The Montana post., 1868-10-16

changes. We therefore, having an in
terest in the welfare of Montana. and be.
lieving anything which contributes 10
the construction of good and efficient
laws should receive our approval
heartily recommend the election of Thos
B. Wade to the position of Chief Clerk
of the Council
SHALL WE HAVE REVOLUTION
Only few weeks since the GF-fttg
treated this question with derision, and,
all unmindful of Frank Bairs declarae
tions, laughed at the idea of any such
query being pTopounded. Il stated that
its business was to pHblish newspaper,
not to fight phantoms and ghosts. and
most respectfully decline entertaining
any ideas of a new rebellion. and an
nouuced its willingness that the Posi-
should have any such calamity entirely
TO itself. We were, therefore, surprised
to find it in its issue of Tuesday, pro
claiming in unmistakabls terms a rcvo-
luton, and not only this, bur adding
it's approval TO the new rebellion Ii
seems that since its former assertion re-
ferred TO, it has met with change OF
heart, or rather lost heart iu the cause
OF Democracy, and has had weakened its
faith in the strength OF its candidates.
1t realizes that the chances OF Seymour
and Blair are daily becoming more des-
perEte, and sees that nothing hut revo-
luton can place them in Office. and
hence il is that after having ridiculed
aud scoffed at any such idea, il finds
itself at last compelled to accept it as
the only satisfactory solution of the
Democratic situation. 1t says
"If Seymour and Blair receive a major
ity of the electoral vote of the States
including Virginia, Mississippi and Tex
as, they will be inaugurated as President
and Vice~President of the L nited States,
else there 6ClU be recOlMtiOH-for the
Democracy of this nation will not allow
a candidate not elected by a majority.
but by minority of the votes of the
people to illegally usurp the office Of
President = But we do not be-
lieve that however desperate the Radi-
calls are in clinging to a political power
which they love SO well and abuse 50
much, they are willing to risk Tet0l8tiO1
in its unlawful maintainance.
In connection with the above we
would suggest that the Democracy of
the nation" has tried this little game of
appealing from the ballot to the bayo-
net on one previous occasion, and with
out any fattering success, and that per-
haps it might be as well for il to wait
four years more. OF until it sees low the
election in 1872 results, before it tries it
on again. We, for our part, believe that
the ID DAfmocracy of the nation cop:em,
plate aSevolution, and that too. what
ever may be the result of the approach
ing Presidential election. l. seymour
and Blair are elected they propose TO
carry out their schemes by the tramp
ling of the laws of Congress in the
dust and the wiping out of the record
of the past eight years, by the elevation
of the disciples of the ''lost cause" TO
the chief places in the nation, by the ex-
pulsion of all Radicals and carpet bag
gers from the Southern States and the
virtual reinstatement of the negroes.
This revolution is looked upon as Ger
tain to follow the election OF Seymour
and Blair. The other, which they CON
template in the event of the defeat of
their candidates, is not nearly as GER
tain, although they sound their trum>
pets concerning it with much more per
sistency, evidently attempting 70 buga-
boo the nation into casting its vote with
the Democracy, an attempt made on
many previous occasions. 1t is this
trumpeted revolution which we do not
believe in. If the Republican party,
crowned with victory, would not risk
revolution. as the gazette asserts, how
much less would the Democratic party,
covered as it is, with defeat, make a sim
liar venture, unless it should achieve
some success which should spur it on TO
Seymour and Blair such a success would
be obtained and we should straightway
find ourselves in the midst of that revo-
luton which is cOurted by Frank Blair.
But with the sane man in the Presi-
Dental chair that received the surren-
der of the greater portion of the Demo
cratic party under the Appomattox ap-
pie tree, we need have but little fears
that the threats of the opposition will
be put in execution.
Humboldt Wells, where the L. p. r.
r.. Co. have commenced grading, and
are working eastwardly to connect with