing of
similar remarks respecting the higher seat to
which he has been aspiring. lie has called at
tention to the fact that even ii he should be
elected to the Presidency, he would, with
Republican Congress against him, bs a sort of
titled nobody, mere pivot for the revolving
government, a political abstraction and
simple ornament Both these gentlemen seem
to have been gaspng for an election as for
mere personal 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 pre-
dicted for themselves that both would be
merely wooden images-would the people
have the heart to deny them honors 80
trihingY Might not the one be grand and
the other little Lama, without danger to the
country
1t is painful to find humiliation like this so
completely fruitess. When the cat has taken
SO much trouble TO roll nef5et In meal, IL l5
both provoking and uncivil for the rats to fad
her out II was very kind, of course, for both
the Democratic candidates to dwell so psr-
sistently upon the safeguard of Republican
Congress, but the result of Tuesday last shows
that the people prefer that the Executive and
Legislative branches should be in q condition
of tOlerable accord. They are sick of the dis
jointed condition of affairs which has been so
long prevailing in Washington. They have
had vetOes enough to satisfy their appetite for
that article for a century They know we'll
enough that however contemptuously Mr..
ever 6ippautly Mr.. Blair may speak of the
Vice Presidential Office, that both President
and Vice President may, if so minded, do a
vast deal of mischief. Tney have said to both
the Democratic" candidates, "YOu are not
the men for these places, powerless as you
consider them to be.'
Unhappy gentlemen It is at once pain
and pleasure to think of them as politically
defunct forever. We will speak kindly OF
them, for they have done the State the service
of demonstrating that honesty is the best
policy after all, in American politics as in
everything else. Being dead, they yet make
speeches TO US. As they have lost in their
defeat the reverence and respect OF their own
followers, they are doubly entitled TO the sym
pathy of Republicans, aud they really have
ours. 'Let US" said Mr.. Seymour, at Wilkes
barre, Pa, "at this election try to see how
best We may serve our country" The people
have decided that "they also serve who only
stand and wait" II is not probable that Mr..
Seymour or that Mr.. Blair will ever stand
again and they will thus be able to wait, al
we hope, with philosophical patience.