Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-26
WHAT FOLLOWS.

Il
Now that the question of the Presidency il
virtually decided, let as hope that good men
of all parties Will accept the situation. resolve
10 make the best OF things, and uHite IN a hearty
Effort 10 res,Ore the prosperity and accord OF
fhe country. We have been among the minor.
ty who have thought that the best roads TO pa-
fional re toratIon, either In heart or purse,
dld not lie IN the direction our Republican
frlenGS would have Us pursue; Out when AZ ba-
comes manifest that, through lawfuI means
We are constrained 10 go in that direction ana
no other, We are disposed TO do 20 with 4 Will
ing spirit, and 10 hope that the consequences
may be better Than We have anticipated An
independent journal, II never a neutral or par
tlsan one, The Round Table, acting from what
We venture 10 believe IL is right to call dsinter-
esteo and patriotic convictions, has, to some
extent, cast its influence in this canvass anon
the weaker and, as 1t appears, the losing
side We do not regret this in the sliyht-
est degree. Other things bang equal we
confess 20 preference tor being on
the weaker side IN any given cOnrrJVersy
Having personally nothing 70 -ain and n1thIny
% lose from the sUCcess or allure of either No.
htical party-except, in deec, the profit or loss
lnuTing 10 any CItiZen through the success or
failure OF a gwen set OF political principles
W. cherish. in either event, the Satisfactory
persuasion n we have dJGe whit seemed
Cur duty, and that thOs- vh1 sn0vy ms bsst
VIII do lnsuce 20 he pUrIty OI our intentions.
MoreOyer- claiming - we 10 70 be actulred
solely ~ d. Ire tlr the pv hil goot. pu.1ipC
wouIG give Us greater pleasure than - - or
apprsE, nsioLF respecting the future. in the
event OF I'rpd. is1u victory, ials.fed by events
a. a. rflfs
election o; General Grant. Tncy hay. nor
cor bteuc" in the principles h represents than
IN those advocated by his opponents. They
have an urGuULt-u constitutional rIgI.t Z ,.lrry
that confidence INTO practical rfFrc- qrr u.
sincerely hone tho futu pro sDeritr z t.ll n
tlon wlll Justly their choice.
EdeT the CigCumS ttlC-S-1Ssuni thai -
10 say, that Con Grtlts election Is now .--
eNI'"oiT-'ve should le very Ciai 10 see MS n T.
lo1i-y very large one. Tls NOR. numerous
thar majority tn frrcT VIII Be his hands when
IN The ir-sitaCI9l chair ana as. vha--vsr .-.
he may be. Gen Grant j. CsTlaiufva -l1ia---.-
minded and dIsgszzi0ua-e naE-a man no
looks az things v-rv tuCrOug ghly inaeed before
he Ir1E-s rp Ais mIIC about tLem-it is highly
desITaUi-. si- - ne n.usJ Ba President, th4r b.
country should nave tda Uutrammeiled advau-
vantage OF these particular good qualities
Now, the stronger his cUustituen ". the S~s3t.r
the confidence thus eXDrr~s-d ID him, me
more complete VIII b. General Grants IEsI--
pendeEce. u q have already So IA fOrashadc-yet
the decided hostility Of the extreme 2Iug OF
the Republican party. ana there seems excl
lent ground - believe that IA q short time ccn
whole band OF 11uatcs ard iGeJlJ- SIS VIZ!
be arrayed against him. II is hy TO means
fanCiful sUppOSIuCu- bnt ohe resting on 4
solid b.sis Of probability, thar by tIIs time
mex: year the New Io-G Tribune, and its
whole school, VIII be General Grants ouen
foes Mr.. Wenoell Phillip and the Ilieptn-
dent have. n all events struc4s the key-nOca. 70
which II no single in- -aUce. -3va their Radical
trieuCs hitherto ever failed % respond 7, Is
merely s question Of time, and sooner or la-s-
ludEIE- from all au9iCcies and pra ,eIeuts, tu-
respCLs - viii - forthcoming. The pressure
con n-eqUeEt on this viii bring ABOUT result as
certain is cause. When -he .ide Is I1w in
one paCe a. Is The uaerTing sign that il is b. yh
in another. Is soon the Radicals bagln in
force 70 asSail General Grant, The ID IA 1crg-s
VIII teCin - support him; and out OF The
ChaOtic political conditions thus enger tprat
new oTganIZafiOns VIII shape themselves, one
OF v hich VIII undOU btedly consist Of q unIon
of moderate Kepu5liceus and moderats Demo
erats, Who VIII constitute The great popular
party CT the future
With these probabilities before thea, We trust
that intelligent Democrats whatever may have
been the strength of their convictions or the
bitterness OF their pre- ices. will accept with
manly TEN per the fortune OF war. renlamb bar
ing mat failure in a Pre- identi9l election by no
means implies the H. N throw OF ali their
hopes and wishes. The dispIeasure of va.
numbers Of Northern men n the undue prom
lnence IN tie Democratic array OF leader con-
spicuOus il the late war, and the feeling Of a.
security respecting ends that II is felt much
has been sacrificed to compass, have gone far
to swell the Republican vO,e aud to clinch Re-
publican success. But, as Mr.. John Quincy
Adams has well and truly said, the heart
felt desire Of the great bulk Of the North
ern people is 10 treat the South with
kindness and generosity. IN the nature
of things this desire VIII find, after General
Grants election, stronger and stronger express
Sion No longer restra, ned by apprehensons-
whether well or i'll fouuded-lest the issues
settled by the war are TO be revived. or IN some
fern Ieasserted. the fraternal feeling of the
Northern masses will exh bit itself IN n tangible
and unmistakable manner, and in all proba-
thar at present il might be imprudent even 10
suggest. Patience. temperatures, and hope
are, then, the words of which our Southern
friends should now think most, for they surely
are the indices of their future regeneration and
salvation. Out of evil, over and over again.
has come good, and the race is not always 10
the swift, neither is the battle for ever 10 the
strong.