Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-11-11
How Our Opponents Take Their Defeat.
The Democrats generally taxa n.

The Democrats generally take their
defeat with pretty good grace. aud
are inclined to make the best of bad
bargain. The Democratic Clue of
Hartford, Conn, joined the Republi-
can torchlight procession on Wednes-
day evening bearing a banner with
the inscription, :" Let us be Friends. .
That Is taking defeat In a philos-
optical way, and shows the Demo
cracy in better temper than could be
expected considering that they have
all along declared that the success of
the Republican party would insure
the ruin Of the country.
The Chicago Times of Thursday
gets off the following by ay Of con-
ISOLATION. We join with the Times in
recommending Democrats to read tie
bible:
In looking over the field of the
fight of Tuesday, it looks as if some
body had been whipped. From the
indications, we should think that the
party that did the falling back was
Of the democratic persuasion.
1t is unfortunate taat in a battle or
contest there can be hut one victor
But it so happens that but one party
can WIN, while the other must lose.
From this bad state of things, It has
resulted that, as one party only can
win, the democracy has not been that
party. y contest in which both
parties could win would be more sat.
isfactory.
There is some satisfaction in the
thought that this defeat Is not the
first one IN history The list Of the
vanquished, from Adam down Is as
long as that Of the victors We have
illustrious company. \ good many
have been there before; a good
MANY more Will have :. been there
at the end Of the future.
The men who have been defeated
are legion, and their Immortality, in
many cases. is not stinted. Napoleon
the First was beaten 1t Is a contiu-
gency liable to happen to the best re-
gulated families, to the greatest Of
men, the most heroic of armies, and
the most patriotic of parties.
" W HON the Lord loveth, he chast-
eneth." These are sublime words and
full of consolation. Let democrats
refer to them frequently. The con
temptation of them Will do good to
distressed souls There are probably
other aprop0s passages Of scripture
that are equally beautiful and con
soling. We advise our friends to
take the bible and read it. As a
general thing, it viii be found more
encouraging then the perusal Of cleo
tion returns. The latter are not
cheerful They are like lists Of killed
and wounded after battle.
Our radical opponents have got
things III their own way. Tie emil
gra alton TO Salt river leaves them a
clear field. We leave them, al the
moment Of adieu, our blessing. severa
thousand of torches, a quantity of
beuzine suitable for Illuminating pur-
poses, and a quantity of other traps
ana para phernalia for which we have
no further use. The uplands Of Salt
river afford no employment for much
Of the furniture accumulated during
the late canvass.
We do not think, however, that we
shall always stav in the saline reg
ions Of the political river. We shall
come back, some Of Us. in two years,
and all Of Us four years hence. The
location mp there Is not the kind Of
country in which democrats have been
brought up. They have never become
acclimated in their late occasional
visits to that distant and in no way
lovely region.