New-York tribune., 1868-11-05
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS ON THE ELECTION
WHAT BRICK PoMERoY THINKS
The Democrat protests that Its party ls NJ


The Democrat protests that its party is : Not
Beaten"
No. not beaten, Democrats We have only not won
We have moved upon the cnemy's works Dut nave
failed 10 carry them. But are not routeo thAk noD
Our lines are unbroken. spirit un,ubdned our couI'
age as high as overt We stl great army o, near
three millions of men, with nothing lost In the present
campaign aud the same objects to contend lot 'h'' VIC
have Just failed 10 win. ,,,. , . q,
mi This broad continent baptized In the blood OF the
martyrs who made free, and which was thereby nor
only ted inheritance Of freedom 10 their pos
tcry. but left will offering to all others oi Their
oTn high caahS gcNsrninS rrsS no the cten
ship of the Republic cannot be SURRENDERED 10 despoo M
military rue and made tee ,i home ol saSes
No nover by the Heavens above ns, and the Dloou,
soaked sacred soil beneath our ee NV which ,pnrns the
chain aud dcnes the tyrantl
rhd%sh the Victory TO Hsn not WOn the cause Is not
still as great, as strong as ever lou nave SUI
beckons you TO her rescuel
WHAT THE WORLD THINKS or THE RESULT.
The World of yesterday says:
What little excitement there was was mostly in the
Office of TnE TRIBUNE aud It's vicinity Here from
crowd was collected TO which happily there few in
America be kened, and to which description OF the
brutal British mobs which we have read OF as eongre,
could do anything like justice. Here was TO be seen
every type Of dcbased humanity which the wide range
Of the siums Of great city could furnish The pick
pocket the gambler. and the Desperate repeated them
selves in IT, each In score OF Instances Before nine
hustled another there awaiting impatiently the dis
play figures which for the most part they were equally
incapable to read and TO comprehend The management
OF the paper had made great preparations to celebrate
victory In front Of ihe upper story wac curious con
strucon ~ iets which remained through the night
an insolube conundrum TO the crowd Under it was
enormous label o Peace and tho eye OF faith made
progress toward distinguishing In II tho outlines of fe
male FORM What supposed by these 60 be its wings
the crowd understood 10 be umbrellas, and as such
they received the decisive homage OF the small and
Radical boy who abored Ia detect in them advs tise
mcnt The entire editorial force were at the windows
abeaux tho reluctant Jets but these latter refused
burn brightly and only sputered and went ont leaving
AN unpleasant smell behind The paper, usual had
OF any consequence 10 show the waiting crowd
ously ts maddeuing mathematical pabulun. IL
not until n murmur Of demand went up that Greeley
should appear for the purpose OF being torn limb from
mb that that booddrinker consented 10 the display
upon the bulletin of the most reckessly round numbers
ardent imagination could suggest "Oho, 10000"
Massachusetts,, 10000" and other like statements
appeared successfully and received with yes OF
hendIsh Joy. But the appetite OF tho mob was
only whetted by them. and the trembling pan
ders 10 their passions mpelled to
invent tales to which the Arabian plausible and
moderate narratons. Their devices succeeded well
that up to the time OF our going 10 press violent hands
had been laid upon IL. g. The mob In the Office how
ever, went every length short OF that Their reekng
ures the policemen who were detailed to guard the office.
and sporadic respectable person whose painful duty
led him 10 their haunt. One wretch with cOnlcal hat
and a mustache made himself especially offensive by
rushing In and out yelling wildly and necessarily aud
endeavOrng 10 force his less powerful neghbors into
sonal conflict He was finally extruded, but not until no
had brought the gathering To pitch OF turbulence almost
equal 10 his own-a turbulence which continued to vent
itself In all manner OF unseemh ways and to make hide.
and disgrace the OF its rayagcs until the small
hours OF this morning.