Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-11-06

opportunity to regain its lost power. In
the struggle between Carthage and Rome
we said that it was inactivity on the part
of the Cartlagenians that gave the Ro-
mans the opportunity to retrieve their
lost fortunes We compared the Roman
defeat, at CANINE. to the Democratic de-
fea. in October. We called it the Dem
ocrat;c Cannn and urged the Republicans
not to Go as did the Car,hagenians-be-
come inactive and allow the Democrats
to gain a victory in November. We said
the Democrats are the RomSns, meaning
that they were the defeated party. We
did not attempt to show a comparison as
existing between the Romans Of those
days and the Democrats of to day, fur
,ber than that they had both been terri
bly, beaten. No effort was made to com
pare the Carthagenian. of these days to
the Republicans of to-day, further than
that they had both been successful up to
"A certain stage of National existence
The Carthagenians, by their inactivity.
failed to avail themselves of the benefits
Of the battle of Gamma aud thereby es-
tablished their rule The Romans availed
themselves Of the benefits that the mac
tivi,y of the Carihagenians presented
and thereby prepared The way for res
toratiou TO power and the complete over
throw of the Carthagenian power. We
urged the Republicans not to. fall into
the Carthagenian mistake Of inactivity
in November and thereby allow the Dem
ocrats again to come into power. Histo
ry might repeat itself and the old slave
power. in less than fifty years. become
the absolute power in this Government.
The editor of the Democrat and Reg
lister, in last weeks Issue, essayed a re-
ply to our article under the heading of
The Democratic Canna" In that re-
ply. instead of denying our position, he
demonstrated the same position that We
declared in our article by the illustration
of important events in the history of
Carthage and Rome. He demonstrates
that certain line of action or conduct
will produce a certain result. as did the
inactivity of the Carthagenians certainly
produce their defeat. BY his demonstra-
ton he becomes quite flank enough to
admit that if the Democrats should sue
coed in November, that they would Go
with the Republicans as the Romans did
with the Car,hagenians, cut them up,
root aud branch, and establish the old
order of affairs that existed before the
rebellion. that would be the natural end
of Democratic success. He dtd not word
it just as we have worded it, but he quotes
Cato. Il vote, moreover that Carthage
the Republicans-should he destroy
ed" We declared no more Our arti-
Gle decla:cd that the Democrats purposed
:. possible, the destruction of the princi
piles of the Northern civilization. as rep
resented by the Republican party. 1t
declared, by illusira ion. that if The prop
er vigilance were exercised in November.
that its particular line of Governmental
policy would be established, but if mac
tivity and negligence should prevail. the
Democratic patty might come into power
and that event be followed by others of a
similar character until the utter overthrow
of free Northern principle were accom-
plished just as as series of Roman sue
cesses gave themthe mastery and destroy
ed Carthage The news of the election
this morning must satisfy the editor Of
the Democrat anil Register that his par
ty can never play the ROLE of the Ro
man conquerors, subjugators aud destroy
ers of the civilization of the Northern
States. The October and November elec
tions establish, to certainty, the supre
macy of the Republican line of policy,
and, of course, as n natural result, the
utter uproo,ing of the principles of the
old Democratic slave-loving power
Such are the certain results of the recent
elecious.